Terminal Montage: Something About Kirby Animated Parody Series
I'm a Digital artist/Animator for the Terminal Montage Youtube channel.
We are a two person team and we release a 7 minute long animation every 1.5 months!
We achieve this by maintaining a simple art style, working smarter not harder by taking shortcuts wherever we can (reusing/editing assets), and we put our effort into areas that make the most impact in our cartoons.
Jeremey is an animation powerhouse all by himself, but he brought me onboard to speed up the process and appease the hungry Youtube Algorithm! With my 20+ years of experience in Adobe Animate, I can visually create anything he needs for his cartoons and take part in any step of the production! I take on many roles: Digital inking and coloring, storyboards, special effects, backgrounds, and compositing!
Here are some of my contributions to the "Something About Kirby" series on the Terminal Montage Youtube Channel!
2020. Role: Backgrounds and Special fx! This was the first Kirbo parody I was a part of.
Jeremey's animatic! An example of what the work looks like before I bring it to life with color and effects.
I fleshed out the castle. Added glassy mountains, and added the cool mist rolling in!
Jeremey's animatic where the Kirbo's slide around on the floor! An example of what the scene looks like before I flesh it out.
My rendition of the shot. I colored the shiny floor and added blue gradients to the walls! I included the rolling mist from the previous scene to keep things "cool."
2022. Role: Backgrounds, BG FX, Coloring.
Jeremey's desert shot from the animatic.
My rendition of the desert. I did some simple layering and a yellow gradient overlay to reflect some sunlight off the sand!
Screenshot of Jeremey's animatic when Adeleine enters the department store.
My rendition. I added depth and eerieness by including floating particles and a gritty texture overlay. Kept everything green, dark, and ominous to contrast with the previous colorful scenes of the mall!
Jeremey's background! Sometimes the animatic is detailed and only needs a little cleanup and color! We keep cleanup limited because we like the hand-drawn look! We like things finished, not perfect- to appease the Youtube algorithm.
I used colors, gradients, and effects from the previous shots for this background. Terminal Montage animated the monster in this scene, Lollergator inked and colored it!
Jeremey's animatic of the elevator shaft.
I colored the elevator shaft. Jeremey added easter eggs! He does this to every cartoon after I hand off the backgrounds. When I see the finished project, I get to enjoy searching for the easter eggs just like everyone else!
2025. Role: Background art and animation!
Jeremey's animatic of the bridge in Kirby The Forgotten Land
My rendition of the bridge. Street lamps placed in perspective.
Jeremey's animatic of the buildings in the city.
My finished background. Lots of layers involved! Each building has windows, green moss on it, protruding grass growing off the buliding, foreground elements like the lamp post. A lot of work just for a few seconds!
Jeremey's animatic. Very clear and easy to read! Perfect for me to translate into a finished version of the shot.
My finished background. I cleaned it up, added shading, I chose the colors and added little bits of grass and moss.
Jeremey's shot of Waddle Dee Town in the animatic.
My finished background of Waddle Dee Town. I didn't use outlines. I wish I could go back and change the colors and shapes of the buildings to help distinguish them from each other, but we have deadlines to meet. Finished, not perfect!
My night palette of Waddle Dee Town!
Jeremey's shot of Wondaria in the animatic!
My rendition of Wondaria. The carnival scene was originally going to happen during the day, but I wanted to give a nodd to the cool neon levels in the game! We changed scenes to night time and it fit with Kirbo working late!
Jeremey's Animatic. The shot of Kirby at the shooting gallery.
My finished background for the scene! Added little strings of lights, a little grass, and some grime to show that the park has been here for a while- but it's still somewhat charming!
Jeremey's Animatic of the shooting gallery!
I included the cool aliens from the neon levels. I also added the "Break The Targets" background from Smash 64 on the back wall.
Jeremey's establishing shot of the Winter Horns castle!
My finished rendition of the castle! Added snow and clouds!
Jeremey's establishing shot of Winter Horns.
My finished rendition of Winter Horns! Added trees and changed the composition a bit! I also animated the clouds being dispersed by Kirby!
Jeremey's shot of Leongar on his throne!
My rendition of the scene! I could darkened the foreground color a little more and added a light glow to the windows behind Leongar- but we must move fast to appease the mighty Youtube Algorithm! Still, I am very proud of our work on this episode!