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Runaways Hiatus
🕑 Added 2025-02-04 04:44:13 +0000 UTCHi everyone
I have some news regarding Runaways. I had been in talks with Studio Buta for the past couple months to partner up and turn Runaways into a larger project. We had even gotten to the stage of planning the timeline for when we were going to release the trailer/gather the team.
However, after reviewing what I had of the animatic, I became very dissatisfied with the quality and felt it wasn't up to par. I spent a long time trying to revise and improve it, but it wasn't coming out the way that I wanted. The studio suggested hiring some other writers to do the parts I was struggling with, however I was not the most comfortable handing over so much creative control when I myself did not think I had a completed vision for how I wanted the story yet.
The studio also requested the plans to expand what I had into a larger full series as it was better for production and longer-term planning as well, which was leading to stress on my end. Eventually after a lot of thinking, I decided to put the project on hiatus. I felt like if we continued to move forward it would be running the risk of releasing something that wasn’t ready yet. I ended up cutting things off with the studio and had put everything on hold.
I’ve attached the rough character design and expression sheets I had been making along with the studio. There was a lot more in terms of schedule planning and stuff but I won’t include that here for now. As for Runaways, it would be nice to be able to return to it in the future but as of now I don’t have any concrete plans. I currently have several other ideas for future projects I want to pursue and will continue working on them in the meantime.
Work has also been ramping up and I may need to begin taking some time for that. I was recently set to direct a Miku animation music video so I’ll be posting some things from that as well.
I very much apologize for any potential disappointment and completely understand if you unsubscribe because of this. I really appreciate you all for your support throughout everything, it truly means a lot. I will continue to post my animation projects and behind the scenes here.
Thank you so much for everything and I wish you all the best 🙏
Comments
NAZ NXT
..and if in the film version you pushed that further to have a cryptic story that makes the audience think. I think that's in my mind peak runaways.
NAZ NXT
Personally, I think runaways was more suited to being an artistic film than an animated series anyways. The piece you made for it was free flowing enough that people could interpret the context in multiple ways.
sevserez
i think extreme perfectionism is an artist's greatest enemy, because it stops one from calling any work finished. everything always has to stay a wip, for when this is the case, we can justify its imperfections to others. we can say that it was just a draft, that we did not give everything we have to it. but i think art doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be special. thank you for sharing your vulnerability. i know it hurts. i hope the best for you. good luck
