Minty RootStarlight looks into a past she cannot have.
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
My Little Pony: Missing Out | Animated filmMinty Root2022-07-16 | Starlight looks into a past she cannot have.
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[Anthology 7.2 shorts] Everypony Everywhere All At Once (Extended edition)Minty Root2022-11-05 | Due to length issues, the short was unfortunately trimmed for the official Ponies the Anthology 7.2 release, so here's the full version here.
Ponies the Anthology 7.2: youtube.com/watch?v=cnzuFoY9O8QWelcome to my channel (August 2022 intro)Minty Root2022-08-27 | Hi, I'm Minty Root and welcome to my channel.
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 HoovesMissing Out: trailerMinty Root2021-05-01 | In production
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.
MLP:FiM Princess Twilight Orchestral Suite youtube.com/watch?v=ulCF77j_kS0Mintys contributions to Anthology 7 (+ deleted shorts)Minty Root2019-08-08 | Outside of Big Mac Horseman, I provided other shorts for Anthology 7, and while some didn't make the final cut, some others did.
The final two don't have completed lipsync as they were dropped early in the making.
Hope you enjoy it!Anthology 7: Big Mac HorsemanMinty Root2019-08-03 | For Anthology 7, an animated parody of the iconic BoJack Horseman opening theme set in the universe of MLP.The Beginning of Harmony: TeaserMinty Root2019-08-02 | Based on The Return of Harmony Orchestral Suite by MelodicPony. youtube.com/watch?v=IbhqJYINfWs
Animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
In production.The Fall of Sunset Shimmer: Animated FilmMinty Root2019-03-15 | On a heavy night, Celestia reflects on her past.
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.
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 TheWolfJarlHAHCon 2019: Minty’s Fan Animation Post-MortemMinty Root2019-03-03 | Rules: -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.HAHCon 2019: Minty’s Fan Animation WorkshopMinty Root2019-03-03 | Rules: -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.The Fall of Sunset Shimmer: Second Animated TeaserMinty Root2018-12-01 | As the project is still in production, have a look at one of the scenes of the project, fully rendered.
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/MintyRootMinty Root at Ponyville Ciderfest 2018! (Animated)Minty Root2018-10-15 | I'm proud to announce you I will be part of Ponyville Ciderfest, as both a community guest and a panelist.
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 EurobeatThe Fall of Sunset Shimmer: Animated TeaserMinty Root2018-07-27 | After months of wait, I offer you a preview for what to expect out of my take on The Fall of Sunset Shimmer, fully animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
Please note that the animation isn't final, as I'm still figuring out the pipeline.Minty Root at HRPC and BronyCon 2018 (live action)Minty Root2018-05-18 | Before you ask, yes, my OC has a driver's license.
Anyway, I proudly announce to you I will be at High Roller Pony Con and BronyCon 2018.Living With a Pony Animator (live action)Minty Root2018-04-27 | I was visiting my mom last week, and I told my mom I wanted to try something in live action starring my plushie, so she gave me an idea of something to try out that was a bit too relatable.
I hope you enjoy it.A Tridashing Performance (feat. Tridashie)Minty Root2018-03-30 | So I wanted to make a looping version of the Tridancing for a while now, and to celebrate Tridashie’s 100k subscribers milestone (Totally not jealous btw), I decided to update the Tridancing with his OC’s new hair style and to give it a more epic look.
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/UC268qnjsCKAgIgsmunuUdzAMinty Root at BABSCon 2018!Minty Root2018-03-17 | My announcement for BABSCon 2018, but also some personal stories about the convention in my past years. Hope you enjoy!
Special thanks to : BABSCon WeimTime The Hyatt Regency SFO Ponyville Live Rav3n Mad For the convention footage
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 SalonHAHCon 2018: Minty Root Live! (Feat. Blurredthelines)Minty Root2018-03-04 | Rules: -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.A New Era: Transition to Toon Boom HarmonyMinty Root2018-02-16 | I have worked with Adobe Flash since 2008, it's almost ten years of work with the same software. Unfortunately, Flash hardly improved over those years and is still a very clunky and awkward software to work with.
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=IbhqJYINfWsCancelled project: Discord, the animated PMVMinty Root2018-01-12 | So it came to the surprise of many people, but the Star Swirl rig that was used in Luna's Determination was originally meant for an animated PMV based on Discord, the song by Odyssey Eurobeat. 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.
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
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.
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/TSPOrchestraQuick update: Nightmare Nights 2017, Lunas DeterminationMinty Root2017-10-23 | I needed to make a little video update.Lunas Determination: Animated PreviewMinty Root2017-08-13 | People were worried about the progress of the project, so here's a little preview of the progress of the animation.
The backgrounds are still getting modeled and should be added soon.
I'll also pay a drink to the first person who reads this.Welcome to Crystal Mountain Pony Con 2017 (Animated opening promo)Minty Root2017-07-07 | To celebrate the fifth year of Crystal Mountain Pony Con, I worked on a short animated promo as part of the opening ceremonies.
Salt Flats and Salt Lick were voiced by Lochlan O'Neil. twitter.com/lochlanoneilMintys 2017 VFX reelMinty Root2017-05-19 | Something not pony this time around, but to celebrate my three years of VFX school, here's a little compilation of things I've worked on at school.
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.comDouble Feature: Minty Root at BABSCon and CMPC 2017!Minty Root2017-03-26 | A little announcement video concerning BABSCon 2017 and Crystal Mountain Pony Con 2017. As well as the reason why I don't generally talk in my videos.
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.Quick update (Lunas Determination, HAHcon ...)Minty Root2017-02-28 | Here's a quick update for my project and some upcoming streams. I also included some test footage from Luna's Determination, but the footage isn't final in any way.
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/waifu2xLunas Determination: Technical TeaserMinty Root2016-12-17 | Here's a little teaser of the progress for Luna's Determination so far.
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.
Rigging: Minty Root TiredBronyMinty Root @ BronyCon 2016 (ft. Dr. Wolf)Minty Root2016-07-01 | Let's say the animation budget was a bit low due to Moonbow. 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
Background loop by Easy CG channel: youtube.com/watch?v=RiMeAmnwOBIMinty Root Live 1 (feat. Pikapetey and KiwiDemon)Minty Root2016-05-14 | So, my first attempt at a YouTube stream, went generally well until YouTube went nope.
New stream every Friday!
Pikapetey's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCERV0DewlRkdr1JmLaXAKwAMoonbow: Full animatic (My Little Pony fan animation project) [OUTDATED]Minty Root2016-05-07 | Note: This animatic is outdated now, I'm currently working on a new one with a much clearer direction.
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.
More updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/MoonbowMinty Root interviews Denny Lu (MLP: FiM Animation director, S6 Director)Minty Root2016-05-01 | Thanks to Horse News, I got to interview director Denny Lu at BABScon 2016. We discussed about how he discovered animation, joined DHX and animated cows.
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
http://www.babscon.comMoonbow: animatic teaser 2 (Dinkys Destiny reboot)Minty Root2016-03-27 | A little 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.
As I said earlier, the project is planned to be tradigital, mixing hand drawn animation, matte paintings and 3D animation.
More updates: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/MoonbowMy Little Pony: Overture to Season 6Minty Root2016-02-01 | To celebrate the announcement of the new royal character of My Little Pony, season 6, here's a clip Hasbro doesn't want you to see.
Please don't take it too seriously.Moonbow: animatic teaser (Dinky’s Destiny reboot)Minty Root2016-01-09 | A little animatic teaser for Moonbow, my next animated project. I'm showing it very early in the making, as many elements are still up to revision and rewriting at this point. You can think of it like a continuation of Dinky's Destiny, but with a better script and a clearer focus. (cont)
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.
Link for the lazy: http://mintyroot.me/tagged/MoonbowA Dinky Hearths Warming Eve (Animatic)Minty Root2015-12-22 | A short animated video I was planning for this holiday season, unfortunately, as one of the voice actresses got sick during the production I had to cancel the project so I simply went back and colored the animatic.
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=PNBsemvzhmMNAD du futur | 3D set extension projectMinty Root2015-12-22 | For my Intégration d'images - approfondissement class I had to make a short video demonstrating camera tracking and compositing using footage we would shoot with our teacher.
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.
Music: fractilx - wings of white youtube.com/watch?v=wup6NL4oP0YMy Little Pony - Season 5 Finale - DELETED SCENEMinty Root2015-12-01 | This scene exploring Twilight's links with Starlight Glimmer was removed from the ending of the season 5 episode two-parter, The Cutie Re-Mark.
From youtube.com/audiolibrary/musicWelcome to my channel (November 2015 intro)Minty Root2015-11-21 | I'm Minty Root and welcome to my channel. I am the lead animator of Dinky's Destiny, main animator of Good Morning Baltimare and the character rigger behind the Dinky’s Destiny show style Flash rigs.
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.
(As for returning subscribers, this is just an updated intro with new footage. New content is coming soon, stay tuned)Good Morning Baltimare, accurate reeditMinty Root2015-08-22 | After the release of Good Morning Baltimare, I’ve been asked to do a few minor tweaks to better represent the true BronyCon experience, so here’s a reworked version of the animation for you.
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