Gotta keep this short... I'm shifting things up to be a better @overkillcoin
Hey guys, this here's @overkillcoin. I'm a silly little dolphin stumbling through life and trying to find my place. When I first joined Steemit, I was afraid to invest a lot of time and effort, so my posts were a little lame. Then for a few months I heavily invested time and effort in illustration. I need to admit though, art and illustration are fun, but they're not my core skill set or my passion.
An illustration can take 4 - 5 hours. An animated gif can be 10+ hours depending on the complexity. Why not take this time and re-calibrate it to serve my best ability - storytelling?
What is my strong point? What makes me unique?
...A question everyone should be asking themselves on social media. If you can't stand out, then it's going to be tough. I'll be honest, my art's not the best, not by a long shot. Daily I see VERY talented artists and without my insane sense of humour, I doubt I could even begin to compete with them.
NEW PLAN: FOCUS ON COMICAL ANIMATION
Animation can be a time-consuming nightmare, so I'll need to continually find short cuts and keep my style simple. I want to be a story teller and humorist above all else. So, moving forward I'm planning to focus on animating. I will do my best to upload in segments so you, my viewers, can see that I'm still an active member! I really hope this works out, so thanks to all my supporters!
Some characters from my upcoming animation
You guessed it! I'll have a hysterical - *I mean historical*
- reenactment as well as complete randomness! My quality assurance team seems to think it's FUNNIER than the last one!
Recommended tool: *Full Page Screen Capture*
When I created my *Spam Rant*, I needed to capture the entire image of my animated banner post. I was trying to do this manually, but it was a serious pain. Not just time, but hassle and soforth.
So I ended up using a Chrome extension called, "Full Page Screen Capture" - it worked like a dream! Incredibly time-saving way to turn lengthy Steemit posts into an image. If you want to try it, I've linked it below:
Thank you for your support!
Good work. It is worth the timing you are spending.
Thank you @hanen - and thank you for visiting :^]
I love the characters and appreciate that the process is lengthy. Showing the stages is cool and I watch with interest. Resteemed <3
Thanks so much!
Yep, altho the top animated rant channels on youtube are horribly done. I think it's consistency and quirkiness that wins the day, but I want to keep things as "quality" as time allows :)
Plus I have tricks up my sleeve that these guys don't!
Ohhh I can't wait to see!
I believe you so do!
Haha, I love the characters already! Do what makes you happy @overkillcoin! :)
This one's so spastic, it will be hard to match this in humour afterwards XD
Thanks!
The truth that for me you are very good at what you do, I love your jobs and your humor in them and more knowing that it costs you a lot of time makes your work more valuable.
Thank you so much! I've lost some interest in illustration, but will always work as hard as I can to upload fun pieces to share :D
Best luck in all your future creations, you got this!!
Thanks so much @lyndsaybowes! And thanks for being part of my test team XD My confidence wasn't so high at first, but I'm super stoked out now! :D
And rightfully so for being stoked! You add a great creativity and uniqueness to the Steem blockchain!!!
Good luck with your new endeavour, looking forward to it!
Thank you :) Change is never easy but it's time to refocus :D
Great update and I love the characters.. Lol
I know you're already awesome but you wanting to be better, you will achieve anything you want.
🤗 cheers
Every time I endeavor to make something simple and easy, I turn it extra crazy and fun by mistake, and it takes longer... But it's a good way to get better at it and I think all the added details make it more interesting... Thanks again and hope you feel better!
That's what I love about it 😉 you have an idea and make it great, I understand the amount of work behind it but with the results you get it's worth it.
And like you say it's a great way to be better.
I feel better today and soon great 🤗 cheers
looks like you got your work cut out, will be waiting to you animations in future and i agree with you if you cant stand out then its gonna be tough
It's like jumping off a cliff and building your wings as you fall XD
Thanks!!!
That's an interesting analogy.
I guess there are some disagreements about the origin, some say Kurt Vonnegut.
Have you seen my Bunghole? My people; we are without Bungholes...
Yeah it's great to see when people stop evaluate what they're doing and how to make something better or more economical. This is how the minnows become dolphins and the dolphins become whales!
Thanks @kingtravis!
You mean cow.
He's not a cow.
Runs*
Lolz you nutt
Waahahha you changed your comment!!!
Or travis king
Either way, you're royalty!
Sounds good to me. I'm new here so excited to see what you come up with. The characters are very intriguing. Thanks for the Chrome screen capture tip. I always use "Grab" on my Mac but it is a little tedious.
I think it would have taken 10 different screen shots to stitch that huge post together... so glad to know there's a simple solution.
Thanks @otage!!
I look forward to your storytelling.
O.o i had no idea such app existed! I make loads of full screen captures for portfolio and stuff.. No moar wasting time doing it manually xD thanks!
And that guy again!! He is creeppy to the ratpantz!!!!:s
Well... I hope ia greet pots and biuriful newx xD
Go for it... LITTLE dolphin (you just admitted it)!!!!
Dolphin accounts range from 5000 SP to 30,000 and I have about 8,000. So, I have a very, very little amount of SP for a dolphin.
You stand corrected.
Glad I can help you out with the software recommendation. It's free software, but I don't charge $50 like some other guys do...
Or $180.
Oh did you check out posemaniacs.com... they have an app too... good for figure drawing reference...
O_O I will check!
I like turtles
What the ef?
You mad???
problem, officer?
Oh I'm no authority figure. I can't ever be an officer XD