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[*] Mention in the credits for Morevna Episode 4

Just got together all names in "Sponsored by" section for final credits of Morevna Episode 4. Here you can see mentions of all sponsors who supported our crowdfunding campaign by claiming "Name in...

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Reference sketches: Ivan

Reference sketches of Ivan character (by Anastasia Mayzhegisheva).

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Koschei Model

Nikolai is finished with modeling mesh of Koschei. We will publish it for free download soon!

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RenderChan Roadmap

We have started preparations for releasing stable version of RenderChan  and with that I am happy to share a roadmap for its further development.  Check it out here.

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“Cut-out animation in Blender” course now available via “pay-what-you-want”

https://morevnaproject.org/2018/04/20/cut-out-animation-in-blender-now-available-as-pay-what-you-want/ 

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New artwork: Pilat

Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Software: Krita 

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Character: Liubov' (sketch)


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Travel report appendix

In recent travel report I forgot to mention that in the last days of our trip we also visited two other animation studios.

2018-04-16 09:24:34 +0000 UTC View Post

SuzdalFest / Moscow: Travel report

Do you remember post about my initiative to give a public talk about free software at SuzdalFest? It's time to give some report about results!

2018-04-12 16:11:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Car of Ivan Tsarevich (3D model)

Car of Ivan Tsarevich (3D Blender model) is now available for  download! It is completely rigged and ready for use. You can download it  for free and use under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0  license.

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Russian president and animation: What happened in May 2017?

Here goes quite unusual post...

TL;DR: Russian government is going to provide ~$2 000 000 to  support development of animation software in Russia and our efforts to  redirects those funds into open-source development.

2018-03-10 13:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post

New developer will join Synfig development since March 2018

Big news: I have made an agreement with a new developer to join our team for developing Synfig open-source animation software. Artyom Konoplin will join us in March as a second hired developer to work on most critical and highly-demanded bugs of Synfig.

2018-02-27 17:02:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Pepper & Carrot will be screened at SuzdalFest

https://morevnaproject.org/2018/02/27/pepper-carrot-will-screened-suzdalfest/ 

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Screenshots of Ivan’s car model

We have published some working screenshots of Ivan’s car model, that is created by Nikolai Mamashev for Morevna Episode 4.  It is almost ready and will be published for free download soon!

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Synfig Studio 1.3.6 released!

We have released a new development version of Synfig Studio, which is introduces a new powerful feature for easy creating of reflections and shadows.

Read details... 

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Draft model of Ivan's car is available for download

Nikolai Mamashev have finished the modeling routines for Ivan's car and today we are happy to publish results of his work for free download!

This model is created in Blender and is still work-in-progress. The final version will be fully textured and will include a simple rig - this is what Nikolai...

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New tutorial: Artwork vectorization with bones

Some people ask us – how to use the features illustrated in our Stickman tutorials with the latest version of Synfig?

The thing is that Stickman is an old technology, developed by us to  emulate...

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Homepage redesign

The Morevna Project website got a new homepage! This task was a long due and I am happy to get it finally done. Now our home page is more informative and gives a better idea what our project is about.

Check it out here - https://morev...

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New artwork: Eleanora

Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Software: Krita 

Download source file

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Production Report #18: First results of Nikolai’s work

Our lead artist Anastasia Mayzhegisheva wrote her first production report. It is about first results of Nikolai's work and some other news. Check it out!

Read production repo...

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Car concept draft

First results from Nikolai Mamashev, who have joined us just a few days ago. Stay tuned for more images in upcoming production report!

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New artwork: Inner Light

Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Download source file

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New artwork: Eleanora

This is a sister of Ivan, she's a priestess, her name is Eleanora. In short - Elya (*°▽°*) 


Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

2018-01-15 10:44:06 +0000 UTC View Post

OpenToonz (Morevna Edition) version 1.2.0.2

We've just released a small but important update for OpenToonz Morevna Edition. This version delivers fixes for two critical issues:

Happy New Year, dear Patrons!


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Morevna Production Report #17

Hey, it is an end of the month and new year is right around the corner.  So it is the good time for just another production report!

Continue reading... 

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Synfig Studio 1.3.5 released

I am happy to announce that we have released new development version of Synfig Studio! This version delivers some new features for rendering engine,  as well as set of critical fixes.

The main highlight of this update is an improved compact UI layout and possibility t...

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Automated tweening in OpenToonz (guided drawing)

One more quick tutorial about automatic tweening in OpenToonz.

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OpenToonz Morevna Edition version 1.2.0.1

I am happy to announce that the new version of OpenToonz (Morevna Edition) is available for download now!

This version is based on official OpenToonz 1.2.0, which was released  a one week. The official version now includes our MyPaint brushes  feature, so this time (in addition to full s...

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How to create a sequence of empty frames in OpenToonz

Quick mini-tutorial! New users of OpenToonz often ask - how to add a sequence of empty frames? This is a sort of operation that is tricky to figure out, so here is  a step-by-step recipe:

  1. Create a new level (if you haven't yet)
  2. Make sure you have Level Strip panel visible. If n...

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