Behind the Scenes

Rona and the Legend of the Kodiaks — 2D Animated Short + Behind-The-Scenes

Cyan Los ·

Cyan Los writes:

A while back, AV Originals commissioned me to create a short-film length 2D animation for their story, called “Rona: Legend of the Kodiaks”. While I’ve animated for other companies before, this was my very first animation of this quality. As a sole animator this was my most ambitious project yet, attempting to complete every phase — hand-drawn 2D animation, 3D modeling and texturing, compositing, etc. — and deliver a complete visual feast in a matter of months.

I’ve used a variety of softwares for this project, such as Blender, OpenToonz, Krita, Synfig and Natron as primary, along with Audacity, gThumb and other utilities to make my life a little easier. Despite a general lack of well-known 2D animation software on it, I completed this entirely on Ubuntu Linux.

You can enjoy the animated short right here:

For a simple breakdown and behind-the-scenes, you check out the link here.

Author Cyan Los
I'm a Digital Artist, and I've worked with 2D and 3D, as well as Animation and Graphic Design, for quite some years now.I'm a sucker for good stories, good art and good puns — no matter what the genre. Sometimes I trace and color a catalogue out of what vivifies an ordinary person's spirit, and occasionally throw words into a heated frying pan just to see what that omelette's tastes like.
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