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KySupaFly Creator, Writer, Storyboard Artist, and Aspiring from Hometown, TX Since: Nov, 2021 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#1: Apr 25th 2023 at 6:27:31 PM

It's probably best that we cleanup the page a bit.

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RacattackForce Since: Aug, 2009
#2: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:11:56 PM

Yeah, that page has a lot of obvious cuts that are misplaced Animation Bump examples: The Owl House and Steven Universe stand out to me. Especially the latter. But to focus on possible rewrites, I think MLP:FIM could use one:

The first season of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic started off somewhat simply. Magic was a uniform color (pink), there was very little dynamic flow to things like hair, and the emphasis was placed more on the stories than the visuals (which isn't to say that the visuals were bad). With each successive season, certain things were improved. In season 2, magic became more vibrant and differently colored, in season 3 more dynamic camera movements were used and flow was given to things such as Twilight's mane on a windy day, in season 4 there was a full-blown no-holds-barred fight between Tirek and Twilight, Season 5 overhauled the backgrounds, and so on. By the time of Season 9, the Flash animation engine was being pushed to its limits, and the desire to move to a newer and more powerful engine was a driving factor in the show being ended so that a new generation could begin.

Some of this is just style changes made regardless of the actual animation, like the color of magic and backgrounds. It also feels weird calling Adobe Flash an animation engine?

Edited by RacattackForce on Apr 25th 2023 at 12:16:14 PM

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#3: Apr 25th 2023 at 9:13:52 PM

Wouldn’t this be more suited for Projects: Short-Term?

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#4: Apr 26th 2023 at 12:10:32 AM

Moved to short term projects as requested

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KySupaFly Creator, Writer, Storyboard Artist, and Aspiring from Hometown, TX Since: Nov, 2021 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#5: May 7th 2023 at 4:53:36 AM

The other examples need to be cleaned up (specifically examples with The Movie or Big Damn Movie) since we can pretty much assume that a lot of things with a film budget can and probably will look better than something on a smaller TV budget.

Owl House and Steven Universe are in huge need of a clean-up.

Edited by KySupaFly on May 7th 2023 at 4:54:01 AM

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KySupaFly Creator, Writer, Storyboard Artist, and Aspiring from Hometown, TX Since: Nov, 2021 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#6: May 7th 2023 at 5:00:38 AM

Okay, I removed the other examples for Steven Universe that may coincide with Animation Bump and altered The Owl House description to fit more in line with season 3 of the show

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