After nearly two years of on-again off-again work here it is, the animatic that's been stuck in my head ever since I first heard this song back in 2018!! Finishing this behemoth was my big goal for the year and that was even before I decided to fully illustrate it, but somehow here we are!
I honestly wasn't ever sure if I'd be able to make this a reality since the song is a mix of fast paced with slower portions and I didn't think static images would fit very well, but rather than give up on it I was super inspired by @siruoa‘s brilliant greedling artvid over here, and decided to give that style a shot myself with just the best results I could’ve hoped for!
Anyways thanks to all of ya’ll that have been so patient and encouraging since I dropped the sketch version last spring, I hope you all enjoy my love letter to FMA, Greed, and this this banging song as much as I do~
(Additional project details under the cut)
All art and animation was done within Clip Studio Paint EX over the course of 12 months. Overall this animation has 70 shots made up of 11 active animation folders, with the more complicated shots having up to 7 pieces moving at a time. I frankly lost track of the number of layers used, but it was well over 1200 when all was said and done h a
Music Used: Stronger by The Score
(and just in case you thought I was kidding about the 2018 thing lol)
hi, it's your 2024 reminder to take things slowly.
Slow down, don't run. Look around, you see people chasing behind so many things? You were one of them too. But do you really know your destination? Is it only one? Or multiple?
You know the path exactly? You know the end point?
I'm afraid you don't. So why are you running and towards whom? Run back, towards yourself
Enjoy the journey, look around, observe, feel, understand, then move on. You're missing out on a lot of things. Don't make anyone believe you're behind, you're not.
You're on the right path, just slow down.
Take a break. Take a deep breathe. You've got this. Nobody can take it away from you, alright?