KIN(SERIES)
Kin was plagued by a curse for as long as he could remember,preventing him from being able to use magic effectively.However,this doesn’t stop him from trying to achieve his goal to join the Sorcerer’s guild,the only people in the entirety of the three kingdoms who can help him get rid of the curse.
Pinned by ItzQwerty on 2022-01-25 20:41:04 UTC
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Just in case some people are unfamiliar with theis series or haven’t heard of it, here are the first two episodes
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Kin Episode 4??? When????
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This post is a day late but…
Yesterday marks about SIX years since this series was officially created on sticknodes. And while it still is not anywhere near finished, I want to take a moment to celebrate. This series was a big part of my childhood, throughout every struggle I’ve had mentally, this was my way to escape and express myself creatively.Kin started off as a humble DBZ fan comic (could you believe that?). That comic I made in grade six turned into a whole world of fantasy adventure with twists and turns that I couldn’t imagine coming up with back then.
But to address the newcomers, which I assume most of you are considering the (very) long hiatus, KIN is a passion project that WILL have more content come 2025. This is a promise. But bare with me, this is just the beginning of an EPIC journey.
Special thanks to:
@ralph for making Sticknodes and being there from day one
And thank you to the whole Sticknodes community for being there along the way.
Artwork by me, character: Zero
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glad i can be of service
no but really, i am happy always to read things like this
i look forward to seeing what you do in 2025
now get back to work
2024-11-19 00:15:53 UTC
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Finally back to do my montly check in/update. About to head back home for the summer this friday, finally. Also, KIN will be back but at this point I doubt anyone even remembers anything about this series. I am going to get back to making regular posts here about it and putting out updates.
SERIES UPDATES: >(note: this may or may not happen in this exact way but the series will continue. I haven\’t fully decided yet)
*Okay so if anybody was wondering about a new episode or just more content related to KIN, the good news is that it is coming. The bad news is that I will most likely be rebooting the series this summer.
The reason for this is because I mainly want to simplify and restructure a lot of stuff. The first thing being the figs. While the detail is good, it makes it hard to get a full range of motion, so I was considering a more basefig kind\’ve look. Not entirely though, each character would still have a unique appearance and details, just simpler.
**The next thing is ACTION. At the end of the day this series is all about the fights and action sequences despite all the lore. What I noticed about the previous episodes were full of exposition and not much attention grabbing elements. So I hope to change that to make the lore more visually engaging (like you see in episode 2 and 3).
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Trying out animation in flipaclip. I think I’m doing good so far. Gonna get back to Sticknodes soon tho, Kin will be returning in 2024
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Working on a bg for EP 4. What do you guys think of my attempt at a stained glass window? It’s supposed to be the god of Knowledge Argus
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That looks cool
Maybe the lines coming together more, so it looks more like individual/geometric panels?
2023-11-29 17:41:21 UTC-
Replying to:yeah I’ll try that
2023-11-29 17:44:44 UTC
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That looks cool
2023-11-29 17:45:30 UTC-
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Thanks
2023-11-29 17:50:52 UTC
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goes hard
2023-11-29 17:53:36 UTC
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Here’s a sneak peek at what I’m working on right now, this isn’t the episode itself but some scenes from this may be used for it
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Been working on some new music for the series\’ return. Here\’s Agnir\’s theme. Gonna get back to animating and posting on YouTube soon
https://www.bandlab.com/post/17c1bde9-ba6b-ee11-9937-000d3a41ec2a
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Finally turned 18 today guys!!🥳🥳
And I also finished up Agnir’s Staff. This is honestly the best weapon I’ve ever made. Spent so much time detailing this using all the new gradients and curves. Didnt get too creative with the name but I think it sounds cool. This is ‘The Staff of Agnir’
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Accurate or nah?:
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Happy birthday, congratulations on such as important milestone in your life! Best wishes for all your endeavors as a full-fledged adult
2023-11-12 20:32:24 UTC-
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Thanks
2023-11-12 21:22:52 UTC
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Happy Birthday!
2023-11-12 21:44:34 UTC -
happy brothel
also is that honestly stick nodes because wow2023-11-12 22:55:57 UTC-
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Thanks and yep it’s all 100% Stick Nodes
2023-11-13 23:56:05 UTC-
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beastly
2023-11-14 00:52:04 UTC
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Finally done with Agnir I just need to make his staff
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Here’s his lore if you’re interested
The Marz family is a small side branch of a larger family that was once very prestigious. The Marz’ fall from grace started about 50 years prior when the current head of the main family joined the Sorceror’s Guild, he was Agnir zo Marun. Agnir’s men had just discovered a race of people with strange blood. This blood was produced much faster and in greater amounts than humans. This caused their skin to be a translucent greenish sometimes reddish colour. It was eventually discovered that the blood had various latent magic properties that were unlocked when tested with Reality magic. However after the first few individuals of this race appeared it was clear that this was NOT a new race of non-humans but rather humans infected by some sort of magic plague. The King at the time was planning on finding a cure but there were no experts yet, as this was a high level water magic that originated from a dead magic beast. The king had died soon after and Agnir persuaded the young king Ravan to let him and his kin work to find a cure. In reality he was doing cruel experiments in order to extract their blood to be used in magic items which he built a monopoly on. If these items were mishandled they would lead to infection and thus creating a loop of new test subjects. The Marz branch objected to this and decided to take in some of the infected before Agnir could get his hands on them. However he found out about their plan and publically denounced them calling them traitors.
2023-10-31 13:18:54 UTC-
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Tasty lore, nicely seasoned
2023-10-31 14:14:11 UTC
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Still a Work in progress ofc but this is Agnir’s boy so far
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Just took the SAT’s last Friday so I’m finally done with all the studying and can actually get back to work on KIN. I finished Agnir’s head and now I just have to work on the body
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Designing a new character, I mentioned this guy in a lore post a while ago but his name is Agnir Marun. He’s the Governor as well as a former member of the Sorceror’s Guild. The Sorceror’s Guild consists of people capable of using the highest level of magic known as sorcery through years of studying magic. These four individuals (five if you include the king who is typically expected to have achieved sorcery before being crowned) essentially rule the Kingdom of Hikkor alongside the King and act as advisors and military leaders. Sorcerors are also seen as having been favored by the gods. As more magical prowess is seen as having a stronger link to the divine
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he def lookin like a sorcerer
the staff is actually really well drawn, the wooden lines and details towards the top really sell ityou’re a good drawing maker
2023-09-30 19:23:58 UTC-
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Thanks
2023-09-30 21:06:46 UTC
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What’s guys, who’s ready for more KIN? I’m a bit rusty but regardless I’m back on the grind
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Glad to hear it, so long as you schedule in some breaks from time to time it should help balance things out and let you work to your full capacity.
At least that’s what I’ve come to find personally.
Good to have you back in business.
2023-09-14 15:43:04 UTC-
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Yeah, that was a real issue for me and it made me way less productive. Like when I worked on the first episode I was able to breeze through a lot of the work. But after a while I kinda got burnt out and lost motivation.
But now I think I can actually come back to it and finish what I started. KIN is one of the best works of fiction that I’ve ever produced and I want to finish at least part of the story
2023-09-14 16:00:25 UTC-
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That’s really good news
2023-09-14 18:50:47 UTC
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Don’t know if anyone will see this but, I haven’t really worked on anything for this series in a very long time like almost 9 months now. That’s also the same amount of time that I’ve been away from StickNodes. And honestly I needed a break, as much as I love KIN and its world and characters and sharing that with everyone on here, KIN was starting to limit my creativity in the sense that it was the only project I would really work on and because of all the lore and its moving parts it kinda stayed that way. So while I am coming back to StickNodes, I’d say that Kin will probably be on the back burner for a while. So don’t worry, episode 4 is still coming. I just want to work on some of my other projects that got left behind. Also thanks @Ralph for making SN, Kin is one of the best stories I’ve ever written and the only one with any kind of audience so thanks for that
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<3 you m8
its always good to take a break
like me, on a much lesser scale, just took a solid 1-2ish week break from SN dev work
BUT BACK TO THE GRIND2023-08-30 12:03:14 UTC
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For anyone who still enjoys this series and wants to see more, don’t worry it’ll be back soon. Going to find a way to incorperate different techniques into my animation, but for now I’ve got some unrusting to do :/. Also been finding new ways to express myself creatively, started drawing irl again and writing short stories.
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Kin has always been that one criminally underrated SN show
I feel like this year is the year for kin, I’ve got the rest of season 1 planned out in terms of story, just need to get back into animating