Trying Out Clip Studio Paint! - Remastering Avatar: The Last Airbender

In this video, I'll be remastering scenes from the second episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender where Aang unlocks his most powerful form: The Avatar State.
Unlike my previous videos which were done through Procreate Dreams, I decided to try out Clip Studio Paint.
I hope you enjoy the video!

[@DragunnitumGaming]

honestly, i would have LOVED to see Netflix spend the budget on remastering the series instead of live-actioning it, and i'm 101% certain i'm not alone in this

[@MadeByIsmael]

Wouldnt have made anywhere near as much money as the live action... Although i do wish they would have done this

[@asozialesnetzwerk]

@@MadeByIsmael Yeah but I'm pretty if it is just costwise sure we will see a 16:9 remaster in the not so distant future. Animators + generative AI should do the job for a fraction of the live action budget :D

[@_____Astral_____]

cant wait for a year or two in the future when "I remade Avatar The Last Airbender" drops and he just aninates the show from scratch

[@someguy9042]

Animates* 🤓☝️

[@iffatsukabumiKingOfHell]

I think that will be way more than a year or two, if he doesn't drop it, i think it'll atleast take more than a decade if alone

[@_____Astral_____]

@@iffatsukabumiKingOfHell damn at least the first guy was self aware that he spoke like the nerd emoji

[@Humidhalo]

The amount of shots you've done, and how well you've done them is insanely impressive.

[@_____Astral_____]

fr I feel like the additions look pretty out of place until we see the preview in action and it looks so seamless.

[@elzar5987]

Im not a digital artist, but i am a renaissance painter. Regarding the ship Something Ive found that helps is if you look at your work in the mirror, flip it upside down. You'd be surprised how many mistakes you can pick out with this little technique

[@ChunnyKay]

Thanks for the tip!

[@mistingwolf]

@@ChunnyKayHorizontal flips are also recommended, especially for character shots.

[@alpha8here]

How clever!!! Tysm for sharing the advice! ❤

[@samturner5852]

The end product is actually insane. Like the only think that took me out was Appa at the end but like you said you gave up on that. If I hadn't known better I'd say it had always been wide frame. Top job!

[@ChunnyKay]

It just wouldn't feel complete without them

[@Julian-zv8fr]

i really hope this dude can get a crew of animators to make the whole show over again in this resolution

[@lexiedraws]

This guy is way too underrated, his projects are FIRE 🔥

[@Jords250]

Bruh i literally just discovered this series half an hour ago, so glad ep 4 came out immediately

[@ChunnyKay]

Glad you're enjoying them!

[@snibbubzik3566]

Even more underrated than Kay himself, are his story telling abilities. Dude, I've watched a lot of speedpaint videos in my time, but these videos are so fun to watch because of how well you structure your narration and bring us along for the journey. It's a whole new story while watching a story be remastered.

[@thespinos_]

At 11:39 U forgot to add the water wave things trailing behind the ship small nitpick but if u ever do a ship again make sure not to forget other then that i love this series and ur getting so good at this animation thing

[@ItzzCheese]

Please don’t stop remastering these episodes, they are very entertaining to watch

[@evanmarcus5975]

I don't know if it's the new software or your skill increasing, but this is the most seamless looking one yet!

[@Haruchemy]

You are amazing. When I saw your job I thought "this guy should get hired by Nick!", then I thought "Let's make a team of animators and remaster the whole series as a fan project", then I just thought "I prefer to make my own animated series". And here I am, pre producing an animated series. You, @chunnykay, are an absolute motivation.

[@jakeob3125]

I love how you did a bunch of scenes that go back to back, it really gives the feel of what the show would be like remastered! Awesome work as always!

[@eisteezitrone8741]

3:40 well, of course not! :D Can't miss the Ice Bergs ;)

[@noahcasino]

really liking this series! i appreciate that you arent just centering every shot, youre actually thinking about the composition of things. it made me think about that last shot you did with aang fainting and appa flying in. I think it could have been an interesting idea to split that shot up, so that aang is still framed the same, but then instead of drawing in extra appa frames, just move that whole section of the sky with appa flying in to the left side of the frame, and then just draw in the sky thats missing in the middle. i just thought that that would let the framing be nice, but it would also preserve the timing, where you see ang faint, and then see appa enter frame, instead of it happening simultaneously. i just thoght id throw this idea out there if you do any more in the future, and thats a method you think could be useful

[@ChunnyKay]

That's an interesting idea! Might be worth checking out in the future

[@snibbubzik3566]

I like how tired your "FINALLY" sounds while you show Aang collapsing to the floor 😂

[@heartprince6240]

This has to be my favourite series its just so addicting and satisfying to watch

[@alexsoundstuff]

dude that water looks amazing

[@Verolzy]

I think something you should try to remember is that a lot of the shots you are matching are in 3 point perspective. The ship seems to be what's tripping you up the most. For example, the you drew the smokestack with paralel lines where it'd get wider near the base and we'd see more of the top of the stack. When doing perspective drawing by eye it helps to establish where the horizon line is (even if it's WAY out of frame) and to see if you have any visual cues for where the vanishing point would be. Rule of thumb, if 2 things are paralel, check to see if they have a vanishing point to help[ you find your perspective in the drawing.

[@unstopology]

Awesome work! Can't wait to watch the whole show in wide-screen. 😁

[@snithnorddarthbathrobe6928]

i have to say, the animation in this one is a definite improvement over the previous ones. you're getting better, good job

[@bacanpancakesproductions6038]

The next thing you should do for this project is Remaster the Aang VS Zuko battles

[@Luke_GF]

You're right about no one frame needing to be perfect. When you show the final product at the end of the video, if you try to watch it from the eyes of someone who hadn't watched your whole video (and therefore won't be looking for details) it is 100% seamless. Great video, can't wait for you to finish the entire series ;)

[@StormbreakerYT]

I will fully support your channel to continue this series !

[@derp3044]

I think perhaps Zuko's ship deck doesn't as intended because they kinda went from boards to something else when you drew them, maybe the angle of the lines are off too? Separating them into boards and fixing the angle I think would help. But overall I really liked the scene you did of him getting thrown off the ship! I think the frames of him and his crew getting pushed back by water and him falling overboard look really good!!! The moving ship looks good too.

[@DemsW]

You are definetely getting better at this, it's great to see.

[@TommyWalker1]

Commenting because I want to see more of these and get you more love from the algorithm

[@anthonypaulmercado333]

dude these shots look amazing! if you keep going we'll have a fully remastered episode one and two really soon. keep it up bro!

[@muffinmc4462]

Holy shit, it's crazy how much you're improving so quickly. This one was really impressive.

[@Fr0zenPeanut]

12:31 The pole on top of the ship casts a shadow in the opposite direction compared to the shadows of Zuko's crew.

[@ChunnyKay]

Wow I didn't even notice that. Good eye!

[@whatdoiputhere9618]

Bro it looks so good! I can’t even tell that’s it’s enhanced it just looked like it’s always been like that, so natural. Keep it up!

[@SimplePhysics00]

I think for the final scene of Aang passing out, it would have been better to center him and slide the scene to the left instead of the right, and that would save you from the awkward floaty Appa. The main reason being, if you watch the original scene, your focus is on Aang for the first half, and you see he's about to pass out, but then right as you start to feel concern, Appa and the Gaang appear, and you know he'll be ok! Great job by the way! I could never hope to be this good!

[@mulinum6661]

bro's getting better

[@heiress.]

You are absolutely brilliant. Avatar or not, I’m excited to see what’s next!

[@panickyandy8291]

Appa just kind of glitching across the screen at the end killed me 🤣 Really great job overall! I hope someday Bryke see this and contact you; I wonder what sort of advice/insight they would have!

[@jasoncalandra8098]

Nahhh dude this looks sooooo good. You’ve made so much progress since your first vid! Incredible work (:

[@ItzzCheese]

these videos are awesome

[@TheeKaroolyne]

I can't believe I'm lucky enough to have found this series, honestly. Every vid is just a joy to watch. I really thankful that you decided to make this project, everything looks so freaking seamless aaaaaaaa

[@ChunnyKay]

I'm lucky that people seem to enjoy the process. Thanks for watching!

[@JohnTK]

9:19 I think the reason something feels off is because the light patch in the middle of the ship is supposed to act as a sort of spotlight, putting the focus on the characters on the ship. When you made the move to widescreen though, you continued the bright patch off to the far left side of the screen, which shifts the focus of the image a bit to the left and draws unwanted attention to the empty side of the ship. I would consider bringing in the darkness a bit closer to the center by rounding off the spotlight area (if you haven’t already done something to this shot since this video came out).

[@frightenedmule194]

Looks good! I also feel your lines are too clean in some areas because the original show looks kinda blurry and not as HD! If that makes sense!

[@allurandy]

your hard work really shows through each video. keep it up!!

[@carlotta4th]

The reason the ship feels off around 9:30 is because there's a bit of a mysterious spotlight illuminating the center stage (so to speak). Your section on the left doesn't fade to dark like it should so the entire spotlight is an oval. Still good matching though.

[@martinpope98]

Great job! For the last scene I think the jittery animation of appa is because he's too far away with only a few frames to cover the distance. I would have just put appa a little closer already in shot rather with only a little distance to cover to catch up original placement. But otherwise really well done I love these videos. I hope one day we get a full version of ATLA in widescreen

[@ChunnyKay]

If only I had your comment before making this video. Having Appa already in frame wasn't something I considered

[@beovulf7241]

Looks sick!

[@mattattatherattatta2925]

I love this project!!

[@nolanhauck9390]

This looks great!

[@Aygosi]

So good. Your quality is amazing!

[@Malmen153]

Great work! Excited to follow this series!

[@olivertyler7311]

these videos are such fun to watch, keep it up man!

[@juangal7569]

You're slowly becoming a water editor master! I feel like in a year or two you'll go from I got so much to learn to I straight up conceived the series😂

[@mistingwolf]

These additions are SO GOOD. The work you did on the waterspout looked amazing! Please take my sub.

[@SamuelBundrant]

i think the work u did is incredible

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

These videos are so soothing, and still so impressed with how you manage to match the style almost perfectly!

[@AwesomeTingle]

really fun project you've got going here!

[@LemonMoon]

Great work, it looks seamless at the end.😊

[@pinicius]

Wow, this was so clean. You're really nailing it! Good job!

[@taylorremund5249]

I love that this channel is taking off. You're going places

[@xanbaxjrier7791]

You're doing a great job, man. Keep it up!

[@Rastasolo188]

Awesome hope I will be able to watch one day full epizodes

[@Matagatsu]

you did great. this is amazing

[@discratt8388]

I hope you make more of these!

[@syntheax2788]

This show would look awesome in wide frame. These shots are amazing. Appa took me out a bit. But I thought it was funny ^^

[@uhLexah]

This is fantastic. Wow

[@haydenray7148]

I feel like you could use photoshop generative fill to get a strong base to work off of if you wanted the workflow to be more economical. But love the details you put in and with ai you don’t really get but tweak a solid base seems like it could be viable

[@16zibo]

Oh I’m investing in this bc you have TALENT

[@GrayGamer]

These are so good.

[@pawekata8141]

i cant wait for "I remaster Avatar The Last Airbender" and he remaster all the episodes, i will love that

[@veganjotaro]

Clip studio paint is my first and favorite digital art program

[@ChunnyKay]

I'm enjoying the program a lot more than I expected

[@veganjotaro]

@ChunnyKay I'm glad that's the case.

[@supercoolmunkee]

What I give to rewatch one of my favorite shows in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

[@pennybutnotthecoin]

I'm super excited for this! What are some other projects you'd want to do this for? Personally, I'd love to see some scenes from the original Teen Titans remastered 😊

[@mintman325]

You should try to get on the braving the elements podcast. I bet Janet Varney and Dante Basco would commend your efforts. 3 videos and you’ve got my sub. Great work.

[@kevinrosso8649]

Great serie, you've really improved since the first video! I'd suggest you to learn about pose to pose animation (keys and inbetweens), instead of animating straight-ahead. This could help you tackle harder scenes, like Socca's gloves or Appa flying,

[@ant1659]

keep it up bro🔥

[@SuperGamersgames]

Brilliant.

[@djenntt]

Someone please pay this artist to complete the series for us

[@johnwolfenden7599]

Love this, though I think I like the original cropping of aang off to the right in that scene where you drew the ship (not to discount your good work!)

[@draggo69]

Nice!

[@julessssssssssssssssssssss]

dude you're insane. i wish i had the drive lol. literally the only thing that irritated my eye was that appa coming into the frame seemed slow and stiff, but i get it

[@itznidal9501]

Cool

[@monkeyhook6856]

9:28 theres a weird lighter piece up to the left, I feel like maybe making it more of a darker tone like it is at the front and back in that same shot would potentially help the weirdness (and may even distract from the texturing you mentioned)

[@singulosta]

Instead of manually aligning the backgrounds with key frames, couldn't you track the background with two or more points and attach your background plate to the tracking points? Or isn't that an option in Procreate or Clip Studio Paint? Maybe you want to first do the background panning animation in blender and then move the frames over for the character animations on top of it.

[@jaredmcgowan3785]

You gotta do one entire episode!

[@sevan_1130]

These videos are cool

[@noodlekingjr]

I am not a digital artist however regarding matching materials, it might be worthwhile understanding how they are rendered in 3d to understand the different ways materials react to light(Physically based rendering.) I.e.: diffuse, specular, and reflections (the very latter of which you seem to already have a knack for.) Honestly though that is extreme nit-picking and I would happily watch your 16:9 adaptation any day. :)

[@eisteezitrone8741]

9:28 it seems to me that your tiles don't finish in length, and are less defined in width.

[@mrgerund3060]

about the ship floor, i think it looks a bit like it tilts up a little that mightve felt off to you

[@dgfx.]

Yeah I'd like to order a full remastered version of Avatar

[@philipkarczewski8186]

Your work is brilliant and fun to watch! Wish I had talent or time for that (drawing and animating). ATLA is just such a great show. LOK doesn't give me much. It doesn't exist for me

[@xijnin]

Awesome >:D

[@baileygraf1926]

Where do we pay you this is so fire 🔥

[@world_production]

Yessss 👍👍👍

[@eisteezitrone8741]

Your work really *is* awesome! Tbh tho I find your added splash to the water tornado to finish to quickly

[@ARandomEliatrope]

WOOOOOOOOOOO YEAHHHHHHHHHH

[@Qwajman97]

I’m wondering how well the generative fill function in photoshop would work with the painted landscape style. Might be worth looking into

[@ThatYoutubeGuy-193]

Hey Kay! At 9:27 , the floor that you drew looks wooden, while the original looks metallic. Hope this helped!

[@KidFlash22898]

Hype

[@claudia.mak13]

Hey! I’ve been watching your Remastering Avatar videos and I love them so much that I wanted to ask, can you make storyboards? Would like to know if we can work together in the future as I’m an up and coming filmmaker! Thanks and have a great day/evening!

[@melhiott7977]

comment for promoting this awesome video

[@ikeaboi66]

zuko was humbled the minute he saw aang in the air💀