Hello! Happy solstice. What’s this, you ask? Well, it’s a Tuesday. It’s also the end of one of Algy’s adventures in Patadragonia. Who’s Algy? Algy is a friend-shaped accidental adventurer. In this particular part of his story, he helps a dragon with some mad dance moves join the circus. In Patadragonia. (Sound on for total immersion.)
On the morning of the solstice…
…in the faraway land of Patadragonia, dawn broke with a beautiful deep pink glow over the mountains, and ethereal mists shimmered up from the frosty plains. Algy was still dozing after his long, sleepless night under the full moon when suddenly he heard a most extraordinary sound, and at the same time, he felt the special cherry blossom which he had brought all the way from the magical Easter island begin to vibrate and sparkle on the cold, bare rock behind him…
There was no doubt about it: the moment had arrived…Algy knew that his little dragon friend was about to realize its lifelong dream at last, and although he was sure that he would miss the funny wee creature, he could not have been happier for his very special friend, especially as he felt certain that—so long as he kept the magical cherry blossom safe—they would be bound to meet again in adventures yet to come…
[The circus band is playing the “National Emblem March,” composed in 1902 by Edwin Eugene Bagley, in a version created by Algy’s assistants.]
Something VERY exciting has happened to Algy - a unique tumblr adventure which he never even dreamed of…
A wee while ago, Algy was approached by tumblr staff and asked whether he would be interested in appearing in a special “Tumblr Tuesday” feature on the staff blog… well, you can imagine what he said!
And this is one of the reasons why Algy’s adventures here on his own blog have been on pause the past couple of weeks… It wasn’t only because his assistant had to work in her garden, although that was true too.
So Algy sends his fluffiest apologies to his loyal followers for the absence of posts during the past couple of weeks, and hopes you will all enjoy this video conclusion to his recent adventures with his dragon friend, which by agreement was premiered @staff and not here on @adventuresofalgy
And he sends his fluffiest thanks and hugs to Loll and Ben
p.s. Algy says be sure to turn the sound up for the video…
I’ve been trying to be a good person and keep up with life drawing the past few months! It’s really a mugh needed exercise as I’ve been working full time in 3d for more than a year now, I really need to loosen my lines ! :)
Hello there, t’s been a while without any post sorry ! Here’s some life drawing from a few weeks ago : she had a very bony figure that was super interesting to explore :)
i absolutely adore the way that @lesbianmarciaoverstrand draws apprentice marcia so i wanted to draw their design for marcia’s birthday. also photoshop was acting up so i had to gif this somewhere else and it lost all kinds of quality. sorry!
oof, sorry for being so inactive here. Been working really hard on an animated music video for the Morning Sun single on Chise’s album DRMST8! This is the album cover which features Patches, the main character! I’ve been in collaboration with Chise since December, and it’s exciting to see everything come together! While waiting you can take a listen to Morning Sun now on all platforms including Spotify!
Hopefully the vid will be done in April! I’ll be posting behind the scenes on instagram (yeng_ma) weekly until the video’s release! (will also try to update on tumblr more often as well!)
Took me one week to compile everything into this, both 2d animation and effects. This is a more updated version of the other mushroom walk cycle animation + parallax scrolling from 2017.
Techniques featured in this video:
parallax scrolling, character shadow, character shades and tints with mask, motion blur, leaf shadows and glowing lights, sunrays effects, glowing dust.
