Word 4 Word Opening Sequence Animation - Sneak Peek!

For all of you who are curious about the project I've been working on for the last month or so, here is a little glimpse.

Did you see the lip sync?! :D I still remember being in my Flash class and getting so excited when a guest speaker came and showed us how to do lip sync. Little did I know then that one day I'd be working on a game project where lip sync was a large part.

For those of you who are wondering - yes, both voices are me. Those probably won't be what we use for the final clip (so I'll have to tweak the sync a bit again, heh) but that's all I've got to work with for now, hehe. :3

Although I've only posted a short clip, I actually have 1 entire minute of animation completed for the opening sequence - I suspect it will be 3 minutes when done (including the credits). And that's what I'm up to!

Don't forget you can keep tabs of both sides of the work for Operation SpyRat: Word 4 Word on MousePaw's website, www.mousepawgames.com.

Vocaloid - Lily

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Not long ago I posted a fan-art I made of Luka Megurine, a Vocaloid made by Crypton Future Media who has been out for over a year now.
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This time, here is a Vocaloid who has not even been released at all yet. Lily, Internet Co's lastest vocal synthesizer application, is due to be released August 25 of this year. However, her character design (drawn by KEI, the same artist who designed Miku, Rin, Len, and Luka) is already out and fan-artists are already trying their hand at capturing her.
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I took a little different take on Lily than most drawings I've seen before. Since she is intended to be a punk, most draw her looking tough and grinning...but hey, everyone has a soft side, right?
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Needless to say, I love KEI's character designs; I think he is fantastic. However, when I first saw Lily, I was not all so impressed. Her design is starting to grow on me, though. I do like the prominent use of cords in her outfit - it goes along with the theme of making the Vocaloids appear both as technology and human.
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But drawing so much fan art makes me really miss designing characters of my own. Maybe I can still find some time when I'm not working on MousePaw stuff to do more of that myself. :3

What I'm Working On

I know, I haven't posted a lot lately. That's because I've hit a few more long-term-ish projects. The majority of my focus is going into animating the opening sequence for Word 4 Word. The picture above is a screenshot from that. Alicia the mouse is preparing for the daily newscast when a mysterious caller gives her a tip about some breaking news... But will she and Rebekah be able to get the message out in time?
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I'll probably get the sequence done by August sometime. In the meantime, I might show some more screenshots or maybe even short clips :)
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I may be doing more Vocaloid fan art too. Because I love Vocaloid. TwT <3

Vocaloid - Luka

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Oh, Luka ... how I adore her design. Of course I love most anything that has to do with Vocaloid, but both Luka's voice and her look ascends far above the rest (except my dear Miku-chan, hehe). Anyhow, I love her.

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And so I had to draw her again. ^^

Cats!

Every game needs a villain... And when your main protagonists are mice, of course the villains have to be cats!
This is Blueclaw. Like most evil masterminds, he is bent for world domination - of course.

Don't make him angry...

This is Ming, a minion of Blueclaw's...though he may or may not have his own agenda as well. This little siamese is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters for the pending MousePaw game series Operation SpyRat!

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In other MousePaw news, our website is up!!! Not much on it yet, but there's a short paragraph about our games & our mission, an update on our process, and of course a countdown ticking toward the projected launch of game 1! (Operation SpyRat: Word 4 Word) Check it out - especially if you're looking for cute, fun, and educational games for kids.

http://www.mousepawgames.com/