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| based_on = {{Based on|the characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]], owned|NeonWabbit}}

| producer = {{Unbulleted list|[[NeonWabbit|Darien Brice Dickinson]]|[[The Fishal Project]]}}

| starring = {{Unbulleted list|[[Shay-Ki|~~Shay-Ki AD~~]]|[[Nami955]]}}

| starring = {{Unbulleted list|[[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]]|[[Nami955]]}}

| cinematography = NeonWabbit

| editing = NeonWabbit

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'''''The Disappearing Act''''' is an upcoming NSFW 18+ animated short film featuring [[NeonWabbit]] characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]]. Voice work was commissioned by [[Studio RGB-Newt]]'s [[Team Lewd the Newt]], and it was directed, written, drawn, animated, edited, composited, sound designed, score composed, and produced by NeonWabbit, who also did the cinematography and special effects work to integrate the hand-drawn 2D animation into the 3D Unreal Engine-powered environments (sourced from artists on the UE Marketplace, which ~~is now known as~~ Fab).

'''''The Disappearing Act''''' is an upcoming NSFW 18+ animated short film featuring [[NeonWabbit]] characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]]. Voice work was commissioned by [[Studio RGB-Newt]]'s [[Team Lewd the Newt]], and it was directed, written, drawn, animated, edited, composited, sound designed, score composed, and produced by NeonWabbit, who also did the cinematography and special effects work to integrate the hand-drawn 2D animation into the 3D Unreal Engine-powered environments (sourced from artists on assets stores such as the UE Marketplace and Sketchfab, both of which merged into Epic Games' Fab).

It is tentatively set to star [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]] (and [[Janice]], a squirrel janitor), plus [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki ~~AD]]~~ as [[Voltereier]].

It is tentatively set to star [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]] (and [[Janice]], a squirrel janitor), plus [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (previously known as Shay-Ki After Dark) as [[Voltereier]].

The project's [[Production Code matrix|production code]] is '''NW-M24LTN01''', and its working title is '''Project Kitty Bnuuy'''{{sic}}.

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* [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]], [[Janice]] the Janitor

* [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]] as [[Voltereier]]

* [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (previously known Shay-Ki AD) as [[Voltereier]]

Additionally, [[Watcha]] appears as an audience member who is not voiced.

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=== Early development ===

Plans to ship the characters of [[Voltereier]] and [[Sunny]] together were only put into motion after Voltereier was written as a stage magician, immediately after the acquisition of the character from their previous owner. They needed a "bunny" assistant of a similar physical build and size, to "pull out their hat", and Sunny was the only current character in [[NeonWabbit]]'s roster which ticked all the boxes.

Plans to ship the characters of [[Voltereier]] and [[Sunny]] together were only put into motion after Voltereier was written as a stage magician, immediately after the acquisition of the character from their previous owner. They needed a "bunny" assistant of a similar physical build and size, to "pull out their hat", and Sunny was the only current bunny-eared character in [[NeonWabbit]]'s roster which ticked all the boxes, even though they were mostly a winged fox. By mid-2023, artist [[BATRUSE]] was commissioned to be the first to depict the characters in an NSFW pose and setting<ref>https://e621.net/posts/4162080</ref>.

=== Casting ===

[[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]], who [[Toxis]] originally cast as [[Aurora Australis]] and [[Gerald Symons]] on his commissioned ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]''-related NSFW 18+ animation, ''[[Refill]]'', were picked for this project due to their great previous work on the aforementioned short, and because NeonWabbit promised to commission them at some point during August 2024.

[[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (the latter previously known as Shay-Ki AD), who [[Toxis]] originally cast as [[Aurora Australis]] and [[Gerald Symons]] on his commissioned ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]''-related NSFW 18+ animation, ''[[Refill]]'', were picked to voice Sunny and Voltereier for this project due to their great previous work on the aforementioned short, and because NeonWabbit promised to commission them at some point during August 2024.

Two additional characters were created specifically for this animation. The spectator character, [[Watcha]], was chosen to remain silent, and the voice role of the janitor character, [[Janice]], also went to Nami955.

=== Writing ===

Because of the promise NeonWabbit made to commission Nami955 ~~and Shay-Ki~~ by the end of August 2024, the script was written very last minute within that month and completed within a single night, being delivered on the first day of September.

Because of the promise NeonWabbit made to commission Nami955 by the end of August 2024, the script was written very last minute within that month and completed within a single night, being delivered on the first day of September.

Due to the rush job, the final draft of the screenplay contains a few mistakes, such as erroneously having a line where it says that Voltereier interacts with Zaps, instead of with Sunny, as it should. Zaps is Voltereier's nickname.

Due to the rush job, the final draft of the screenplay contains a few mistakes, such as erroneously having a line where it says that Voltereier interacts with Zaps, instead of with Sunny, as it should. "Zaps" is Voltereier's nickname.

=== Voice recording ===

Nami955 recorded all her lines within a day of receiving the screenplay, delivering them on September 2, 2024. ~~Shay-Ki~~'s lines were delivered on September 15, and after some "dead air" (a.k.a. places in the audio where no characters are making any noise) was detected after editing the voices together, a second session of additional lines from Nami955 was completed in two days, and delivered on September 19.

Nami955 recorded all her lines within a day of receiving the screenplay, delivering them on September 2, 2024. InterstellarIncubus' lines were delivered on September 15, and after some "dead air" (a.k.a. places in the audio where no characters are making any noise) was detected after editing the voices together, a second session of additional lines from Nami955 was completed in two days, and delivered on September 19.

=== Planning ===

Each sentence of the screenplay was given its own shot, totalling 82 shots in total, including the credits.

Each sentence of the screenplay was given its own shot, totalling 82 shots in total, including the credits. Once the animation was timed, the final count of frames to be rendered came out to be 8118, excluding the opening idents and logos.

A character turnaround of Sunny in a newly-designed anthro form was produced, as well as a size comparison graphic with Voltereier in a t-pose, as Sunny's original feral design was thought not to be a good match for this specific production.

A character turnaround of Sunny in a newly-designed anthro form was produced, as well as a size comparison graphic with Voltereier in a t-pose, as Sunny's original feral design was thought not to be a good match for this specific production. A screenshot edited from this, of just the two characters standing side-by-side in their front views, was posted to [[plapp.ing]]'s Bluesky profile<ref>https://bsky.app/profile/plapp.ing/post/3l4jilep6p322</ref> in late-September 2024.

Thumbnail sketches for each shot were drawn on a tiny canvas with a mouse and a pixel art brush, and these formed the basis of the more detailed storyboard frames.

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An episode of the mini-documentary video series ''[[Behind the Plapping]]'' is to be dedicated to the behind the scenes of ''The Disappearing Act'', specifically featuring details on the background of [[Team Lewd the Newt]], a step-by-step process showing how the short film was made (including the composition of its soundtrack), and a look at upcoming NSFW 18+ projects such as ''[[The Aussie Goldmine: Explicit Edition]]'', ''[[Flye 'n' Frie's ~~Firsts~~]]'', and a musical called ''[[The Town of Surryfex]]''.

An episode of the mini-documentary video series ''[[Behind the Plapping]]'' is to be dedicated to the behind the scenes of ''The Disappearing Act'', specifically featuring details on the background of [[Team Lewd the Newt]], a step-by-step process showing how the short film was made (including the composition of its soundtrack), and a quick look/sneak preview at upcoming NSFW 18+ projects such as ''[[The Aussie Goldmine: Explicit Edition]]'', ''[[Flye 'n' Frie's First]]'' (a dub of the comic by BATRUSE), and a musical called ''[[The Town of Surryfex]]''.

== See also ==

* ''[[Refill]]'', another NSFW 18+ short film, also starring [[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]], based on ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]'' franchise

* ''[[Refill]]'', another NSFW 18+ short film, also starring [[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (then known as Shay-Ki AD), based on ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]'' franchise

== References ==

== External links ==

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 | based_on          = {{Based on|the characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]], owned|NeonWabbit}}
 | producer          = {{Unbulleted list|[[NeonWabbit|Darien Brice Dickinson]]|[[The Fishal Project]]}}
-| starring          = {{Unbulleted list|[[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]]|[[Nami955]]}}
+| starring          = {{Unbulleted list|[[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]]|[[Nami955]]}}
 | cinematography    = NeonWabbit
 | editing           = NeonWabbit
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 }}
-'''''The Disappearing Act'''''  is an upcoming NSFW 18+ animated short film featuring [[NeonWabbit]] characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]]. Voice work was commissioned by [[Studio RGB-Newt]]'s [[Team Lewd the Newt]], and it was directed, written, drawn, animated, edited, composited, sound designed, score composed, and produced by NeonWabbit, who also did the cinematography and special effects work to integrate the hand-drawn 2D animation into the 3D Unreal Engine-powered environments (sourced from artists on the UE Marketplace, which is now known as Fab).
+'''''The Disappearing Act'''''  is an upcoming NSFW 18+ animated short film featuring [[NeonWabbit]] characters [[Sunny]] and [[Voltereier]]. Voice work was commissioned by [[Studio RGB-Newt]]'s [[Team Lewd the Newt]], and it was directed, written, drawn, animated, edited, composited, sound designed, score composed, and produced by NeonWabbit, who also did the cinematography and special effects work to integrate the hand-drawn 2D animation into the 3D Unreal Engine-powered environments (sourced from artists on assets stores such as the UE Marketplace and Sketchfab, both of which merged into Epic Games' Fab).
-It is tentatively set to star [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]] (and [[Janice]], a squirrel janitor), plus [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]] as [[Voltereier]].
+It is tentatively set to star [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]] (and [[Janice]], a squirrel janitor), plus [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (previously known as Shay-Ki After Dark) as [[Voltereier]].
 The project's [[Production Code matrix|production code]] is '''NW-M24LTN01''', and its working title is '''Project Kitty Bnuuy'''{{sic}}.
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 * [[Nami955]] as [[Sunny]], [[Janice]] the Janitor
-* [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]] as [[Voltereier]]
+* [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (previously known Shay-Ki AD) as [[Voltereier]]
 Additionally, [[Watcha]] appears as an audience member who is not voiced.
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 === Early development ===
-Plans to ship the characters of [[Voltereier]] and [[Sunny]] together were only put into motion after Voltereier was written as a stage magician, immediately after the acquisition of the character from their previous owner. They needed a "bunny" assistant of a similar physical build and size, to "pull out their hat", and Sunny was the only current character in [[NeonWabbit]]'s roster which ticked all the boxes.
+Plans to ship the characters of [[Voltereier]] and [[Sunny]] together were only put into motion after Voltereier was written as a stage magician, immediately after the acquisition of the character from their previous owner. They needed a "bunny" assistant of a similar physical build and size, to "pull out their hat", and Sunny was the only current bunny-eared character in [[NeonWabbit]]'s roster which ticked all the boxes, even though they were mostly a winged fox. By mid-2023, artist [[BATRUSE]] was commissioned to be the first to depict the characters in an NSFW pose and setting<ref>https://e621.net/posts/4162080</ref>.
 === Casting ===
-[[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]], who [[Toxis]] originally cast as [[Aurora Australis]] and [[Gerald Symons]] on his commissioned ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]''-related NSFW 18+ animation, ''[[Refill]]'', were picked for this project due to their great previous work on the aforementioned short, and because NeonWabbit promised to commission them at some point during August 2024.
+[[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (the latter previously known as Shay-Ki AD), who [[Toxis]] originally cast as [[Aurora Australis]] and [[Gerald Symons]] on his commissioned ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]''-related NSFW 18+ animation, ''[[Refill]]'', were picked to voice Sunny and Voltereier for this project due to their great previous work on the aforementioned short, and because NeonWabbit promised to commission them at some point during August 2024.
+Two additional characters were created specifically for this animation. The spectator character, [[Watcha]], was chosen to remain silent, and the voice role of the janitor character, [[Janice]], also went to Nami955.
 === Writing ===
-Because of the promise NeonWabbit made to commission Nami955 and Shay-Ki by the end of August 2024, the script was written very last minute within that month and completed within a single night, being delivered on the first day of September.
+Because of the promise NeonWabbit made to commission Nami955 by the end of August 2024, the script was written very last minute within that month and completed within a single night, being delivered on the first day of September.
-Due to the rush job, the final draft of the screenplay contains a few mistakes, such as erroneously having a line where it says that Voltereier interacts with Zaps, instead of with Sunny, as it should. Zaps is Voltereier's nickname.
+Due to the rush job, the final draft of the screenplay contains a few mistakes, such as erroneously having a line where it says that Voltereier interacts with Zaps, instead of with Sunny, as it should. "Zaps" is Voltereier's nickname.
 === Voice recording ===
-Nami955 recorded all her lines within a day of receiving the screenplay, delivering them on September 2, 2024. Shay-Ki's lines were delivered on September 15, and after some "dead air" (a.k.a. places in the audio where no characters are making any noise) was detected after editing the voices together, a second session of additional lines from Nami955 was completed in two days, and delivered on September 19.
+Nami955 recorded all her lines within a day of receiving the screenplay, delivering them on September 2, 2024. InterstellarIncubus' lines were delivered on September 15, and after some "dead air" (a.k.a. places in the audio where no characters are making any noise) was detected after editing the voices together, a second session of additional lines from Nami955 was completed in two days, and delivered on September 19.
 === Planning ===
-Each sentence of the screenplay was given its own shot, totalling 82 shots in total, including the credits.
+Each sentence of the screenplay was given its own shot, totalling 82 shots in total, including the credits. Once the animation was timed, the final count of frames to be rendered came out to be 8118, excluding the opening idents and logos.
-A character turnaround of Sunny in a newly-designed anthro form was produced, as well as a size comparison graphic with Voltereier in a t-pose, as Sunny's original feral design was thought not to be a good match for this specific production.
+A character turnaround of Sunny in a newly-designed anthro form was produced, as well as a size comparison graphic with Voltereier in a t-pose, as Sunny's original feral design was thought not to be a good match for this specific production. A screenshot edited from this, of just the two characters standing side-by-side in their front views, was posted to [[plapp.ing]]'s Bluesky profile<ref>https://bsky.app/profile/plapp.ing/post/3l4jilep6p322</ref> in late-September 2024.
 Thumbnail sketches for each shot were drawn on a tiny canvas with a mouse and a pixel art brush, and these formed the basis of the more detailed storyboard frames.
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 {{Main|Behind the Plapping}}
-An episode of the mini-documentary video series ''[[Behind the Plapping]]'' is to be dedicated to the behind the scenes of ''The Disappearing Act'', specifically featuring details on the background of [[Team Lewd the Newt]], a step-by-step process showing how the short film was made (including the composition of its soundtrack), and a look at upcoming NSFW 18+ projects such as ''[[The Aussie Goldmine: Explicit Edition]]'', ''[[Flye 'n' Frie's Firsts]]'', and a musical called ''[[The Town of Surryfex]]''.
+An episode of the mini-documentary video series ''[[Behind the Plapping]]'' is to be dedicated to the behind the scenes of ''The Disappearing Act'', specifically featuring details on the background of [[Team Lewd the Newt]], a step-by-step process showing how the short film was made (including the composition of its soundtrack), and a quick look/sneak preview at upcoming NSFW 18+ projects such as ''[[The Aussie Goldmine: Explicit Edition]]'', ''[[Flye 'n' Frie's First]]'' (a dub of the comic by BATRUSE), and a musical called ''[[The Town of Surryfex]]''.
 == See also ==
-* ''[[Refill]]'', another NSFW 18+ short film, also starring [[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|Shay-Ki AD]], based on ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]'' franchise
+* ''[[Refill]]'', another NSFW 18+ short film, also starring [[Nami955]] and [[Shay-Ki|InterstellarIncubus]] (then known as Shay-Ki AD), based on ''[[The Aussie Goldmine]]'' franchise
 == References ==
+<references/>
 == External links ==