New animation just dropped!
I wanted to practice lip syncing, so I took a short bit of a song I'm working on and made a little animation! Its very sketchy and unfinished, but "clean" wasn't my goal anyway. This was actually a very helpful practice!
If you know anything about my music (for the majority of you, probably not lol) you might recognise this tune. I like to reuse bits of my music in other songs as a call-back, at least when its in a series or album. In this case, this is Sans's song, but I used some of Nimiee's theme "No Exception" because these two interact a lot in this song. (I'm currently in the process of making theme songs for all of the characters in Before the Anger)
This is nowhere near the final version of the song, by the way! I'm just a very slow composer.
Notes below cut :)
Im still new to animation and, despite producing music for almost 2 years now, have yet to make something that sounds professional lol. I am a trained soprano 1 with a naturally alto-ish range, but I tend to make songs with a higher range. Therefore, this tenor range song is quite a challenge 😅
In this animation, some of the original lyrics change meaning. Near the end of Nimiee's verse, the lyrics change to red, and instead of Toriel being the one to help, it is Asriel. Of course, Sans is his normal pessimistic self. But, instead of calling Nimiee a stupid child- like he usually does- the scene changes to show a mirror. Tsk tsk. Are we projecting, Sans?
Most of the themes so far have two versions; a casual, lighthearted one; and a heavy, sad one. However, I don't think I will be giving Sans a lighthearted version of his song. What will I be doing with these themes? Possibly... a comic dub...?
Before the Anger side story:
This is the first relevant side story in BTA. It follows Chara as she first entered the underground and her fear of monsters.
Click "keep reading" to read the full side story :)
(1) Chara had no appetite. She stared at Toriel in the kitchen, who hummed a song and bounced on her feet as she crossed to the stove. The same confusion every time. Chara counted the seconds it took for Toriel to remember that her fire magic no longer worked. Exactly six. Toriel laughed to herself and turned to Chara. “Hey, sweetie, would you like to help me in the kitchen?” Chara knew exactly what was going through Toriel’s mind. “Family bonding”
(2) Chara decided to humour Toriel and joined her in the kitchen. She even pretended to smile and said, “Sure, Mother.” and seeing Toriel’s face light up made Chara’s smile genuine. What a stupid woman. Chara stood beside Toriel, looking up into her piercing eyes. Being this close to such a creature made Chara’s hands tremble, so she made a tight fist.
(3) “Here, child, you can cut up the carrots!” Toriel offered Chara a knife with a big smile. Chara’s hands felt ice cold; the knife, the sharp edges catching the light; Toriel’s disgusting, monstrous grin; her claws grasping the handle. Chara raised a hand to her mouth to cover her disgust and rushed out of the kitchen without a word. Toriel watched her leave, a confused tilt in her head.
(4) That night, Chara didn’t eat. Or the next, or the night after that. Toriel and Asgore were concerned, but being that they didn’t know much about humans, they had assumed Chara had a different diet. And in any case, the other monsters were getting curious about Chara’s existence and wanted answers, so they arranged a QnA at the castle- with Chara’s permission, of course.
(5) Today was the day of the QNA. Chara calmed her nerves and looked out on the crowd full of horrible creatures. She had no appetite. Her stomach ached. Her hands twitched. Her mouth curled into a sickening grin. As she approached the monsters, Asriel finally caught up to her side, out of breath. “Are you excited?” Asriel asked, an innocent squeak in his voice. Chara stroked his soft ear.
(6) Suddenly, Chara felt puny and defenseless against the towering, snarling, grinning monsters. They clawed for answers. Chara’s own breath suffocated her. She could hardly feel her feet as they sprinted toward any semblance of safety. But every corner was unknown, full of terrible surprises. Chara collapsed, finally, on a secluded ledge in Waterfall, curled into a ball of sobs and fear.
(7) Chara heard something behind her and jolted to attack. The second before her fist was about to land, she pulled away. It was only Asriel. Asriel was shaken, but continued toward her anyway, his eyes large with surprise. “Why’d you run away, Chara?” Chara caught her breath, soothed by his childish voice.
(8) “It’s hard to… to be the only one of your kind in a big, scary new world. Can you imagine if you landed in a world with only humans, no friends?” Chara explained. Asriel paused for a moment, then sat down in front of her. “You have me! We are friends, right?” Asriel held his breath as he waited for Chara’s response. Chara smiled and pet Asriel, “Yeah. It’s just you and me against the world, buddy.”
(9) Toriel searched for Chara and Asriel, the worst in her mind. She worried this would happen, with Chara skittish behavior around other monsters. Finally, Toriel found them in Waterfall. When she asked what happened, Asriel stood up and said “Chara and I wanted to go for a swim.” Toriel furrowed her brow. Asriel was only six years old, he had never lied to her before. Asriel clutched Chara’s sleeve with a nervous smile.
Extras:
Here is some non-narrative stuff. You can find animations, official art, (maybe music, in the future), spoilers, and just general BTA-related things.
Cover redraw
Alphys Travelling Fit
Toriel spoilers
Siqua the Archer
Grillby
BTA as Humans!
Alphys's Daydream
Walkcycles
Papyrus as a Baby
Papyrus and Sans hold hands
Lip Sync Animation
Grillby's First Job!
Traditional art!? Of the kids as babies
"Frisk."
House maps!!!
Chara and Asriel are sorry
Gaster and Siqua as kids
Alphys and Nimiee— Happy Summer!
The first ask of the series! Please, if you can think of anything, ASK because I want to start making more comics as soon as possible!!! I'm deprived. Go to the side blog to ask!!!! (QUESTION: Should I keep reblogging my Mr. Sleepy comics or is that confusing, y'know, having two accounts posting the comic but only one accepts asks? Maybe thats not confusing at all bc its a reblog... idk)
Bonnie that was rude :( they seemed like they felt guilty about whatever they had to do. I think we should hear their side of the story
All characters are open for asks! (Note that some may be uncompliant)
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Before the Anger- episode 44, "Annoying Kid!"
((“Here, child, you can cut up the carrots!” Toriel offered Chara a knife with a big smile. Chara’s hands felt ice cold; the knife, the sharp edges catching the light; Toriel’s disgusting, monstrous grin; her claws grasping the handle. Chara raised a hand to her mouth to cover her disgust and rushed out of the kitchen without a word. Toriel watched her leave, a confused tilt in her head.))
I love Papyrus and Sans's dynamic. There's a lot of complex psychology in the little details (do you notice a theme in these comics?)
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Yes, it's kind of strange, being that majority of these characters hate humans. It's kind of an insult to them.... Oops.
I also drew my human girl, Nimiee, as a monster to mix up the crowd a little.
My favorites? Although I enjoy how dapper Papyrus looks, I would say my favorite is Alphys, with Sans at a close second. What can I say? I'm a sucker for round shape language :)
Who is your favorite?
Nimiee's monster design is based off of her monster disguise in UnderAnger. In Episode 9- The Tattered Tarp, Nimiee uses cloth to cover all but one eye, an old tarp to hide her figure, and dead flowers to look like horns. Obviously, in this world, Nimiee's magic would be flowers/ vines.
Before the Anger comic!
Before the Anger- episode 35, "...No. (pt. 2)"
((Elaine had a stupid look on her face; brow furrowed, eyes wide. She had never been asked that before. Elaine inhaled, fixed her face, and looked Undyne right in the eye, “Elaine. I want to be called Elaine.”))
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Its also something that could be called laziness
But uhh i still think its called neglect, gaster.
(Still in love with how you draw this little bitch)
Is that what he thinks?
(This idea popped to me like half an hour ago 😭)
BTA is by: @bri-jo-g
Before the Anger- episode 59, "HAPPY EASTER, MOM!!"
Siqua's parenting style is called "child-led", but she tends to lean very permissive. It's not necessarily a bad thing but can be considered a fault. It just depends on your values :)
Happy Easter y'all! (religion-neutral, of course)
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Binge Version (WEBTOON)
Before the Anger, episode 2- "Death by Words of Affirmation"
Note- don't worry, I change Undyne's colors later in the series. She is not radioactive.
I figured out how to put links thanks to @seirindono (check out their comics) and its like MAGIC I'm fascinated by it! Look at their glory!!! CLICK THAT "NEXT" BUTTON AND BE AMAZED!
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Omg omg omg
I love the attention to details!!!! I never thought somebody could actually like my stories, but your support has really inspired me to work harder to prove myself as a writer :) I don't get validation very often, so this has helped me a lot ❤❤ (also you reminded me that I really need to work on UA, so I'm going to go do that right now lol)
I decided to make more Nimiee/UA fan art cuz why not? :3 (Except I somehow made it more fucked up then in the actual story. Visually at least)
Tw: Gore, Implied Torture, and Isolation
UA was created by: @bri-jo-g as well as BTA, UA’s prequel
This is all from memory btw😭 Like story, Design, Plot. Etc etc.