I got a twitter

http://twitter.com/egoraptor

Add me. Don’t. GO FOR BROKE.

Also Happy Birthday to Ross O’Donovan aka Rubberninja!

Anyway commissions are DONE so now I can get to work on the next projects. GODAMN THERE’S A LOT.

I’m focussing mostly on the Power of Three project I’m working on with Afroninja. I’ll be updating about the progress of it on my Newgrounds blog. Yippee yay! I’m so glad I’m working on games right now, as you know I’m a stickler for perfect when it comes to games so it’s nice to be able to have a hand in working towards that!

Don’t think I haven’t forgotten about the awesome series and stuff, I’ve got a couple in the works, and the next Girlchan episode will be out somewhat soon, depending on how fast I can do it.

ALSO

WIZARD WORLD

Who’s going? I’ll be there along with a bunch of Newgrounders at our own NEWGROUNDS BOOTH. I really can’t wait, it’s going to be a total blast, and I hope to see you there! I might be taking live commissions there, but I’m not entirely sure.

Anyway take care!

It’s common knowledge around these parts that I created that good old DBZ in a Nutshell.

But people are STILL convinced because of some faggot renaming it on Napster in the good ol’ days to “Invader Zim does DBZ” that it was in fact Richard Horvitz.

Well guess fucking what. I MET Richard Horvitz last weekend at Jacon.

He is an awesome guy, and I asked him if he’s had people ask him about DBZ in a Nutshell, and he said yeah, he’s had people ask him about it a lot. and then I told him I MADE IT and he FLIPPED OUT.

It was amazing. I’ve indirectly caused Richard Horvitz a world of grief, and now he’s met the man.

and so did I

okay go back to your regular internet browsing.

So you should go see Up because it’s pretty incredible. In my opinion it tops every Pixar film prior in both goodness and in hilariousness. Pixar movies are funny but man Up was excessively funny.

I got back from Daytona a while ago where I was a weekend warrior all weekend. Amazing times were had, and it will go down as one of the best weekend in history. I went to an arcade that had a DanceManiax machine which I haven’t seen in years. Have you ever played it? It’s way more fun than DDR IMO. Apparently nobody plays it because even the employees stopped to watch me play in awe. Good DDR players are abound these days but good Dancemaniax players I guess are a mega rarity. You should try it out if you get the chance.

I’m finishing up a ton of commissions. I did get my new computer! It runs like a dream and I’m so excited to work work work. I want to get started on the Power of 3 project I’m a part of but I gotta finish up these commissions first. One thing at a time!!

Anyway go see Up. SEEYA.

I have lost all of my old e-mails. If you commissioned me, you’ve paid me, and I’ve gotten back to you about doing it, PLEASE E-mail me again. I’ve lost all the descriptions of what people want, too, so please include the description because I haven’t finished a lot of commissions yet.

Also! I hit my goal!!! I already have my new computer and it’s fantastic. Everything runs super fast, and I should be finishing up these commissions in record time, but I still need the descriptions of them soon so I can finish them all.

Also you may have noticed a little movie of the awesome persuasion has been released today. How about that! Hope you like it =)

Also I visited Jacon this weekend and made some awesome friends and had a great time. I’ve developed an addiction to singing in Rock Band, hoo boy is it fun. Makes me wanna practice my singing more! Everyone was raving about my Michael Jackson and EYE OF THE TIGER performances. They were STELLAR to say the least yes indeedly. I still refuse to play any of the instruments ’cause I’d rather just play them in real life, but singing is an actual skill so I will hone it for the sake of that game (and for the sake of singing of course what the hell am I saying)

All in all it was a great time and I was happy to meet a ton of fans there, a lot of whom were wearing awesome shirts or O-Face shirts. Super FLATTERING!

So yeah e-mail or I’ll never be able to finish these commissions which also means I’ll never be able to fucking GET TO OTHER FLASH ANIMATIONS.

Girlchan 2 on the way.

Slow down guys! Ahaha!

I gotta put a hold on commissions… I’m BACKED UP! Thank you guys so much for the amazing response, but right now I have like 8 on the backburner and I need to get them done before I can take any more! haha thank you thank you guys. I’ll let you know if I start accepting more!

Just wanted to give everyone an update… I’ve reached the 50% point in my goal!! WOW! The turnout has been fantastic. I’m still taking commissions, so if you missed the previous post, look down there at the rates, and make a request!

If you’re curious, the goal is $500, which means I’ve hit $250 already in only a few days! I’ve been trying to get these commissions done as quickly as possible, of course without skimping on quality. I kinda miss the rush of doing so much work at once! It’s definitely been amazing practice for me so far, practice I need for a ton of upcoming projects. You can see a bunch of the commission work I’ve done in my 2009 artwork folder.

Thanks again everyone! Keep ‘em comin’!

So here’s the deal.

I’m moving to California soon, and I need all the money I can get to make the move as easy as possible. I recently ran into computer troubles, shit broke, and I had to salvage older parts from around the house. So basically I had to downgrade my already severely outdated computer. Animating takes a century, I can’t multitask, and it locks up any chance it gets. Needless to say productivity has SLOWED.

I’m getting pretty fed up with this computer situation, so I’ve decided it’s a good move to buy a new one. I need to make my goal, though, for the move to California. That’s where commissions come in!! I will draw for money, here are my rates.

Rates:

- Drawing with one character -
Sketch: $10 Inked: $17 Colored: $25

- Drawing with 2 characters -
Sketch: $15 Inked: $19 Colored: $30

- Drawing with 3 characters -
Sketch: $19 Inked: $27 Colored: $50

All additional character add $5 for sketch/Ink and $10 for color

- One comic page -
Sketch: $30 Inked: $45 Colored: $60

You can see what I’m capable in my artwork folders, and specifically what my commissions were like in 2007 (they are all titled “commission-xxx”). E-mail me at rotparoge@webmoron.net with your requests. GAME ON.

Payments can be made with this magical button here.

First and foremost, a big Happy Birthday to Tom Fulp, the man behind Newgrounds! Today is his special day where we celebrate all the things he’s created including his soon-to-be-prodigy offspring. It’s called Pico Day and it’s going on RIGHT NOW HOLY FUCK.

Also you should really check out Hal the Misinterpretive Pornstar made by the otherworldly Happy Harry who is responsible for the success of my house being built thanks to the ridiculous amount of bricks I’ve shit in response to his work. I plug it not only because it’s hysterical but because I voiced in it. :3 Hip hip hooray!

So I also want to talk about the new Bionic Commando game. If you recall I ragged pretty hard on Bionic Commando Rearmed, saying that it was a poorly designed unfun disaster. Capcom released recently a multiplayer demo for the latest 3D Bionic Commando and holy shit it’s so fun. I’ve been waiting for a game like this for a long time. It’s a super simple 3rd person shooter deathmatch game with the easiest controls ever. You shoot and go around and pick up super self explanatory guns and kill each other mercilessly. It runs super great, swinging around is wicked fun, and so many good choices were made visually. The players are all super bright distinct colors, the items are super bright, distinct, and huge. It’s pure fun, and it doesn’t try to be realistic or any bullshit like that. I suggest downloading this demo immediately and you may run into me playing it. Last I played I started winning every match and was kinda getting disappointed at the lack of competition but it was still new so that’s to be expected. I’m hoping competition gets SUPER GOOD and it becomes a really competitive game. It brings me back to the days of playing those huge cabinet 3D arcade games where you face off against players and just shoot the shit out of each other. Fun stuff.

I also noticed Virtual On Oratorio Tangram is available to download in the Xbox Live Arcade. I’m so tempted to buy it, since it was my favorite arcade game in my teenage years, but I’d love to see the joysticks. I heard a rumor they’re releasing 360 compatible joysticks for the game and I would so buy them if they came out. I can’t imagine many people are online playing VOOT, though. Did many people get into it? I know the PS2 one flopped big time.

Next awesome cartoon is almost complete. Made some tweaks I’m happy with, I hope you’ll be happy with them too. =) It’s funny, the awesome series started out as something I just kinda threw together for fun, but I’ve gotten so serious about it, that when I take a second and let loose on a recent one, it feels like I’d forgotten how to. But then letting loose turns out to make the movie a thousand times funnier and more memorable. Hahaha… oh Ego, when will you ever learn that making animations is just FUN TO DO. Stop stressing about it YO.

Anyway hope you see you all on Bionic Commando!

Inspired by my previous post, or just out of the kindness of people hearts, I’ve recieved 3 more Girlchan fanarts!

This dazzling Girlchan from the lovely talented KeroTheHetetic!

This gorgeous Girlchan from the very talented LemonadeAcid!

and Guy doing what he does best by the aptly named killstabithh!

Thanks a lot guys! These fanarts have made me super pumped to continue work on Girlchan episode 2 and beyond! I’m glad so many of you like Girlchan in Paradise. I like it too! In fact, we’re planning on launching an official Girlchan site with some exclusive content!!

As I mentioned in my Newgrounds blog, the latest awesome toon isn’t coming along as great as I had hoped. It’s really the first time I’ve had to do a major amount of tweaking to make it satisfy myself. It’s a welcome challenge honestly, I really needed something to slap me in the face and let me know I’m not invincible. It is definitely taking longer than I had hoped, though, and that bugs me, because I have so many other things I want to work on. Particularly my art, I’m trying to develop my skills enough where I feel confident enough to tackle some huge projects I’m ACHING to work on.

I think the pace of my animations, as in, the pace at which they come out should be increasing soon. Yay.

Hey kiddies.

So being that I am an artist, I like drawing fanart. I love taking characters and reimagining them, or just paying homage to their wicked designs and the wicked artists that designed them.

That being said, I know how much of an honor it is to have art done of my characters. I’ve had a ton of “Awesome Snake” fanart over the years, and stuff like that, which is wicked awesome, but there’s something way more satisfying seeing that people really appreciate the characters you created from out of the blue, as opposed to parodies of existing characters.]
My good friend Nalem drew a fantastic fanart of Yusuke vs. Kenstar, the legendary rivalry. I’ve also received an AMAZING Girlchan fanart from another friend of mine, Sami, but it hasn’t been scanned yet. I’ll post that up when it is!!

It gets me pumped to work even harder on my personal projects, the ones with my own stories and characters and all that. I’ve been so excited to announce a couple but I’m choosing not to unless I know when it’s going to get completed.  There’s a bunch of art and what not for them in my art folders, you can check those out dawg, try to figure out what’s what, haha.

Speaking of Girlchan fans! CrystalAshes has made an authentic Girlchan fansite. Little does he know that this site perfectly fits in with the Girlchan theme. Hosted on Geocities, move information, character guides, the whole shebang! Brings me back to 1999. Now all we need is a Kotomaru Shrine Webring! Any takers?

Next awesome cartoon is coming along nicely, but it’s a way bigger workload than normal. It seems I’ve forgotten how to not give a shit about animation, haha. Everything I do now has to be top notch! I can’t wait to get started on some more game graphics, sweet!

Anyway, peace out dawgs.