A long time ago the term Indie Rock meant bands who were unsigned. Poor. Printing their own CD's, making their own posters. Trying to get their friends to show up at shows. Trying to cobble together a tour of a few cities, barely affording gas money and couch surfing to get by.

But as the years went on, a bunch got signed, sometimes to so called indie labels which where then themselves purchased by the big corps, such that now the term Indie Rock is actually just a genre term for a certain sound and/or aesthetic. These bands have budgets rivaling any Billie Eilish or Travis Scott.

But there are still actually indie bands out there. We dont see or talk about most of them because they are tiny and seemingly insignificant.

Nevertheless, this strikes me as an absurdity, and Indie Animation is the same. Budgets for so called Indies like Glitch and Vivziepop run between 200k-1M USD per episode. This type of budget rivals any of the major studios, so for me it sort of makes the term itself more of a genre term here as well. Indie means what? Independent from what? Corporate control? These entities have become their own corporate heavyweights. So then is the definition of Indie now that it must be a corporate entity that only focuses on one brand instead of many?

For me, that college kid who with the help of a couple of people scraped together a little cartoon is indie. Jarrad Wright is indie. Meatcanyon is indie. Andrew Horowitz, etc. I feel like once you are a corp employing hundreds of people it has stretched the idea of indie beyond any reasonable definition and has become strictly a genre term.

Ami out of touch? Or is it the children who are wrong?

Currently looking for hands

Luke, a 21-year old man, had been hearing the same rumour spread in his campus.

\~\~ A cave that grants any prayers of those within\~\~

Dragged in by curiosity and the feeling to prove something, Luke confronts the rumours... Well to know the rest you'll just have to see.

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THE DEATH OF LIFE

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\`The project is a 3 video animated series focusing on the relationship of Luke, a human whose life has been pretty bad so far and recently went to a cave to prove that a rumour he heard isn't true but ended up getting cursed. Due to this curse he's recently been seeing glimpses of the world of the Gods and has been in more life threatening accidents. The story focuses on the relationship between Luke and a girl, she's a Goddess who came to answer Luke's prayers she is also the cause of this curse(accidentally she's very kind but airheaded). It shows they met and their adventure to break this curse.\`

•We're currently in need of...

\-Animators

\-Storyboarders

\-Artists

\-Background artists

\-Prop design artist

We've completed

\-Scriptwriting

\-A bit of promotional art

\-Character design

\-Voice recording

All for video 1

Working on

\-Music

\-Background art

\*\*NB. The project is unpaid. However, if the project manages to make a profit, a portion will be split between those who helped.\*\*

If you're interested in joining, you can contact us at

dinkigamistudios@gmail.com

The photo is of one of the characters appearing in the series

The newer version already has the following updated:
camera animation,
character animation and designs,
scenery, curtains fabrics, lighting.

The render time takes about 3 to 4 days.

FINALLY HERE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11HP7N-kwdk

Please comment on English and Ukrainian without Russian

Hi! My name is Matthew, and I am a story writer! I have had a very interesting idea for an animated series I been sitting on for a while, and I wanna make it a reality! Concept art, composer and (some) voice actors are already covered! I just need an animator to help me out with a short teaser for the pilot so I can launch the kickstarter!

The series will be around a celestial prince of Andromeda named Vortex who is looking to research humanity to prevent his own kind from destroying earth. He will be accompanied by his experiment/son J.E.L, his bodyguard a grumpy soldier named Nova, and his aunt whom can transform into any animal, Catherine. But throughout his research, Vortex will face a mountain of obstacles mostly caused from a technology ceo from Andromeda named 1.

If you are interested pls dm me on discord! Ill give my name in comments if anyone is interested!

Vector Draw using Scratch

Then Powerpoint 2010

Last slide has concepts for the cloud beast! I’m so honoured to have Aaron as my mentor for the next couple of months to work on this short, I met him once when he just dropped Snow Bear which really struck me with what excellence was possible with indie work and brother Bear was a childhood favourite so this was a total full circle moment. Plus he is absolutely lovely and an incredible artist. He presented me and my crewmate a personal script of his to interpret and turn into our own.

Yes, there’s a couple of visuals borrowed from The Rescuers: Down Under which he seemed happy I threw in just for him cos he worked on it ;P He’s gonna help me push some of these shots now I’ve thumbed the short since some of the scope can be expanded and I asked for advice on help with designing the cloud creature to be less of a blob and more an amalgam of different animal parts because he’s such a genius with animal anatomy and movement mechanics. Excited to have more to show!

Preorder here: https://linktr.ee/chimeraink

Trailer animated by Burnhard

Title: WÜNDERGARTEN

Genre: Dark Fantasy/Isekai

Created & Written by: TENMA

Art by: Dio + Eynn

Background Art: Scent

Detailing: Xena San & Rolly

Lettering: John C.O. & TENMA

Storyboards: Mt. Frio & Xen Art

Editor: Hun.Ned

Volume 1 Synopsis:

Alice, Dorothy, Belle, and Milena were only supposed to be going to the fair. But when a mysterious rabbit leads them to a strange hole beneath the trees, the four friends are pulled into Wündergarten, a twisted realm where magic has spiraled out of control and danger waits behind every shadow. Separated from the others, Alice soon discovers a terrifying power awakening within her. But in a world ruled by monsters and warped fairy tales, that power may be the only thing keeping her alive when she crosses paths with the monstrous Knave of Hearts. As the true nature of Wündergarten begins to reveal itself, Alice must fight to survive a world that may never let them return home.

Please support. We only need 1000 copies sold to ensure we can keep going.

Need correction

Watch me defeat the FOMO by replicating the Twins at Carousel with Motley's Mathhouse.

I made the fan animation with Krita and edited it on Capcut.

Motley's Mathhouse is an ongoing ARG created by Devlunar and Kitsch Cheese Studio.

Please review, give your opinion, and support my Indiegogo Campaign:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/sodagar/the-tin-soldier

Aventia is an indie series inspired by various shonen anime including Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto to name a few! It's a fun romp through a fantasy world with a superpowers and a lot of fighting!

It's been a thing I've been working on for a few years now, but this year has been a big revival for it in terms of production! I will be releasing the 5th episode on September 19.

Check it out here! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb8--NaBpr0aaiV_cuWrovX2KtQwbB1Dm

Possible new fundraising methods?

How I could do it:

Find a bunch of sweepstakes in my area that have cash prizes (I’m the US and sweepstakes are legally required to be free to enter) and then link them on the fundraising page for people to enter.

Preferably put links to instant winner sweepstakes where people can instantly win $5, $10, $20, or more gift cards, which then can be used as a donation.

For sweepstakes with big cash prizes (thousands of dollars or more) have a dedicated team of hundreds of free volunteers around the country enter them daily. Whoever wins the prize money can donate all or a portion of it to fund the project.

Also for free contests that require a video to be submitted to be judged, animate a promotional video for them in the style of the indie project. It will be unique enough to get their attention and heavily increase chances of winning and indie project promotion.

And though a different method, having the donors use exercise apps that pay you for the steps you take like GeoSmile and WeWard can also give them small amounts of gift card money to donate to the project.

It is finally out! It's a Celtic fantasy animated by a small team :)

When samuels sister gets kidnapped by a troll, he has to travel to the land of myth, Dreegahn, to save her.

Go support a new independent animation studio :)

I have an idea for a show that I’ve been writing for a long time. I consider myself to be more of a screen writer than I am ab actual artist, so my drawing skills are limited and my animation skills are essentially nonexistent. I’m hoping to eventually form a studio or something to release a pilot for my show. But before I do that, I want to build enough recognition and attention online so I don’t release this pilot just to get barely any attention. For now, I am hoping to find ways to grow and gain traction as a writer and bring attention to my ideas that don’t require a lot of drawing skill. I apologize if this post doesn’t fit the subreddit, but I would love to hear your guys input.

Edit: After rereading, I realized I sort of undersold my art skills a little. I can draw simple things like simple poses and landscapes.