Akumi Animation Update: Final Stretch (Patreon)

Hello my Patrons!
I've been working overtime to finish this new Akumi animation and it's paid off. I just handed the final animation work off to Dave and Kevin for sound effects and will be meeting with Ben to do the music soon! It feels surreal to be so close to the finish line. But we're almost there and all of your Patron names will be in the credits once it's finished. Man I'm feeling excited to release this!

Tier 4 Commissions
With the animation almost done, I have a space of time to get some commissions I promised my month of May Tier 4 Patrons.  I've already started on one as you can see in the rough sketch above.  I'll be making a NSFW version of this in the final color version. I'll release those versions to you Patrons soon.

Month of May Pledges

Just a side note, I decided not to collect any pledges for May since I didn't really post anything but updates for my Akumi animation.  I only feel comfortable collecting your pledges when I also release original art you can download on top of my animation updates.  I'll be working hard to make that happen more frequently. I'm also gonna start making tutorials available which I'll discuss more below. One Patron recently ask about Akumi post productions stuff like background stories, character details and other stuff that gets made before the animation is even started. I have a lot of that stuff I can dig up and release to you all soon.  It's fun to see where it all started. Akumi looked so different in the beginning stages. She looked a lot closer to Puffy Ami Yumi designs rather than Gorillaz early on.

Tutorials: Creating Art & Animations like Miltonius!

I've gotten requests for tutorials ever since I created Akumi. I think making that available here on Patreon is the best was to do it.  Here's my ideas on how to approach that field. Feel free to give me other ideas in the comments below. I won't know how frequently I can release these tutorials until I start them. 

Character Art:

• How I created character, armor and weapon art for Adventure Quest Worlds and Oversoul.

Animation:

• Breaking down the steps I go through to create Akumi animations:
• Fundamental animation principles using Akumi characters and scenes.
• How I create action/fight scenes
  
• How I create backgrounds/environments for my animations

Ending June

The commissions for my month May Tier 4 Patrons are top priority now that the Akumi animation is off getting sound work done.  First week of July, we'll have a Tier 4 lottery since the number of Patrons in Tier 4 are growing. ( It would hinder animation progress if I did a commission for everyone in that tier each month. )

Once I've finished the commission work, I'm gonna work on some NSFW bonus footage for the episode only you Patrons will have access to. I'm confident the main Akumi animation footage will be ready for release this July.  ( I'm waiting on the sound effects and music! ) From there, we're just gonna keep pumping out more Akumi animations! With each animation that gets completed, the amount of time it takes to finish an episode shortens because I gain more assets to work with.

Thank you for supporting us and following us on this journey. Animation is still considered only for kids in the West. My goal is to be known as the biggest creator of adult animations in the West. I'd like to make it mainstream like anime is in Japan or the way Deadpool made "R" rated movies acceptable. Lets see if we can make that happen! Onward and Upwards!

-Miltonius