It was the first convention organised by BroniesNL and the second Dutch brony convention after Hearth’s Warming Con. Just like the last two Hearth’s Warming Cons, I contributed to this new convention too. I became the convention animator. There was a lot that had to be done. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish a full animation, due to school, internship and other personal activities along the way. There are drafts and designs that had been shared. However, the only piece being used at the convention was a little gif of three characters running/walking through the shot. These were animation cycles which were meant for the original idea. Most of the rigs and animation cycles will be used in future projects.
This project required a lot of feedback, as I am not very experienced with drawing MLP characters. I had a lot of help from the convention’s artist manager. It was because of her that the characters look better compared to the ones in previous animations I made for conventions. I was the only animator, but it was nice to have a whole team to talk to.
This project really felt like one of the biggest projects I’ve ever worked on. From the first meeting, to writing the script, to character drawing an rigging, to animating them. Every step required a lot of time. While the final animation was never finished, there was quite some work done. I have made a little demo of all the concept art and animations after the convention to give you an impression of what happened before the con. This project was originally started at the start of 2021.
