April Fool's Animoo ๐ฎ
Added 2025-04-02 17:23:44 +0000 UTCHey guys! Hope everyone having a great week and great start of the the month! As some (most) of you may have guessed... it was indeed a prank ๐
The idea was inspired by something that I believe Ixkou (on twitter) did a few years back? Basically a fake anime/cartoon screenshot. Now I had actually planned to do more pieces initially for this to make it seem more legitimate, unfortunately the date... kinda snuck up on me and it slipped my mind. ๐ Therefore, all of this was done last minute the day before lol. I've included the sketches and line work for the other two "screenshots" I was gonna make as well.
Basically the idea was that it was gonna be some sort of isekai (since those seem to be popular right now). The main character generic character ends up having a run in with what appears to be a monstrous Minotaur character. As he soon finds out though, the guy's not all that bad ๐ (shenanigans and adventures ensue) Very rough idea with lots of interpretation, but it gave me enough to work with to come up with some possible scenes to work on.
The last bit to give it that extra bit make "oomph" was to reduce the size of the final piece, making it more grainy and pixelated, then increasing the contrast. Make it look more like an actual screenshot lol.
But yeah, although it wasn't exactly what I wanted to have in terms of finished pieces for the prank, it was at least some good line work practice ๐
Hope you guys enjoyed it though, and thanks to those of you who played along! ๐
Enjoy! ๐
Comments
Moodity version of this? Pic from 4th to last panel? ๐
Reaver
2025-04-08 10:54:42 +0000 UTCAwesome. Very...detailed light and shadow work on the first picture. I wonder how your animation staff will take that. Maybe go with the flatter color for most of the scenes and then get the deep shadows and highlights for the high emotion moments? I devour anime, including lots of isekai. The one that got me into watching anime at the end of 1999 was Ushio and Tora, and Tora is a big grumpy tsundere...with muscles. Currently way into Shangri-la Frontier, which is exceeding expectations for a VRMMO anime. I would say my favorite isekai was That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.ย And the ...strangest... might be Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.
Treeknocker
2025-04-03 02:25:01 +0000 UTCWell played.
K64
2025-04-02 19:45:36 +0000 UTCWelp, I got got.
K64
2025-04-02 19:45:25 +0000 UTCYesterday, he posted this on X and BlueSky, asking people what anime this screenshot is from. Since Taran never draws anime style he was hoping some people fell for it an tried looking for the anime, not knowing taran drew it.
DerpyDrake
2025-04-02 18:50:40 +0000 UTCahhh it is crazy how much range you got in Styles, I would have never guessed this was from your hand if i did not know behind the scenes XD. Linework wooooo
DerpyDrake
2025-04-02 18:47:42 +0000 UTCI donโt get it. What was the prank?
The Littlest Pitbull
2025-04-02 18:15:15 +0000 UTCDon't seem fake anim at all ! Kind of anime I really like to see ! ๐คฉ
Matzuki
2025-04-02 17:40:35 +0000 UTCI wouldn't mind seeing a sexy moodity cowman. ๐
Reaver
2025-04-02 17:36:54 +0000 UTCWaow Kuro... Clearly it's "That Time I got Transported To Another World And Became The Best Chef In Town With My Cowman Sous Chef to bring Fine Cuisine To Everyone" ๐
Taran
2025-04-02 17:33:29 +0000 UTCI dig anime moo! n.n
SpicyDragonNoodles
2025-04-02 17:32:35 +0000 UTCOh my god those other scenes, I love them! I kinda want to see them finished now ๐ Also, imagining a screen grab like that one Sasuke frame people always bring up with animation
Hakawne
2025-04-02 17:30:13 +0000 UTCAll good man! That's actually a relief ๐
Taran
2025-04-02 17:29:52 +0000 UTCIt still doesn't answer to the question: what is the show name ?
kuroson
2025-04-02 17:29:35 +0000 UTCThanks bud! ๐
Taran
2025-04-02 17:28:13 +0000 UTCI'm embarassed to say that I actually fell for it. I didn't check the comments before. ๐
Apis_GER
2025-04-02 17:27:08 +0000 UTCIT DEFINETLY GOT ME FOR A MOMENT LIKE I SAID BEFORE AND IT LOOKS SO INCREDIBLE BUD ๐๐ค YOU SERIOUSLY DID SO GOOD WITH THIS ONE I LOVE THE LIL CYPRESS ESPECIALLY HES SO CUTE ๐ญ
Hash
2025-04-02 17:25:46 +0000 UTC
