Minh-Khôi P. Pham
@dizzyhungry.bsky.social
I think I've shared all that I can about this project. Perhaps I could make a write-up on how I composited some scenes but that'd take me some time which I don't have at the moment haha.
Thank you for reading all my jargon for the past few days!
Thank you for reading all my jargon for the past few days!
September 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think I've shared all that I can about this project. Perhaps I could make a write-up on how I composited some scenes but that'd take me some time which I don't have at the moment haha.
Thank you for reading all my jargon for the past few days!
Thank you for reading all my jargon for the past few days!
Various layout posings / corrections I did for the thesis film Aigrefins.
September 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Various layout posings / corrections I did for the thesis film Aigrefins.
Character design sheet for the guards for the thesis film.
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Character design sheet for the guards for the thesis film.
Some expression explorations.
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some expression explorations.
Afterwards, Gabrielle did another designs to which some of us did second passes on.
After settling on some kind of "professional cunning spy thief that use disguises to infiltrate" personality, giving her some "sly" eyes was the direction we went towards.
After settling on some kind of "professional cunning spy thief that use disguises to infiltrate" personality, giving her some "sly" eyes was the direction we went towards.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Afterwards, Gabrielle did another designs to which some of us did second passes on.
After settling on some kind of "professional cunning spy thief that use disguises to infiltrate" personality, giving her some "sly" eyes was the direction we went towards.
After settling on some kind of "professional cunning spy thief that use disguises to infiltrate" personality, giving her some "sly" eyes was the direction we went towards.
Character exploration sketches for the maid character for Aigrefins.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Character exploration sketches for the maid character for Aigrefins.
new self portrait
September 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
new self portrait
I referenced the head bob movement from Toshiyuki Inoue's book "How to Animate Characters Walking". It is unfortunately not translated in english anywhere and I can't recall where I found this snippet (but that's the only translated extract)
September 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I referenced the head bob movement from Toshiyuki Inoue's book "How to Animate Characters Walking". It is unfortunately not translated in english anywhere and I can't recall where I found this snippet (but that's the only translated extract)
Process of a scene which I think I did a pretty darn good job here.
I did the storyboard and animation. The cleanup in the first scene was done by Lada Volpi, and the compositing for both scenes was done by Gabrielle Do Duy. She also corrected the character's expression in the first scene.
I did the storyboard and animation. The cleanup in the first scene was done by Lada Volpi, and the compositing for both scenes was done by Gabrielle Do Duy. She also corrected the character's expression in the first scene.
September 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Process of a scene which I think I did a pretty darn good job here.
I did the storyboard and animation. The cleanup in the first scene was done by Lada Volpi, and the compositing for both scenes was done by Gabrielle Do Duy. She also corrected the character's expression in the first scene.
I did the storyboard and animation. The cleanup in the first scene was done by Lada Volpi, and the compositing for both scenes was done by Gabrielle Do Duy. She also corrected the character's expression in the first scene.
There are a lot of scenes in the film in which I adhered to this philosophy because the results looked more appealing to me.
September 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
There are a lot of scenes in the film in which I adhered to this philosophy because the results looked more appealing to me.
Normally, when doing a motion like this, the character's cape wouldn't move as much but I was inspired by Benjamin Faure's work on Chainsaw Man in which, after taking a reference of himself doing action moves with a long coat on, he said the following:
![Benjamin Faure taking a video reference. Text:
[ FUN FACT ]
I recorded myself using my old martial art’s skills to see how the coat will be reacting with a spinning kick, and I was surprised how much it stuck to the body, so I wanted to make something more spectacular, like an air’s blast !](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2uql6e2dholin3x2ehehuigu/bafkreie6ae6owolqoopdewrbvvr4osdl25kyvvgk4wcybugcvo7fofnxu4@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Normally, when doing a motion like this, the character's cape wouldn't move as much but I was inspired by Benjamin Faure's work on Chainsaw Man in which, after taking a reference of himself doing action moves with a long coat on, he said the following:
more process post so i can pretend to be productive and not doom scrolling all day every day
Storyboard: Me, Lada Volpi (ig:@foudubassan), Gabrielle Do Duy (ig:@valetdriel)
Animation & Compositing: Me
BG: Gabrielle Do Duy
Storyboard: Me, Lada Volpi (ig:@foudubassan), Gabrielle Do Duy (ig:@valetdriel)
Animation & Compositing: Me
BG: Gabrielle Do Duy
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
more process post so i can pretend to be productive and not doom scrolling all day every day
Storyboard: Me, Lada Volpi (ig:@foudubassan), Gabrielle Do Duy (ig:@valetdriel)
Animation & Compositing: Me
BG: Gabrielle Do Duy
Storyboard: Me, Lada Volpi (ig:@foudubassan), Gabrielle Do Duy (ig:@valetdriel)
Animation & Compositing: Me
BG: Gabrielle Do Duy
Tie-down of a scene.
I don't think I did a good job here.
I don't think I did a good job here.
September 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tie-down of a scene.
I don't think I did a good job here.
I don't think I did a good job here.
There were many times when AE made our line effect flicker for no apparent reason.
Sometimes it was fixed, sometimes it wasn't and it drove all of us crazy.
(here's an example below, I'm not sure if bluesky's compression will make it visible but pay attention to the lines flickering)
Sometimes it was fixed, sometimes it wasn't and it drove all of us crazy.
(here's an example below, I'm not sure if bluesky's compression will make it visible but pay attention to the lines flickering)
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
There were many times when AE made our line effect flicker for no apparent reason.
Sometimes it was fixed, sometimes it wasn't and it drove all of us crazy.
(here's an example below, I'm not sure if bluesky's compression will make it visible but pay attention to the lines flickering)
Sometimes it was fixed, sometimes it wasn't and it drove all of us crazy.
(here's an example below, I'm not sure if bluesky's compression will make it visible but pay attention to the lines flickering)
I was given a color key by Gabrielle Do Duy for the compositing stage which greatly helped.
However, I couldn't really get a good result by moving gradients around or by offsetting the silhouette for fake highlights, which was how we did shadows for the majority of the film due to time constraints.
However, I couldn't really get a good result by moving gradients around or by offsetting the silhouette for fake highlights, which was how we did shadows for the majority of the film due to time constraints.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I was given a color key by Gabrielle Do Duy for the compositing stage which greatly helped.
However, I couldn't really get a good result by moving gradients around or by offsetting the silhouette for fake highlights, which was how we did shadows for the majority of the film due to time constraints.
However, I couldn't really get a good result by moving gradients around or by offsetting the silhouette for fake highlights, which was how we did shadows for the majority of the film due to time constraints.
What's 17 more process posts? I can always start again, have another video!
board: Me, Lada Volpi, Gabrielle Do Duy
animation & compositing: me
BG: Lada Volpi
board: Me, Lada Volpi, Gabrielle Do Duy
animation & compositing: me
BG: Lada Volpi
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What's 17 more process posts? I can always start again, have another video!
board: Me, Lada Volpi, Gabrielle Do Duy
animation & compositing: me
BG: Lada Volpi
board: Me, Lada Volpi, Gabrielle Do Duy
animation & compositing: me
BG: Lada Volpi
So perhaps instead of thinking "this shouldn't be there", it'd be wiser to think "how can I make this work" instead.
Since she was occupied with the other character design and storyboard (i was not initially on the board team), I offered to help her finish the Intruder's design.
Since she was occupied with the other character design and storyboard (i was not initially on the board team), I offered to help her finish the Intruder's design.
September 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So perhaps instead of thinking "this shouldn't be there", it'd be wiser to think "how can I make this work" instead.
Since she was occupied with the other character design and storyboard (i was not initially on the board team), I offered to help her finish the Intruder's design.
Since she was occupied with the other character design and storyboard (i was not initially on the board team), I offered to help her finish the Intruder's design.
I liked the original design by her but he didn't read to me as a fast, professional thief that could be seen as scary.
With that in mind, I took inspiration from oppressive pursuer like characters, like Miguel O'Hara and Mr X, along with some other thief designs I know of.
With that in mind, I took inspiration from oppressive pursuer like characters, like Miguel O'Hara and Mr X, along with some other thief designs I know of.
September 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I liked the original design by her but he didn't read to me as a fast, professional thief that could be seen as scary.
With that in mind, I took inspiration from oppressive pursuer like characters, like Miguel O'Hara and Mr X, along with some other thief designs I know of.
With that in mind, I took inspiration from oppressive pursuer like characters, like Miguel O'Hara and Mr X, along with some other thief designs I know of.
Okay here's actually something new.
Final character sheet for the Intruder for our thesis film.
Final character sheet for the Intruder for our thesis film.
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Okay here's actually something new.
Final character sheet for the Intruder for our thesis film.
Final character sheet for the Intruder for our thesis film.
To make these characters walk forward, I first animated them in place with some landmarks (like crosses or a square), resized them along a path and then added the up and down motion.
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
To make these characters walk forward, I first animated them in place with some landmarks (like crosses or a square), resized them along a path and then added the up and down motion.
Tie-down of an animation I did for "Chef's Choice", another thesis film from my year.
I was not a main team member of this project.
I was not a main team member of this project.
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Tie-down of an animation I did for "Chef's Choice", another thesis film from my year.
I was not a main team member of this project.
I was not a main team member of this project.
always shoot your refs
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
always shoot your refs
No disrespect to the in-betweener, that shit is hard.
I also made sure that the spacing is slightly different for each body parts so it looked more organic.
Btw here's what the woman looked like before Gabrielle Do Duy redrew it. Every day, I thank her at an altar for her gracious work. Umbasa. 🙏
I also made sure that the spacing is slightly different for each body parts so it looked more organic.
Btw here's what the woman looked like before Gabrielle Do Duy redrew it. Every day, I thank her at an altar for her gracious work. Umbasa. 🙏
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
No disrespect to the in-betweener, that shit is hard.
I also made sure that the spacing is slightly different for each body parts so it looked more organic.
Btw here's what the woman looked like before Gabrielle Do Duy redrew it. Every day, I thank her at an altar for her gracious work. Umbasa. 🙏
I also made sure that the spacing is slightly different for each body parts so it looked more organic.
Btw here's what the woman looked like before Gabrielle Do Duy redrew it. Every day, I thank her at an altar for her gracious work. Umbasa. 🙏
Before doing the in-betweens, I drew some arc guides because I didn't want to fall into the trap of making the movement look "jagged", as if the character moved in a straight manner and bumped into walls like a DVD logo.
Something akin to this at 0:12
sakugabooru.com/post/show/86...
Something akin to this at 0:12
sakugabooru.com/post/show/86...
September 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Before doing the in-betweens, I drew some arc guides because I didn't want to fall into the trap of making the movement look "jagged", as if the character moved in a straight manner and bumped into walls like a DVD logo.
Something akin to this at 0:12
sakugabooru.com/post/show/86...
Something akin to this at 0:12
sakugabooru.com/post/show/86...