Lunatics Project (Channel)

How we created the illusion of distant horizons for exterior sets in "Lunatics!" This is a two-minute tutorial that was, evidently, exclusive to Patreon subscribers in 2015, and was never uploaded until now!

This audiodrama episode was produced in 2013, using the dialog originally intended for the animated episode, combined with additional voiceover by Terry Hancock and music. FULL CREDITS...

Textless episode titles / end credits animation. 00:00 Episode Credits Animation 00:24 Black for Credits Pages 00:54 Coda Music: Insignificance - "Don't Lose Heart, We're Nearly Through" from "One Minute and Two" - Jamendo #46114 / CC By...

Title animation for "Lunatics!" pilot episode, without overlaid text. Music: "Space Zine" (TV Size Cut) By Elaine Walker Performed by Zia.

Animated "tour" of the Mission Control Room set, after dressing it with props and adding posed extras characters. In the actual episode, this will only be on screen for a few seconds and mostly from behind the characters, so they don't really have...

Demo of the separated Ink & Paint layers. The ink is against white here (the ink alone is a transparent overlay). The composite shown here is the pre-composite output, generated in the initial render process. I'm still considering how I want ...

A collection of shot footage rendered for the "Soyuz Flight" sequence of the pilot episode of "Lunatics!" The status of these is "pre-composite", which means they are composited using the default configuration in the render file as a preview of...

This is a test animation of my physics-based simulation rig for Georgiana's toy "space bunny" from the "Lunatics!" pilot. I was having difficulty animating this realistically, so I decided to try simulating it. The idea is that the core of the ...

It's been over 7 years since my last "2-Minute 2-Torial", so it seems only right to bring it back for "Twos Day" -- Tuesday, 22-2-22 (ISO - or 2/22/22 or 22/2/22, if you prefer your dates American or European, respectively). Transcript: Did y...

This is a simple demonstration and rigging test animation for a 14-segment display prop in Blender. It can display a choice of 22 messages (if you design them not to overlap, you could even do multiple messages at once). This is more than enough f...

Test of the rocket plume effect with the Soyuz launch vehicle, which is the first shot in the "Soyuz Flight" sequence (SF) in "Lunatics!" episode 1 (it's in "block 3" because of editing changes -- block 1 groups all the cabin interior shots). T...

Short promotional video showing what you get on the upcoming "Open Movie Edition" DVDs, which is the main / first release of the episodes. Music is "To Receive the Answer" by Distemper, CC By 3.0.

Character model turnaround for Dr. Sarah Allison, from "Lunatics!" (no sound)

Character model turnaround for Dr. Sarah Allison, from "Lunatics!" Lunar geologist, EVA specialist.

Turnaround animation for the Anya Titova character model.

Turnaround for International Space Foundation founder and colonist Rob Lerner. Written: Rosalyn Hunter Character Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Rig: Keneisha Perry Turnaround Animation: Terry Hancock (no sound)

Testing out a style for a promo video with a character turn-around video. Character of "Hiromi Aoki Lerner" from "Lunatics!" Concept: Rosalyn Hunter Art Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Art Direction: Terry Hancock (no...

Testing out a style for a promo video with a character turn-around video. Character of "Hiromi Aoki Lerner" from "Lunatics!" Concept: Rosalyn Hunter Art Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Art Direction: Terry Hancock (no...

Re-rigged the Soyuz Launch Vehicle using armature and drivers. Adds more accurate movement for pod-staging, including the pods tumbling away from the vehicle.

Completed rocket-plume effect, from three different angles, with the sound effect. [NOTE (2022): Getting a decent non-photorealistic, but compelling, rocket plume special animation effect to match our 3D-anime-ish style was a challenge I spent ...