Mikydrawss

Been working on Highwind’s comicbook for a while and decided to take a break and work on something new

Something fresh

Expandable in its story, world and characters.

And I tell you, I haven’t had this much fun exploring ideas in a WHILE.

A new world. Niceee

Damn, what were the accusations on them?

My past mistakes and poor decisions don’t make me who I am today, they just teached me what to do and how to do it properly.

I won’t let my past consume me. I won’t let my monetary problems fear for my future.

I’ll do what I can to take matters in my own hands, and control my life.

Everything I’ve said here is either uncertain or highly speculative, I’ll just have to see how 2025/2026 treats me.

One thing’s certain however:
I will not stop working, and I will not stop improving myself as a person in order to become a decent and respectable man.

While I do that, I want Highwind to be just a comic book I’ll try to make with possible interested companies.

Thats one field I’m greately experienced in.

And for animated series, I do have one in mind. It’ll be designed to be perfect for my skills. So I could make it without paying anything.

After Highwind’s cancellation, I’ve been thinking non-stop on what to do next.
And it stresses me out.

Highwind can only be continued at around end of 2026, when I’ll have enough money saved for it.

I’ll have to take lots of freelance jobs, and do some side content.

Ironically, I’m basically most of those.

I'm sorry to those I had to fight with, I'm sorry for the promises never kept, I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time on this project.

But most of all, I am sorry for not being the creative mind this project needed...in order to succeed.

Idk what to do now..I'll figure it out. Goodbye everyone.

Highwind will either never come back into light, or only will when we are certain to be able to provide for the project the necessary funding (probably mid 2026 or 2027).

I've not much else to say other than: I'm sorry.

We've had to assemble a new team every 6 months, because we kept on wasting money on resources we didn't need, and had to go "volunteer" until we could change the situation.

When we finally settled on a style and direction, it was too late. We could only work on one 3d model, which is Cristallia's.

It is sad to see 3 years of work, sweat and tears you've poured be wasted, and the pain I'm feeling from this is immeasurable.

I've made poor decisions and had difficult choices to make. I even made enemies with others because of my execution of the project and my constant request for funding.

Unfortunate news.
I'm sorry to inform you all that Highwing's animated series is officially cancelled.

lack of funding and creative difficulties led the project to be poorly handled, and because of private problems I have to deal with I have no way of financially sustaining the series.

I’m not sure what else to do other than send my portfolio everywhere and pray somebody picks me for a paid project.

So yeah, I dunno what to do. Don’t have much to show this #indieanimationday either.

I shouldn’t be pessimistic, and I’m not. I’m looking at it objectively,
Right now I have other priorities, including university, and also finding money for the project in the first place.

Giving the project a bigger time window could help get things done later.
But still, it is later. Not now.

Ngl guys, I feel stuck.
I’ve sent my portfolio to what? 28 projects this February alone. And only 1 has told me that they’ll CONSIDER me for work.
Nobody takes my art commissions either.

At this rate, I’ll never make money for Highwind.
I haven’t told the team, but I think 2027 is the way to go.

Gonna get taken down in a couple hours, surely

Your designs are stunning! I really like the color palette too!
Good work! ^^

We may be on hiatus, but we still work on it!

Progress on the toxin model I’ve been working on.
The uv’s are FINALLY, FINALLY polished.

Now I can get to the worst part…texture painting 🤬

I’ll also give news on that other animation project soon enough! See y’all!

#projecthighwind #3d #3dwork

I’m announcing that I’m starting pre-production on a animated series produced entirely by myself.

It will be simple, easy, experimental and FILLED with cat people with big swords.

I’ll give more info soon, but just know..it might be a nice change of pace.

I’m giving Highwind room to breathe.

Happy new year from Italy everyone!
I’m not entirely sobered up from the alcohol but I hope my english isn’t awful hah.

I am sure this is gonna be a good year for Highwind, I can feel it!

Goodbye everyone! See you next week!

#projecthighwind #art

Hey everyone! Hope you had a nice Christmas!
We’re slowly clawing our way into proper pre-production and production on the first episode, and I’m hoping to show substancial progress in the coming months.
For now, happy new year!!

#projecthighwind #indieshow #art

My beloved vegito 🫶
Apparently this dude, in dragonball z, is so damn powerful that he’s universe level.
So this guy’s pretty much god level in Z HAHAHA

Finally, the series has magic and sci-fi elements of many kind: from settings, to powers and abilities, to characters themselves. Just because Dragonball Z and other anime have similar elements, it doesn’t mean that my series is less original or is copying these shows.
Sorry for the rant, see ya!

And another thing about the elements of the series:
Flaming auras are not JUST present in DBZ, as other anime and manga use them to convey power.

Transformations are also NOT just a dragonball thing only, and my characters will have transformations radically different than their base form.

Now that this is out of my chest, knowing I cleared my name on this front, I’ll continue work on the series with a lighter heart and back.
Peace out 👍

This has been a problem I had to deal with for the longest time, with people calling me out for plagiarizing my favorite show and mangaka for the sake of recognition or cash.
These claims hold no value when faced with side-by-side comparisons like these.

I wanted to disprove some of the claims about plagiarism on Dragonball Z
I decided to make this quick special illustration to show the many differences in design, style, proportions and other
While I do take clear ispiration for nose and mouth due to their simplicity, I do not copy Toriyama’s work.

Welp..if you can’t afford it..just do it yourself!
Me, this year, today.

Yes ladies and gents, I’m modelling the characters. This here is a test to understand topology flow and workflow for our next 3d models.

The results are promising!

Except more news after christmas!

#projecthighwind #art

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THESE COMMISSIONS END THE 25th of December!!

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