I have also started officially interning for Augenblick studios in NY, working on season 2 of the cartoon "Ugly Americans." So I am pumped.
Fisthead, my junior short came out sick. Thanks to some good friends and a whole bunch of people i have never met who are interested in funny shit, I the views on my video have been climbing. I think right now they are at 58,000 which baffles me. That man people watching my shit is bonkers. BOnkdawgs. At the begining of June I shall be putting it on Newgrounds. I also am submitting it to the Ottawa film festival (although I dunno if they will appreciate all the artful metaphors and symoblism it puts out.Well, for the formality of it and in case you haven't seen it (or want to watch it again) here's fisthead in all it's glory:
fisthead
I wanna give a special thanks to my voice actor Matt White who does both main characters in the short and who I will continue to use in my films (because he's a fucking funny dude.)
And for anyone who wants the dl on the future of fisthead, I will continue it and it will be slow. Most likely there will be a prequel that comes out next that sets up how he got in the predicament he did. That animatic and the voices for it is already almost done being recorded. Don't fret.
Also, before I get into what this post is mainly about, I wanted to post this little loop that I made over the past two days. I like it and I like that loops don't take a long time to do. Its nice to see something that can last for a few seconds and is fully colored and cleaned up that didn't take a whole month. So here, check this out
totumpunch
Alllllllright. So I want to announce that I will be trying to get into some comic stuff this summer. I have always loved comics and cartoons but I REALLY like the dark ones with crazy artwork like Berserk
(some of my favorite panels:
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1145-209/berserk/chapter-25.html
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1146-40/berserk/chapter-26.html
http://www.mangareader.net/96-1133-22/berserk/chapter-13.html
and Shamo.
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/shamo-volume-01.html
as well as Battle Royale. Movies like Akira and the Evangelion Series influence my style alot too.
I tell ya man. I can't get enough of that dark stuff. So I am super pumped to announce that Me, Frank Gidlewski, and one surprise artist will be doing a 3 part comic release soon. We are in the planning stages. It will be 3 separate stories in continuation in a series of releases (maybe 10-15 pages for each story for each release).
The story I am doing is based on the one I started drafting out for a serious dark/horror/action animated series called NAM. Here is a sketch I did this week of the main character. I have posted a picture of him in the past.
Also, I found this Comic assignment we had to do for storyboarding. I kinda liked it so here that is. BarbaRICK- Heromantic Escapades. Its about a barabarian trying to date in the modern world only to have his chances ruined by various old-timey monsters.
I I have also started brainstorming what my senior film is going to be. I have decided. Its going to be called Megapope. Here are some sketches of the main characters. I don't wanna give too much away before I have it all fleshed out. I am meeting with my voice actor somethime this weekend to find out what this dudes gonna sound like. So these are sketches of the two main characters: Dug Teddly and Megapope.
More updates will come on all these things soon! woooooo pumped. Anyway, at the end here I thought I'd post some fun cartoons I've drawn recently.
Little Adventure Time shoutout hah. I have been planning out some short skits to do over summer. expect to see some soon. and alsooo for those of you who have seen "Obbie", I have planned out 2 new little installments, one of which features his brother Rubbie. Here's a sketch of him amongst other things beneath:
Alright Ima call that quits for tonight. Its waaaaay past my bedtime. night suckas. see you next week hopefully.
currently listening to- the birds waking up at 5 in the morning before I have even gone to bed.
