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How To Make a 2D Background
With only a few exceptions, the majority of Atomic Robo: Last Stop is old school, hand drawn 2D animation. Even though we use computers to draw, paint, and animate, we are still using a fairly...
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Robo Stank
We never really talk about the sucky part of animating in a studio. This weekend our HVAC unit started showing signs of fatigue. It’s been a particularly muggy summer here in the great North East....
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New York Comic-Con
Goodness gracious it’s been busy here at the studio. Which is actually awesome, but seriously cutting into our blogging time. Cameos are being worked into the film and production marches on! If you’re...
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THE FICTORY get’s a VIP visit!
Not surprisingly some of the most popular rewards for the ATOMIC ROBO: Last Stop Kickstarter were the signed copies of Atomic Robo volumes. We expected that they would be popular but we didn’t expect...
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SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS
Wow, we haven’t been posting very frequently… Probably because we are neck deep in production for Atomic Robo Last Stop… and man is it ever coming along! Check out this image of our partial Background...
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SOMETHING OMINOUS
“(Atomic Helsie Doodle by Courtland Ellis) We’ve been busy. Atomic Robo: Last Stop production is charging forward and we’re preparing to show the world the first glimpses of animation. We’re excited to...
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Robo 2013: Pulling Back The Veil
Last year the good people of the Robo Community Kickstarted our successful campaign to finish our animated short. When the campaign wrapped, after we’d recovered from the overwhelming support… We had...
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Violent Science Out Now
We’ve just released our first big Atomic Robo: Last Stop related goodie. Atomic Robo: Violent Science is available now for iOS. Violent Science is a labor of love and many of the people working on the...
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More Last Stop Production Art
We’ve got some lovely new screen shots to share with you all. As we near the end of the film, things start to get a bit more moody. Robo’s tone is always pretty light, but that doesn’t mean we can’t...
View ArticleARLS – Shot 009 Progression
Hey there gang! We have some big announcements coming up in May about the film. Some of you are probably like, “Dang man, when’s this animation coming out? It’s been like a year.” And I’m all like,...
View ArticleAtomic Robo Last Stop Release Trailer for FCBD
Here it is Robo fans. A shiny new ARLS trailer, just for you! We’re pleased to report that the animation the Robo community supported is nearing completion and will be out this summer. While you wait...
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BURNING AT BOTH ENDS
Leave no pixel uncomposited. No key untweened. No animators left behind. Burning the midnight oil…
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Atomic Robo Last Stop Beta Edition
Well it’s finally the day. Atomic Robo coming at ya… If you backed us on kickstarter. If not, you have to wait till tomorrow. : ) WARNING::: Atomic Robo Last Stop Beta, is a mostly complete version of...
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VIP Visit
One of the most important things we needed to do to get out rewards, was get Brian Clevinger himself up to the studio! He packed himself into a crate and we had him shipped first class to Fictory...
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Treating the Plane
Mastering Atomic Robo: Last Stop has been a ton of fun. Above is Shot 008. The first image is the treated Cargo Bay scene the beginning of the short. Below is the untreated frame. We’ve been injecting...
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ARLS – Epilogue
This weekend we cut together and edited the final sequence from Atomic Robo: Last Stop. It’s the after the credits epilogue! We’re still massaging thing here and there, but this is the only never...
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Welcome Alisha + ARLS Update with brandnew SFX
Preview from the current ARLS production footage with new color treatment Hello Fictory Fans and Friends! I was just brought on by the Fictory to do one very important and so far neglected job… keep...
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Prizes! Winners! RAFFLE!
This month’s raffle winner is in for a special treat from the Fictory… Congratulations Trent Brown! You get a limited edition Atomic Robo Last Stop print!
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DVDs En Route!
Great News! Fictory team members will be making a journey to New Jersey to pick up 1000 copies of Atomic Robo Last Stop! We will be going postal mailing out all of our reward packages immediately...
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Rewards for Days!
We have literally been trapped in our studio for days filling out domestic and international customs forms for the ARLS Kickstarter rewards, but who cares? We’re finally sending out the DVDs and other...
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