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[orc72]

Monty Oum, the guy who did dead fantasy, and the later seasons of red vs blue, is getting his own series produced by rooster teeth. It has three trailers now, each character is based off some sorta fairy tale. Hes been releasing trailers for each character, and the premiere will be this july. I really like the second trailer, and the first one is ok..dont really like the third one that much. but if you guys are interested:

Ruby:
youtu.be/pYW2GmHB5xs

Weiss:
youtu.be/Vt9vl8iAN5Q

Blake:
youtu.be/ImKCt7BD4U4

[Secondesign]

Did he ever finish Dead Fantasy? Always figured it was a matter of time before someone would give him a job like this. Hmm... so I guess the first would be red riding hood. Not sure about the other two. Looks like he's doing cell shaded with this one... hmm... I suppose there may be a meaning in that choice; although, for his work it's not quite as cool.

[orc72]

Nope. The most recent dead fantasy he released online is the one where tiffa dies, though theres lots of clips of another one where kairi fights, but he hasnt officially uploaded it anywhere. I dunno if he abandend the project or is just putting it off.

First one is defently red ridding hood, which at first i liked, but seeing how hard it is to determine the others it doesnt really seem to fit too well.
Second one is Snow White. She is introduced as the singer Weiss Schnee over the loud speaker (german for snow white) and the song she sings lyrics go "Mirror Mirror tell me something.."

Third one I am not so certain. Majority of people are saying its Belle from Beauty and the Beast cause the characters name is Blake Belladonna and her partners name is Adam (the beast name), and in the song that plays in Rubys trailer that introduces all the characters osmewhat goes "Black the beast descends from shadows". However en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izanami-no-Mikoto this myth fits them as well, especially the quote the begining of there trailer and how she leaves him so suddenly. It also fits in line with the lyrics from ruby song, and also the lyrics from the song that play during her trailer:
"From shadows
We'll descend upon the world
Take back what you stole
From shadows
We'll reclaim our destiny
Set our future free
And we'll rise"
fits with how Izanami tried to ascend from death to snatch her husband back, more so then anything Belle and the Beast ever did.

I think the cell shadeing was more rooster teeths idea then montys. They seem to want to play it off like an anime and cell shadeing kinda makes it look more animated then machinama. I dont like how it makes the characters look, but i love how it makes the backgrounds look, which is generally my opinon about everything thats cell shaded thinking about it.
I didnt mind it so much in the second trailer, but i think thats cause there was very little to compaire. I guess the part of cellshadeing i dont like is how the background mixes with the characters. Just the backgrounds get enhanced from the cell shadeing, where as i feel detailed models like characters loose from it.

[Secondesign]

Combining Little Red with Snow White seems to popular of late...

Hmm... yeah, still not sure on Blake. Either seems just as likely.

That's the problem with cell shading and 3d, it just doesn't look nearly so good on the characters like it does on the backgrounds, unlike anime where it can work out for both backgrounds and character. I think they should go and add some texture to them or at the very least shading so that they won't seem so flat and as if there's no lightsource. Some extra detail like that would help the models look and make them so they don't disappear into the background. lol, what's worse though is when details like their facial expressions are unrecognizeable when their colors all blend together, luckily their eyes and mouths are different colors in these.

[orc72]

yeah. Light source and more details would help
eek..i cant think of any where there mouths and eyes blend in but i could imagine that happening. that would just be awful.

[Secondesign]

It is awful... seen it before and their faces just disappear and reappear. Kind of creepy looking when they're faceless but talking.

[orc72]

there chesire cats!

[Secondesign]

Trying to be anyways... but ending up rather unsuccessful.