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April 2025 Update: Animation Cleanup & Storyboarding
April is here, and time is flying! This month, I documented my animation cleanup process in a timelapse set to relaxing Lofi music. I also tackled storyboarding for Sister Harts, filling 92 panels despite my usual struggles with the process.
BRITTNEY GALLOWAY
April 03, 2025
Hello all!
Month 4 of 2025 is here, and I'm shocked at how quickly time moves.
A banner that reads “My Short Journey: The Elusive Green Elephant”
March, I recorded cleaning up and coloring a roughly animated shot in TVPaint! The video "Cleanup and Chill" is a timelapse to Lofi and relaxing music. The video is around 1 hour and 15 minutes, but the actual work was around 12 hours over four days.
The art of cleanup is always more involved than expected, which is why I dislike doing it. This month's tutorial is about cleanup animation! This month, I also bought a little notebook from Passenger Paper. I got it because it's unique, it's hand-made, and it has a card with horizontal lines, vertical lines, and a grid to help you format your pages. Usually, when I get a new notebook, I want everything in it to be perfect or at least dedicated to a thing. But this notebook allowed me to be messy and sketchy, cross things out, and just make the thing. In January, I mentioned one of my projects, titled "Sister Harts". I started making thumbs of a scene, and I couldn't stop. I ended up doing the whole episode, which was 92 panels.
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Storyboarding is hard; it doesn't come naturally to me, and I'd rather study motion and other animation techniques instead. Being able to draw small, quickly, and imperfectly is a game changer. This isn't sponsored, but I used the small Ooue Notebook if you're curious.
Animation Spotlight: Best Friend
What it’s about: Best Friend evokes season 1 of Black Mirror. It’s a film about connection and addiction.
Why I like it: I’m fond of the visual style, and I think the message (a warning, really) was conveyed well.
Artist Spotlight: Shawna Mills
I found Shawna's art through Blk Wowan Animator's YouTube channel. She's on most social media as Lazy Mills. Currently, her primary project is Boom Tag X. Shawna’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelazymills/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SodaMonkey |  A character from BoomTagX |
Art Tutorial I Like
This month, I released a video of me cleaning up some animation. So, I wanted to share a video about the art animation cleanup.
Kofi! Any support is appreciated. If I can get 10,000 people to donate $1 each, I’ll be able to focus on these projects and still take care of my family. Having said that, if I have my way, I’ll have finished building the official store on the Sleepy Gallows website.
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