Minty Root
Project Thundercloud II: Shadowbox (My Little Pony fan animation)
updated
Ponies the Anthology 7.2:
youtube.com/watch?v=cnzuFoY9O8Q
This is the channel where I post my projects, my announcements and some behind-the-scene videos on animation.
Please subscribe if you like my content, it helps me a lot.
Music: Twilight's Sonata [Twilight's Theme] by DJ Derpy Hooves
After a long production, I am proud to finally show you Missing Out, my animated fan film about Starlight Glimmer.
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Starring:
Anna Chloe M as Starlight Glimmer
IMShadow007 as Twilight Sparkle
Caitbug as Spike
Pinkie Rose as Pinkie Pie
StarryFlame as Fluttershy
TheLostNarrator as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
MagpiePony as Rarity
Wubcake as Nightmare Moon
Music by BlueBrony
Sound design by Saphire Systrine
Subtitles:
Finnish by DubbiKnight
French by 胡思勒 (Hüßler)
German by Wheeljack
Hungarian by Itchy Stomach
Indonesian by NightieTime
Japanese by Stinken1
Russian by xTaraz Twilight Forever
Simplified Chinese by WindyGleam
Spanish by Spaniard Kiwi
Thai by TataKirk & BenzAyngCup
Ukrainian by Krasapan
Train Whistle courtesy of MPT 1225: youtu.be/iJxREYbGyDM?t=170
Train Bell Sound courtesy of Arkansas Locomotive Works: youtu.be/SoKs2-YJnDY?t=192
Magic Sounds from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Music by BlueBrony
youtube.com/channel/UCuiAN4YdSyscfIpeYMelkXA
youtube.com/channel/UCwmA0ojbpLNom2k5EBUu1qA
Based on MLP:FiM The Return of Harmony Orchestral Suite by MelodicPony, this is my take on the origins of the princess of the sun. Animated in Toon Boom Harmony, composited in Adobe After Effects, edited in Premiere Pro.
Brought to you in glorious 2.35:1 at 4K!
MLP:FiM The Return of Harmony Orchestral Suite
youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
MLP:FiM Princess Twilight Orchestral Suite
youtube.com/watch?v=ulCF77j_kS0
The final two don't have completed lipsync as they were dropped early in the making.
Hope you enjoy it!
youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
In production.
After months of production, I am proud to finally show you my animated take on the past of Sunset Shimmer before Equestria Girls. This is very loosely based on the comic of the same name.
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Starring:
AnnaChloeM as Princess Celestia youtube.com/user/itsannachloem
Wubcake as Sunset Shimmer youtube.com/user/PinkamenaVA
And also:
Xan
MahariTheDragon
Chelis
Music by
Radiarc youtube.com/user/PCHU13
And Seventh Element youtube.com/user/seventhelementmusic
Spanish subtitles by Killasher
Polish subtitles by 303aleks
Vietnamese subtitles by Alan & Eris Vsub
Japanese subtitles by すてけんStinken
Chinese subtitles (Simplified and Traditional) by 习成PBU
German subtitles by Silver Shine
Russian subtitles by Gears
Finnish subtitles by TheWolfJarl
-No swearing in the comments section.
-Keep the discussion appropriate for all audiences.
-No memes, not even the dank ones.
-You can ask questions, keep in mind I can only reply to one at a time.
-If the stream cuts abruptly, it's probably my internet and I should get back online very fast.
FAQ:
You're a guy?
Yeah
What software do you use?
Usually Flash or Toon Boom, but the name of the software should be in the stream
What's your computer's specs?
Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6GHz
NVidia GTX 1050
24GB DDR3 RAM
2TB HDD + 4TB HDD
I might get an SSD at one point
Best pony?
Best Mane 6 is Twilight.
Best Background 6 is Derpy.
-No swearing in the comments section.
-Keep the discussion appropriate for all audiences.
-No memes, not even the dank ones.
-You can ask questions, keep in mind I can only reply to one at a time.
-If the stream cuts abruptly, it's probably my internet and I should get back online very fast.
FAQ:
You're a guy?
Yeah
What software do you use?
Usually Flash or Toon Boom, but the name of the software should be in the stream
What's your computer's specs?
Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6GHz
NVidia GTX 1050
24GB DDR3 RAM
2TB HDD + 4TB HDD
I might get an SSD at one point
Best pony?
Best Mane 6 is Twilight.
Best Background 6 is Derpy.
Featuring music from Radiarc
youtube.com/user/PCHU13
And voice acting by Anna Chloe M
youtube.com/user/itsannachloem
And not shown here, but Wubcake plays Sunset Shimmer in the project.
youtube.com/channel/UCcO7UffLwla9f2ga5efMNGA
A special thanks to my Patreon supporters:
Blazah99
Adam Gray
Shank
ErrorStream
AlphaKodi
NialloftheNine
Cell
Dandaleon Flux
Wallacoloo
Tridashie
Jacob Ross
Hyper Dash
PaganMuffin
LuckyKnight
PonyDaily
Li Yijun
Meloetta Brothers
patreon.com/MintyRoot
Schedule:
2D vs. 3D ponies: This time it's personal
Featuring Argodaemon, Gen-ma, Minty Root and Yaasho
Friday, 2:00PM to 3:00PM, Mane Events
Community Guest Meetup
Saturday, 5:30PM to 6:30PM, Apple Orchard
Credits:
Animated by me
Featuring Nora Mermaid and TheLightLeavesThee as themselves
Rigs from TiredBrony and Ponies in Reverse
Music from Diamond Dogs instrumental mix by Odyssey Eurobeat
Please note that the animation isn't final, as I'm still figuring out the pipeline.
Anyway, I proudly announce to you I will be at High Roller Pony Con and BronyCon 2018.
I hope you enjoy it.
I also included a little something of my own at the end, I think you might like it.
A funny thing about that loop was that I originally just offered Tri to redo the basic poses of the dance he had but with a better rig, and midway thru remaking it I realized I accidentally animated the whole thing.
Animated in Flash, composited in Adobe After Effects.
Rigs by TiredBrony
Music from Andrew W.K. Ready to Die Piano Only PINKIE PIE EDITION
youtube.com/watch?v=3sKkqBolWZo
Smoke effect from Mitch Martinez
youtube.com/channel/UC268qnjsCKAgIgsmunuUdzA
Hope you enjoy!
Special thanks to :
BABSCon
WeimTime
The Hyatt Regency SFO
Ponyville Live
Rav3n Mad
For the convention footage
Link to my secondary channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCGm8KmGU2G0VGFEkJjb_MNA
BABSCon website:
http://www.babscon.com/2018
Music:
I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/dtv
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com
Plaintext schedule:
Friday:
Minty Root's Fan Animation Workshop
12:30AM-2:00 PM, Lunar Hall
2D vs. 3D, the Revenge of the Animators
3:15-4:15 PM, Hall of Magic
Saturday:
Pony Animations
1:45-2:45 PM, Solar Hall
Animator's gathering with Minty Root, Yaasho and ToucanLDM!
4:30-6:00 PM, Silver Span's Salon
-No swearing in the comments section.
-Keep the discussion appropriate for all audiences.
-No memes, not even the dank ones.
-You can ask questions, keep in mind I can only reply to one at a time.
-If the stream cuts abruptly, it's probably my internet and I should get back online very fast.
FAQ:
You're a guy?
Yeah
What software do you use?
Usually Flash or Toon Boom, but the name of the software should be in the stream
What's your computer's specs?
Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6GHz
NVidia GTX 1050
16GB DDR3 RAM
2TB HDD + 700GB HDD
I might get an SSD at one point
Best pony?
Best Mane 6 is Twilight.
Best Background 6 is Derpy.
At the recommendation of Pikapetey, Tiarawhy and Duo Cartoonist, I decided to learn Toon Boom Harmony and make my own rigs in it.
I present you Selene, a set of animation rigs for an upcoming Sunset Shimmer fan animated project currently in the works.
Those rigs are not based on the bases from Dinky's Destiny I have been using until Luna's Determination.
Personally, I recommend Toon Boom Harmony. It's a very powerful piece of software that offers some very welcome features that Flash lacks. It also has hardware acceleration and compositing tools to help to make much more impressive projects. The learning curve is more steep than Flash, but I think it's worth it.
Music: youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
I wanted to go against the fan theory that Discord was Star Swirl, and instead wanted to tell a story where Discord was Star Swirl's creation instead.
While the project never got produced, I sat in front of an unfinished animatic for a long long time, so I decided to finally publicly release the video for you to see.
There's lots of unfinished elements and the art itself isn't impressive at all, but I think you should have a good idea of the scenes.
The project was never finished due to an art block. I had some ideas how the animation would progress but none felt right.
I also included at 4:36 a view of the Discord Flash rig I was originally making for the project.
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=jDMGv3hNMes
This is the channel where I post my projects, my announcements and some behind-the-scene videos on animation.
Please subscribe if you like my content, it helps me a lot.
Music: Fluttershy Original MLP Theme by CarbonMaestro
My previous channel intros can be found here. youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFb1bBQFoaJ20ELrC_2THQFVJQx1yjB0i
After months of production, my fan animation based on the song of the same name is finally here. I hope you enjoy it, it helped me learn a lot thru the production.
Music: MLP:FiM Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
Credits: MLP:FiM The Return of Harmony Orchestral Suite by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
Be sure to also take a look at the rest of Melodic Pony's music, as well as the Melodic Memorial project and the Seapony Orchestra.
youtube.com/channel/UCJRn6cjJIfYRiJ2TLUQeoXA
http://melodicmemorial.000webhostapp.com
twitter.com/TSPOrchestra
The backgrounds are still getting modeled and should be added soon.
Music: MLP:FiM Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
For more updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/MintyRoot
The BronyCon 2013 comic:
http://blog.bronycon.org/post/52970161496
Hoof Beatz was voiced by Bass Echo:
youtube.com/channel/UC05qPN0t2ol7lnLbVmZBSJQ
I'll also pay a drink to the first person who reads this.
Salt Flats and Salt Lick were voiced by Lochlan O'Neil.
twitter.com/lochlanoneil
It's quite fun because I would never have got into this school without the help of the fandom. I was hopeless, but I put some of my pony projects in my portfolio and they accepted me.
Music:
TheFatRat - Monody (Instrumental)
TheFatRat - Unity (Instrumental)
Hans Zimmer - Time - Inception
Mery 3D animation rig by MeryProject.com
As well as the reason why I don't generally talk in my videos.
Music:
youtube.com/watch?v=PYh71KaPln8
Footage:
youtube.com/channel/UC3xra5Dlow2UtWphitjOA0Q
youtube.com/user/MIssionStartPodcast1
youtube.com/channel/UCcGuE4cmWhB4XLjSKA8eRFA
youtube.com/user/PonyvilleLiveGlobal
youtube.com/channel/UCPUaCFz_RSLDit6Cr6E2NxA
youtube.com/channel/UCukkvYP967XP3KLLev2_ACw
-No swearing in the comments section.
-Keep the discussion appropriate for all audiences.
-No memes, not even the dank ones.
-You can ask questions, keep in mind I can only reply to one at a time.
-If the stream ends abruptly, it's probably my internet and just get back online very fast.
FAQ:
What is that second screen on the bottom right?
My second computer screen, since I work on multiple screens
You're a guy?
Yeah
What software do you use?
Usually Flash, but the name of the software will be in the stream
What's your computer's specs?
Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.6GHz
NVidia GTX 1050
16GB DDR3 RAM
2TB HDD
I might get an SSD at one point
Best pony?
Best Mane 6 is Twilight.
Best Background 6 is Derpy.
I also included some test footage from Luna's Determination, but the footage isn't final in any way.
Music: fractilx - Your destiny awaits you..
youtube.com/watch?v=T-VhJ9xgtdo
I recently got a GTX 1050 graphics card after my GTX 745 died, so I decided to experiment with CUDA and Waifu2X upscale on a previous video of mine to try to get it in 4K. I took this one because it proved to be popular and because it was short.
I might use that technique to bring Luna's Determination to 4K.
Basically Waifu2X is a deep convolution neural network that takes a picture and analyses it in order to increase the size while keeping its sharpness.
http://waifu2x.udp.jp
github.com/nagadomi/waifu2x
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Music: MLP:FiM Princess Twilight Orchestral Suite
youtube.com/watch?v=ulCF77j_kS0
Special thanks to my Patreon supporters:
CrazyIvan
MegamanHxH
For more updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/MintyRoot
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Here is the animatic for what has been known for a few months as "Moonbow".
With this project I wanted to follow another angle of Luna's character. I wanted to follow her struggle as an alicorn meant for greatness and elegance but still being weak and insignificant and to show her finally finding closure with her past rather than her fall to darkness.
Music: MLP:FiM Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
Credits: MLP:FiM The Return of Harmony Orchestral Suite by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
Special thanks to my Patreon supporters:
CrazyIvan
MegamanHxH
For more updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/MintyRoot
patreon.com/MintyRoot
Music:
Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
Rigging:
Minty Root
TiredBrony
The alternate title I had was "A very long moment with Dr. Wolf"
My schedule:
Animating Live!
Animated James, BronyDanceParty, Piemations, Pikapetey, Minty Root
Hall of the Stars, Friday, 8PM
The Pony Production Way with Q&A
Dr. Wolf, DJDelta0, Fluffymixer, Minty Root, Viva Reverie, WeimTime
Hall of the Stars, Saturday, 2:30PM
Credits for the video:
Dr. Wolf rig by Silver Quill.
City SFX by 8 hours of
BronyCon backgrounds assets from me, Typhewn and Age3rcm
Music:
You Can't Stop the Beat (Instrumental), Hairspray
Good Morning Baltimare (Instrumental), Hairspray
Clips used:
PRODUCERS ASSEMBLE!!! - BronyCon 2016
Luna's Future - My Little Pony - -SOLO PIANO COVER wLYRICS- -- Synthesia HD
Good Morning Baltimare - BronyCon 2015
Canadian Horse Pirates - BronyCAN 2015 [♫ The Last Saskatchewan Pirate ♫]
FPMV- -PFUDOR-
AMWDW Weim and Making a Youtube Career
Applejack The Rebellious Rocker
Fluffle Puff Tales- -EG Part 2-
Princess Celestia Being Deep [♫ Mary France ♫]
My Little Pony: Overture to Season 6
Fluffle Puff Tales- -Master of Pillows-
Very Hot
© 2016 BronyCon. BronyCon and BronyPalooza are a registered trademark of Lunar Solis Corp. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and related media belong exclusively to Hasbro, Inc. and Studio B/DHX Media Ltd.
As an addition to the stream this week, a webcam, a music feed and a comment feed.
Derpy's channel:
youtube.com/user/crazykitty545
Background music by InklingBear:
youtube.com/user/Dreamland200S
Background loop by Easy CG channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=RiMeAmnwOBI
New stream every Friday!
Pikapetey's channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCERV0DewlRkdr1JmLaXAKwA
A big update on the animatic for Moonbow, my animation project in production. Some elements changed from the previous animatic, but this is the current direction the project has.
You can think of it like what Dinky's Destiny was supposed to be, but with a few subplots removed and focused a lot more on Luna than Dinky.
I hope it's not too hard to follow for non-animators since a few of the drawings are very rough as I had to redraw them constantly. Just trying to fit the tone of the song with the events really was a challenge and I had to cut many scenes I wanted to do. I think I drew for 15 minutes of animatics at the end.
As a change from last announcement, I'm forced to move back to puppets to animate as hand drawn is simply too much work and my drawing equipment is too rudimentary for such a task.
Music:
Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
Your Destiny Awaits You.. by Fractilx
youtube.com/watch?v=T-VhJ9xgtdo
More updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
Filmed with a Samsung Galaxy S5, I did my best to clean up the footage but it might still feel a bit noisy.
Music: Apple Bloom 'n Babs Part 3 by D2L & Yurimeas v.s. Fractilx
BABScon logo and name Copyright 2016 © BABSCon 2016 - All Rights Reserved
Schedule:
Saturday
Art & Animation of MLP
10:00-11:15 AM, Mane Hall
With Kora Kosicka, Denny Lu, & Steph Mahoney. Hosted by Minty Root.
Animating Live!
11:15-12:15 am, Lunar Hall
With Minty Root, ShadesOfEverfree, TrixieisCool, Victor Vortex and Bass Echo.
Sunday
Community Guest - Meet and Greet
11:45-12:45 pm, Hall of Magic.
Footage from:
youtube.com/watch?v=lfOcd77Tdng
youtube.com/watch?v=I-coRSuV_Iw
Song:
youtube.com/watch?v=SkhFgrovOmo
http://www.babscon.com
As I said earlier, the project is planned to be tradigital, mixing hand drawn animation, matte paintings and 3D animation.
Music:
Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
More updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
Animated by Minty Root.
Shining Armor, voiced by Xan. youtube.com/user/halomano07
Princess Cadance, voiced by FallenWish. youtube.com/channel/UCUpeRdpTOQGMAFhdbO8Yo8g
Special thanks to Corpulent Brony for the help with the music.
Please don't take it too seriously.
I didn't plan to release it until later, but seeing my previous project being #10 on the EQD top ten videos of 2015 inspired me a bit.
The animation will be done digitally, and rather than using puppets like my past projects I decided to move to hand drawn animation instead.
Music:
Luna's Determination by MelodicPony
youtube.com/watch?v=pp26Ozw0JbY
Link for the lazy: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/Moonbow
It's not much, but I hope you'll enjoy it.
Happy holidays everybody, and I wish you all a great new year.
And don't worry, more stuff about Moonbow is gonna be seen very soon.
Music:
fractilx - miss you golden oak library -sorrow-
youtube.com/watch?v=PNBsemvzhmM
I decided to take this project to experience with set extension by extending the roof of our school and pretend this would be our school in a not so distant future.
Cameraman: Dominic Mercier
Camera tracking, modelling, compositing: Alexandre Bellefeuille (Minty Root)
Music:
fractilx - wings of white
youtube.com/watch?v=wup6NL4oP0Y
Animated by Minty Root.
Spike was voiced by Xan. youtube.com/user/halomano07
Please don't take it seriously.
Ashton Manor - Stings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300043
Artist: http://incompetech.com
From youtube.com/audiolibrary/music
This is the channel where I post my projects, my announcements and some behind-the-scene videos on animation.
Please subscribe if you like my content, it helps me a lot.
Song: fractilx - Square Root Negative One (theme of Minty Root)
youtube.com/watch?v=kZhDZhM-uO8
Font: Ababil Script
http://www.revolge.com/product/ababil-script-full
(As for returning subscribers, this is just an updated intro with new footage. New content is coming soon, stay tuned)
Original video:
youtube.com/watch?v=QL1MgnCLfIw
Sorry if the joke is based on a now dying meme, but this is a true and unbiased representation of the BronyCon 2015 experience.
Cast:
Fluttershia Labeouf: Shia Labeouf
Ice Cold Water Zebra: The Ice Cold Water Guy
Mane Event: Jen McGregor
Hoof Beatz: Mark McAllister
Blank Canvas: Hayley Nelson
Full credits in the original animation.