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Dusk's Flight - Toniko Pantoja (Brushtale Works)

An animated short for a bigger story I’d like to tell some day.

After being transported to a brutal world where dragons are hunted for their hearts, An aspiring engineer and his scale cursed sister journey to restore her original body and to find a way home.

Based on an original story bible I wrote years ago to pitch around to studios. I decided to finish a sort of “miniscule pilot” or “teaser” two years ago after abandoning many previous versions of this project. I decided to wrap it up. Thank you all for your support.

Dusk's Flight Original Score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdV4ej1crQ

--CREDITS---

Directed and Animated by Toniko Pantoja
Original score by Denny Schneidemesser
Casting By...Lauren Synger, The Voice Sphere, LLC
Voice Director...Lauren Synger, The Voice Sphere, LLC
Creative Consultant…Lauren Synger, The Voice Sphere, LLC
Sound Design…Patrick MacDougall
Audio Production…Patrick MacDougall

CAST

Logan- Nazeeh Tarsha
Sarah- Lauren Synger
Dragon Sarah- Lani Minella & Lauren Synger
Collin- Tim Simmons
The Witch- Tiffany Bennicke
The Red Queen- Lani Minella
Ashleigh- Erin Ashe
Gotts- Sean Crisden
Mysterious Voices- Lauren Synger
Additional Voices- Lani Minella

ANIMATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE
-Animation Assistance-
Tabuley
Elena Volk
Anastasia Turaeva

-Animation Coloring Assistance-
Felicity Morland
Daniel “Spacedad” St. Clair

--Book keeping + accounting ---
Karen Genilo

-Background Paint Assistance-
Thanh Dang

-CG FX + Compositing Assistance-
Allan Parker

SPECIAL THANKS
Chris Palmer
Rune Bennicke
Nomad’s Cafe Discord Group
Team Halo Halo

TVPaint Development
Adobe Creative Cloud
Toonboom
Blender Foundation

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The Complete Introduction to 2D Animation
Buy the complete introduction to 2D animation tutorial/video package:
https://gum.co/Introto2DComplete

My Photoshop actions for auto-matte and toning
https://gumroad.com/l/sKxSq

Main Website: https://www.tonikopantoja.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonikopantoja
Instagram: https://instagram.com/tonikopantoja/
Online Store/Tutorials: https://gumroad.com/stringbing
Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/StringBing

Equipment I use:
Drawing Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 22HD

Software I use:
Animation - TVPAINT
Animation - Adobe Flash/Animate CC, ToonBoom
Compositing - After Effects
Painting and Illustration - Photoshop
Video Editing - Premiere
3D - BLENDER

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  • What is it with e6 and having both the most vile shit known to the human race, but then also having stuff like this?

    I got on this site expecting to do something other than wishing this little preview thing was a whole series I could watch.
    You got me so damn excited, cause I was like “woah, hey, this looks like and actual show that I want to watch. And it looks like it isn’t just a pilot/concept” only to find out that this wasn’t more than just this. GIVE ME MORE

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  • The hell is a masterpiece doing here on a place like e6?
    I'm feeling so many emotions now that I haven't felt in a long time for anything.
    There's so much story there is so much promise to work with... And that final parting.
    Where where, through some sort of species dysmorphia, she begins to accept herself as she is.
    Whenever this happens, especially if it's done well it always makes me feel weird. Wondering if it is the end, or the beginning of something new and beautiful.
    It's one of the only things that has ever tested me the way that it does. The only thing that stumps me physically.
    Please for the love of all that is apparently holy, you need to finish this.
    The world hasn't had a good story in a long time let alone something brand new like this.
    Godspeed.

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  • On a semi-unrelated note, I wonder if the story is going to work and end like I believe amulet to be, that they really never get a chance to go home because that's just not how it works to them apparently.
    Or maybe, among many many other things, they just don't want to.
    Those who are given the opportunity of a lifetime may not want to trespass against the trail that leads from one perceived world to the next.
    As, in order to cross a bridge, one must not think of the ground beneath or behind them, one must think of only moving forward in order to arrive at their final destination. Intern, any fear May melt away as they figure upon arrival, that these things really aren't so final after all.

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  • kawaiiweeb said:
    The designs and movement really remind me of old Dreamworks

    iirc, the director and main animator also worked on the last movie of how to train your dragon.

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  • Well everyones spamming brainless praise so i guess ill take my stab at some constructive criticism.

    Strong point: animation and story setup
    Weak point: voice acting.

    Visually this is pretty stunning, but the voice actors, and whoever is handling their audio balancing, needs some practice. not an irredeemable performance, just needs a few adjustments.
    To use our dragon lady as an example, my interpretation of what she sounds like is she is very concerned about audio clarity, so she gets too close to the mic, but because she gets too close to the mic she was told she was too loud so now she has to drop her voice to a softer whispy tone, which really peaks the audio alot.
    Had to bring my headset down to 1/4th the usual volume i use *just* because of her. And that doesn't go into the other characters. If my instinct there is correct, my best advice for her in particular would be to pull her head back a bit and even out her tone?
    i repeat, not irredeemable, just a spot i can see some improvement and practicing on if this is going to a larger production level.

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  • It's a shotgun, not a bat! On a serious note, that was gorgeous; reminds me of early Disney animation. I see this having a lot of potential!

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  • And I thought it would just be another day and I come up with it. A work of And I thought it would just be another day and I come up with it. A work of art 🥹

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  • Heres hoping they make a series/movie out of this, im in love with the story/lore , Keep Up The Good Work

    Updated

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  • Music made by the very Denny! Animation made by he legendary Toniko and the stunning Tabuley! Great direction and story! This is simply amazing! (I am shocked that an artist like Toniko worked with a porn artist like tabuely, both legends. Well who ever said that legends can’t work together XD )

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  • Tabuley, I'm not saying to give up your other lewd animations. Just don't let this one be buried away! This is network television worthy stuff. Make it a series we can all watch and enjoy.

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  • Please make more of this series oml i want this to be a book, a tv show, even a movie omg this is amazing!!!

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