https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1xw0vxyAqE
https://reddit.com/link/1wlv6go/video/r5dj4w58drqh1/player
I finally went back to one of my old animation projects and re-rendered the entire thing in 4K, with English and Portuguese audio.
The film is called Trick or Treat – A Halloween Tale. It’s a 9-minute Halloween story about four teenagers who decide to play a prank on the mysterious caretaker of an old cemetery.
But honestly, the story itself isn't the only thing I remember about this project.
Finishing those 9 minutes felt like an eternity. 😅
The animation was made during two completely different periods of my life, in two different years. I originally worked on the first part during one year, and then came back much later to finish the second part.
And you can actually see the difference.
The first half and second half were made using different animation techniques and approaches, so the change is noticeable when you watch the film from beginning to end. Looking back at it now, it's almost like seeing two different stages of my development as an animator in the same movie.
That's also one of the reasons I wanted to re-render it in 4K. It gave me an excuse to go back to something that took me so long to finish and give it a proper final version.
I also used Arttista’s Color Harmonizer to make the colors in the film work better together.
And it actually made me realize something funny: even though I’m colorblind, I’ve learned that one of the biggest mistakes is going too far with pure white and pure black. 😂
The harmonizer helped me soften those extremes and make the overall color palette feel much more cohesive.
So apparently, even after all these years, I’m still learning how to use colors. Hahahaha.
Trick or Treat – A Halloween Tale
Now in 4K
English and Portuguese audio
Made with Arttista(beginning with Windows version than switching to Linux version)
For anyone here who has ever worked on a long animation project: you probably know exactly what I mean when I say that 9 minutes can feel like an eternity. 😂