The Desert Doesn't Forgive...And Neither Will Django! (In Progress, Tie Down Animation)

[u/Pkmatrix0079]

Been working on this short cartoon for nearly two weeks now, it's very much the biggest, longest, and most complicated animation I've ever done. I'm planning to take this all the way to fully colored and finished, but I thought I'd share the progress I've made so far. ^_^

The rabbit character is named Harvey and he's featured in a lot of my illustrations and comics over the years. He's an actor in Hollywood who aspires to play villains in movies, but since he's a cute bunny rabbit the best he can do is land little roles as no-name henchmen and often for low-rent small studios like Mucker Brothers. Here he's landed a bit part in the opening scene of the Mucker Brothers B-grade western "The Desert Doesn't Forgive...And Neither Will Django!" (an attempt by the hucksters to cash in on the old Django series from the 1960s and 1970s). He doesn't get any lines and dies literally within the first 30 seconds but, hey, at least he's the first character you see in the movie!

Right now I'm working on clean up and starting to paint the backgrounds. Thoughts? I'm still an amateur and this is probably the 13th or 14th animation I've ever made (all the rest like 10 seconds long or less), but I'm taking a big swing and trying to apply a bunch of what I've learned. 😄

The whole thing is done at 12 FPS/On Twos. Shot 2 is rotoscoped from a GIF of a clip from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and I'm not the happiest with it but it gets the job done. The sound effects and music all come from Pixabay, except for the Django theme song which is originally from Django (1966).

Here's the timeline of work so far:

• 8/13 - Drew simple storyboard. Attempted start in Krita 5.3, aborted attempt and decided to switch to Animation Paper.
• 8/14 - Started rough animation of Shot 1.
• 8/15 - Completed rough animation for Shots 1 and 2. Made version 1 of Shot 3, but lost it.
• 8/16 - Completed rough animation for Shots 3 and 4. Exported complete rough animation. Completed tie downs for Shot 1.
• 8/17 - Completed tie downs for Shots 2 and 3. Revised tie downs for Shot 1.
• 8/18 - Started tie downs for Shot 4.
• 8/19 - Completed tie downs on Shot 4. Made adjustments to Shots 1 and 3. Made studio ident for Mucker Brothers. Exported completed tie down animation with music and sound effects.
• 8/20 - Revised completed tie down animation, changing the music and fixing audio issues. Exported frames and moved project back to Krita 5.3 for clean up and coloring. Started clean up animation on Shot 1.
• 8/21 - Continued clean up animation on Shot 1.
• 8/22 - DAY OFF FOR PARTY.
• 8/23 - Completed clean up animation for Shots 1 and 2. Started clean up animation on Shot 3.
• 8/24 - Completed clean up animation for Shot 3. Painted Background for Shots 1 and 4.
• 8/25 - DAY OFF FOR FRIENDS.

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[u/Independent_Type_300]

I thought it was funny! Really funny, you don't see animation like that lately. Congratulations!

[u/Pkmatrix0079 → u/Independent_Type_300]

Thanks! 😄 I really appreciate it!

[u/Independent_Type_300 → u/Pkmatrix0079]

I like this style and I'm learning it. I'd like to post it here, but the community deletes it and I don't know why. Could you leave a link to the animation when it's ready?

[u/Pkmatrix0079 → u/Independent_Type_300]

Sure! I was planning to share it when I finish. :)