For some reason I was reluctant to release two Toonagrams in a row that featured Disney characters, so I opted to do this instead. It's an idea I've been brewing for a quite a while as I've always wanted to draw fanart of Kirikou and the Sorceress, one of my favorite animated films of all time.
I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it b...
2016-05-09 19:16:10 +0000 UTC View Post
For the Nicktoons trailer.
I don't know why I wrote that "Three Delivery" gag there. It's going to be covered up.
Does anyone remember that show?
I don't get on my computer on days when thunderstorms are forcast, so I was close to losing a week's worth of production time thanks to the nasty weather!
I started watching the old Mask cartoon from the 90s thanks to this drawing. I forgot how much I loved that cartoon growing up.
Sorry guys, I'm not going to upload a file to download this week, as I'm working hard on a fake trailer for the Nicktoons Movie currently in development. It's also coming out in time to commemorate Nicktoons 25th anniversary!
This project will feature a bunch of random shots of fun ideas of what could be in the film, most of which is based on an ...
2016-04-29 19:38:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Since these do pretty well, I decided that I'll keep making more! I planned on doing Team Teen version of this, but I don't see why I can't do both.
Star is the most difficult to animate not only because her design is more intricate, but also so I can capture the way he hair overlaps her eyes like they do in the show. This is done via mask layers. Basically it involves me creating symbols for her eyes (and sometimes pupils)and bangs, and making duplicates of them and its animation, where there'...
2016-04-23 18:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post
As Randy would yell when he threw them (if there were voices in this). I really like how the show made fun of the "calling out attacks" trope.
Starting to add the backgrounds now.
The way Part 3 is broken down means that aside from Randy, Dipper, Mabel and the other characters that appeared beforehand are only appear in the next in one shot. Shown here is a rough drawing of Dipper looking out, and the cleaned drawing of Dipper falling after the bubble pops.
What's got his attention? A new character that appears!
It's been a while since we've uploaded one of these!
I use Google Sheets to keep track of the progress of my work. This chart was made when Part 2 was a longer video. Now it's broken down into three parts. Part 3 is being worked on as we speak, and Part 4 will begin production in the summer with a planned Fall release.
The reason for this is because I found out Nicktoons' 25 anniversary in August, ...
2016-04-04 19:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, since Part 2 and 3 (and 4), was originally supposed to be one video, the production file says this is scene 28.
Just a little glimpse at production. Exporting gifs from Flash never fully come out as planned, but hopefully I'll do it more often to show the storyboard to animation process.
With this character animation, I did something dif...
2016-03-29 18:47:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Kassandra and Helen's 3QT rig is done. I can get plenty of mileage out of this angle, especially with the cartoons I have in store. Also, OpenToonz will be available tomorrow, and I might end up making a rig in that program, as soon as I see if it has all the features I'm looking for in an animation program.
So since Part 2 of Team Team: Conv...
2016-03-26 02:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, it's all about working on the Helen rig. Once she's done I have everything I need to start making more Kassandra cartoons.
It'll be a while before production on one actually starts, though. Due to the performance of the recent Team Teen short, the next installment of that is going into production very soon.
Someone was sad to find out I wasn't going to make a Toonagram for Zootopia, and after seeing the movie I decided that I really wanted to do one!
Originally I wanted to do one of Nick Wilde taking a selfie with Robin Hood and Todd from Fox and the Hound, but a few people did that already!
Also, I was thinking of ending Toonagram, but people...
2016-03-14 18:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Due to numerous reasons explained in the video, I decided to stop making these livestreams for a while. And due to how there's a lot of personal discussion about things like Channel Awesome and overall video performance, I won't personally share this with others. You all are more than free to do so!
From "My Life As a Teenage Robot".
Drawn in an art style I'm more comfortable with.
With each installment, we'll also upload the animatic for it!
I've been binge watching Young Justice lately. Seeing various characters working together skilled in things from science to sorcery made me think about Team Teen . But mostly it made me think about what it would be like if all the characters had the same art style. The benefit of this is that it makes it seem that everyone shares the same world, be...
2016-02-27 05:20:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In Flash, animating the upper arm and forearm can be difficult. I've learn to be careful using tweens to animate them, because the forearm ends up detached. It's best to move the symbols frame by frame.
When working on Ask a Toon and What Chu Got, I drew Conroy new arms and kept them all embedded in a symbol, so they can be used in future animat...
"Throughout their adventures, Team Teen (consisting of Kim Possible, Danny Phantom, Jenny Wakeman, Jake Long, and Ben Tennyson) have met up with heroes around the world, cross time and space, and even those from alternate worlds. In order to fight a dangerous enemy that threatens to enslave all of existence, Team Teen began recruiting members from ...
2016-02-22 19:02:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I made this during yesterday's stream. I had a lot of fun making it, especially in such a short time! It's also doing pretty well on Deviantart and Tumblr too.
I figure this would be great way to showcase the many characters in Team Teen. I don't know how you guys feel about Toonagram, but I've considered finding a replacement for it, and the...
2016-02-16 23:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to do something special this time around. Hopefully we do this again when Steven Universe returns!
I've been meaning to draw these two together for a long time.
How are my hand drawings? I've always had difficulty with more realistic hands.
Over 100 hand assets, and I just now had to make one of him giving the OK sign.
To digital animation beginners, when it comes to building a functioning character rig, your job will NEVER be done. With each new cartoon, you'll find you don't have the assets you need, and you'll constantly be adding and updating it. The good news is that your char...
I try to not have these be used to show my opinions on cartoons, but Xiaolin Chronicles is proof that not every show, no matter how good, needs to be revived.
This episode, and the weekend before, I noticed we had a serious echo problem (it was so bad, that's why I didn't upload the one from before). I think I know how to fix it, but if it doesn't work, we might have to stop doing these for a while.
The fun thing about Toonagram is that it gives me a reason to draw fanart of cartoon characters that I watched over the years.
The downside is, due to living overseas, some of the cartoons I watched are fairly obscure of have never aired in the States (nor in English), like the anime "The Gutsy Frog".
At long last, I can finally upload this video! I hope you guys enjoy this, and hopefully it does well on Youtube over a month from now, so we can proceed with production on Part 3!
Between the Kassandra cartoon and the two episodes of Toons These Days, I got room in my production schedule to produce a Sonic short. Sonic cartoons are the most popular videos in my channel, generating millions of views, so it makes sense that I put effort into producing one or two Sonic shorts.
Unlike previous instances, this time voting w...
2016-01-26 21:35:56 +0000 UTC View Post