HO HO HO, BROTHERS! Welcome to YET ANOTHER Flashgitz Friday! And ‘tis a very special Flashgitz Friday indeed!
Sorry, working on the Space King Christmas Special has me in a jolly mood! What? It’s only August? Well fuck me, it’s felt like much longer than that.
Well I won’t keep you all in suspense. Space King Episode 3, The Christmas Special, AND The Tom and Don channel are progressing BEAUTIFULLY. Three projects at once. Goddamn we’re good. That’s why you pay us the big bucks.
Let me show you what we’re up to on Space King 3!
I can hear the electric guitar squeal in my head just looking at this image.
Right now we’re in the comp phase for a lot of shots. Just a few weeks out from when we’re expected to have all the animation and compositing work done. One of the tasks the comp artists have at this stage is making sure the lighting’s right. You guys know what lights are. Ship lights, vfx lights, just whatever lights show up and how they affect the colors.
Check out some of these examples!
“Trigger discipline?” You mean “Reddit grip?”
“Beep beep, space hippie!”
Packing all the supplies for their camping trip.
The lights aren’t always bright and neon-colored. Sometimes we design certain scenes to be a bit moodier and more diffused. In this stage of animation, the comp artists literally control the weather. A bright red Captain needs to be handled with finesse and expertise would stick out like a sore thumb in these rainy atmosphere shots. Check em out!
Moments before Hatemonger reveals he’s Chestnut’s father.
Bryce started looting after finding out the abandoned Coagulator ship was turned into a Spirit Halloween.
Chestnut, yet again caught in a time loop and can’t take off his globulous. Sad!
I can’t help but notice that, even with Captain begrudgingly eating canned beans, his helmet lights look very menacing in the rain.
Episode 3 is progressing fantastically, and I'm just bursting at the seams with excitement for you all to see it and worship us for the amazing art you paid for! But guess what? There's even more incredible news to get hyped about!
Even though it’s the middle of August, I know you’re all just bursting at the seams with Christmas spirit, which is why I’m going to give you an early present to hold you over: I’m going to show you some sneak peeks from the Christmas Special! How lucky you must be! And don’t forget we’re still very early in production.
Get it? “Slay team” Hur hur hur.
A new character called War-Priest that we’re going to be introducing. Oh sorry, he probably looks a bit silly in this shot. Let me show you what he really looks like.
There we go. Mind the cage, he’s a biter.
A few guns that Santa will be delivering to young children.
A shiny new ship from Santa! This one has bigger biceps.
I hope you all don’t get all Christmas’d out before the special! This one is gonna be great and we can’t wait to really get started on the episode.
Now, I know all you true Flashgitz fiends have just been putting up with all the Space King talk, waiting, just to get to this part of the post. But wait no longer because it’s finally here. Your preview of the next Tom and Don episode!
GUESS WHAT THE NEXT VIDEO’S ABOUT!
Uhh.. guess again!
Cameo from our son in the top left corner <3
Keep an eye out for the newest video on the Tom and Don channel!
Alright gang, that does it for this Flashgitz Friday! And as usual, a big fat thank you to all you Brothers and Greedy Brothers who keep the world spinning <3
Now let’s get to some Fan Art!
A very cool sketch by u/MarchHuge7620 on Reddit. Guess someone was tired of all the hunky High Command art!
Some hormonally charged art of Bryce by @maljackie4ever on Twitter. No hate - we all love Bryce here!
A swag-enfused Bryce from @Aleta_Carno on Twitter. The video is much longer, but this was my favorite part. Go check it out!
That does it for this blogpost!
Thank you brothers, and Praise be!