Freelance 3D Generalist by day,
#StarWars
Fan Artist by night 🎬✨
Filmmaker | Amateur Photographer | Cosplayer | mail
@janruppert
.com |
(mostly Fan Art acc)
Here we go!
After a lot of asset building, test animations, artworks & learning a ton along the way, I'm finally working on an actual
#CloneWars
shortfilm!
A huge passion project & love letter to the show that made my childhood.
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Thank you
@TheBadBatch
& everyone involved for this wild & amazing journey full of joy, tears, awe, new friendships & beautiful artistry! You'll forever be an inspiration. 🫡 🖤❤️🖤
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanart
With all that excitement for the incredible
#TalesOfTheEmpire
trailer I completely forgot that 2 days ago also marked the one year anniversary of my
#TukkTales
announcement teaser trailer! 😂🥳
Here we go!
After a lot of asset building, test animations, artworks & learning a ton along the way, I'm finally working on an actual
#CloneWars
shortfilm!
A huge passion project & love letter to the show that made my childhood.
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
I gave you: handsome feathered clone boi.
You gave me: Tukk fanart, cosplays, action figures, fanfics, game mods, lego figures, tiktok edits, fandubs, decals, & more! I'll never get over how amazing this community is! THANK YOU ALL & MTFBWY! ♥️♥️♥️
#CloneWars
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Short battle scene test I made 1,5 years ago. 💥✨
Marks the first time all the assets & workflows I've created up until that point came together in one finalized scene. Also the first time showing Captain Tukk in action. Pew Pew! 😁
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Attention, Lieutenant Crash on deck!
Where Tukk shines with improvisational skills, Crash stands tall as a battle-hardened soldier with unrivaled discipline, making him a valuable, and frankly much needed right hand to Tukk's leadership.
#StarWars
#BadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Releasing the
#TukkTales
announcement teaser trailer and then, just TWO DAYS later at SWCE in London, having dozens of people recognize the little Cpt Tukk helmet on my jacket was one of my favorite and most surreal highlights of 2023! 💙
Here we go!
After a lot of asset building, test animations, artworks & learning a ton along the way, I'm finally working on an actual
#CloneWars
shortfilm!
A huge passion project & love letter to the show that made my childhood.
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
More Clone model improvements!
Did a handful of little tweaks to the face model, blend shapes & rig, including the addition of slight ear & temple movement when opening the jaw wide enough.
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#fanart
#TheBadBatch
@Nobbie_OCs
Thank you so much for sharing & spreading the word! 💙💙💙 I know I've been a bit quiet about it lately but I'm still plowing my way through this ambitious love letter of a project as determined as ever!
Some
#TukkTales
BTS details! 🪶
• visually, this is a one-man project (aside from
@hranimation
's awesome titles/logo), got AMAZING people for everything sound related tho
• I made every 3d model from scratch, textures are mostly hand-painted, everything is keyframe-animated
Here we go!
After a lot of asset building, test animations, artworks & learning a ton along the way, I'm finally working on an actual
#CloneWars
shortfilm!
A huge passion project & love letter to the show that made my childhood.
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Improved the way my clone's stomach armor is rigged. It's a small fix, but I think it goes a long way to make it feel more like actual armor & it's closer to how it behaves in the show now.
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#fanart
#TheBadBatch
The boys are back in town! 🪶
After months of slow progress, I'm stoked to have a bit more time for
#TukkTales
again! Just made the switch to
#Blender
4.0, revised some workflows, updated my laser fx addon, & now am back at doing asset creation, previz & animation work. 🫡
Hi
#swtwt
! Joining in the fun! 🫡
✨ been a
@starwars
fan since 3rd grade
✨ love soo many parts of it but am EXTRA passionate about the animated shows
✨ SW inspired me to become a 3d artist by trade
✨ making
#CloneWars
fan art & a fan film on the side atm
✨ cosplaying too
NEW CLONE ALERT! 🚨
This is Roy. Roy is like a force of nature, if nature was constantly in a bad mood & took itself way too seriously.
Despite his "jolly" demeanor, you can always count on him to have your back!
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#fanart
#TheBadBatch
Let’s see if you can spot the shot in this weeks
#StarWars
#TheBadBatch
..where I ran out of time adding a background element to sweeten a shot in post, and re-composited the background with an altered photo I took flying over Mexico a few years ago. :)
✨ Meet Captain Tukk! ✨
A clone who has as much talent for getting out of difficult situations, as he has for getting into them.
Can't wait to show you all what I have planned with Tukk & hope you'll like him as much as I do! 😊
#StarWars
#fanart
#CloneWars
#TheBadBatch
Apparently
#TukkTales
has reached a level of popularity where there's not just ppl hating on the project itself, but attacking me as a person as well now, using pics of my face for memes etc, just cause they don't like my work. Guess I really made it as Star Wars storyteller lol
True story:
Went to London's Lego store yesterday & the cashier recognized Tukk on my jacket. 😭😭
He was like "I've seen him before, he's from that Tukk Tales trailer!"
This is all so freakin surreal haha
Creating new clones that fit well into what's already established, yet are unique enough looking, not too busy & still aesthetically pleasing, is always a challenge, so I'm VERY glad so many of you seem to love Lt. Crash's design! 🥰🙏
#StarWars
#BadBatch
#fanfilm
#TukkTales
Sorry for being so quiet in the last few weeks!
Have some very tight client deadlines coming up, leaving little time for personal projects, but things should become more normal soon.
Cool stuff planned! :)
In the meantime, here's a clone holding ice cream:
After (once again) revamping my clone face model, I tried recreating a frame from the latest
#TheBadBatch
episode, to see how close I can get with my current rig.
Also a fun lighting practice! This show is so beautiful.
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#fanart
#TheBadBatch
Aside from some obvious Robin Hood influences, another big inspiration for Captain Tukk's character & design was the actor Terence Hill, best known for his leading roles in Italian Western films like "They Call Me Trinity" and "My Name Is Nobody".
#TukkTales
#StarWars
#fanfilm
"Wasn't much work."
So in love with the latest
#BadBatch
episode, was just amazing in every regard!
Of course I couldn't resist pouring my excitement into a little fan art tribute, hope you like it!
The past 12 months have taught me SO much, both as cg generalist & human being & there are no plans on slowing down!
Thank you all for your support throughout 2022 and I hope you have a wonderful New Year! ♥️
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#TheBadBatch
#fanart
This is mostly true for my
#CloneWars
style textures as well btw.
Environments utilize more proceduralism, but characters & props are about 90% hand-painted, with only some base noise/grime & edge wear textures sometimes added procedurally & then getting painted over heavily.
Another blaster fx detail from
#TheBadBatch
that I implemented a little while ago:
(Procedural) stylized streaks in the impact flashes. My addon drives their animation using the viewport display color value, which allows the same shader to be animated independently per object.
@HelloThere_YT
's film getting the attention it deserves makes me so happy! Shows that there's not only a huge appreciation for well made animated fan films, but also for the Clone Wars artstyle itself! I remember many fans being put off by it back in 2008 & look where we are now
Honestly the main reason I'm making
#TukkTales
is because I simply can't help it. 😂
#StarWars
&
#TCW
had such an impact on me, I just HAVE to get this out of my system before I can go back to non-fanart projects. Also the artstyle is just too much fun! 😁 Trying to get closer...
Carl Weathers is such a devastating loss.
He was not only a great actor in Star Wars, but a great director. He helmed Chapters 12 and 20 of The Mandalorian.
Beyond that, he always championed inclusivity and equality with such authenticity. He will be missed 💜
Friendly reminder since I often get messages from ppl thinking it's my main occupation:
#TukkTales
is a personal project I can only work on between freelance jobs & you cannot crowdfund nor monetize Star Wars fan films, so I'm paying out of my own pocket, with my own free time.
Their mission isn't over yet.
The final season of Star Wars:
@TheBadBatch
is streaming February 21, with a three-episode premiere, only on
@DisneyPlus
.
Still alive! ☝️
Was just busy with moving to a different city, but end is in sight. 😵💫😌
Currently setting up my new office & planning a
#TukkTales
fan-wall where all the super cool stuff people have sent or gifted me at conventions gets presented in a worthy spot! 😍
One detail I noticed since
#CloneWars
s7, is that the thicker part of the blaster bolts is always on the end that's closer to the camera. To make them read better & avoid a "blobby" shape at certain angles, I assume.
Of course I had to recreate the effect in my laser shader! 😁
@joelaron
Thanks for sharing all these beautiful fan arts! Super excited for s3! 😍
While it doesn't have the Batch in it, I still wanted to show this love letter to both The Clone Wars & The Bad Batch that I'm working on & thank you for your beautiful & inspiring work on these shows!
May the 4th be with you! ✨
I don't have much to reveal today, but here's a little lighting test (inspired by today's incredible
#BadBatch
premiere) and the promise that more is coming soon! :)
And now back to watching that BB episode for the 66th time today...
@Nobbie_OCs
Teal! It's a whole spectrum of blueish to greenish teal, but whenever people ask for a specific color/hex code I usually give them 19869b as average value.
"We've got spiders inbound!" 🕷️
Finally got around to finishing this asset.
Not a huge fan of actual spiders, but these guys almost look cute. 😄
#StarWars
#fanart
#CloneWars
#BadBatch
The animated
#StarWars
shows have always been brimming with amazing handcrafted artistry & this takes it to the next level! Super super cool to see, they keep on inspiring in all kinds of ways!
Sometimes.. It’s not all cg that you see. Keeping with tradition of making
#starwars
with your hands, Kyra, our massively talented matte artist built the Dathomir mountain, painted the depth, and silently grave you all a taste of classic filmmaking ❤️
#TalesOfTheEmpire
Yes, this is an actual cosplay of Captain Tukk, beautifully built by cloned_to_snug (on Insta & TikTok), which he'll be wearing this Saturday at
#StarWarsCelebration
!🤯
This is so humbling & surreal in the best way possible! 🥲 Seriously can't thank him enough for what he does!
That
#BadBatch
episode... what a ride! 😍 Made my jaw drop on more than one occasion.
Also weird how my gf looked at me like she's never seen a person going crazy about dirty water in a tv show before...
Absolutely stunning work by the wizards at Lucasfilm Animation! 🔥
Love that were visiting another snow world! Last season's The Outpost was so stunning & trying to analyze the potpourri of techniques that were used to realize those beautiful snow fx brought my nerdy lil brain way too much joy lol
#TheBadBatch
Back when
#TheBadBatch
was announced I didn't doubt this group of eccentric characters could make for an intriguing tv show, but what we actually got kept surprising me & this weeks' episode tops it all off!
This show is pushing boundaries in so many ways.
I could watch a whole season of Tantiss intrigue & machinations, it's such great storytelling & it got a certain vibe to it that I really dig. Sucks me right in every time!
#TheBadBatch
On a texturing spree righ now. 😄🖌️
This artstyle is just so much of fun! Relaxing too. Like actual figurine painting, but with less paint getting stuck on your hands (or clothes) and you have CTRL + Z to save you from happy accidents.
#StarWars
#CloneWars
#fanart
#TheBadBatch