Another 'Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark' short!
"I Think My Step-Dad's A Werewolf"
Ever since he got back from that hunting trip he's been acting really weird...
Here's some design stuff we did. We spent a bunch of effort trying to nail down our Hilda season 3 kids after we finished the movie. Tried to be less subtle than the change between seasons 1 & 2, but not a massive change that might make them unrecognizable.
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I don't think I ever shared these model sheets for "The Worm". Her weird name was supposed to be a relic from the time her mother spent in a "spiritual" group. There's a whole complex lore and backstory I'll never tell anybody for this thing hahaha. 🪱
These are just a couple of the tricks used to pull off some important moments in the show. Every episode always has a bunch of unique opportunities to be clever with how you execute this kind of stuff.
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#Hildanetflix
It's been 4 years since Hilda debuted. To celebrate here's some fun little bits of trivia:
The farmer mentions how his goat was taken in "The Troll Circle", which is actually the goat that Trylla is leading around in "The Stone Forest."
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#Hilda
Some people have been asking what these water creatures are that pop up from time to time in
#HildaTheSeries
They're salt lions! The babies were unfortunately cut from the show (though you can still catch a glimpse of them in the opening title sequence).
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#Hildaseason2
The day is finally here!!! If you like indie animation, horror, or just cool atmospheric music, then this is for you! (direct link in replies)
#animation
#horror
#cartoon
#creepy
Here's some of the color technique material. This is a topic that's so complicated it would honestly be very hard to articulate appropriately without rambling on forever. 😄
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A closer look at "The Eternal Warriors" from season 2 episode 4. This was a pretty heavy episode for our character design team. Check them out!
#HildaTheSeries
I was asked about some of the images I was showing in the Hilda panel yesterday, so I'll be posting some here over the next few days if anybody wants to look at them more closely.
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#Hildanetflix
But we're a little show, and we're not owed anything from anyone. The fact that we got to make our final season at all feels incredibly lucky, even if a little heartbreaking when there are those stories that I know would have been great adventures to have. (2/5)
For
@hildatheseries
I created a library of instruments & loops. A big part of the library was ambient soundscapes which I made by sending the Mood pedal sounds and messing with it until I had something that sounded like the world of Hilda.
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#hilda
@chaseblissaudio
We got to put out some of the coolest episodes we've ever done, and I am so proud of the work that our team of mad designers, editors, animators, writers, actors, musicians, and artists of all kinds came together to make. (3/5)
I don't usually post stuff like this as I've said everything I wanted to say on the screen, but it seems fitting when talking about the bad to make sure to celebrate the good. (4/5)
I love
#ScavengersReign
. Everybody should go check it out on HBOMax. Normally it's difficult for me watch animation without some level of critical viewing, but I honestly got lost in the awesomeness of episode 2. Blown away.
I started drawing this little guy a while ago to play around and warm up. He's small, but don't let that fool you. He's as brave as they come.
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#Animation
#Elf
This was a rough version of the scene that came right after the near-crash sequence in the airship, with drawings by Beccy Champagne
@beccychampagne
and Darren Rawlings and edited by John "The Cutman" McKinnon
@skunkypants
This is just a silly thing most people don't notice, that Alfur is sitting on an upside down coffee creamer and using a pizza box support as a little table.
I love doing homages to the things that influenced me. The entrance to the Rat King's sewer lair may look familiar to fans of the 1990 adaptation of Stephen King's It...
Another fun bit is the elf that Hilda mistakenly plops back at the lost clan's village is seen later in the season, climatizing and becoming part of their clan. I like to think he fell in love with a hearty elven warrior and decided to stay.
@ThatHartleyKat
Here you go! To represent her dual nature, the balance that she has found after "The Mountain King" between a wild adventurer and an urban city kid, Hilda was given two core looks.
I had this dumb idea once to make a slapstick comedy cartoon version of Dracula when listening to how everybody in TV animation only ever want to be pitched established IP's and brands. This iconic monster having to contend with modernity would be so goofy.
Looks like everybody finally found out about the Hilda events at
#OIAF23
We'll be screening THE ENTIRE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF SEASON 3!!! Plus Luke and I will hang around afterwards to talk about it. This is an in-person event only though!
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#hildanetflix
@ThatHartleyKat
We wanted to capture that feeling of being a 13 year old boy with David. His clothes don't quite fit his body right, his hair is shaggier, all that fun stuff.
Today is the day! Hilda Season 2 has arrived on
@netflixfamily
THANK YOU to all the fans who have shared their artwork, their theories, and their love of Wood Man. You give us SO much joy!
Now get ready for the Woff ride of your life.🧡
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#theadventurecontinues
A good look at some of the earliest stuff we did to explore the city of Trolberg. It's not quite Scandinavian, not quite British, not quite North American. Not explicitly modern or retro. Sort of an 'other' place, slightly apart from space and time.
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#Hilda
Broken glass, teeth in weird places, odd shapes and amalgamated different anatomies. There was supposed to be a patch of bees on its "neck" as well, and also embers emanating from it's mouth with an internal fire inside of it, but I didn't really hammer those ideas home.
Here is Dr. Merrick's turnaround, the actual monster of the story. He's all about image. Fake tan, hair plugs, put together but not too buttoned up and he wants you know it.
Get to know Bunny McBee in our newest Original series! 🐝 Created by Director of
#Hilda
, Andy Coyle, this series follows a tiny bee with a big heart and an even bigger imagination!
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Soundtrack album released for
@kindofandycoyle
's 'Hilda and the Mountain King' starring
@BellaRamsey
feat. score by
@ryajamcar
and end credits song 'Another Road' performed by Rachel Aggs.
@alexa_doodles
Hey Alexa, DWHAAD is my project. I think that was just a poor wording choice that Catsuka made when posting about it. I had a whole lot of great people work on "The Worm" with me since it was such a huge project. I'll reach out and have him adjust it if he can!
A lot of
#Hildatheseries
fans have been asking about the Raven being absent from season 2. He did show up very briefly in an early version of "The Troll Circle", but that scene was ultimately not moving the story forward and got trimmed out.
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Some more behind the scenes artwork from the show, this time the elf attack in Hilda's wilderness house. The movie on the TV that lights the whole scene was an homage to the old Errol Flynn Robin Hood.
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Behold the trailer! I hope it gets everybody excited for the movie! It honestly doesn't even give anything cool away, there's so much more in store. Please share it around if you can.
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#hildamovie
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If you are interested in checking out some of the finer details of putting together "The Fifty Year Night" episode of Hilda that we did, check out Jonathan's great video!
At the end of the day, it's a great big world out there, and the Raven's got places to go, things to do. He's an ancient magical shape-shifting super powered bird, with a rich life outside of interacting with a certain blue-haired adventurer kid.
I can't even count the number of times this happened when I was a teenager. I mean the falling-asleep-on-the-couch thing... not being stalked by a creepy little monster. That only happened twice.
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#creature
I have been told I should follow some people on Twitter. I have no idea who I should follow. That sounds weird reading it out loud. This is a lot of pressure.
I had a little chat with the lovely people at Toonboom about what I'm doing with "Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark".
Lots of behind the scenes stuff and independent animation talk. Give it a read guys!
@SankyuAnimation
Yeah I'd love to find a way to make a whole animated horror anthology series but until there's a broadcaster with enough imagination to greenlight it I'm just going to keep having fun making this stuff in whatever limited way I can!
It's time to release the Woffs at
@ToyFairNY
! Come by
@GottaGettaGUND
Booth
#2107
on 2/24 between 10-12pm to get your FREE Limited Edition Woff backpack clip. While Woff supplies last!
@ThatHartleyKat
Sure. I'll find them. Turnarounds are never as interesting to look at though hahah. Kind of have to be neutral and generic for basic reference.
There are so many amazing scenes that end up on the cutting room floor when we're crafting these stories, but that's the nature of making this kind of stuff.
"Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures" was a book I found in the library as a kid. I borrowed it over and over, so many times. These illustrations by Rod Ruth were burned into my adolescent brain.