dessertmonkeyjk
@dessertmonkeyjk.bsky.social
Some tech guy who likes to tinker with things.
Occasionally does 3D art/animation stuff in Blender/Unreal/some 3rd thing.
https://linktr.ee/dessertmonkeyjk
Occasionally does 3D art/animation stuff in Blender/Unreal/some 3rd thing.
https://linktr.ee/dessertmonkeyjk
Another small update, I'm currently doing some late night animating (scene 8 of 10) and accidently made Spyro look like they got stung by a bee while doing lipsyncing lol
I'll fix him I swear
I'll fix him I swear
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Another small update, I'm currently doing some late night animating (scene 8 of 10) and accidently made Spyro look like they got stung by a bee while doing lipsyncing lol
I'll fix him I swear
I'll fix him I swear
Spyro in places where he probably shouldn't be.
Got majority of scene 6 out of 10 done with dialogue all sorted out at this point. There's only so much I can post without spoilers so here's some more nice screenshots instead, with improved lighting overall.
Got majority of scene 6 out of 10 done with dialogue all sorted out at this point. There's only so much I can post without spoilers so here's some more nice screenshots instead, with improved lighting overall.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Spyro in places where he probably shouldn't be.
Got majority of scene 6 out of 10 done with dialogue all sorted out at this point. There's only so much I can post without spoilers so here's some more nice screenshots instead, with improved lighting overall.
Got majority of scene 6 out of 10 done with dialogue all sorted out at this point. There's only so much I can post without spoilers so here's some more nice screenshots instead, with improved lighting overall.
Spyro checking to see where they are while riding on a dragon elder who may not be aware they picked up a passenger.
Mainly polishing scene 6, just couldn't help but post this one shot that I find amusing on so many levels.
This shot crashed Unreal 5 in the past but it's more stable now.
Mainly polishing scene 6, just couldn't help but post this one shot that I find amusing on so many levels.
This shot crashed Unreal 5 in the past but it's more stable now.
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Spyro checking to see where they are while riding on a dragon elder who may not be aware they picked up a passenger.
Mainly polishing scene 6, just couldn't help but post this one shot that I find amusing on so many levels.
This shot crashed Unreal 5 in the past but it's more stable now.
Mainly polishing scene 6, just couldn't help but post this one shot that I find amusing on so many levels.
This shot crashed Unreal 5 in the past but it's more stable now.
Updates will probably be more sparse as it's mostly just polish work at this point. Finally working on scenes in the second location and I'm super happy how some of the shots look at this point.
I might of made things a little too big though, oh well.
I might of made things a little too big though, oh well.
January 4, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Updates will probably be more sparse as it's mostly just polish work at this point. Finally working on scenes in the second location and I'm super happy how some of the shots look at this point.
I might of made things a little too big though, oh well.
I might of made things a little too big though, oh well.
Finally, after several days of editing (I don't talk much but when I do, I really get going), here's part 1 of 3 of an early behind the scenes look at the process of how I put together a PS1 Spyro animation in Blender & Unreal Engine 5. Did my best not to spoil much.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38G...
Special Delivery (Early Behind the Scene Part 1) - Spyro The Dragon Fan Animation
YouTube video by Dessert Monkey
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Finally, after several days of editing (I don't talk much but when I do, I really get going), here's part 1 of 3 of an early behind the scenes look at the process of how I put together a PS1 Spyro animation in Blender & Unreal Engine 5. Did my best not to spoil much.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C38G...
Last December I posted an early look on YouTube of the Spyro animation. This December I'm putting together a lengthy BTS video showing how I made it. Was planning on doing this after the animation was done but now just want to get it out of the way. Still polishing the animation itself.
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Last December I posted an early look on YouTube of the Spyro animation. This December I'm putting together a lengthy BTS video showing how I made it. Was planning on doing this after the animation was done but now just want to get it out of the way. Still polishing the animation itself.
The 2nd part of the update (see my previous post) of Spyro essentially being given a task but not before consequences of his actions catch up to him, featuring Evan Duff and AnnoMorana.
More info on my YouTube channel.
More info on my YouTube channel.
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The 2nd part of the update (see my previous post) of Spyro essentially being given a task but not before consequences of his actions catch up to him, featuring Evan Duff and AnnoMorana.
More info on my YouTube channel.
More info on my YouTube channel.
Finally another full update on the Spyro animation "short" I been doing, this being part 1 of 2 as it's a lengthy sequence of Spyro essentially being given a task but not before consequences of his actions catch up to him, featuring Evan Duff again.
More info on my YouTube channel.
More info on my YouTube channel.
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Finally another full update on the Spyro animation "short" I been doing, this being part 1 of 2 as it's a lengthy sequence of Spyro essentially being given a task but not before consequences of his actions catch up to him, featuring Evan Duff again.
More info on my YouTube channel.
More info on my YouTube channel.
Still grinding away at polishing the little dragon project, planning on posting a more full update (usually have to go out of my way to do so).
For now, a handful of screenshots as I'm on the scene where Spyro nearly gets caught, playing around with expressions. Lighting/shading was also tweaked.
For now, a handful of screenshots as I'm on the scene where Spyro nearly gets caught, playing around with expressions. Lighting/shading was also tweaked.
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Still grinding away at polishing the little dragon project, planning on posting a more full update (usually have to go out of my way to do so).
For now, a handful of screenshots as I'm on the scene where Spyro nearly gets caught, playing around with expressions. Lighting/shading was also tweaked.
For now, a handful of screenshots as I'm on the scene where Spyro nearly gets caught, playing around with expressions. Lighting/shading was also tweaked.
Still making progress on the animation, aside from polish, trying to adjust the animation and character expression to match the VA better.
The other reason I'm posting is this dumb face I made Courier do by complete accident lol
The other reason I'm posting is this dumb face I made Courier do by complete accident lol
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Still making progress on the animation, aside from polish, trying to adjust the animation and character expression to match the VA better.
The other reason I'm posting is this dumb face I made Courier do by complete accident lol
The other reason I'm posting is this dumb face I made Courier do by complete accident lol
Another Spyro animation update: Mainly just polishing since all the voice work has been done (might re-do some Spyro lines). Underestimated how much iteration is involved but it's progressing.
Here's a scene with VA by Evan Duff with Spyro acting like nothing's wrong, trimmed to fit to 3 minutes.
Here's a scene with VA by Evan Duff with Spyro acting like nothing's wrong, trimmed to fit to 3 minutes.
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Another Spyro animation update: Mainly just polishing since all the voice work has been done (might re-do some Spyro lines). Underestimated how much iteration is involved but it's progressing.
Here's a scene with VA by Evan Duff with Spyro acting like nothing's wrong, trimmed to fit to 3 minutes.
Here's a scene with VA by Evan Duff with Spyro acting like nothing's wrong, trimmed to fit to 3 minutes.
Places where Spyro probably shouldn't be: Accidently ruined an Artisans painting.
In other news, got almost all the voices from the VA talent I worked with recorded (aside from one) so next on the to-do list is adding it into all the shots. Planning on posting a bigger update on that soon.
In other news, got almost all the voices from the VA talent I worked with recorded (aside from one) so next on the to-do list is adding it into all the shots. Planning on posting a bigger update on that soon.
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Places where Spyro probably shouldn't be: Accidently ruined an Artisans painting.
In other news, got almost all the voices from the VA talent I worked with recorded (aside from one) so next on the to-do list is adding it into all the shots. Planning on posting a bigger update on that soon.
In other news, got almost all the voices from the VA talent I worked with recorded (aside from one) so next on the to-do list is adding it into all the shots. Planning on posting a bigger update on that soon.
I hear every once in a while animators like to goof off. With how smoothly everything is going at this point, I wanted to see if Spyro can do a handstand for the fun of it.
September 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I hear every once in a while animators like to goof off. With how smoothly everything is going at this point, I wanted to see if Spyro can do a handstand for the fun of it.
Got one role voiced so far on the animation project (thanks Evan Duff!).
Meanwhile, the number on Casting Call Club just keeps getting bigger, having to keep track of auditions, got another VA call tomorrow, and still animating on top of that. Very exciting lol
Meanwhile, the number on Casting Call Club just keeps getting bigger, having to keep track of auditions, got another VA call tomorrow, and still animating on top of that. Very exciting lol
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Got one role voiced so far on the animation project (thanks Evan Duff!).
Meanwhile, the number on Casting Call Club just keeps getting bigger, having to keep track of auditions, got another VA call tomorrow, and still animating on top of that. Very exciting lol
Meanwhile, the number on Casting Call Club just keeps getting bigger, having to keep track of auditions, got another VA call tomorrow, and still animating on top of that. Very exciting lol
Gotta say, the Casting Call Club is doing pretty good after 10 days. The hard part is having to assign roles, I'm having to use a spreadsheet to take notes at this point lol
September 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Gotta say, the Casting Call Club is doing pretty good after 10 days. The hard part is having to assign roles, I'm having to use a spreadsheet to take notes at this point lol
Released a trailer for the animation I've been working on for #SpyroCommunityDay! Currently during a casting call and polishing up/working on remaining scenes but it's a good amount of the way done.
youtu.be/Z8QKNf1BywI
youtu.be/Z8QKNf1BywI
Special Delivery (Trailer 1) - Spyro The Dragon Fan Animation
YouTube video by Dessert Monkey
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Released a trailer for the animation I've been working on for #SpyroCommunityDay! Currently during a casting call and polishing up/working on remaining scenes but it's a good amount of the way done.
youtu.be/Z8QKNf1BywI
youtu.be/Z8QKNf1BywI
Recently setup a project page on Casting Call Club for auditions for the Spyro animation project. Take a look if you're interested or just want to hear me do a rough job doing (temporary) voices of dragons dealing with a pesky kid.
www.castingcall.club/projects/tes...
www.castingcall.club/projects/tes...
https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/project/attachment/310934/1080752SpDlCCCPitchYTThumbnail3.png
Special Delivery - A PS1-style Spyro the Dragon fan animation. <h2>Watch the video above and then read the rest below! (Accidently used my bad mic, turn on subtitl...
www.castingcall.club
September 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Recently setup a project page on Casting Call Club for auditions for the Spyro animation project. Take a look if you're interested or just want to hear me do a rough job doing (temporary) voices of dragons dealing with a pesky kid.
www.castingcall.club/projects/tes...
www.castingcall.club/projects/tes...
Gonna try doing a cool trick of watching YouTube videos without using YouTube (copying video URLs into a separate client such as Greyjay) and see if they notice.
August 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Gonna try doing a cool trick of watching YouTube videos without using YouTube (copying video URLs into a separate client such as Greyjay) and see if they notice.
Places where Spyro shouldn't be.
(The one shot Unreal 5 finally decided to not crash on so I can finally finish it)
(The one shot Unreal 5 finally decided to not crash on so I can finally finish it)
August 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Places where Spyro shouldn't be.
(The one shot Unreal 5 finally decided to not crash on so I can finally finish it)
(The one shot Unreal 5 finally decided to not crash on so I can finally finish it)
After working in Unreal 5's sequencer for while, I found out what might be causing RAM issues: Sequencer just spews UObjects and doesn't do garbage collection at all. You have to frequently run "obj gc" command to manually clear it.
August 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
After working in Unreal 5's sequencer for while, I found out what might be causing RAM issues: Sequencer just spews UObjects and doesn't do garbage collection at all. You have to frequently run "obj gc" command to manually clear it.
Another Spyro animation update after some time, mainly wrapping up scene 04 and polishing 05 as Spyro rushes to get to the boat with the package. There's a lot with two videos and some music (Cope Land) and audio as well (some still temporary).
The 2nd video is in the thread below.
The 2nd video is in the thread below.
July 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Another Spyro animation update after some time, mainly wrapping up scene 04 and polishing 05 as Spyro rushes to get to the boat with the package. There's a lot with two videos and some music (Cope Land) and audio as well (some still temporary).
The 2nd video is in the thread below.
The 2nd video is in the thread below.
Still working on it with an update soon, for now here's a purple dragon hiding in a barrel.
July 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Still working on it with an update soon, for now here's a purple dragon hiding in a barrel.
Reposted by dessertmonkeyjk
going outside in the summer
July 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
going outside in the summer
When I'm not doing fan projects, I'm usually doing other 3d projects. You can see some of that on my Artstation here (when I remember to update it): www.artstation.com/adamcg
Adam CG
3D Artist
www.artstation.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When I'm not doing fan projects, I'm usually doing other 3d projects. You can see some of that on my Artstation here (when I remember to update it): www.artstation.com/adamcg
Been busy with another project but got most of shot 4-6 done for the Spyro animation. Mainly wrapping up Spyro nearly getting caught and be given a harness for delivering an interesting package. Not having the wings/tail get caught in the doorframe was interesting to figure out lol
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June 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Been busy with another project but got most of shot 4-6 done for the Spyro animation. Mainly wrapping up Spyro nearly getting caught and be given a harness for delivering an interesting package. Not having the wings/tail get caught in the doorframe was interesting to figure out lol
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