{"id":310723,"date":"2025-11-22T08:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/one-more-try-a-spooky-halloween-skateboard-curse\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T08:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:18:13","slug":"one-more-try-a-spooky-halloween-skateboard-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=310723","title":{"rendered":"‘One More Try…’ A Spooky Halloween Skateboard Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"


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O<\/span><\/b>ne of the biggest lies in skateboarding is saying you’ll give a trick attempt ‘one more try.’ Inevitably it never is just ‘one more try’ and thus the Halloween skateboarders curse was born… this spooky story tells why you should never skateboard on Halloween!<\/p>\n

Obviously this animated short was created for Halloween, based on an original script by me, and once again featuring the characters, props, and backgrounds from many Reallusion Developers in the Reallusion Marketplace.<\/p>\n

Watch the full animated short below, then read on to see how it all came together.<\/p>\n

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Behind the Animation<\/h2>\n

Inspiration and Characters<\/h3>\n
Halloween (October 31st) was the starting point. I initially bought Garry Pye’s new Wibble Skateboarder<\/a> to test a kickflip. Then I saw DexArt’s Goop Mummy<\/a>, which reminded me I already owned his Josh<\/a> and Tara<\/a> Skateboarders. I switched immediately to keep the art style consistent.<\/div>\n
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Any die-hard skater knows the phrase, “I’ll give this trick one more try,” right before quitting a session because they’re so close. It’s not a big stretch to see this as a potential curse: ‘one more try for eternity’ if muttered after nightfall on Halloween.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Script<\/h3>\n
I write scripts using JotterPad<\/a> on my Android tablet. It supports Fountain script for automatic formatting, and is able to export a finished PDF script document for actors.<\/div>\n
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The story isn’t complex; it’s based on skateboarders climbing walls to skate unauthorized spots. This wall climb gave me natural space for conversational exposition before the characters actually see the Ghost Skater.<\/p>\n

Then it was just following through, with Josh helping the Ghost skater land his triple flip.<\/p>\n

Note: The final lightning flash and Tara’s commentary on its randomness were ideas I came up with later, not in the original script.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Storyboard<\/h3>\n
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Firoona Storyboard App.
Even though the storyboard is complete
a bug appears to be preventing my thumbnails
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Unlike my previous short, “Trash Panda,” I did a full storyboard, choosing Firoona<\/a> over Mooltik<\/a> to avoid corruption risk.<\/div>\n

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Firoona is fine, though the drawing implementation is poor, and a bug hides the scene thumbnails. It’s only good if you view the storyboard in-app to read the frame text. Unfortunately, exporting is limited to images for an animatic (which I made), so you can’t create a functional storyboard document for production staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Scene Design<\/h3>\n

Technically, this animation has only one location; the two other scenes are just variations, achieved by moving the same props around.<\/p>\n

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Mixing props from different developers can create an uncoordinated mess. To get around this, I use Render Styles in Cartoon Animator. It’s a legacy tool, originally for Flash vector props, but it also recolors bitmap images, making everything look like it belongs together.<\/p>\n

My video tutorial below shows how I coordinated the colors for the park wall scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n