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Matthew Shezmen - (Bitter Strike! Cartoons)
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COLORS ARE FLOWING YO! (UPDATE)

Hey guys, guess what? I've finished animating every single scene in the parody (except for some livestreams related stuff, which I admittedly neglected lately, in order to not lose focus on the offline work). But It's here in front of me now, all of it, in all its monochromatic glory and it's ready to be colored, like the biggest coloring book that every child would dream of. I mean, a Dark Souls coloring book? Sounds pretty cool to me.  :P 

This milestone is a huge one, for many reasons, some more obvious then others. Coloring, while certainly not being something i would call easy, is a much more relaxing process compared to all the rest,  and I was looking forward to finally reach this point. It's a moment where the things you created with so much patience, at last, come to life. It's gratifying more than anything, because you're seeing an instant visual confirmation of your work being completed.

"Fun" fact: while animating one of the last scenes, I had performance anxiety...I wasn't sure if I was able to do it well or at all, I was frozen in place, like climbing a mountain and then fainting right before reaching the top. Weird sensation, but i did it! I'm only curious to see how i will react once I press the "publish" button...manly tears will be shed, I know that for sure. But i'm getting ahead of myself.

The last phase starts now. There won't be another Dark Souls 3 cartoon. This is it, all the eggs are in the basket. And every one of these (EASTER) eggs has to be carefully placed in each background, every sound of my character getting ripped apart will be screamed into the microphone one last time, and there's no coming back or room for second thoughts. It's a wrap, and It's the ending of a long journey of animation and discovery that started more than 2 years ago.

I should mention also that...yup, I'm dying inside because I want to play Sekiro so badly. Seriously, It's PAINFUL man! But there won't be any Sekiro for me until I finish this. It's like the carrot dangling in front of the mule (me). And you know what? Once the toon is out, I'm gonna do a BLIND playtrough, so i hope you guys will be thrilled to watch it and probably giggle at me for getting destroyed repeatedly, especially because I'm so out of practice with videogames in general, and you guys will be MASTER Shinobis by then.
HAH! :D I can't wait, because the greater the effort, the sweeter the reward, right?

Anyways, wish me good luck everybody.....and also keep an eye out for maybe 1 or 2 last promotional screenshots dropping at some point next month. Thank you for your support, patience and kindness. <3

Shez

COLORS ARE FLOWING YO! (UPDATE)

Comments

Thanks dude. I gotta be honest I already have some neat ideas for Sekiro, and i haven't even played it yet. Lol

Matthew Shezmen - (Bitter Strike! Cartoons)

Hey bec, thank you for the kind message. Yes i think that's exactly the term, is kinda like doing an important exam at the end of a school year. ;'D

Matthew Shezmen - (Bitter Strike! Cartoons)

Always!

Matthew Shezmen - (Bitter Strike! Cartoons)

Totally late haven't checked patreon in a bit but remember to hydrate!

Fayt Kyrael

That's so awesome man well done!! Can't wait to see it :) performance anxiety? So that's what it's called... I get the same feeling when trying to do a scene sometimes but having a name for it might help me next time I get it 😂 I'm glad you got through that, you have so much talent and with enough patience you can get through anything! Keep it up Shez! 👍

beclet

LOL! I actually saved the outlines on a separate file, so hypothetically I could turn this cartoon into the biggest coloring book ever. XD It's an idea....patreon rewards maybe? lol

Matthew Shezmen - (Bitter Strike! Cartoons)

A coloring book that's takes hours to complete I'm in

Mitchell Wright

Eager to see the final product and what you do for Sekiro, good luck Shez!

Dice Silvey

Can’t wait

Mohammed_ak


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