In an effort to create more content for Youtube and the desire to still make comics, I made this new series called Toonagram. This one-panel comic showcases the lives of everyday toons in CartoonLand, as Instagram-like photos taken by Conroy Cat. This is (another) sequel to the Conroy Cat webcomic where we'll see toons intereact with each other not...
2015-11-08 20:30:41 +0000 UTC View Post
My first major stream from last Sunday, which went on for over 3 hours. I ramble on about a lot of crap, as per usual, but hopefully you'll still find it enjoyable.
Not going to lie, I think this is a great way to showcase what I'm working on. Since one of the patron perks is seeing behind the scenes look, I think having access to the recordings ...
2015-11-05 22:14:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Dtoons Live, is what I'm hoping to be a weekly event where I stream animation and art projects I have in development. Non-patreon supporters will be able to watch episodes of these later.
How much later? I dunno. Either a week or a month after it's broadcasted. The live stream itself will be public though.
Conroy's second new series, "What Chu Got?" premieres with its first episode!
What will Conroy pull from behind next? Leave a comment on the video!
This shot will have the heroes spinning out of on control in a bubble. The dog hasn't been animated yet. I need to add Star's wand as well.
This Sunday at 3pm EST, I'm going to hold a livestream on my Youtube channel. (http://www.youtube.com/c/dtoons)
I'll do a Q&a...
2015-10-29 18:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostTo all of my patrons, I'd like to ask if you guys are okay with me having a public livestream of me animating the upcoming Team Teen short. I plan on picking the least spoiler revealing shots to work on, but I want to know if it's okay with you guys because I know behind the scenes look is one of the perks of being a patron.
If you all oppose...
2015-10-25 18:52:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The week before the crossover went out to the public I came up with ideas for the sequel, and I thought how it'd be fun if the monster returned in a new form. In Steven Universe, gem monsters eventually revive unless they're encased in a bubble, and with Star coming out of nowhere, and Steven being a kid, I figured he'd make the mistake of being di...
2015-10-23 19:28:32 +0000 UTC View Post
My storyboards are really rough. This is one of the more cleaner panels.
Due to concerns about getting Part 2 and 3 not getting done in time, I'm splitting Part 2 and 3 into two videos each. I'll still animate them simultaneously, as I want to focus working on one character throughout one cartoon before I move on to the next one, as opposed t...
2015-10-19 19:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In a storyboard for an upcoming Doggy cartoon we see Doggy enjoying his wealth with a beautiful woman on one side and a butler on the other.
When drawing it out, I decided to replace the woman for a visual gag, and omit the butler entirely. I thought about including him, but by reducing it to just two characters on screen it will allow people to ...
2015-10-15 19:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Though the next Conroy Cat short needs a little more work, the main focus of production for the next few months is dedicated to Team Teen: Convergence of Gravity Falls Part 2 and 3. Combined, the short has a running time of around five minutes, so I'm hoping I can get it all done in time so both shorts can be released early next year.
Since I...
2015-10-12 19:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Neither Flash nor After Effects would allow me to export the program in 1080p, so I had to settle with 720p. I hope you guys don't mind, but I think future Toons These Days episodes might end having to follow suit.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!
Conroy and Doggy star in another webseries! Similar to my short-lived series "Fathead and Dirk", Conroy pulls something random from behind his back. What that is, is entirely based on suggestions from Youtube comments.
For some bizarre reason, we got two Sonic cartoons running at the exact same time. One was the more popular Sonic the Hedgehog that aired on ABC, and the other was The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the version this pic is based on.
Though it doesn't get any praise by fans today, this is the version I grew up with, mainly because it stayed on ...
2015-10-02 19:15:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It wouldn't be a review of Sonic Boom without the obligatory "Knucles is on steroids" comment.
We're going back to basics in this new series where Conroy and Doggy ask questions left in Youtube comments.
Of course, we can't do that for the first episode, so I answered one from Deviantart instead.
As I mentioned before, these cartoons are the direction I'd like to go in the future for these characters, as it's the desired format I've bee...
2015-09-26 03:11:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Background for the Sonic Boom review. I think it'll be the first TTD cartoon shot from an aerial view. I'm hoping to have the hammock and the palm tree shadows sway from the wind.
And the crab walks too!
What was once meant to be a new webcomic is now a new webseries!
Let me know what you guys think! Only four episodes of this season left!
Sometimes, angry eyebrows aren't enough. You gotta add a layer, so you can draw in a forehead to cover his eyes!
2015-09-07 21:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I've never been that good at drawing backgrounds, so it was a challenge to make a new one for each shot in the recent Team Teen short. I think it took about a week to draw one for all 18 shots. So it's going to be a lot of work having to draw more for the next two installments of Convergence at Gravity Falls!
I'm happy with how fast I'm able to get this done. It helps that the new Conroy Cat shorts in development are much shorter; no less than 30 second running time. Short simple silly fun, while also audience engaging!
The cartoon was originally going to be in an empty studio but I'm going to change the background to a simple outside l...
2015-09-01 06:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Mickey knows how to treat his girls right! Just don't tell Minnie, kay?
From the Star vs. The Forces of Evil review. I wanted to use the version of Mickey from the new shorts, which are hilarious, btw!
A shot from an upcoming TTD episode. When animating TTD, I start with the lip synch, the most grueling and tedious part of animation production for this show, Made more difficult because I'm not happy with the new mouth assets I made for the character rig.
In other news, as I mentioned a long time ago (in a post that got deleted), I'm ...
2015-08-21 18:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The character parts aren't as flexible as I hoped it would be, but I've researched on the animation process of several Flash animated shows and to my surprise, more often than not, the character head is the only part that's reused, while the rest of the body is usually drawn by hand.
The important thing is that the body parts are broken in...
I learned a lot about building a character puppet over the years, and from that I'm able to make Conroy look more closely to how I draw him in comics. Namely how Conroy's jaw extends to the end of the face. This wasn't possible on the old rig, as I needed to create a mask layer to make it work.
I actually recorded myself making the new...
2015-08-14 19:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Between episodes of Toons These Days, and aside from working on Conroy Cat shorts, I'm slowly working on Convergence at Gravity Falls part 2 and 3, starting with this size chart.
I got all the characters I want to appear lined up. And this time, I'll build basic guides of the characters so I can easily animate them.
Decided to post this up a week early for you guys.
Since Blip is shutting down, we won't have to worry about passwords anymore, but the downside is that now I can no longer update the video with a better version if you find something wrong with it; I'd have to upload a whole new video. The video is unlisted, so please don't share the l...
2015-08-08 20:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A new card for season 3 of Toons These Days since we switched to 1080 resolution. Definitely going for a Hanna Barbara vibe with it.
2015-08-04 22:34:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a Youtube video thumbnail for the repackaging of two classic Conroy Cat shorts. As you guys see, I draw Conroy and Doggy much differently than how they appear in shorts like Toons These Days. Conroy's design, and my overall art style has evolved in a more loose and cartoony, though some will argue that it's gotten sloppy. I've yet to build a...
2015-08-03 21:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post