TH17.5 short progress #9 (Patreon)

I'm sure by now you've seen the teaser trailer on YouTube. As I mentioned on that video's description, I was not planning on making that teaser, but right now I'm going through a situation that is in dire need of action right now. I made that teaser trailer to spread the word about the project and get more supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi because I realized that if I want to get the TH15 adaption going, I can't wait until the project is starting.

That's actually the reason why this Patreon exists right now, because I had this idea earlier last year that I have to get ready for it at that time, but looks like that's not enough. I have to spread the word about the upcoming animated project even more so now. Thus, I'm now working even harder to get the TH17.5 short out so that I can I have something to show and let people know what to expect in the future.

I'm making a goal to finish this animated short by the end of the month, so I'm putting in more hours. Thankfully, there's not much left to do. Just color it, composite, and then edit the video. There's also small naunces like sound and special effects to add, but I'm not too worried about it. This animated piece is finally going to come out, and I can't wait.

After uploading the teaser trailer, I took the rest of yesterday off, only planning for the coloring task ahead of me. I realized that I didn't have an idea of how coloring could look like at this point, so I decided to just spend a few hours doing just that. Here is the coloring test that I did.

Of note, these are not final images, they're just test. I'm not representative of the final look. I was just testing around with what it can potentially look like.

These two images also have their own methods of applying their respective textures. For the first, I had no real idea of what to do, so I just proceeded to do whatever I wanted, but after I got an idea of what I wanted, the second one was made with intention of creating a process.

But it has also led to an interesting contrast with the bottom having a lot of layers while the top having so few. I feel it works and that's probably due to the backgrounds I used. If you played or seen footage of 17.5, I'm sure you know what each background is but in case you don't, the bottom is the first stage of the Yuuma fight, which is mainly dark, and the second is a lot more lit up.

This has created a situation where the layers have made a very appropriate lighting scheme for each character based on the background, which is a total coincidence as I simply added the backgrounds last.

Though I do have the layers all ready for the second one, I didn't do that with the first one since I was just fooling around and wasn't even thinking about saving the layers. So while I have a template to work with for the darker side of the stage, when the stage lights up, I'll have to figure out how to get that look again.

So now I have my task ahead of me. The animation will be released something at the end of this month or the beginning of the next. My personal hope is that this will get the attention it needs for the upcoming TH15 adaption to become a success. I really need to get this project going now as time is of the essence. But whatever may come, in the end, I just want to make something amazing for the Touhou community.