Channel Title: Ink Potts Channel Description: InkPotts Creations. We make animatics and occasionally animations. Annabelle Potts illustrates everything, and Victoria Potts edits the videos together. We're a dynamic twin sister duo! Programs we use: - Photoshop CS6 - After Effects CS6 - (occationally) Premiere Pro - (when animating): Flash CS6 If you have a question and wish to send us a message you can do it through: - Our email: InkPotts@outlook.com - Youtube messaging - Sil's DeviantArt here: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ Ponysonas: Annabelle = Silhouette. Victoria = Ghostquill. If you are asking to use our images or to animate our animatics, it's alright with us as long as you credit us and tell us when you've finished because we'd love to see it. Any fanart you've made we'd love to see as well. <video> Birth To My Creation Animatic (slightly unfinished) Description: And thus the reveal of the third Musical Mane6 series is finally here :D Just in time for Halloween, the original Sci-Fi, and Horror icon himself! Frankenstein! Introducing Twilight Sparkle as Twilight Frankenspark! A college dropout and wannabe god here to bring life to his creation! Instead of pursuing magic, Frankenspark focused on science! Determined to prove it's worth to those around him in this magic-focused world. We LOVE the Frankenstein Musical, you should all really go check it out, and Twilight worked perfectly for the main role. We never finished it tho, unable to figure out what to do for the ending ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Annabelle and I kept this one a secret for years, having ideas for it back in the early years of our channel when we were still making MonteCristo videos. (This animatic is actually the second one we did for the Frankenstein series, but we never went further than pencil storyboards with the first one, so if you'd like to see it, you can find it here): Amen Storyboard Vid: https://youtu.be/Jlh33XpOuic very short redraw of Amen: https://youtu.be/Fhyda5NH-2A Birth to my Creation Storyboard Vid: https://youtu.be/_M_XX9-7x1o ----------------------------------------------------- I talk about the Musical Mane6 series here so continue if you'd like to read it: The main thing about the Musical Mane6 series is we wanted to put the mane6 into roles that were the opposite of their "elements". Pinkie = Joyful Laughter/Evil Laughter Rainbow Dash = Loyalty/Betrayal Twilight = Magic/Science (ok so Pinkie's is a bit of a stretch, and we made it before we had this whole 'series' idea, basing her character on her birthday episode where she goes insane, but we include it in the series because instead of her laughter being for joy, it becomes sinister and evil thanks to Hyde. Which is.... kind of an opposite?? right??) We had ideas for the rest of the mane6 too. On Annabelle's DeviantArt, she's already revealed Fluttershy's series as being Phantom of the Opera (Flutters playing as the Phantom). Based a little on the episode where Flutterguy sings backstage. But also cause the Phantom is anything but Kind to those around him (manipulating the opera owners, harming Carlotta, murdering stagehands.. you know, the usual when going to the opera). Rarity was (as many of you guessed) Sweeny Todd, (with Pinkie as Mrs Lovett). I don't remember why we thought this was a good opposite to generosity, I think it's cause most of the characters are completely selfish, but whatever. And finally Applejack. She gave us a lot of trouble, we changed her musical around a few times, never settling on anything until we thought Les Mis would work. As Jean Valjean (Or Jack Valjack haha) we thought the role worked for her cause after Jean is released on parole, he decides to create a new identity, and lie to everyone about who he is. Constantly chased through the rest of his life by this lie, and Javert (who I think we were considering would be played by Luna) We're still not super sold on this musical, but ehh. And yeah, that was the Musical Mane6 series. We're not going to be continuing it. Maybe we'll do one or two songs from a musical if we feel like it, but not a full series of them like we did with MonteCristo. We'd like to go on to new things and other projects, so we hope you like what we can show you, and hope you stick around for future works from us :D Love you all! :DDD </video> <video> 5/6 I KNOW THOSE EYES/THIS MAN IS DEAD (animatic) Description: The fifth Count of Monte Cristo musical song. NOW WITH SUBTITLES and LYRICS IN DESCRIPTION Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts Featured on Equestria Daily, 1st of December 2016 4th place on the Top 10 Pony Videos of December 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZig9Z5vxv4 5th place on the Top 25 Pony Videos of 2016! :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDRewmQu0t8 Please don't re-upload, or re-draw our animatic/s, (unless it's for a translation video, or you've gotten permission from us). (react vids are cool tho) CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!! Here's a pic of your OCs from the animatic: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/art/BG-Ponies-contestants-648938841 ------------------------------ In this Animatic, The Count holds a Ball at his Manor, and invites his old "friends". None of the men recognize him, but Shycedes does. She spends the party trying to talk to him, while he denies knowing her. For more art, our animatic's storyboards, that cool end credits picture and much more can all be found at Silhouette's DevianArt Page: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ FAQs: Why'd you take two years to finish it??? Well, it's because we had to go on hiatus due to this film course we were taking. Where’s the music from? And where can I get it? It is from a musical, called “The Count of Monte Cristo Musical”. The music is available on iTunes. Where can I watch this? You can’t, unless you live nearby where it is being performed on stage, as there are no recordings of it. EDIT: A lovely youtuber by the name of Count Monsparkle has generously uploaded the German version of the musical but with English subtitles for everyone to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRoAlmyaijK2AOx_AhObsYXO8LBe_0xtV Who’s the singer? Thomas Borchert and Brandi Burkhardt What programs did you use to create this? Everything was drawn in Photoshop CS6, and edited in After Effects CS6. When will you finish the animation? Never. This is the finished product. It takes a while to fully animate stuff and we don’t have the patience for it. This way we can get our videos out sooner so we can move onto the next one. With that out of the way… Illustrated by Silhouette Edited by GhostQuill "I Know Those Eyes/This Man is Dead" is from the "Count of Monte Cristo Musical", performed by Thomas Borchert and Brandi Burkhardt on the Concept album released in 2008. Written by Frank Wildhorn. We do not own it. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and its characters are owned by Hasbro. We also don't own it. LYRICS: --------------------------------------- MERCEDES: My God, my heart beats faster And my mind is racing Could it be…? Could it be that you’ve come back to life? I know those eyes following me Dark and familiar and deep as the sea I know that face, strange though it seems Younger and kinder it haunts all my dreams How can you stand there? A whisper from me Yet, somehow be so far away In eyes once familiar a stranger I see With so many words left to say EDMOND: This man is dead He is no more He died a little each day Like a thief, the Chateau D’If has stolen him away The mind plays tricks You are confused The man you seek is long gone Dead and cold A story told By those he trusted, those he loved, and those who then moved on Both singing different lyrics at the same time: EDMOND: I am a ghost; just a mirage Who chases traces of you MERCEDES: There in that voice Traces of you Dark and familiar and deep as the sea EDMOND: This man is dead He is no more And though it’s torturing me MERCEDES: I know those eyes Torturing me BOTH: Can either of us really ever be free? How can you stand there? A whisper from me When you are still so far away And why does the truth seem too hard to be true? With so much broken EDMOND: And so much damage BOTH: There are no words EDMOND: Left to say </video> <video> BatB: Evermore Storyboard Animatic Description: (This video was posted a year ago for our patrons on Patreon. We forgot about it afterwards and thought it's been long enough and want to show it to you all. The original description is down below): So over the holidays(Jan 2019), I was weirdly inspired to draw this animatic of the Beast, using the live action's song "Evermore" (The Josh Groban version). About the storyboard, I think we've all been there, wishing Animated Beast got his own song. ("Something There" doesn't count) So I was like, what if I just drew one myself. And that's how this happened. I've actually had plans to draw a Beast animatic song since even before the live-action film, I remember thinking about using one of the stage musical's solos he got. But I never did because I couldn't draw Beast back then. (Not sure I'm amazing at drawing Beast now, but it certainly was fun). I think if I went further with this and turned it into a proper animatic, I'd probs change a few scenes but overall I'm pretty happy with how this dumb idea came out. Victoria did the editing and I (Annabelle) drew it. p.s. if it seems like Beast is using his hands a ton in this video, it's because I've been drawing hooves for 5+ years and ohmygosh HANDS FINALLY. </video> <video> The Proposition (WIP - we plan to finish this one lol) Description: A work-in-progress (yes you heard that right, this one is still in progress!) of the Proposition song from the Frankenstein Musical. Annabelle updated Twilight's design and we reveal the Creature in this one :D You can find concepts for the characters here: https://sta.sh/01ffvlspof4w Not sure when this one will be finished, but Annabelle likes to chip away at it in her off-time :) </video> <video> Update: New Animatic Tomorrow! Description: Are you excited?! We're excited! We've got a new video coming tomorrow!!!! Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts Illustrated by Annabelle Potts (Silhouette) Edited by Victoria Potts (GhostQuill) (lol no cutie marks) </video> <video> 6/6 THE MAN I USED TO BE (animatic) Description: IT'S DONE!!!!!! THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO IS COMPLETE! This has been a long time coming but we said we'd finish it! (eventually) AND THAT DAY IS TODAY!!! WHOO!!!! (oh also, happy 5-year anniversary to this channel!) Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts Please don't re-upload, or re-draw our animatic/s, (unless it's for a translation video, or you've gotten permission from us). (react vids are cool tho) ------------------------------ In this Animatic, The Count reminisces of the 'man' he used to be, the happy life he led, and the pain he endured. (The ending is left a bit ambiguous, in the musical he gets back together with Mercedes, but in the book he chooses a different woman, sooooo we thought we could leave that up to you. This animatic was more about Dantes anyway, his story and his journey, about everything that lead to this moment. It was never supposed to focus on which girl he ended up with.) For more art check out Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: https://www.deviantart.com/assassin-or-shadow FAQs: Why'd you take so long finish it??? We were both completing a 2 year Game Development course (which we both graduated!) and were thus busy working on class assignments. Where’s the music from? And where can I get it? It is from a musical, called “The Count of Monte Cristo Musical”. The music is available on iTunes. Where can I watch this musical live? You can’t, unless you live nearby where it is being performed on stage, as there are no recordings of it. EDIT: A lovely YouTuber by the name of Count Monsparkle has generously uploaded the German version of the musical but with English subtitles for everyone to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRoAlmyaijK2AOx_AhObsYXO8LBe_0xtV Who’s the singer? Thomas Borchert What programs did you use to create this? Everything was drawn in Photoshop CS6, and edited in After Effects CS6. (the keyframes for the animation of the wings opening and the flying at the end was done in Flash CS6, then drawn again in Photoshop) When will you turn these animatics into animations? Nope. This is the finished product. It would take waaay too long to try and animate these. Illustrated by Silhouette Edited by GhostQuill "The Man I Used To Be" is from the "Count of Monte Cristo Musical", performed by Thomas Borchert on the Concept album released in 2008. Written by Frank Wildhorn. We do not own it. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and its characters are owned by Hasbro. We also don't own it. </video> <video> In the Dark of the Night (animatic) Description: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts?ty=h Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/ink_potts For more art and our animatic's storyboards, head over to Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ Featured on Equestria Daily: June 26, 2015 6th Place on "The Top Ten Pony Videos of June 2015": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eiqaYslodY ************* (This is the finished product). OH MY GOSH this took forever! We started this animatic back in DECEMBER!!! Of course it got put off due to class and a bunch of other stuff. It was sitting on our computer mostly done for a while now, so we decided to finish it off to give us more time to work on the upcoming 5th Monte Cristo animatic (and like I mentioned on the previous video, we do not know when it will be finished, so don't ask). This animatic isn't up to the standards that we had wanted, but we'd spent enough time on it already and just wanted it done. So it doesn't have shading or detailed backgrounds, but it still looks good (right??). Hope you enjoy :) ********** FAQs: -Why isn't it coloured in? Because we were testing out the style and because we both like the black and white look, like in old movies. -Is it going to be finished/animated? No, we only make animatics because that is what we are interested in, not animations. -What's the story behind this?? The Princess's are crystal and Sombra's after Twilight??? It's just a random villain revenge plot created to work with the song. -What programs did you use to create this? Photoshop CS6 to draw everything, and After Effects CS6 to edit. -What's the song from? "In the Dark of the Night" is from Anastasia, copyrighted to 20th Century Fox. -What's the end credit song? "Once Upon a December" from Anastasia, copyrighted to 20th Century Fox. </video> <video> InkPotts Contest: Winning OCs Description: EDIT: The music got copyrighted so the video was blocked in like 200 countries. So this vids just not gonna have music for a while. (no one watches it anymore anyway) Link to the original contest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBojxos-Yyw Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts?ty=h Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/ink_potts For more art and our animatic's storyboards, head over to Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ ********* In total there was 1856 entries. I spent a week collecting and numbering all the entries. Then Silhouette and I went through all of them and had to pick 4 winners and 10 finalists, but we wound up picking more finalists than 10 because it was impossible to choose between them. And now you get to see the winners! -Don't know when the animatic will be done. -The winners were chosen by us based on our personal preferences, taking into account the outfits, colouring, and how the overall designed worked. "At the Gala" from MLP FIM, belongs to Hasbro. </video> <video> This is Halloween Storyboard (also never getting finished) Description: (Note: I wanted to have lyric subtitles, but also a version that shows who all the ponies are on screen as you watch, so I did it in a very round-about way. You can find the options in the CC settings of this video). We're both fans of Nightmare Before Christmas, and when Halloween came around (in 2015) we decided we wanted to make an animatic using this song. Of course, we had to be extra about it and give ourselves more work. In this animatic, we had the idea of taking every costumed pony you see in the MLP Season 2 Nightmare Night special: "Luna Eclipsed", and make their costumes real. The storyboards are really sketchy and probably not eligible because they were only intended to be quick to get the ideas across, before making the proper version. But we never did, and probably never will. You can check out our concepts for this animatic here: https://sta.sh/01jdnywqmwmu It includes concepts for monstrous costumes and test frames for what the finished video might have looked like. We hope you enjoy :D If you're curious about the cast, I'll list down the main ponies below. You can see the rest in the link above. Applejack --- Scarecrow Pinkie Pie --- Chicken Harpy Rainbow Dash --- Evil Trickster Fluttershy --- Vampire Bat Twilight Sparkle --- Necromancer Rarity --- Vampiress Spike --- since he went as a dragon, we turned that into a Sea-Dragon/ Creature from the Black Lagoon-thing Applebloom / Sweetie Belle / Scootaloo --- Frankenstein's monster / Vampire / Wolfpony Mayor Mare --- Evil Clown Big Mac --- Mr Hyde Lyra --- Mummy Octavia --- Head in a cello (part of the zombie band from NBC) and more!! Disclaimer We don't own the music or characters. </video> <video> The Black Sheep and The Wolf (animation) Description: READ THE DESCRIPTION Artist's note: I am well aware of the fact that I have said I do not animate. DO NOT think just because I did animate something I will change my mind and animate the animatics, because I won't. I still have absolutely NO PLANS of animating the animatics. With that out of the way, the reason why I decided to do this short animation is because I was recently inspired to try animating again so I did. This is also me playing around with these two characters I've recently been toying with, they're still in the development stage so designs and colours may change. I'm actually thinking about using them for my class project next year. This took me 4 days to create. needless to say one of those days I stayed up till 4:30am working so that's just a rough estimate. Enjoy! **** Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts?ty=h Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/ink_potts For more art and our animatic's storyboards, head over to Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ FAQs -Does this mean you'll animate the other animatics???!!! No. Read the Artist's Note^ -What programs did you use? Adobe Flash Professional CS6 -What's the song? "Heartwarming" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100207 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ -When's the next animatic? It'll be done when we finish it. Constantly asking isn't going to make it get done any faster. -Can't we know a date or time when it will be finished? We want it done before the end of the year but we're not sure if that's gonna happen thanks to class, otherwise sometime in the first half of next year. </video> <video> 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ANIMATIC (You and ME) Description: Happy 3 Year Anniversary to us! We uploaded our first video on Jan 3rd, 2014 SHIRTS and MERCH HERE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/inkpotts Plus a helpful size chart: https://www.teepublic.com/sizechart Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts LYRICS IN DESCRIPTION Please don't re-upload, or re-draw our animatic/s, (unless it's for a translation video, or you've gotten permission from us). (react vids are cool tho) OKAY GUYS we made this last year in January and were unsure whether or not to actually upload it (if you're a Patron though you've probs already seen this). The quality is as cheap af; we made it in 4 days. 4. Days. Straight. Silh literally went a little mad by the end of it. Anyway hope you lot enjoy it. This is supposed to be a joke on the fact that Silh gets a lot more recognition than I do because she's the artist, and I am but a lowly editor. All in good fun though. Also for those of you asking if we're Mormons; No. We just liked the song. The music "You and Me (But Mostly Me)" is from "The Book of Mormon" Musical. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and its characters are owned by Hasbro. We also don't own it. LYRICS: ----------------------------------------- I've always had the hope That on the day I go to Heaven Heavenly Father will shake my hand And say, "You've done an awesome job, Kevin" Now it's our time to go out (My best friend) And set the world's people free And we can do it together, you and me But mostly me You and me, but mostly me Are gonna change the world forever 'Cause I can do most everything (And I can stand next to you and watch) Every hero needs a sidekick Every captain needs a mate (Aye, aye) Every dinner needs a side dish (On a slightly smaller plate) And now we're seeing eye to eye It's so great, we can agree That Heavenly Father has chosen you and me Just mostly me Something incredible I'll do something incredible I wanna be the Mormon Who changed all of mankind (My best friend) Something I've foreseen Now that I'm nineteen I'll do something incredible That blows God's freaking mind And as long as we stick together (And I stay out of your way) Out of my way (We'll change the world forever And then tomorrow a Latter-Day) Mostly me So quit singing about it and do it How ready and psyched are we And life is about to change for you And life is about to change for me And life is about to change for you and me But me mostly And there's no limit to What we can do, me and you But mostly me </video> <video> What's This Storyboard (its never getting finished lol) Description: Wow, 6 years later here it is folks. If you want to know why we never finished it, its cause Christmas came went, and so did our motivation. (artist note: Also never colour anything ever). Disclaimer We don't own the music or characters. </video> <video> 6.5/6 EL TANGO DE ROXANNE (wip animatic) Description: Or is it El Tango de Shycedes??? (Subtitles now available) Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts Please don't re-upload, or re-draw our animatic/s, (unless it's for a translation video, or you've gotten permission from us). (react vids are cool tho) ------------------------------ This video is an alternate ending to the "Count of Monte Cristo" series. In it, the Count and Monsparkle have their final confrontation... For more art check out Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: https://www.deviantart.com/assassin-or-shadow FAQs: Where’s the music from? And where can I get it? It is from the film Moulin Rouge!. The music is available on Spotify. (but the version on there is different to the one we used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eozkx00NSIM ) Who’s the singer/s? Ewan McGregor, and Jacek Koman What programs did you use to create this? Everything was drawn Flash CS6, and edited in After Effects CS6. Illustrated by Silhouette Edited by GhostQuill "El Tango de Roxanne" is from the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!", performed by Ewan McGregor, and Jacek Koman. "Roxanne" is by The Police (in 1978) And "Tanguera" is by Mariano Mores (in 1957) (it's also the song playing during the credits) We do not own them. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and its characters are owned by Hasbro. We also don't own it. </video> <video> Pack Mentality (WIP Animation) Description: Find out more on our NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE!!! ~ http://inkpotts.weebly.com/ ~ Wanna read the WHOLE story?? All the storyboards can be found on my DA here: https://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/gallery/63517544/Final-Version This is the last 5ish minutes of a 10 minute animation we made for our 3rd year Graduation Film, back in 2016. We were attending a Film and TV course, and for the final year, we got to get into groups and make a short film. We did something a little different and made an animation! Our teachers were supportive of the idea, and thus Pack Mentality was made. A lot of work went into the making of this animation, and can be read all about it on our website here: http://inkpotts.weebly.com/pack-mentality-about.html Concept images and original storyboards can be found on the Artist's Deivantart here: https://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/gallery/58266600/Pack-Mentality Directed, and Animated by Annabelle Potts Written, Produced, and Edited by Victoria Potts Producing Lecturer, and Script Edited by Colin Reck Sound Design Lecturer, Carlos Manrique Music: Song: In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Dubstep Remix) by Edvard Grieg (I do not own this song, all rights go to the artist (Edvard Grieg, Deficio, and DUBGENIE)). I can not for the life of me find the name of the song used in the credits, all I know is that it's free music from Youtube's Audio Library. </video> <video> [RE-UPLOAD] Speed Draw - Luna Description: EDIT: Hey I had a problem with the music in the previous speed draw so I had to completely re-export this (which takes time), and to wait till I got to class to upload it because the internet at our house is horrendous. Sorry about this. (This is the link to the original upload because I wanted to keep the comments and all that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01gaOq_vnnM ) Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/InkPotts?ty=h Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/ink_potts Watch it in HD For more art and our animatic's storyboards, head over to Silhouette's DeviantArt Page: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ There was a small Halloween contest over on Deviantart, and this image, is the prize one of the winners got. Some of you may all know him as Count Monsparkle on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CountMonsparkle He wanted a drawing of our version of Lucy from the Dracula musical. We plan to make animatics of that musical sometime using the Princesses in the main roles. Celestia as Van Helsing Luna as Lucy Cadance as Mina and Sombra as Dracula. There's more art relating to this on Sil's DA: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/ So while drawing it, we decided to test out making a Speed Draw, hope you guys enjoy, we might make more just so the channel isn't dead for months on end. **** FAQs -How long did this take? Total time to finish was 2hours 35mins -What programs did you use to create this? Photoshop CS6 to draw everything Open Broadcaster Software for screen recording Premiere Pro CS6 for editing video We use a Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet to draw -What's the song from? "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig Von Beethoven -When's the next animatic? It'll be done when we finish it. Constantly asking isn't going to make it get done any faster. -Can't we know a date or time when it will be finished? We want it done before the end of the year but we're not sure if that's gonna happen thanks to class, otherwise sometime in the first half of next year. </video>

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InkPotts Creations. We make animatics and occasionally animations. Annabelle Potts illustrates everything, and Victoria Potts edits the videos together.

We're a dynamic twin sister duo!

Programs we use:
- Photoshop CS6
- After Effects CS6
- (occationally) Premiere Pro
- (when animating): Flash CS6

If you have a question and wish to send us a message you can do it through:
- Our email: InkPotts@outlook.com
- Youtube messaging
- Sil's DeviantArt here: http://assassin-or-shadow.deviantart.com/

Ponysonas: Annabelle = Silhouette. Victoria = Ghostquill.

If you are asking to use our images or to animate our animatics, it's alright with us as long as you credit us and tell us when you've finished because we'd love to see it. Any fanart you've made we'd love to see as well.

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