Animatic Version 7! Looking really nice so far, if I may say so myself, but what do you all think?

I think I've (finally) finished filming all the reference footage I'll need for this, which is an exciting landmark to hit considering I really don't like filming reference footage. The first two minutes are fun. The rest are not so fun.

This week was mostly an animation week--a trend you'll notice a lot in these coming weeks. But I did do a handful of other things!

I drew a pine tree! I've been working with Jane on the layouts for Advanced 2D Animation, and after seeing her use pine trees I decided I liked the look of them! So I decided to practice, since I'm going to be drawing a lot of them now.

I practiced drawing a blast, from the front, which would be a handy reference for shots like 10, 26, and 32. You may recognize the side blast from Checkpoint 5: I did them in the same project to help match the timing. I do think the front blast could look a bit better (the side blast looks really cool, but the front blast is sort of 'meh' in comparison), but its definitely a start, and I can always improve it later! I also still need to learn about how to add glowing effects in Toon Boom.

Excited yet terrified about how much I have to do this upcoming week, but we'll just have to do our best!