I had high hopes for this piece, but there’s only so much time in a day - and only so much skill in the Matt.
I did this in two days primarily using Synfig and Inkscape, with Blender on the editing side of things. My biggest problem was that I discovered - once I was well into the project - that JLipSync doesn’t work with my latest Ubuntu updates. I couldn’t get Papagayo running either in the short time I had, so I had to totally wing the lip sync - and it shows. Oh, well.
That is some seriously nice looking background art you made there. It reminds me that I should really start using Inkscape a bit more. And the animation is really good too.
Of course, anything you can do in Inkscape, you can also do in Synfig - plus Synfig has capabilities that Inkscape lacks. Where Inkscape shines, for me at least, is in speed of drawing. Since it’s a dedicated drawing program and can focus on just that one thing, I find it to be faster for getting the shapes and colors down. And, ever since Synfig incorporated svg-import, I can bring most Inkscape stuff right into Synfig for further work.
Thanks guys! As for the MacBook, I’ve decided to give it to my brother since his old one died a few weeks back and he’s not currently able to replace it. I’ll just keep bopping along with these old Ubuntu boxes.