Melolune Facesets: Achaius’ Animation Test
January 12, 2011 at 1:07 am | Posted in Melolune | 20 CommentsTags: achaius, animation, melolune
A couple years ago, my friend Hima asked if I’d write an ending theme song for “U.S.G. ~A New Beginning,” so I wrote “Starshine” in exchange for help with the faceset art in Melolune. I can’t tell you how excited I was when I received them a few weeks ago! I still have to send him my sketches for Sophie and Liele, but besides that, the faces are pretty much finished! Piti (his artist) did such a great job; he was able to improve them so much, but still somehow maintain the original style of my sketches.
Since they all have a number of different expressions, I decided to play around in Photoshop tonight. Here is Achaius’ animation test:
I’ll probably post some more animation tests later… especially once I get Sophie and Liele in the mix. I can’t tell you how fun and rewarding it is to finally see my characters come to life like this ^_^
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Awesome *-* Great work!
Comment by Alberto309— January 12, 2011 #
Thank-you!
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
Whoa! That’s pretty good for just messing around in Photoshop! I think the faceset turned out quite well!
Comment by Zabby— January 12, 2011 #
Thanks! It’s so nice to finally have polished faceset art in the game.
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
Wow nice… the effect of these animations is very strong and significant:D Will these animations be implemented in the game Melolune? I’m so excited for the Melolune to be released.
Comment by ethyl— January 12, 2011 #
Thank-you! I’m not quite sure if they’ll be implemented into all the in-game dialogue boxes (since there’s thousands of instances that I’d have to go back and code if I wanted to add animation), but I want to try and find a way to work it into the game somehow
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
Oh, Laura… If you see this message, can you check your GMail inbox or your YouTube PM please? Is important for me
Comment by Alberto309— January 12, 2011 #
Hi Alberto, I do remember your message (I apologize if I’m not able to respond quickly, I’ve gotten to the point where I am unable to respond to all the emails I receive, even though I wish I could!).
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But thank-you for taking the time to write me that email, unfortunately even though I’d love to help you out (and I wish you lots of luck with your gaming community!), I don’t think I’ll be able to make custom music for you at this time. But as long as you make sure to give credit, you are more than welcome to use any of the music I’ve posted at my website.
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
Hi Laura! I’m really glad you found the time to answer me, I was afraid you had not seen the messages that I sent you, so please excuse me if I pestered you lately.
maybe when you have more time we’ll talk better. ^_^
In short, in our official Forum, will be the sections of “World of Warcraft” and “Melolune”, with all the updates about it! 
If you want to take yourself to inaugurate it with me, I’d be more than honored! 
However, I understand, for the moment there’s no problem with the music, but I’d really like to advertise you on my website, and I would be really honored if we could have any kind of collaboration
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Thank you so much for giving me permission to use your songs! I’ll try to do the best advertisement for you wherever I and my Community will have the opportunity to advertise, even for your songs, and also for Melolune, and anything else that concerns you
Thank you again for your response SunFlower! I hope one day to do something with you.
Sincerely
Alberto =^_^=
Comment by Alberto309— January 14, 2011 #
Ah! You are still working on this!
Not that I had too much doubt, but it’s great to see all this progress! The graphics are beautiful!
Can’t wait to play more of this game and hear more of its music. :3
Comment by Namadu— January 12, 2011 #
Thank-you, yup still working on it ^_^ I actually had a lot of work stuff come up this past month so I wasn’t able to spend as much time working on it as I had wished. But I’ll keep on going until it’s done!
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
Melolune looks like it’s progressing nicely. How are things going with it? The characters look really colorful, and I definitely am looking forward to the finished product. Good job Laura!
Comment by Davixus— January 12, 2011 #
Thanks Davixus! Things were going great until this past month, haha… I had a lot of stuff come up with work/life that made it harder for me to devote a lot of time to it, but I think I’m back on track again. I’m working on the last area in the game and adding little musical puzzles here and there to make the earlier dungeons more interesting. I’m also trying to figure out what to do for the final boss battle!
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
We need more regular Melolune updates!
Comment by Piccolo— January 14, 2011 #
Haha, I’ll try my best! I hope to have more frequent updates this month ^_^
Comment by shigi— January 14, 2011 #
The new facesets are awesome!
Comment by Question Mark— January 15, 2011 #
Thank-you, I’m glad you like them!
Comment by shigi— January 20, 2011 #
After playing the Game U.S.G a new beginning, your song brought tears to my eyes.
the song was both beautiful and meaningful. i must say the Bridge of the song was the best part.
all the best for Melolune. may the fragments of songs reach the heart of the people.
Comment by Edmund— January 15, 2011 #
Wow, that’s such a great compliment… thanks so much for telling me that ^_^ I’m really happy that you enjoyed the song, and I also hope that Melolune’s songs will resonate with people. I’ll try my best!
Comment by shigi— January 20, 2011 #
Man, I’m just itching to play the full game! I love how the character looks nearly the same as the original! The difference is like the conversion of VHS to BluRay, lol! I am gonna miss the older face sheets, though… There’s just something about that hand drawn look that really… I dunno… “connects” I suppose? Those older drawings really grew on me.
Comment by aniki91344— February 22, 2011 #