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Drive with your heart 💙 @WinterstellarCo 's debut indie anime series - Powered by Eurobeat, built in Blender - Watch the full film below!
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When all the roads are dark, drive with your heart.
Samurai Blue: Afterimage - full film out now! YouTube link below:
#indieanimation
#blender
#indie_anime
#SBAfterimage
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Another look at our animation pipeline, this time with Sierra! We've been dialing in the lighting and composite looks this month and the results are making our heart race~! 💖🏁
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Yoko's opening lap takes a sharp turn when a mysterious opponent starts challenging her place on the road.
SAMURAI BLUE: AFTERIMAGE, a 3D-animated indie short from
@WinterstellarCO
, releases August 30th!
#IndieAnimationDay
#blender
#b3d
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🏁START YOUR ENGINES, IT'S
#IndieAnimationDay
🏁
We're Samurai Blue: Afterimage, an indie 3D animated series with a pilot coming this summer.
Today we're showing off the step-by-step of how we animate this shot of DJ NOSS BOSS!
#blender
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When all the roads are dark, drive with your heart.
In "Samurai Blue: Afterimage", Yoko Yoshino hits the road for the first time after the death of her brother, infamous street racer “Samurai Blue”. Can she reach the finish line with her nerves - and car - intact?
Summer 2024
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the road ahead is brighter
with you by my side
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Here's our character sheets for Sierra and Yoko, and reference of Samurai Blue's ghost car! Just in case y'all wanna 👉👈 make fanart or sonas or something
#SBAfterimage
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she's going racer mode
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*waking up & noticing we have new followers*
Hi folks! This is Samurai Blue, a eurobeat-driven 3D animated short film about future LA's underground street racing scene. Our goal is to turn this short into a full series, & our 🔗 in bio has all the ways you can support our dream!
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Take a look at what our amazing team of artists are making on
#PortfolioDay
! You can find their info in the 🧵 below~
#PortfolioDay2024
#blender
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Start your engines~
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RWBY was another show that's inspired us in more ways than one 😅
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This is canon and no one can tell me otherwise
#SBAfterimage
#indieanimation
sierra rolled a nat 1 on charisma lmao
@Afterimage_EN
, assets and ip by Winterstellar Studios
yoko and sierra voice actress
@nagamimis
original comic
@C23327474
go watch the short!!
#3danime
#bnpr
#gooengine
#blender3d
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Meet the cast of Samurai Blue: Afterimage!
Crystal Lee (
@CrystalLeeVO
; Genshin Impact) voices Yoko Yoshino, our young but skilled driver. She's joined by Amalee (
@LeeandLie
; My Dress Up Darling) as Sierra Sparks, a rising musician on the virtual stage.
#blender
#b3d
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We spend a lot of time compositing our shots after we render them from Blender. Here's a little comparison:
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#aftereffects
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Sorry folks, tending to a couple of technical difficulties! How about a little treat in the meantime?
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woahhh this anime goes so hard 🔥
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The COMPLETE Samurai Blue: Afterimage soundtrack is now streaming on all major platforms!
(We are not responsible for any sick drifts you may attempt while listening to this music)
Save & Listen here:
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A 🧵 from our director about our future vision for Samurai Blue: Afterimage
Please keep making noise about us (and other projects you love) so that independent animation can continue to thrive!
Samurai Blue: Afterimage is out!!
Some of you may have noticed that it feels a little like a teaser towards the end. What's up with that?
This is no ordinary short film...
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First sketch on January 2023 vs the final scene (August 2024). Animation is a process!
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#indieanimation
#blender
#SBAfterimage
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Yoko encounters THE FLAMES OF DISASTER
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We hear you all loud and clear! We’re working on bringing our original song “Drive with Heart”, as well as the rest of the soundtrack, to a streaming platform soon. Thank you for your patience!
#SBAfterimage
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psst support original animation like us!
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TOMORROW, Yoko & the Wishing Star drift onto the scene! 🔥
Turn those post notifications on now, cause we've got a TON of cool things to show off 👀
#indie_anime
#b3d
#indieanimation
#3Dartist
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Winterstellar Studios presents:
SAMURAI BLUE: AFTERIMAGE
Releasing August 30th!
Support us as we approach launch day by checking out the 📷 below 📷
#IndieAnimationDay
#blender
#b3d
#indie_anime
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Guilty 😅 big flares just are so cool though!!
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We held our crew (and friends) screening of
#SBAfterimage
last night! For a small project like this, it was so incredible to have everyone in one place to celebrate all of our hard work. Here's to lap two! 🥂
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One year ago today, we introduced Yoko to the world! She and the project have come a long way since then ❤️
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The indie cartoon we're making and three inspirations for it! 🏁
The indie cartoon we're makin' at
@StudioPsycho
(HEATHENS) and three inspirations for it!! >:))
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Advertise your account with one animation.
Still didnt find time to do bigger than this lol
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We even painted the lens flares ✨️
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Today,
#SBAfterimage
crossed the 100k views threshold! We are reading every comment and are so humbled by everyone’s love of our little story 💙 we’ll be able to share more news soon regarding future plans, music release, and 2025 conventions & screenings. Stay tuned!
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We're locking in for next
#IndieAnimationDay
!
NEXT
#INDIEANIMATIONDAY
IS ON AUGUST 16TH!!!
We can’t wait to celebrate all things Indie Animation with everyone again!!
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I wish I had enough followers to say "Yoko" and have 20 people respond "real"
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“Drive with Heart”, our original song by Aubree Bouché,
@variendarkgirl
, and
@robertmaimusic
, releases TOMORROW!
Pre-save on Spotify now:
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WE HAVE MERCH!!
Pick up an official Samurai Blue: Afterimage Race Day tee to celebrate Yoko's debut race 💙🏁 All sales go directly back to our crew so we can continue creating indie animation! Gum/road 🔗 and credits below ⬇️
#SBAfterimage
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Backers! Now that we've received our bumper stickers, we've sent out an email survey through Kickstarter to get your address. We can't send you your physical rewards without the completed survey, so please complete it asap!
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We hit the big 50K in just 4 days! Thank you so much for commenting, sharing, and showing Samurai Blue: Afterimage to all your anime-loving friends! 💙🏁
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Our short film has already reached over a THOUSAND views! The crew is reading all of your kind words- thank you for loving our hard work!
#SBAfterimage
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EUROBEAT FOREVER!
Our composer
@robertmaimusic
laid down a SICK original score for us! While we work on getting everything together for a proper release, here’s a special look at the opening number, “Hitodama” 🔥
#eurobeat
#originalmusic
#indieanimation
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Instead of a traditional
#PortfolioDay
post, we wanted to highlight some of our team members and what they've been up to on Samurai Blue: Afterimage!
Meet Wyatt (
@The7Seraphs
) our Showrunner, and Ben (
@chefgao1
) our Art Director! You've seen a lot of their work so far 😉
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yoko fancam!!! gotta make sure she's visible on your feed for lesbian visibility week~ 🧡🤍🩷
audio is Overdrive by Odyssey Eurobeat!
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ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : DRIVE WITH HEART
By ┊Aubree Bouché ┊
@variendarkgirl
┊
@robertmaimusic
┊ ˚✧
⇘ Links to stream below! ⇙
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We've started work on the sound this week so all our brains are just
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QRT your red art!
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Our Samurai Blue: Afterimage team members
#StandWithAnimation
! A few of our LA based crew were able to attend the rally and voice their support for a fair TAG contract for all the human artists and animators 💪
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Sierra!
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THAT'S OUR GIRL!!!
⚠️ NEW ORIGINAL SONG ALERT ⚠️
I had the pleasure creating this original song "I Got That", inspired by Zenless Zone Zero (huge thank you to the ZZZ team for sponsoring this song!)
🔹YOUTUBE MV ▶︎
🔹 SPOTIFY, ITUNES, ETC ▶︎
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Don't forget about indie animation! Samurai Blue: Afterimage is dropping this summer and it's gonna be a ride 🔥
Remaining animated film of 2024:
• Moana 2
• Inside Out 2
• The Wild Robot
• Ultraman: Rising
• Despicable Me 4
• Transformers One
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• Untitled Wallace & Grommit
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
• Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy
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We've put in a TON of work over the last year to make sure our story really comes to life. That means a fully-populated 3D environment!
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BIG WIN FOR INDIE ANIMATION! Netflix reaching out and working on *their* terms is huge news too.
BIG NEWS GUYS!!! - From October 4th, The Amazing Digital Circus is also coming to Netflix with Episodes 1-3 available to stream both there AND on YouTube!
And to be clear; We're still independently funding everything, we still get full control of the show, and episodes will
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My dream is that one day we'll be among these ranks 🥹
The next
#IndieAnimationDay
starts on August 16.
What's your favorite indie animated series?
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When we animate Yoko driving, sometimes we move the car, and sometimes we move the road.
...and sometimes, we do both 🤭
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Some of our crew teamed up with DillonGoo to work on this teaser! So many cool things are coming soon 👀
ANNOUNCEMENT - we made a teaser for our new music video for
@ironmouse
for her 7th Anniversary! Excited to show everyone what we've been working on!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOUSE
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Happy Pride from Sierra, Yoko, and the rest of the crew! We're deep in the show's production right now so please enjoy last year's little animation~
Happy Pride from the Samurai Blue team! Yoko and Sierra are so in love (they just don’t know it yet) 🏳️🌈🏁
#blender3d
#b3d
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Happy Pride from the Samurai Blue team! Yoko and Sierra are so in love (they just don’t know it yet) 🏳️🌈🏁
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#b3d
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#gooengine
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Sierra doesn't know car talk but she can still talk car
#blender3d
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#HololiveEN
#FUWAMOCO
#SUBARU
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If you could only have one, which way would you go?
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Woohoo, our shirts are starting to arrive!
Remember, they’re still available on our gum/road ! Check the 🔗 in our bio to pick yours up 💙
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WOW!! Thank you all so much for your support! It means the world to us that you believe in our project.
🏁🏁🏁
From here on out, you'll see a lot more of Yoko and Sierra as we start production!!
#gooengine
#blender3D
#b3d
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Advertise your account with one animation
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YURIBEAT
c: ghastly-grimoire on tumblr
Here's our character sheets for Sierra and Yoko, and reference of Samurai Blue's ghost car! Just in case y'all wanna 👉👈 make fanart or sonas or something
#SBAfterimage
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You can do anything - Sierra believes in you!
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#indieanimation
pitch in 6 words!
Race the past, save the future~
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While you're here, check out the trailer for "Samurai Blue: Afterimage", our indie animated short releasing THIS SUMMER! 🔥
When all the roads are dark, drive with your heart.
In "Samurai Blue: Afterimage", Yoko Yoshino hits the road for the first time after the death of her brother, infamous street racer “Samurai Blue”. Can she reach the finish line with her nerves - and car - intact?
Summer 2024
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In THREE DAYS, Sierra takes the stage! It's a performance you don't wanna miss!
#indieanimation
#blender
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We took a drive up the Angeles Crest last night, blasted Drive With Heart, and then saw a shooting star on the way down! 💫
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yeah!
what would a Samurai Blue "yeah" look like? hmmmm
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🏁 FINAL LAP! 🏁 Samurai Blue: Afterimage releases in just FOUR DAYS! Are you ready?
#indieanimation
#blender
#b3d
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He's got a face built for radio and a reputation that makes even seasoned racers sweat. Rounding out our cast is Xander Mobus (
@XanderMobusVO
; Jujutsu Kaisen) as DJ NOSS BOSS.
#blender
#b3d
#gooengine
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Sometimes, you just gotta blow things up 💥
Our animator
@artifex_magnus
did this sick scene as a lookdev test with Yoko's rig before getting started on story shots!
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Our director Wyatt (
@The7Seraphs
) doesn’t have his own post yet, but he’s the team’s Swiss Army Knife of rigging, compositing, animating, and After Effects-ing. And a lot of other -ings, I’m sure.
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Can you believe this is all 3D? 🔥 We're cooking up a set of HD wallpapers this month straight from the show! 4 of them will be backer-exclusive, and we'll have a special one for our Ko-Fi supporters as well.
#blender
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new wallpaper..
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Hi
#IndieAnimationDay
! Samurai Blue is a proof-of-concept 3D animated short that we plan to turn into a full series. Think Initial D meets Kill la Kill, with a bit of friends-to-lovers charm 💙 Check out some of our stuff below~ 🧵
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What if I just spend the rest of the night sharing
@val_animations
's tests with Yoko's rig?
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#gooengine
#b3d
#indie_anime
#3danime
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Samurai Blue: Afterimage speeds onto YouTube in just TWO DAYS! Are you hyped yet?
Our channel and other project info can be found in the 🔗 in our bio!
#indieanimation
#blender
#b3d
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Sooooooo excited for this one! Hearing
@crazynabe
talk about Leviathan at ANYC was a highlight- the tech they're developing over at Studio Orange is going to be revolutionary, and the story is sure to capture all audiences!
As war looms in 1914, a fugitive prince and a girl in disguise find themselves on a journey that will reshape history.
Leviathan, based on the novel by Scott Westerfeld and illustrated by Keith Thompson, comes to Netflix in 2025.
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Yoko's got something up her sleeve...
It's still crazy to me we can do all this in Blender- a free and open source 3D package. Thank you,
@Blender
#BehindtheScenes
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#Blender3d
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@IndieIANNetwork
We just released our poster and a special sneak peek for Samurai Blue: Afterimage, and officially announced August 30th as the full film's release date!
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a reminder~ 🧡🤍🩷
Thread of canon and implied or coded lesbians in media for pride month !
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November 10, 20XX
Happy birthday Yoko! It's been an honor to watch you come to life over the past few months. With any luck, we'll be celebrating you for years to come 🎉
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Congrats to our friends at
@ViteRamen
for their successful VKS launch! Fully funded in under a minute!
Just... don't let Yoko see how cool the knives are, kay?
Today’s my birthday, and the day I reach for the dreams I’d abandoned long ago.
The VKS Knife Kit and Skills crowdfunding campaign starts today.
And today, I want to be a little selfish.
It’s a strange irony-- you can build a company, be creative and do all kinds of things for
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