( AzurePro Studios )

 

Character sheets are being refined. I’ve been more focusing on the audio and the actors being set up than the actual character designs lately. I’ve been working on the announcement trailer that will be roughly 5 minutes long. Will be finding out next week sometime if we’re getting the panel at NYCC on The Indie Market and the various forms it has taken. If we do then the trailer will debut there, if not, then I’ll just debut it online the same weekend.

The initial character concept redesigns are being put together. I’ve been pretty lucky to get a friend on board who has went to school for art and animation and has done professional work in the animation industry. I’m an author who dabbled in animation, self taught. I never did professionally pursue art because writing has always been my strongest skill set. Which is why the novels happened in that form.

When I first started to try and animate, I was focusing on speed and continuing a story from the 3rd book. Which for the community that I was originally apart of, that was fine. They knew the characters already and didn’t need to be introduced. But when it came to a new audience the story structure wasn’t good, they knew nothing of the characters or their history and I never explained it. Live and learn I suppose.  There’s always room for growth.

 

The art style and detail has changed dramatically since the first episode I ever did. Originally all the work was rushed and I never put much care into it. But when I decided on wanting to really put out an indie animated movie as a sequel to the second book, I knew I had to change. My pride had to be put aside and I had to just realize that I didn’t have to do everything. I’m the creator, writer and a voice actor, do I really need to handle all of the art? It was hard, considering that this project, this story has been my main creative outlet for over 10 years now. It’s gone through 6 novels, a rewrite of the first 3, another rewrite of the first one to being published. It’s a story I enjoy telling and there’s always new perspectives that I can tell it from. So I looked to my friend who was willing to help me out. She would take over as the main artist and animator, I would still do art and animate, but mainly from a secondary perspective to learn and improve.

Karley Tufo, an artist/animator I met through voice actor, became a friend and probably the first person I ever decided to trust with something like this, started the redesign process based off the characters as they were originally crudely drawn.

Since then I’ve been animating and drawing to adjust the rushed style I had become accustomed to in order to be able to better fit the overall style we want to pursue. These drawings were of the older versions of Adam Novus and Sharon Amare so the ones in the actual trailer look a bit different. The trailer is not complete and even then, the animations in it are not a final product, they are merely a work in progress for the time being.

So far I am extremely pleased with how it is coming out, but there is plenty more to do. So it’s back to working on the character concepts, starting out with the face model sheets. The following are the first draft and not the final product. They still have to go through refinement, but they give an idea on the character’s looks.

 

 

We are still looking for more help! If you are an artist, animator or just wish to inquire on other ways to be a part of this then please read the information below!

Additional Animators and Background Artists wanted!

Send inquires to adam@azurepropress.com

Requirements: Have access to Adobe Flash CS5.5 preferred, CS4 is acceptable. Good knowledge of proportions and human anatomy. Able to meet deadlines. Must have a tablet, using a mouse, even if you are proficient will only slow things down.

Art Style: It’s not really anime cliche, but it is centered in a some what more realistic style than parody animations done on Newgrounds. No exaggerated limbs or “troll face” types of styles will be accepted.

Compensation: Depending on the kickstarter/Indiegogo campaign that will begin in October. But all involved will receive compensation based on the budget we manage to accumulate.

Full Cast List

Adam Novus
VA: Adam Tilford

Amber Rollins
VA: Natalie Van Sistine

Gabriel Fenix
VA: Travis Edward Mullenix

Stephen Novus
VA: Greg Nugent

Mario Liberalis
VA: Matt Alan

Caleb Proditio
VA: Matt Shipman

General Copiare
VA: Patrick Seymour

Amy Caecus
VA: Kira Buckland

Nicholas Novus
VA: Timothy Daniel Morris

Johnathan Miles
VA: Mark Allen Jr.

Nathan Anderson
VA: Austin Mathews

Jessica Sanders
VA: Natalie Hoover

Ashley Belellus
VA: Melissa D. Johnson

Xander Belellus
VA: Jake Murray

Sharon Amare
VA: Morgan Barnhart

General Nicole Mest
VA: Alicia LaRosa

Major General Howard Pertencia
VA: Patrick Dunn

Sarah Henning [Aura]

VA: Holly Hampson

Catherine Henning [Nova]
VA: Brittany Lauda

Lieutenant Samantha Rhodes
VA: Rina  Adachi

Carol
VA: Avery Smithhart

Admiral Kenneth Rogan
VA: Motly Fool

Admiral Vance Lowell
VA: Ryan Reid

 

Staff (as of now)

Animators

Karley Tufo

Adam Tilford

Derek Crawley

Character Designers

Karley Tufo

Adam Tilford

Marcel Jarvis

Storyboard Artist

Erica Mendez

Sound Design

Travis Edward Mullenix

Composer

ProjectTrinity

 

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