{"id":7866,"date":"2025-11-06T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:53:53","slug":"ch3-page-14-animation-the-harbingers-path-november-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/11\/ch3-page-14-animation-the-harbingers-path-november-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch3, Page 14 Animation – The Harbinger’s Path | November 6, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malyck | Roughly animated comic panel crop | The Harbinger’s Path; Ch3, pg 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the Trahearne and Malyck practice animation<\/a> I made for Heart of Thorns’ 10th anniversary last month, a much smaller thing I also finished by that day was adding a bit of animation to chapter 2’s finale page. This version of the page has been live since the, and you can view it here! <\/a><\/p>\n

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Malyck | Roughly animated comic panel crop | The Harbinger’s Path; Ch3, pg 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/a>It’s likely obvious, but this page was not drawn with the intention of animating it from the start. I tend to save several steps of the process in the comic page files, as I have the habit of duplicating layers and working on the duplicate when I want to make a larger change or know I will be progressing the page more. This makes my file files larger than they need to be, but on the plus side, I like being able to go back into the file and see how the page progressed over time. <\/p>\n

My first attempt to animate this page was all the way back in August – which I just remembered, I even posted that test panel here.<\/a> This test is what lead to the practice animation from last month. Even though this page’s animation is both much simpler and rougher than last month’s animation, I still have a little sentimental feelings over it, since dabbling with this page was what really lead to all the animation practices afterward (and I have more I want to do in the future!). <\/p>\n

So! That’s why I wanted to have a version of this page up, even if it is rough around the edges. It is cleaned up from the August test – the page now is rebuilt completely from scratch from the August version, using 3 layers from the comic file itself. While it is not intended to be super-smooth (which I hope is clear – it is keyframed and not tweened), I hope the cadence feels intentional. <\/p>\n

Does it add a little flavor to the page, or does it distract? Feel free to let me know anywhere, as I’m biased toward it, but I would definitely like to know if anyone preferred the previous static page instead of this animated version! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In addition to the Trahearne and Malyck practice animation I made for Heart of Thorns’ 10th anniversary last month, a much smaller thing I also finished by that day was adding a bit of animation to chapter 2’s finale page. This version of the page has been live since the, and you can view it…<\/span><\/p>\n

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