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👾 Freelance 3D Generalist
✨ obsessed with stylized animation & Star Wars
🍿 channeling both into Clone Wars fan films
🔥 and learning along the way

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✨ Happy Star Wars Day ✨ and as promised, it's time to reveal one of the new #TukkTales characters: Commander Faust of the Coruscant Guard. More on him soon, but for now I'll let this animation speak for itself. 🫡👀But why new characters? And where's the short film??So here's basically what happened: After the announcement teaser trailer in 2023 completely blew up and I got to see how much love there already is for Tukk, his company and the project, I got motivated to push both my storytelling skills and the film itself a lot further, going back and rewriting the whole thing to let us spend more time with these characters and tell a more impactful and memorable story.Instead of a little one-off 6 minute short (which at the time was still mostly in rough previz stage), it evolved into something closer to a full Clone Wars episode, which I've eventually decided to separate into three mini-episodes, inspired by to the beautiful "Tales of" shows from Lucasfilm.With that expansion also came the need for a lot more characters, designs and assets. And since I'm making all of those from scratch, with hand-painted textures, animator-friendly rigs and screen-accurate details that have to hold up in all kinds of close-ups, I've spent a LOT of time on that part of the process while simultaneously setting up some of the previz animations for the new story.But an end is in sight and once this step is done, updates will become way more frequent as I'm much faster when it comes to bringing shots from previz to a final stage.I still can't give a release date yet as it's a no-budget personal project that is happening between client jobs, but it's still going full steam ahead and I'm extremely excited about the new direction it has taken on a while ago. I'll also be looking for other character animators to bring onto the project later on and help out with some shots, so if you're interested in volunteering, feel free to send me your reel (mail address in my linktree)!That's it for now, more character reveals soon (and no, they won't all be clones 🗡️🥸)!May the 4th be with you all! ✌️✨ by @high_ground_animations

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Pew Pew! 💥🔥✨ Short Battle Scene TestEventually I'd love to make an actual Clone Wars fan-shortfilm & am currently working on some story ideas.We'll see what comes of it, but for now I've got a few more things to test/figure out/play around with & some more assets to build. 😁 Fun times ahead!#clonewars #badbatch #animation #fanfilm #starwarsfan #clonetrooper #3d #fanart #blender #clonewarssaved #order66 #thebadbatch #501stlegion #starwars #prequelmemes #cgi #republic #facialanimation #rigging #lighting #render #captaintukk #battle #241st by @high_ground_animations

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And as always, the turntable reference for my newest clone: Commander Faust.For all you incredible fan artists, custom figure creators, cosplayers, and other creatives out there who've already expressed an interest in recreating Faust! So excited!! 😍Lemme know if you need it in higher resolution! by @high_ground_animations

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Commander Faust of the Coruscant Guard.#tukktales by @high_ground_animations

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"The paint job is a little crude, but we think it gets the idea across."It was an honor to contribute this piece to the @theclonewarszine charity fan zine alongside so many incredible artists and their stunning work!Had a blast creating it, building new 3D assets for Rex, the 501st and 332nd clones, modeling (half) a gunship, designing custom painting tools for the clones to use, and more...Huge thanks to the amazing @theclonewarszine team, every artist who contributed, and everyone who supported this wonderful project. May the Force be with you all! ✨ by @high_ground_animations

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Finally after 8 months of work, here he is in all his glory: my Roy cosplay, based on @high_ground_animations design and 3D files.I really love how he turned out!.Thank you @high_ground_animations for helping out with this as much as you did! 🫶🏻....📸 @feldmannphotography ...Boots by @teekaworkshopMinigunfiles by @galacticarmory...............#clonetrooper #clonecosplay #clone #starwars #tukktales #highgroundanimations #clonewars #clonegirls #cosplay #starwarscosplayer #starwarscosplay #241st #Roy #Roycosplay #tukk #cosplayer #clonearmor #clonetroopercosplay #minigun #diy #3dprint #3dprinting #teal by @high_ground_animations

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A closer look at the Tukk character render I made for his cardboard cutout. 🧍‍♂️🪶#starwars #fanart #TukkTales #clonewars #thebadbatch #captaintukk #241st #badbatch #animation #fanfilm #starwarsfan #clonetrooper #3d #blender #order66 #characterdesign #501stlegion #starwars #prequelmemes #cgi #republic #rigging #lighting #render #substancepainter by @high_ground_animations

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Super stoked to be heading to @norisforcecon this weekend! I'll have a booth open all three days and will be co-hosting a panel with fellow fanfilm-maker @hranimator on Sunday! 😍 Having a booth for the first time was a great excuse to order some fun Tukk Tales promo merch, like this life-size cardboard cutout of Tukk (and a new character soon to be revealed 👀). Huge thanks to @zaliaksmaking for sending me the amazing prop of Tukk's helmet that'll be on display this weekend as well! 🙏#starwars #fanart #TukkTales #clonewars #thebadbatch #captaintukk #241st #badbatch #animation #fanfilm #starwarsfan #clonetrooper #3d #blender #order66 #characterdesign #501stlegion #starwars #prequelmemes #cgi #republic #rigging #lighting #render #substancepainter by @high_ground_animations

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Turntable reference of CT-3102 "Singe"He's sporting a unique helmet and chest paintjob variation of the standard 241st / Hill Company design and a unique hairdo under his helmet. by @high_ground_animations

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CT-3102 "Singe"Similar to Moss, he is another side-character with a unique helmet and chest variation of the standard 241st / Hill Company design. Oh and he's got his own hairdo too! 😎#starwars #fanart #TukkTales #clonewars #thebadbatch #captaintukk #241st #badbatch #animation #fanfilm #starwarsfan #clonetrooper #3d #blender #order66 #characterdesign #501stlegion #starwars #prequelmemes #cgi #republic #rigging #lighting #render #substancepainter #Singe by @high_ground_animations

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May the 4th be with you! ✨To celebrate this momentous occasion, Tukk has officially launched the galaxy's first B1 space program.Have a nice flight! 🫡🦵💥#starwars #fanart #clonewars #thebadbatch #captaintukk #241st #badbatch #animation #fanfilm #starwarsfan #clonetrooper #3d #blender #order66 #characterdesign #501stlegion #starwars #prequelmemes #cgi #republic #lieutenantCrash #rigging #lighting #render #substancepainter #TukkTales #ATRT by @high_ground_animations

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