Animation for Tankmen 2120 is underway!
It's been a long while since I posted anything related to Tankmen 2120, and that's because we're working on it! For those unfamiliar with the project, click here to see the original post.
Tankmen 2120 is a cyberpunk take on the Tankmen, taking place in the 22nd century as corporations around the world began to invest in tribal wars in the wastelands. They would supply materials to the tribes, waging proxy wars, and in return, the technological advancements from the conflicts would be taken and expanded upon, then privatized.
While the initial concept was just a framework for coming up with new tankmen ideas, we ended up with a script that we're happy with and are seeing through to the end. The project has been worked on, in short bursts, for the past 2 years, and this year is the year that we are projected to release it.
The project started as a collaborative effort through the Newgrounds Festivals server on discord and has since migrated to a wider collective. We are currently in the rough animation phase, with 30 shots totaling almost 5 minutes of animation, and making some steady progress. So, keep your eyes peeled for TANKMEN 2120!
COMING FALL 2025
Pixel Madness
While still very much an early concept, Pixel Madness is meant to be an animation for the 2026 Pixel Day, inspired by Krinkels' own Madness Combat and other old flash fighting animations. What should you look forward to? Lots of violence, pretty straightforward.
This is my own little experiment in making a side-scroller pixel art animation with some dynamic moving parts, so I'm focusing on the mechanics and presentation of it. Picture in your head the old school stick figure (stickman) fights from the 2000s and imagine it done with pixel art like in a fighting game, and that's pretty much the final goal.
COMING 2026?
Fabled Stars
In a distant cosmos, warring kingdoms left whole worlds ravaged, depleting their resources and fighting to a standstill. In the bloody respite, expeditions into new frontiers were commissioned to aid in the war effort. Those leaving their old life behind, to reap the spoils of these uncharted regions, call these lands: FABLED STARS.
Fabled Stars is a series of animated stories that I hope to begin work on next year. While there's not much I'm willing to share about the project just yet, much has been done in the way of writing, worldbuilding and concept art for the last 2 years. Some sketches relating to this project can be found here, and here. Most of my art featuring original characters or concepts since 2023 were also done as practice for this. Stay tuned for more!