iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/09/2026

Doing my best to make my 'Triple "A" Games' newsletter as accessible as possible on Patreon

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/09/2026

Metroid Ravenous looks like it's gonna blow me away YET AGAIN

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/09/2026

Ocarina of Time remake looks absolutely incredible, good job Nintendo.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 03/09/2026

Okay so it seems I really enjoy making shorter videos looking at indie game animation. If I mention your game, I'd love to hear from you!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/09/2026

Did Sony just say the quiet bit out loud??

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/09/2026

Short form content is so frustrating to produce and format for, cos there's all kinds of crap in the way of the actual video.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 26/08/2026

Love the distortion effect they've added here in Mega Man Dual Override to fake a smear frame effect to mimic the original drawn quality from Mega Man 8

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/08/2026

So like....either the Devs used AI in remastering the James Pond art, which is why the milk-jug cannon for the cow was completely missed, or the people who remastered the art missed the milk jug cannon. Either way, the original vision was lost.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 17/08/2026

If you haven't played it yet, Outer Wilds is 50% off on Switch. The best space puzzler you'll ever play.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 30/07/2026

This is the best god damn pen, I tell ya

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 28/07/2026

I love the paper quality with lines

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/07/2026

Cool what you can do on a phone with a spare 10 minutes

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 19/07/2026

Eric Andre once told me he loved me for some fan art I did back in 2016

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 16/07/2026

I dunno about you but £69.99 feels ENTIRELY reasonable for a game that's going to be this massive, especially as many were moaning about Mario Kart World being £69.99

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 13/07/2026

Printed canvas GenAI art in my local chippy.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 13/07/2026

What's the non-descript "topping" on that potato whipped cream?

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 08/07/2026

We're now in a possible timeline where a bin is the prime minister of the UK.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/07/2026

I'm writing a book on how to animate for video games!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 30/06/2026

This is a frosted window by a garden at my work

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 29/06/2026

Tried this idea of an 'animated pinbadge' - could be cool for a game

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 05/06/2026

This bit of 2D animation in the live action The Blob (1958) movie

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 02/06/2026

Trying out a digital phenakistoscope

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 25/05/2026

The mountain is done! Now just to figure out how to bloody print the thing...

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/05/2026

Anyone wanna take a guess at what I'm doing?

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 19/05/2026

Spruced up my branding a bit with a new self portrait and a splash of new colours

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/05/2026

I do love how pretty a Premiere timeline looks when a video is finished the editing stage!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 27/04/2026

Here's an HD Mega Man redrawn animation

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 22/04/2026

Here's a couple of original Robot Masters Fog Man and Glitch Man

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 20/04/2026

So, motion tracking is fun and easy in After Effects: > Tracker > Track Motion > Find a high contrast point > Analyse forward > New Layer > Null Object > Edit target to Null > Apply > Parent animation to Null And voila! Animation loveliness

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 17/04/2026

Here's the jumping car animation with different frame rates

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 15/04/2026

Walk cycle on 1s vs walk cycle on 2s

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 13/04/2026

I animated this jumping car many years ago, pretty pleased with its little outcome

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 11/04/2026

Dang it, looks like I've already started animating the missing ones! Here's Oil Man Re-Animated from Mega Man: Powered Up, a remake of the first Mega Man game. As there were only 6 robot masters compared to the normal 8, Oil Man was added to fill up the roster.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 09/04/2026

And here is every Robot Master that I have re-animated from Mega Man games 1 - 10 (excluding '& Bass'). Next, I'll be working on Mega Man & Bass and Mega Man 11, then maybe I'll work on the Mega Man Killers and the Star Droids from the Gameboy games, but those will be a while. Please enjoy!

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 08/04/2026

Here's all the Mega Man 10 Robot Masters Re-Animated in one go

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 07/04/2026

And here's the last Robot Master Re-Animated I'll have for a while, Solar Man from Mega Man 10.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 06/04/2026

Here's Nitro Man from Mega Man 10. He buddies up quite nicely with Turbo Man from Mega Man 7.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 05/04/2026

Here's Strike Man from Mega Man 10. I guess he's one of two robot masters, the other being Tomahawk Man, who can be considered very specifically 'American' in Mega Man world building, if their stage gimmicks are anything to go by, though baseball is pretty popular in Japan as it is.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 04/04/2026

Anyone wanna guess what Sheep Man is all about from Mega Man 10?

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 01/04/2026

Here's the big ol' Commando Man. He's one of the many Robot Masters who cause a ground shake, along with the likes of Guts Man, Hard Man and Concrete Man. His stage is set in the desert, and I hate it.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 30/03/2026

Here's Pump Man from Mega Man 10, re-animated of course. I like the idea of this robot master, there's just something fun when bosses are themed around an idea or object.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 29/03/2026

We're nearly there with my WIP re-animated series. Kicking off Mega Man 10 here with Blade Man Re-Animated henshin intro pose

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 28/03/2026

Here's the Mega Man 9 gang, all re-animated. People were generally pretty positive when this game released, praising its authenticity to the NES era Mega Man games, but some weren't so pleased at the lack of artistic progression.

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⭐︎ Dan Root ⭐︎ @danroot.work · 25/03/2026

Here's the last of the Mega Man 9 Robot Masters Re-Animated, Galaxy Man. Such a cheeky lil bugger

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