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Publish Custom Settings
Recipe 1 - available 24th September - foreverThis recipe is so important, that this will eventually be permanently available on my website: www.oliolioli.com as an addendum to the Core ChapterPublish Custom Settings is a series of steps to be able to customise and create your very own properties window, allowing you to tweak and adjust your more complex puppetry with ease.
One epic recipe, now split into four!
Hi there! It begins. Finally, it begins.I finished writing the recipe about 2 weeks ago, and now have been in the process of proof reading and editing.The recipe was so enormous that I thought the best way for anyone to digest it was to actually split it again, so now there are four smaller recipes instead of the two:1 Publish Custom Settings2 Epic Constraint Limbs3 Epic Constraint Torso4 Epic Constraint Torso TurnerI've completely finished Recipes 1 & 2 and will be uploading them within the next few minutes.The 'Epic Torso' Recipes...
400 pages. Close…
So the two symbiotic recipes Epic Limbs and Epic Torso are coming to a conclusion. It’s looking to around 400 pages, so you can understand why they’ve taken so long to write and illustrate!I’ve been writing and testing and changing constantly, but I can see the light much clearer at the end of this tunnel and within the next few weeks this Moby Dick of a recipe will finally be landed.Bear with me and the juicy goodies shall be yours. Thanks for persevering.Oli ;-)
Epic Constraint Torso Recipe progress + preview!
Just wanted to give you all a bit of an update of where I am with this recipe.As I may have mentioned, I’ve split the recipe into 2 parts - the limbs and the torso.It’s a pretty huge recipe- mainly as I have to clearly demonstrate various connections at regular intervals as your characters will differ to mine and it’s important to know how to make your own personal decisions regarding certain values you must enter and regular testing will be very important.It’s going really well though, and much more confidently than the last few attemp...
Books & old relatives?!
So… I’ve just ordered a proof of the Core Chapter which is being printed as a Hardback square book for me right now. Fingers crossed that by some miracle everything is fine, and I can actually start selling the damn things!I should know within the week.Treasure the ElderlyThis would have been done at least a week earlier were it not for both my grandparents deciding they’d like to pay several horrific trips to the hospital in quick succession. On the plus side, I have now made their home so automated, that future dealings with them should...
Agghhhh!
Ok, so this is a post which it infuriates me to have to make- and will clarify the reason why I’ve been so silent recently.Several times recently I’ve almost been ready to get the Kaboom series off the ground and time and time again, things have gotten in the way- Namely: Wix’s lack of international tax assistance, Etsy’s uploading limit, Amazon’s megabyte limit, Blurb’s book shape issues etc etc- the list goes on.Anyway- I am in the process of converting the books (once and for all) using Affinity Publisher instead of Apple Pages- ...
A preview of some of Chapter 2- The Flesh Chapter
I thought I'd give you a sneak of what I'm putting into the Flesh Chapter which I'm hoping for completion mid April- Trust me, there's loads more, but these are some juicy highlights.It feels with Chapter 2 that now we're REALLY getting into it.Hope you're as excited as I am.
Quick ToonBoom Kaboom ‘Line’ Chapter Release Update
Hi everyone!Just to give you all a heads up that the ‘Line’ chapter of my ToonBoom Kaboom Cookbook should be available for one month in the next few days!Just a couple more things I need to do before it’s ready.It’s clocking up at over 150 pages so far!Phew!Oli :-P
ToonBoom Cookbook update
Hi everyone!The cookbook is not too far from having its first chapter ready- Line.As those of you who follow me on all my media may know, I’ve spend the year getting various ToonBoom recipes ready for transcribing, and it’s getting very close to actually getting stuff out to you all.Covid ImpactDue to largely Covid actually hitting my nearest and dearest recently, it has meant that my schedule has taken a hit, so it’s looking far more that late January, early February will be a more likely time for release, so please bear with me.One mont...
Almost finished her rig
Hi Everyone!Well the Empress Rig is nearing completion. The above image is her rig, posed and drawn entirely within ToonBoom Harmony.She exemplifies a huge bunch of theories and work practices which I've been researching and perfecting over the last few months in readiness for the Cookbook which I'm in the process of writing.She is an extremely complicated puppet it's true, but now she's made, it will be extremely easy for me to apply these principles and even large chunks of her actual rig to other realistic humanoid characters...
Next Harmony Guide Advert
Hi everyone.Those who follow me on Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/oliputland - will notice I’ve been faffing about with a set of comic book characters I’ve created out of nowhere.These designs are actually going to be made in Toon Boom Harmony for a new advert I’m going to make for the Guide. I wanted to test out some new ideas and theories on a more human character, and the advert is a perfect ‘petri dish’ for that kind of experimentation so there you go.Work has been a little slower on this endeavour than all the other adverts...
Harmony Chapter 4 update
Hi everyone.If any of you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve been buisily working on the new Chapter as well as revisions to some of the old stuff for a while now.Here’s my yearly plan:Sweet HarmonyI’m making several improvements and revisions to existing stuff- particularly regarding Grouping, Turnarounds, The Node View Screengrabs as well as various corrections and enhancements. The Julio chapter has had the most extensive revision work, with far more diagrams and how-tos to cover a variety of subjects including turnarounds a...
Aniseed Rig dropping in the next few days to my $5 patrons.
Merry Christmas everyone. I’d meant to get him ready for Christmas, but there are just a couple more things I want to add to him before he’s ready.When I write new stuff for the guide, I experiment with techniques and elements to refine them enough to be able to show you all properly.Aniseed uses a lip syncing system which I have been working on for quite some time and I think I’ve got it to a point I wanted to share with you all. Obviously, the full instructions on how to make it and how it works will eventually be available in the updat...
Happy Halloween!
Depending on where you are in the world right now, Halloween is rather less festive than it usually can be. Hope you’re all ok.I’ve been working on this ready for Halloween as an excuse to figure out some concepts for Chapter 4. Hope you enjoy it.The boil technique is something I’ve been developing for sometime, as well as a couple of other things- little sample anims like this are great for experimentation.With little ideas like this, chapter 4 is looking to be one of the most interesting in the whole book! Watch this space.Oli ;-)
Chapter 4 & Terry & Sandy
Thanks for the comments on and off Patreon. They’ve been reassuringly positive. This project was quite stressful for me for several unexpected reasons, but the feedback REALLY was a tonic.I’m working on the making of book for Terry & Sandy- a bit delayed due to a few work commitments I’m afraid, but it’s full steam ahead next week, and I’m aiming to get the booklet completed in a fortnight’s time.Then onto Chapter 4, which has now got more than enough content ready to go for a smooth fun filled write!Oli ;-)
I'm being interviewed on Toon Boom's Twitch! At 9pm UK
In about an hour and a half from now, if anyone's interested in hearing me talk about the guide and the animation industry and... stuff!oli ;-)
Terry & Sandy Update
Hi there, Everyone.Still soldering on with it. Since I'm Mr Technical in my household- a major technical issue for my Art Director BF has interrupted my life again for a few days I'm afraid, but I'm back on it now.It's been interesting animating with these two- as always, there are parts of the rig I really like, and parts I don't. The Profile/Front mouths took a while to set up (mainly because I was figuring out the exact manner of their creation) but they work extremely well which is nice. Will be writing that up when I...
Terry & Sandy Update
Hey everyone.Well, after a bit of a rough start, (All will be revealed at a later date) I can safely say that Terry & Sandy is shaping up to be quite a nice little exercise for me.There have been a few technologies from Harmony 20 which have come at just the right time for this project, so I’m quite grateful for the conjunction!Sandy’s puppet is pretty flexible, (as those who have seen the animation posts on Twitter will know) and is largely capable of some pretty expressive acting- so I really want to push some of that in the upcoming shot...
Harmony 20 New features!
Hi everyone. Made a quick video demonstrating loads of the new abilities Harmony 20 gives y’all.Enjoy!
Harmony 20
Hey Everyone.Well the cat's out of the bag now. Harmony 20 is publicly available.I've been able to muck about with it for a few months as I'm a Toon Boom Ambassador, so I've known what's in store for a while, and there are some doozies of features available.I think the most useful will be the much requested Deformer on Deformer feature which will allow both Envelope and curve deformers to occur simultaneously- perfect for bodies which will benefit from that kind of complexity in Rigging.Suffice to say that when I've gott...
A live Stream talking' about my Professor Puppet
Hey Everyone.I thought it might be fun to do a LiveStream on YouTube (I have an audience there) talking about the Professor puppet that I created for the recent advert I created for the Harmony Guide.LIVE at 1:30 BST Thursday.There are quite a few little bits and pieces that are not obvious with a character like that, and it'll be fun exploring them with y'all.See you then!oliProfessor Advert:https://youtu.be/c9TQ68K5JBI
Possible subjects for Chapter 4
So as I mentioned before- the guide- in whatever form- will probably never really ever end, and I’ve got a few ideas for what could be in Chapter 4The subjects includeSwitchesExpressionsEasy Epic ArmsMake a body less stiffClothDrawing quicklyMaster Controller laboratoryLighting.Random tipsI’m also strongly considering making a shorter guide regarding Harmony Essentials, as the methods for making stuff for that are a little different.Not quite sure when I’ll be writing these, but I may smuggle some in with each booklet that I make with the...
Advert Number 3 for the Guide
Hi Again. Advert Number 3 has finally been made- a bit self indulgent perhaps, but if it grabs people’s attention, then that’s all to the good.I’m probably going to do a bit of a LIve Stream talking about how I made it if anyone is interested.Let me know, and I’ll let you know.Oli ;-)
Martin Cuinet's Create Blank Substitution Script
Hi everyone.Here's a link to the script! Free.Enjoy!https://tinyurl.com/v626msv
A free Toon Boom script? How do I get it?
You want Martin Cuinet's Create Blank Substitution Toon Boom Script?Then come along to my LIVE twitch stream today at 6:30 BSTI'll give you the instructions on how to install it!http://twitch.tv/oliputland
The ToonBoom Script EVERYONE wants.
Hi everyone.For those of you who are interested in such things, this seemingly insignificant script is the holy grail of ease of use. Created by Lord Martin Cuinet, this elegantly designed piece of scripting allows the creation of new blank drawing subsitutions WITH THEIR PIVOTS IN TACT!No more faffing about with copy, paste pivot or duplicating subs and then removing their contents!This will do it all, allowing for a streamlined, calm workflow which I'm sure everyone can get behind.It even allows for Hotkey assignment, so you can sit back,...
Live Stream in about an hour
Just a reminder that my Live Harmony Q+A is due to start in about 1 hour’s time.Any questions regarding Toon Boom?Ask ‘em!
A quick thank you and reminder
Hello everyone.I just wanted to give a massive thankyou to those who have reached out to me over the last few days, praising the guide. As you may feel yourselves, one of the main reason you get into art is - let’s face it- for the praise, so it’s great to get it- particularly when I’ve been working on it for months on end totally on my own!I wish you well with your endeavours, and if you want to post some of your resulting work online and mention me in the comment somewhere, I’m not gonna lie, I would be really grateful for the publici...
So... twitch is a thing, now
Hi everyone.I’m going to do another broadcast on Sunday 6:30pm for us Brits, 10:30am for you USA types on the west coast and 1:30 for east coast.That’s going to be on YouTube. Link is herehttps://youtu.be/jOG4t4oQZAoHowever, I am starting to get into Twitch, least of all because it’s a damn sight easier to stream to and easier to manage, so checkout the live stream I made where I start building a character from nothing.https://www.twitch.tv/oliputland/videosIf you want to obviously, I’m not going to force you. I’m not the gestapo.Oli
Toon Boom Harmony Live Q+A this Sunday!
Hi everyone.Just a plug for my live Q+A for all your Rigging & Animation issues to do with Toon Boom Harmony.Click the link and set a date, this Sunday at 2:00pm BST.https://youtu.be/J2hpbNDDHnwIf it goes well, I may well do it regularly.Oli :-)
