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Teaser of Morevna Episode 4
We have published a small teaser of upcoming Episode 4. Which is actually can be treated as pitch video for the whole Morevna series.And yes, we have started a crowdfunding campaign!
Production Report #16
New Morevna Production report is here! With a dozen of artwork and animations. ^__^
[DRAFT] Morevna Episode 4 - Chase scene (2017-11-30)
Animatic of chase scenes reworked.
[DRAFT] Morevna Episode 4 - Guy-In-Black Encounter (2017-11-29)
A piece of animatic for upcoming Episode 4.
Quick sketch: Mechainc-sister
Quick sketch of Mechanic-sister and some her creation made for you by our artist Anastasia Mayzahegisheva. License: CC-BY 4.0.
Morevna reference (WIP)
Anastasia Mayzhegisheva is working on the reference for alternative Morevna (the one with short hairs).
Morevna Episode 3.0.2 released in English
Dear Patrons! I am happy to announce that Morevna Episode 3 now available in English!Much thanks to Duffy Weber and Marielena Alcaraz who did a voice acting! Also, my special thanks to Stas Kholodilin, Connor Deptuck and Craig Maloney for helping with translation into English.As I mentioned in previous posts, this version is slightly (maybe not that slightly) different from the Russian one released one year ago. That's because I have took this chance and reworked video sequence edit. Also I made some fixes to animation, which I had in mind ...
Mention in the credits for English version
I have finished the last animation fixes for English version of Morevna Episode 3. Now I reworking end credits to make them more attractive.The credits has a "Sponsored by" section, which lists everyone who claimed an appropriate reward from our crowdfunding campaign for Russian voicing. I decided that it would be fair to extend this list with the names of Patrons who have their lifetime pledge higher than 100 USD. Just wanted to let you know. ^__^
[DRAFT] Morevna - Episode 3 - English
Dear Patrons! I want to share with you a full draft of upcoming English version of Morevna Episode 3.Did I mentioned that I took a chance to rework the episode for English release? Well, I did. This version is slightly (maybe not that slightly) different from the Russian one released one year ago.This is a draft mix (voice levels are not properly in balance with the rest of the soundtrack) and I still have some animation fixes in my todo list -...but in general it is already 95% close to what will be published as final version. My special thank...
OSX version of Synfig now 5 times smaller
Many OSX users have complained that OSX package of Synfig have ridiculous size (and because of that some users even had problems with getting it to launch). So, I have spent several nights on that problem and applied some magic to our build system.And result? Now the package is 5 times (!) smaller than before!All other characteristics and functionality should remains the same, though I am encourage everyone to make sure everything is works as before. So, go ahead and give it some testing!Download optimized versionP.S. Your feedback is appreciat...
“Rebirth” artwork 2017
Anastasia Majzhegisheva reworked her "Rebirth" artwork made back in 2015. This artwork illustrating a moment of Morevna’s past when she is gaining the great power of Needle Artifact. This saves her life, but unfortunately such events usually have consequences…Below you will find a collection of in-progress snapshots and source file.Download source KRA fileLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
English voicing draft for Morevna Episode 3 [2016-09-20]
Our progress on English dub of Morevna Episode 3.Voice acting: Duffy Weber - https://www.voices.com/people/HalfNote5 Marielena Alcaraz - https://www.marielenaalcaraz.com/
Alternative Morevna concept
A concept of alternative Marya Morevna developed by Anastasia Majzhegisheva. This is how our main female protagonist is going to look like in the next releases of Morevna series.Download source file (KRA)
Making of Pepper & Carrot Motion Comic: Using Krita for Artwork Reconstruction
This video shows the process of preparing artwork for animation using Krita open-source software. At the moment the video is in Russian, but its key concepts should be pretty much easy to follow for any audience.
New artwork: Alternative Morevna
Here's a follow up on Anastasia's research of alternative Morevna.Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.Download source file (KRA)
Synfig Studio 1.2.1 released
Dear Patrons! Just want to let you know that our team released a new stable version of Synfig Studio! This update delivers important fixes for previous stable version and recommended for all users.Read details...
Visit by Sam Muirhead
A few days ago we’ve got a visit from one of our Patrons! Sam Muirhead (http://cameralibre.cc/) traveled all the way from Berlin to Gorno-Altaisk to meet the team of Morevna Project.Sam spent 5 days at our small town shooting a video about our studio, our work, and the context where everything is happens. His plan is to make short video about Morevna Project and people around it.As you might know, at our studio we handle a regular workshops for teenagers who want to learn animation with free software (if you don’t, then you might wish to ha...
[SPOILER] English voicing test for Morevna Episode 4
A few draft scenes from upcoming Episode 4 of Morevna with English voicing.Again, much thanks to Duffy Weber from Hula Cow Studios for voice acting!Music by machinimasound.com.
English voicing test for Morevna Episode 3
We have started to work on English version of Morevna Episode 3. Much thanks to Duffy Weber (Hula Cow Studios) for voice acting!
Dub Pack of Pepper & Carrot Episode 6 is available for download!
Dear Patrons, we are happy to publish a Dub Pack for Pepper & Carrot Episode 6! Now everyone can do a custom voicing in his own language. ^__^
New artwork: "Lubov' in Love"
Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.Download source file
New artwork: Developing new character: Lubov'
Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.Download source file
New artwork: Quick art
Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Sources of Pepper & Carrot now available via Rsync
Some people reported that they had problem with downloading full archive of sources, due to the weak power of our server. So we have configured our server to provide sources via Rsync with the following URL:rsync://sources.morevnaproject.org/data/peppercarrot-ep6/On Linux you can use the following command to get the sources (assuming that you have “~/peppercarrot-ep6/” directory created):rsync -avz --exclude render rsync://sources.morevnaproject.org/data/peppercarrot-ep6/ ~/peppercarrot-ep6/
How to work with sources of Pepper & Carrot Episode 6
Dear Patrons, it is finally here! A quick manual on how to work with sources of of Pepper & Carrot Motion Comic - https://morevnaproject.org/2017/08/12/work-sources-pepper-carrot-episode-6/.
Synfig Studio 1.3.4
Dear Patrons! We just released a new development version of Synfig Studio. This version includes a number platform-specific fixes: Fixed rendering of text with international characters on Windows (issue #379). Fixed “FFmpeg not found” error in Linux AppImages (issue #332). JACK support is now available for Linux AppImages (issue #395). Fixed compilation issues with GCC 7.1.0 (issue #396).Download Synfig Studio 1.3.4Source code
OpenToonz Morevna Edition now available for OSX
As requested by many users, OSX version of OpenToonz Morevna Edition now available for download. Our build have several differences comparing to official OSX build of OpenToonz.First of all, it is shipped as APP package, which doesn’t require administrative privileges to install. In fact, it isn’t really requires installation – just copy it into any directory or even run directly from downloaded DMG image.Second important difference – it uses different location for “Stuff” directory. The stuff for Morevna Edition is located at “.c...
Evolution of the scene "113-a2" throughout the year
Here are a few screenshots, demonstrating the development of scene “113-a2” during the work from 2016 to 2017.Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Baba-Yaga grumbling
Quick sketch by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: CC-BY 4.0.
Searching for alternative Morevna
Anastasia Majzhegisheva is continuously improving her vision of alternative Morevna, which will come with the next releases. Here are a few of her latest images.Artwork by Anastasia Majzhegisheva (Morevna Project).License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.


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