Process Video – The Birthday Animals

Here’s a new video for an old work of mine. This was supposed to be for a friend’s birthday but I got too carried away as usual. I really like this piece because it’s really cute. My concept was to throw in some cute animals carrying a cake which I twisted around until it became this. It could’ve been weirder and more original(especially the cat) but still, it was good practice.

Again, sorry for the quality of the video. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to upload any real HD videos because my internet isn’t really that fast. Also, sorry about the random pop-ups in the video. As you can see, my process is very messy for this one.

This isn’t a tutorial but I hope you guys learn a little more about my techniques.

Also here are a few tips for digipainting stuff like this:

-Make sure that you have finalized your character designs if you are going to tackle on a complicated scene like this. I wasted time redesigning the bunnies on the spot.

-It’s better to get references first before actually starting unlike what I did.

-Separating the characters from the background is very helpful if you want to put details on the background.

-Use custom brushes for fur! It took me a while to realize that my hair brush wouldn’t work well for fur. You can download my brush pack at my interactive portfolio for the fur brush I used.

Thanks for watching!

This took around 15-16 hours to finish spread through a week, I think.

Music is by the awesome Alexander Blu! (creative commons)
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/alex…

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DeivCalviz

Aww I’m really flattered 🙂 Thanks Chiayi! hehe..

Kaya mo din yan! The internet is a goldmine for education hahaha! Push lang always for international standards. 😀

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Mizel

sup dave! di ko mapanuod ung video mo dito sa office. naka block kasi e. hahaha! anyway, matagal ko nang nakita tong artwork mong ito. okay siya! mula sa colors, structure, concept, etc. ayos! galing! heehe

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