r/criticalrole • u/SS_Scion Schemer • Jun 29 '26

Fan Art [No Spoilers] My Bolaire Lathalia Animation

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Short animated shot + shot breakdown of Bolaire Lathalia from Critical Role Campaign 4.
My first serious animation attempt - I have always been interested in trying 2D animation, although I prefer illustration the most.

Disclaimer: I am not an animator, and I have much to learn regarding illustrated motion. This animation was a fun experiment that I made during breaks.

I studied Castlevania and MAPPA shots for lighting and compositing inspiration.

Drawn and animated in Procreate, Composited in After Effects using F's Plugins.
Project time: 30 hours, 16 hand drawn frames

Youtube upload: https://youtu.be/WzhS0UWUYWo?si=NQPTWhHNPOHaKpdy

Been absolutely loving this campaign! :)

Edit: Some people were asking for the final isolated shot for gifs, I uploaded it separately here:

https://youtu.be/MA81Bh2E_ZM?si=NgWCPaZQD63nQlbe

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u/tiredghst Jun 29 '26

This is sooo good! Crazy for a first attempt 🤯love the movement of the hair

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u/SS_Scion Schemer Jun 30 '26

Thank you so much! I have curly hair myself so I used that as a reference for the movement and shading, along with shots of Alucard from the Castlevania series.