Показ дописів із міткою fester fish. Показати всі дописи
Показ дописів із міткою fester fish. Показати всі дописи
середа, 27 березня 2013 р.
четвер, 14 березня 2013 р.
It took me a while, but the Fester Fish t-shirts are finally available for purchase!
Be the envy of everyone on your block with the snazzy "Fester Pose" shirt!
Create a dancing frenzy with the amazing "Bob Rhythmically" shirt!
Or make a striking socio-political statement with the controversial "Fester as Che Guevara" shirt!
There are more designs too. You can change the size, color and style to whatever you want on each shirt page. Easy as pie, and less than half the fat. Go buy a shirt!! Better yet, three!
There are more designs too. You can change the size, color and style to whatever you want on each shirt page. Easy as pie, and less than half the fat. Go buy a shirt!! Better yet, three!
четвер, 31 січня 2013 р.
Anyway, if you haven't seen the Space Goose cartoons, they're still on my Youtube channel (here's the first one). They're a bit over-written and the animation is wonky, but they were fun to make and I learned a lot doing them. I miss doing the back-and-forth interactions between the characters in this series. It's hard to do much of that with Fester because he's so dumb.
понеділок, 24 грудня 2012 р.
Here are some backgrounds from the Christmas short, which by the way is also on Vimeo now with the audio synced up properly. The Youtube encoding seems to have delayed the sound by a few frames, which isn't a huge deal but results in less snappy timing.
неділя, 23 грудня 2012 р.
Merry Christmas everybody! Here's a special gift for Fester fans.
This one's a bit rough, but that's because I only started working on it about three weeks ago.
At the beginning of the month, I started toying with the idea of doing a Christmas short. I knew I'd have to keep it simple and economical, which is why it's mostly dialogue-based. I didn't spend as much time on the story as I usually do, because I wanted to jump into animating as soon as possible. It's a bit disjointed because of that, and some of the animation is choppy and wonky, but overall I'm just relieved that I got it done in time.
I have to thank my amazing friends Ashley Vanchu and Jen Schollen for stepping in to colour some of the backgrounds, because without their help I wouldn't have been able to finish it until after the 25th, and nobody wants to watch a Christmas special on Boxing Day.
This one's a bit rough, but that's because I only started working on it about three weeks ago.
At the beginning of the month, I started toying with the idea of doing a Christmas short. I knew I'd have to keep it simple and economical, which is why it's mostly dialogue-based. I didn't spend as much time on the story as I usually do, because I wanted to jump into animating as soon as possible. It's a bit disjointed because of that, and some of the animation is choppy and wonky, but overall I'm just relieved that I got it done in time.
I have to thank my amazing friends Ashley Vanchu and Jen Schollen for stepping in to colour some of the backgrounds, because without their help I wouldn't have been able to finish it until after the 25th, and nobody wants to watch a Christmas special on Boxing Day.
пʼятниця, 7 грудня 2012 р.
Been too busy to post anything, and haven't really had much to post lately anyway. Just wanted to let people know I'm working on a Fester Fish Christmas video! I'm not sure how long it will be yet but probably way shorter than the usual length. If I don't get it done in time for Christmas, I'm not sure what I'll do with it. It's going to use more limited animation than usual, because I'm looking at it as just a little bonus video rather than the next real short, and I'm doing it in a rush... That said, it should still be fun, so look forward to that sometime before Christmas.
Speaking of Fester, here's some new fan art!
By my friend Kyle Mowat, creator of the fantastic short "Ballpit". If you haven't seen it yet, check it out.
Still working on those long-promised Fester T-shirts. The smart thing would've been to have them ready in time for Christmas, but... Fester isn't smart.
Finally, I recorded another guest appearance on Dynamite in the Brain last weekend, so it should be online in a couple of days. The episode's subject is the 2002 Lupin III special "Episode Zero - First Contact."
субота, 1 вересня 2012 р.
I've just uploaded all the music from my Fester Fish cartoons to Soundcloud. You can download them if you want.
четвер, 30 серпня 2012 р.
Here are some cool pieces of fan art I got recently, in the wake of "Fester Makes Friends":
This one's by Kevin Arsenault on DeviantArt.
Fester graffiti by "Cormic IsNobody" or "Dick & Balls" as he likes to be known on Flickr
And here's this "Pocket Fester" sewed by my friend Jane Archibald.
Finally, here's a piece by Jesse Oliver.
If you've drawn any Fester Fish fan art, send it to me and I'll post it!
If you've drawn any Fester Fish fan art, send it to me and I'll post it!
четвер, 23 серпня 2012 р.
Aaaaand here's the third Fester Fish cartoon, finally! Did I say it was coming out on the 22nd? I meant the 23rd. I just kept making typos, you see.
From rough idea to finished short, this took me about a year. The story of Fester going around town trying to do good deeds and make new friends came out of a desire to expand the character's world and introduce some supporting characters, since people kept telling me to pitch Fester to a network but all I really had was him and his girlfriend. I don't know that any of the new characters in this short are interesting enough to bring back, but anyway, that's what initially led me to develop this story. There is some familiar ground being covered here, with another Tex Avery 'homage', but Fester being on the opposite end of it makes it different enough from "Fester's Nephew," at least in my mind.
A couple of people have asked me if the household objects are really supposed to be alive, or if it's just in Fester's mind. YOU be the judge!
вівторок, 21 серпня 2012 р.
понеділок, 20 серпня 2012 р.
Everything's going well and the cartoon should be ready for Wednesday as planned. I'm definitely going to be working on it up to the last minute before I upload it, but I think I've given myself the bare minimum amount of time needed to finish it properly. Which is exactly the kick in the pants I needed to get it done, so I can move onto my other jobs and projects.
In less about 48 hours, you will get to see Fester meet a lady on a street corner with disastrous results in FESTER MAKES FRIENDS!
2 DAYS LEFT!
In less about 48 hours, you will get to see Fester meet a lady on a street corner with disastrous results in FESTER MAKES FRIENDS!
неділя, 19 серпня 2012 р.
субота, 18 серпня 2012 р.
пʼятниця, 17 серпня 2012 р.
четвер, 16 серпня 2012 р.
середа, 15 серпня 2012 р.
вівторок, 14 серпня 2012 р.
I've only got a few shots left to animate, and a bunch of audio stuff to do. Other than that, this muthaclucka is pretty much ready to go. Fester Fish will return on August 22, 2012 in "Fester Makes Friends." It'll be about seven minutes long. I wanted to make it shorter because, you know, people don't watch anything over two minutes on the internet, but I just couldn't decide what to cut. So it's all in there! It's an epic tale of friendship (or lack thereof), heartbreak, home invasion and more. It's a transcendental meditation on life and death. It's a tear-jerker that will have you busting out your extra-absorbent hankies! As a wiseau man once said, "experience this quirky new black comedy... It's a riot!"
Mark your calendars!
Warn your neighbours!
Drink your milk!
AUGUST 22!!!
I would've made a teaser video like I did with the other two shorts but I'm too busy animating. So instead I'll be posting non-spoiler stuff from it to whet your appetite, like an advent calendar but with production art and GIFs instead of chocolate. So let the Countdown to Festercy begin, with a walk cycle from the new short, available in two sizes, suitable for avatars and such!
Mark your calendars!
Warn your neighbours!
Drink your milk!
AUGUST 22!!!
I would've made a teaser video like I did with the other two shorts but I'm too busy animating. So instead I'll be posting non-spoiler stuff from it to whet your appetite, like an advent calendar but with production art and GIFs instead of chocolate. So let the Countdown to Festercy begin, with a walk cycle from the new short, available in two sizes, suitable for avatars and such!
I suck at making GIFs, so the colours got messed up. Oh well.
8 DAYS LEFT.
пʼятниця, 29 червня 2012 р.
The third Fester Fish short, which will probably be titled "Fester Makes Friends," is still a few weeks away from completion, but I did promise to post some work from it at some point.
So here's a little step-by-step run-through of how I've been doing the backgrounds for this cartoon... First I do a loose sketch of the scene, sometimes just using the storyboard panel directly.
Then I do a loose color guide in Flash. I didn't do any color guides until this latest cartoon. Before, I would just draw the background and then mess around in Photoshop until I found some color scheme that I liked, but now I'm planning them more carefully in Flash while I can see how the characters fit into them, so that they stand out as much as possible. Although it's an extra step, it ends up taking less time in the long run because I don't have to make as many changes afterwards.
Then I draw the clean linework, and export that from Flash.
Finally I open up Photoshop, paint in all the flat colors from the guide and then start adding gradation, textures and sometimes highlights and shadows if I'm feeling saucy.
Look out for this and many other equally exciting backgrounds in the next Fester Fish cartoon coming soon. You goan love it mo den waffles. And ah KNOW you loves you some waffles.
So here's a little step-by-step run-through of how I've been doing the backgrounds for this cartoon... First I do a loose sketch of the scene, sometimes just using the storyboard panel directly.
Then I do a loose color guide in Flash. I didn't do any color guides until this latest cartoon. Before, I would just draw the background and then mess around in Photoshop until I found some color scheme that I liked, but now I'm planning them more carefully in Flash while I can see how the characters fit into them, so that they stand out as much as possible. Although it's an extra step, it ends up taking less time in the long run because I don't have to make as many changes afterwards.
Then I draw the clean linework, and export that from Flash.
Finally I open up Photoshop, paint in all the flat colors from the guide and then start adding gradation, textures and sometimes highlights and shadows if I'm feeling saucy.
Look out for this and many other equally exciting backgrounds in the next Fester Fish cartoon coming soon. You goan love it mo den waffles. And ah KNOW you loves you some waffles.
середа, 27 червня 2012 р.
TAAFI is less than two weeks away, and I'm really excited for it! My short "Fester Goes Fishing" is going to be screened as part of the "Shorts 1 - Straight Up Toons" package, and there are a whole bunch of amazing things going on throughout the weekend. I'll be at the following events:
-"Nelvana Bouncing Ball party" on Fri. July 6
-"John K and Cartoony Animation" panel on Sat. July 7
-"Indie Animators: Making it Work" panel on Sat. July 7
-"Rock and Rule" screening on Sat. July 7
-"Style vs. Design" panel on Sun. July 8
-"Shorts 3 - Stylin'" on Sun. July 8
-"Shorts 1 - Straight Up Toons" on Sun. July 8
I'm looking forward to seeing some fantastic animation up on the big screen at the TIFF Lightbox, the greatest theater in Toronto. See you there!
-"Nelvana Bouncing Ball party" on Fri. July 6
-"John K and Cartoony Animation" panel on Sat. July 7
-"Indie Animators: Making it Work" panel on Sat. July 7
-"Rock and Rule" screening on Sat. July 7
-"Style vs. Design" panel on Sun. July 8
-"Shorts 3 - Stylin'" on Sun. July 8
-"Shorts 1 - Straight Up Toons" on Sun. July 8
I'm looking forward to seeing some fantastic animation up on the big screen at the TIFF Lightbox, the greatest theater in Toronto. See you there!
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