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Spyro ruining a painting in front of another Artisan dragon.

Places where Spyro probably shouldn't be: Accidently ruined an Artisans painting.
In other news, got almost all the voices from the VA talent I worked with recorded (aside from one) so next on the to-do list is adding it into all the shots. Planning on posting a bigger update on that soon.

Spyro doing a handstand with an Artisan costal town in the background.

I hear every once in a while animators like to goof off. With how smoothly everything is going at this point, I wanted to see if Spyro can do a handstand for the fun of it.

Got one role voiced so far on the animation project (thanks Evan Duff!).
Meanwhile, the number on Casting Call Club just keeps getting bigger, having to keep track of auditions, got another VA call tomorrow, and still animating on top of that. Very exciting lol

Gotta say, the Casting Call Club is doing pretty good after 10 days. The hard part is having to assign roles, I'm having to use a spreadsheet to take notes at this point lol

YouTube video by Dessert Monkey Special Delivery (Trailer 1) - Spyro The Dragon Fan Animation

Released a trailer for the animation I've been working on for #SpyroCommunityDay! Currently during a casting call and polishing up/working on remaining scenes but it's a good amount of the way done.
youtu.be/Z8QKNf1BywI

Recently setup a project page on Casting Call Club for auditions for the Spyro animation project. Take a look if you're interested or just want to hear me do a rough job doing (temporary) voices of dragons dealing with a pesky kid.
www.castingcall.club/projects/tes...

Gonna try doing a cool trick of watching YouTube videos without using YouTube (copying video URLs into a separate client such as Greyjay) and see if they notice.

Spyro caught hanging on a dragon elder's tail

Places where Spyro shouldn't be.
(The one shot Unreal 5 finally decided to not crash on so I can finally finish it)

After working in Unreal 5's sequencer for while, I found out what might be causing RAM issues: Sequencer just spews UObjects and doesn't do garbage collection at all. You have to frequently run "obj gc" command to manually clear it.

2nd part of scene 5, with some hiccups with how Unreal doesn't always play audio properly and still some audio adjustments. Also showcasing a dynamic ambient lighting setup I recently got working to help various props/characters fit the environment better.

Another Spyro animation update after some time, mainly wrapping up scene 04 and polishing 05 as Spyro rushes to get to the boat with the package. There's a lot with two videos and some music (Cope Land) and audio as well (some still temporary).
The 2nd video is in the thread below.

Spyro hiding in a barrel, looking annoyed

Still working on it with an update soon, for now here's a purple dragon hiding in a barrel.

going outside in the summer

Adam CG 3D Artist

When I'm not doing fan projects, I'm usually doing other 3d projects. You can see some of that on my Artstation here (when I remember to update it): www.artstation.com/adamcg

Been busy with another project but got most of shot 4-6 done for the Spyro animation. Mainly wrapping up Spyro nearly getting caught and be given a harness for delivering an interesting package. Not having the wings/tail get caught in the doorframe was interesting to figure out lol
(no audio)

Another update on that Unreal Spyro animation thing. I usually post updates as a YouTube community post but couldn't easily fit things into a 40 second GIF. More info on my YouTube channel.
This shows the segment of an upset dragon elder looking for Spyro and another trying to hide him (no audio).

A dragon elder looking super grumpy

Me when I'm trying to animate in Unreal Engine 5 but I have to wait until it stops hogging up 17+ GBs of RAM for the 100th time.
Also just wanted an excuse to post this somewhat accidental goofy expression.

Screenshot of Unreal Engine 5 showing sequencer (bottom), curve editor and custom control rig picker (right), and working viewport with control rigs (left)

A "behind the scenes" screenshot of what animating a Spyro short in Unreal 5 looks like. Curve Editor, Anim Details, control picker, etc. seen in a separate window on my 2nd monitor.

Dragon elder with oversaturated colors that looks like a carrot.

Dragon elder staring uncomfortable right into the camera.

Spyro missing their head (accidently scaled their head rig control) and a young dragon ironically looking shocked by it.

Some funny shots while working on this, including accidently scaling Spyro's head to zero with an appropriate reaction.

More Spyro animation progress, mostly wrapping up what I call scene 09 out of 10 with Spyro delivering a gift but accidently broken the contents and gets promptly shown the door in a unique way. Also some magical shenanigans.
(No audio, just animation)
(Don't grab anyone by the tail either).

I tend to post community posts on YouTube related to a Spyro "short" I'm working on but always have to convert it to GIF/WEBM which cuts the framerate. I might start posting updates here as well (shorter posts)
For context: Spyro is delivering a package but not who they were expecting (no audio).

Spyro's eyes being smaller than usual

I might post some goofy "behind the scenes" stuff here related to the Spyro animation I'm working on. Just because it's low poly doesn't mean there aren't complications.
Been making use of Control Rig in Unreal Engine 5 which works most of the time but sometimes you get comical results like this:

If you want to see progress updates, I have been posting weekly community posts on my YouTube channel. Gives an idea of what scenes/shots and technical problems I'm working on

YouTube video by Dessert Monkey Special Delivery (Early First Look) - Spyro the Dragon fan-made animated short

Recently uploaded an early look at a Spyro PS1 animation I've been working on in my spare time, animated in Unreal Engine 5. Feel free to take a look if you're interested.
youtu.be/nwgYdE45IFA

"You better watch out"

You read with your ears?