SpikeyTortoiseYears after the battle of Endor, a new danger threatens the galaxy. It's up to Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie to once more rise to the challenge! The second episode in the ongoing Dark Empire fan series.
Sound effects and voice talent are from the 1994 time warner audio publishing Dark Empire Audio Drama (Yes that is Billy D Williams as Lando)
special thanks to Autodidactic Studios (autodidactic.ai) for their support of the wilkinsanimations YouTube channel!
The Story is from the 1991 Dark Horse Comic Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
Furthermore, thank you to all my Patreon supporters! If you too would like to support the channel and what I do, here is the link to my patreon.com/spikeytortoise
Dark Empire Episode 2, Devastator of WorldsSpikeyTortoise2021-02-05 | Years after the battle of Endor, a new danger threatens the galaxy. It's up to Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie to once more rise to the challenge! The second episode in the ongoing Dark Empire fan series.
Sound effects and voice talent are from the 1994 time warner audio publishing Dark Empire Audio Drama (Yes that is Billy D Williams as Lando)
special thanks to Autodidactic Studios (autodidactic.ai) for their support of the wilkinsanimations YouTube channel!
The Story is from the 1991 Dark Horse Comic Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
Furthermore, thank you to all my Patreon supporters! If you too would like to support the channel and what I do, here is the link to my patreon.com/spikeytortoiseThe Sensational Cat-Man TrailerSpikeyTortoise2024-09-28 | THE SENSATIONAL CAT-MAN MOVIE! Detective David Merryweather must protect Skyline City from a cat-astrophic crime wave featuring a slew of wacky villains all while investigating the disappearance of one of the town’s most promising musicians.
A SUPERZEROES adventure starring Gianni Matragrano, Austin McConnell, Abigail Turner, Lou Lambert, and more!
Animated, designed, and brought to life by Ian Wilkins @SpikeyTortoise (@spikeytortoisecomics on Instagram) Written, Directed, and produced by Austin McConnell @austinmcconnellDark Empire Episode 3 Full animatic 2021-11-10SpikeyTortoise2024-09-03 | With episode 3 taking longer to produce than anticipated due to various hurdles appearing in my life, I am uploading the animatic to showcase that which is done so farDark Empire - The movieSpikeyTortoise2024-08-31 | Welcome to "Dark Empire: The Movie, Part 1," an edited feature that brings together all the footage I've animated so far for this fan film project. This journey began with humble origins, using pencil and paper while reading comics and listening to the old audio drama on casette, and has since evolved into what you see here, crafted with care in TVPaint, maya3D, and the adobe software suite.
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported this project over the years, it’s been a heck of a journey.
As the project goes into indefinite hiatus, I’m sure I’ll circle back to it someday, but for now my focus is on new stories rather than fanfilm content. I hope you’ll support me in these endeavours.Sensational CatMan action figure #animation #superhero #indieanimation #catman #customactionfiguresSpikeyTortoise2024-06-19 | ...Arriving at corruscantSpikeyTortoise2023-11-01 | ...Retro Spider-Man animation!SpikeyTortoise2023-11-01 | My take on Spider-Man swinging over the New York in 1963! Opted to have him wearing his utility belt with spider signal, and web shooters outside the costume, as I doubt realistically such things would have looked all too good underneath skin tight spandex!
The animation is a part of a little series of fan animations I’m working on of various characters in a fan of! Stay tuned for more!
Comment below suggestions for what I should do next!Dark Empire, Episode 3, The Battle for Calamari, Part 1SpikeyTortoise2023-06-09 | Dark Empire returns with its highly-anticipated fan adaptation of the popular 1990's comic series in "Episode 3: The Battle for Calamari (Part 1)"! Prepare to be immersed in an adrenaline-fueled Star Wars adventure, animated using Maya 3D, TVpaint, and Adobe Premiere pro. Join the Rebel Alliance as they valiantly defend the serene planet of Calamari against the relentless forces of the Empire.
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#StarWars #DarkEmpire #FanFilm #TheBattleforCalamari #WilkinsAnimations #LightsaberDuels #SpaceBattlesDark Empire, now also on TikTokSpikeyTortoise2023-02-08 | ...Dark Empire X-Wing background painting TimelapseSpikeyTortoise2022-05-31 | Here’s a Timelapse of me making the background painting for an angle of the inside of an x-wing for the dark empire project!2020 - 3D scene test - Tie Tank during the Battle of CoruscantSpikeyTortoise2022-04-14 | Back in 2020 when I was working on episode 2 I wanted to go back and re-do one scene from episode 1 that I'd done way back in 2018, and so here it is! enjoy2018 - Dark Empire - Luke rotoscoping fight testSpikeyTortoise2022-04-14 | Back in 2018 I did a rotoscoping test of Luke fighting some stormtroopers. Figured I'd post it to the channel!
Enjoy!Dark Empire The Battle for Calamari TrailerSpikeyTortoise2022-03-26 | The official trailer for Episode III of the Dark Empire Animated Fan Series
Music by Outlier Studios @Daniel Ciurlizza Find their music here: https://fanlink.to/danielciurlizza?fb...
Ian Wilkins: Animation/Animation cleanup/color/background-painting/editing Liam Clegg: Rough Animation
Inspired by the 1991 Dark Horse Comics Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
This is a non-profit fan film done for the love of StarWarsDark Empire EPISODE 3 Animation test - Imperial OfficerSpikeyTortoise2021-12-03 | This short video is a sample of the look I'm going for with episode 3, thank you all for your patienceDark Empire Devastator of Worlds TrailerSpikeyTortoise2020-12-03 | The official trailer for Episode II of the Dark Empire Animated Fan Series
Inspired by the 1991 Dark Horse Comics Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
This is a non-profit fan film done for the love of StarWarsSpaceship Flyby Finished shot, Concordia University 3D Hybrid ProjectSpikeyTortoise2020-11-26 | A while back I posted a work in progress for this scene but neglected to post the final. Here it is! I'm fairly happy with it, as it blends 2D and 3D animation techniques.STAR WARS Dark Empire Ep 2 Devastator of Worlds Teaser TrailerSpikeyTortoise2020-11-26 | Teaser for Episode 2 of the titular DARK EMPIRE fan series
Music & Sound Production by Outlier Studios Music by @Daniel Ciurlizza Sound Editing by Matt Kelly Animation by Ian Wilkins 3D models by Dash Nolan 3D Ship Animation by Anthony Vu Background Painting by Nicholas Garcia
Inspired by the 1991 Dark Horse Comics Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
This is a non-profit fan film done for the love of StarWarsA short Pacman AnimationSpikeyTortoise2020-11-23 | I always loved the art on the side of vintage arcade cabinets, but naturally the games were all 8-bit and looked nothing like those designs. So I made this to see what those illustrations would look like in motion, specifically in the case of Pacman. I was fun to make, hopefully you guys like it :)Work in Progress Spaceship FlybySpikeyTortoise2020-03-21 | Here is a scene I'm working on for my 3D class. Hope you all like it!Dark Empire, episode 2 progress. Lukes awakeningSpikeyTortoise2020-02-25 | Here are a few more seconds of animation I've been working on for episode 2, hope you all like it!Dark Empire Episode 1, The Destiny of a JediSpikeyTortoise2019-10-27 | Years after the battle of Endor, a new danger threatens the galaxy. It's up to Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie to once more rise to the challenge!
Sound effects and voice talent are from the 1994 time warner audio publishing Dark Empire Audio Drama (Yes that is Billy D Williams as Lando)
CREDITS: Ian Wilkins: Animator/Background Painter/Director/Editor Bill Snyder: Music Daniel Ciurlizza: Score Producer Jesse Quales: Co-Background Painter
The Story is from the 1991 Dark Horse Comic Dark Empire by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy
Furthermore, thank you to all my Patreon supporters! If you too would like to support the channel and what I do, here is the link to my patreon.com/spikeytortoiseEverything you need to know before watching DARK EMPIRESpikeyTortoise2019-10-23 | This short video will explain what happened between Return of the Jedi and Dark Empire.
The episode is nearing completion, can't wait to show you all :)
Audio used is from the Dark Empire Audio BookSpace DuelSpikeyTortoise2019-09-30 | Special thanks to Millar McIlwain for doing the audio for the video!
The third film I've done for my University course. Animation by Ian Wilkins (me). Audio by Millar McIlwain of snd_soundworkspatreon adSpikeyTortoise2019-07-02 | patreon.com/WilkinsAnimations This is the ad for my patreon, If you want to directly support my channel and what I do here, this is the best way!Dark Empire, series trailer 2019SpikeyTortoise2019-06-30 | If you want to support my channel, here is my patreon: patreon.com/WilkinsAnimations All funds go to making the project as awesome as possible!
This trailer is for my upcoming Dark empire animated series. Episode 1 is going to come out in September. It's a fan film project, based on the no longer canonical Dark Empire storyline depicted in the comic series by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy.
Big thanks to Daniel Ciurlizza for allowing me to use his music in this trailer. Here is the link to his channel: youtube.com/channel/UCWY8oiIurBySb_qqG3tnoZgHistory on WheelsSpikeyTortoise2018-12-04 | A rough overview of the past present and possible future of cars. This is my second student film.AssemblySpikeyTortoise2018-04-25 | This is my animation assignment I did for my first year of university! Enjoy2018 - StarWars Dark Empire animated - UnfinishedSpikeyTortoise2018-01-29 | This is the first serious attempt I made at animating dark empire. I hand drew much of the animation on sheets of paper, using old light table techniques, and then would scan it into my computer and color the shots in TVpaint. Was a grueling task but it resulted in a very neat aesthetic.
Ultimately I decided to start over due to a few factors, I had gotten better at animation, so much of the work no longer was up to the caliber I wanted to present, and the process of doing the animation on paper became redundant after I got a drawing tablet.2018 - First attempt at animating Dark EmpireSpikeyTortoise2018-01-07 | This is my test version of my Dark Empire Animation. Nothing special, but figured some people may like to see how the new one is improved over the old.