The creation of everything
As a huge fan of the FNaF franchise and of real life animatronics, I one day gathered my two best friends of the time and decided to make my own characters with them. Sylver, Masquerade and Jazz were born that year.
The first draft for a story about these characters started being thought of. Its name was 'NUMERIC IMMORTALITY and it followed Peter, an engineer waking up from a coma to discover that his brother dissapeared inside his retrofuturistic animatronic-themed arcade. The story focused heavly on memory and ethics, with horror elements. Four parts were made with each parts having been planned to *one day* be a movie.
Snow and Grizzly were thought of much later, having been late addition, with snow being at first a generic ladylike character to fill in the gap in the team, and since evolving to be so much more. Concept characters like another wolf character, Simon the hamster, and Radioactive Rock the dog were created and promptly forgotten.
A friend of mine, Lilo (creator of the chaotic rift game series and web comics) proposed the idea of making an animated series based on my now called 'mechanifurs'. My other friends having left the story, I was on a quest to create a series based on my first story, as a sequel to part 1. Each season would've been a 'coma' moment between each part. Of course, the first models were rough cubic models of said mascots, with low graphics and very deceptive looks. Until Fox Miner came around. He modeled two waves of cubic-style characters based on my designs, each featuring Sylver, Snow, Jazz, Masquerade and Grizzly the cook. The serie's story started to expand.
The serie's themes and vibes shifted drastically from a neon 80's aesthetic to a steampunk-esque 19th century circus theme. The series now followed the Doctor TechnoFur as he manages his circus and gives life to mechanical creatures, the MechaniFurs. One day, a wolf character appears and sets our character on a quest to find his long lost brother in the circus he grew in. This series would show how a trip to the circus can change a man...
Unfortunately, I had the will to keep the old models, wich made me lose time due to compatibility issues with blender.
A team was made from that point on!
The gang!
The biggest year for the series yet, as two entirely different versions of the series were produced.
The pilot season would be a pocket story inside of the serie's universe, following Sylver, a mascott from a small diner, as he uncovers the mysterious series of murders that plagues his newfound life. The antagonist of both series is Buster, a cunning and dangerous serial killer from another time.
The models were scrapped in favor of newer, more realistic models, and concept art was made as well as the majority of the story's lore and worldbuilding.
Buster rises from his own ashes, as you witness his slow yet inevitable approach in the first season of the longly awaited 'MechaniFurs' series. You watch through the eyes of Phineas and Ellie, french twins who uncover a series of mysterious reels, and meet various characters from the twisted world of TechnoFur's....
But beware, for there's a looming threat looking for a host, so while you think you are watching a simple cartoon, you'll soon enough find yourself with a newfound skin...
In 2024, the series starts getting into production. 3D models are made, artwork and concept art is being done... In short, the MechaniFurs take a new life!
