I should have posted this a little earlier but...

New Years 2019 Collab

Due Date: December 26, 2018

It used to be a tradition of mine to draw the same cliffside cityscape over and over again every year with a few changes of style and a few other improvements. And usually I would draw in a few other people in it too. Now I want to bring it back and why not bring it back as a collab. Yes, you can get to draw yourselves in

Here are a few examples from the past:

This is pretty much the first collab I ever tried hosting, let’s see how this goes and hopefully it all goes according to plan. I’m not expecting much but I do hope we get at least 15 to join.

How to apply with the ever obvious first come, first serve:

> Check the list for any available slots to your choosing, only one slot per participant.

> Send me a note on deviartART (Ellis02) with subject New Years 2019 Collab

Task:

> Download the PSD Template (or JPG for other softwares) that corresponds to which layer is your given slot.

> Simply draw yourself or any of your OC(s) in any style of your choosing in your given slot.

> Send your final art via note with a sta.sh link with your file as either PSD or a transparent PNG (I could even accept FLA or AI too) with filename <number>_<username>_newyears2019.psd

Rules:

> The template size is at 4096x2160, however in most cases where your software/device cannot handle that image size, you can crop a portion of the template and draw from there, just make sure you submit a high resolution image (anything above 1200px will do).

> I will only accept the following file formats: PSD, transparent PNG, AI or even FLA

> Your characters may interact with the environment (eg. hiding behind a bush, leaning against a tree), in which case I expect to receive your work in multiple layers.

> You can share a slot with someone else if you want to collaborate with 2 OCs, but I might recommend asking for 2 slots next to each other when available.

> You can exceed out of the RED BOX when necessary as long as it wouldn't block anyone else

> No NSFW

> Your work will be judged for the sake of quality. Goodluck!

Other Notes:

> The PSD size is at 4k resolution, this is so when downscaled the characters will still look crisp.

> I'm also going to try implementing the same 3D effect shown here

> Assuming you'll put shadows on your characters, the main light source would be coming from the buildings and fireworks (temporarily drawn in blue).

> Though you are given the assigned slots, I may still have to adjust everyone once I compose everything into the final image (especially for people who wishes to share a slot or when there are more empty spaces by the end of the deadline).

> Further questions and discussions can be taken in notes or in our discord server: discord.gg/FA38Yzy

So I made an entry for this collab and I made it in, check it out

I write this journal entry to announce my return, though I wouldn't really guarantee it but I'll try to post more stuff as much as I can from this point. After a while of... Haitus? Is this even haitus? Probably... Anyway, I recently found leverage to bring me back on creativity even just a little and I figured I should continue on where I left off with planned animations and more DoodEll comics.

So far:
>inside joke 1.5 is still in the works, I'll try to get this one done within the month so I can move on with inside joke 2.0 and 2.5
>More DoodEll comics, currently working on one right now and this time it's colored
>Will have DoodEll comics split into two different series, IRL where I reinterpret one of my real life experiences and the other are random ADVentures with some friends.
>New animation project with ChrisFarmer007, "The Strider"

Unconfirmed:
>"StickVille Stories" makes a return with new title "Scarlet Eyes" as I rewrite the whole thing the 3rd time, should make an animatic for a pilot episode too, maybe...
>Fan animation for a friend _{^{You know who you are, you cool person //>u>}}


These things will take a while and it might seem I'd go AWOL again, I can't make any promises. I'm a busy man.

It's been a fucking year since my last entry, how is everyone doing? I have been busy, ish... I won't go too much into detail on what I have been up to lately, but I have a job now at a small studio. Pretty sweet, I have been working with them and paid as freelance for about 8 months now and soon I'll be officially fully employed with those guys.

Now, aside from irl work, I have been working on an animation since September and supposedly it was for a collab entry for Hyun's Haunted Dojo 2017. Pretty much the very first collab I would attempt to at least enter but despite working on my entry since day one, I unfortunately didn't make it to the deadline. I got a little too ambitious, and I have again underestimated a few things. I guess I didn't look through the pros and cons well enough while I was doing the pre-production stage. BUT, worry not... I am still working on it and will have it done on the first half of November (I set another deadline for tomorrow (Halloween) but I again, failed to finish), better late than never.

Have some sneak previews: (Open image in New Tab for full res)



You might have an idea why it slowed me down, the setting is made in 3D. (God, I miss this style so much)
I also have a couple more animation pieces to work on, one of them is actually 85% done... since literally last year XD <sub>(I will get back to it when I have time, I swear D: )

A lot of shit went down since the last update... 2017, fucking crazy year, man... Just to add that in. Also, 8 days ago, I turned 22 *tosses paper scraps as improvised confetti*</sub>

3 months has passed since I last graduated. So far it's all been a few animations and youtube binge (surprisingly enough, not much on gaming as the gaming time is at night time before bed). I tried job hunting with my buddy ChrisFarmer007 and I'll tell you, job fairs on an artist's perspective? That's like finding a needle in a haystack. Much of the jobs I applied for were from the job fair, and they never called me back //;w; (except for the last one, though they didn't call me again for the final interview). I even signed up for UpWork as what my buddy suggested, a place to stick around for freelance while we're still unemployed.

As of now, I'm all cooped up in my room, broke, missing the college days when I still have allowance everyday and getting bugged from getting text messages about applying as a call center agent.

Well, enough of the current situation I have right now. As for my  "master plan"  I'm still working on an animation and it's been about a month now, nothing too big of a deal either except that I could've finished this already if I stopped procrastinating on youtube videos.

Smol teaser:
twitter.com/ellis02magson/stat…

I'll be uploading this on my channel once I'm done, it's about time I bring it back to life. I also have a small list of ideas to animate after this one, so be patient and stay tuned.

Now, I also don't update myself on deviantART just as much as I used to. It's complicated, so I'd probably post another journal entry next month. Until then I got my Twitter for you to follow if you choose, it's where I'm most active right now (despite having roughly 20 followers). I promised myself that Twitter is just a waste of time and.. heh, look at my now.

I'm also thinking about streaming (not limited to join.me), I've never done this before but I might as well give it a shot someday. Just for you to know I'm still doing my thing, it's the least I could do for my remaining and new watchers.

That's all for now.