Check out my latest toon!

Watch Mr. Literal NOW!

It’s the first of a series of monthly cartoons I’ll be releasing. Happy Harry and I will be slamming some awesome toons down your throats in the coming months, so hopefully you’ll be satisfied with our goodies. ;D

Next month, I promise you, will be the third episode of Girlchan in Paradise!! Are you excited? Shit, I’m stoked to finally be getting on it. Tomamoto and I had a total blast writing it, and I think it’s the funniest episode yet.

Hope you all enjoy.

I just wanted to take a second out to say how much I love animating. You know, when I released Metal Gear Awesome, and everyone was labeling me as “an animator” and I was catching a lot of flak for it considering MGA’s obvious lack of animation in any way, I denied that title pretty strongly.

You know, being an animator usually means you want to go work for Pixar or some studio and work on someone else’s projects… I don’t like JUST animating, I love telling jokes and creating characters. I love coloring and I love cleaning up, I love writing and tossing out ideas. I’m not strictly an animator, and when I say “I love animating,” I love the entire process.

I’m not claiming I’m any good, and I’m sure there are still people who don’t consider me to be a “real animator,” whatever that means. As far as I’m concerned, drawing two pictures and swapping them real quick qualifies you as an animator. The implications of your skill level or devotion is obvious in your work, and I think it’s silly to think that any of those implications should carry on into the term “animator.”

What is gained from being elitist about animating? Maybe someone is not as good at drawing, or animating anything, but perhaps there’s some good ideas there. Execution a little off, but intentions really good. We’re all human after all, your work may reflect some things about you but it’s still just work. As long as you’re not slicing babies in half, I’m cool with you. You can be elitist about animating but I feel like you’re missing out on a lot of possibilities. You know, great ideas or even just okay ideas. Anything can inspire you, and deciding whether or not you like something before you even know what it is just silly to me.

In short, I love creating. I hope to keep doing it for a long time.

Yo.

I’ve got a little time to kill while Afro’s working his mega magic on Puzzmosis, so I figured I’d slam ass on a new toon… it’s been a while and I didn’t even realize how much I was craving making a new cartoon. I’m so happy with how it’s turning out, I hope you guys like it. I’m shooting for under 2 weeks production time, so it will be SOON.

It’s going to be called “Mr. Literal.”

What up Chil’en?  I’m in the new Cyanide and Happiness short.

I’m a method actor, so I taped tempurpedic foam to my ass to get into character.

What up chaps.

So I let this linger a little bit too far, but I’m so paranoid about going public with things unless I have something to show for it, you know?

Miss Osma, the titular character of Miss Osma’s Puzzmosis will be played by Kimlinh “Hnilmik” Tran. Her boyish and peppy tone was a perfect match for Osma, and I’m glad to have recorded with her!

As for Janice, well, I haven’t decided yet, but I’m sure I will today or tomorrow (I need to, anyway). I’m sorry to all those who’ve been waiting so patiently for an answer. I’m so scatterbrained sometimes and it’s a wonder I can manage my own project. I’ve gotten some really impressive auditions all around, again, I didn’t know the AVA scene was so filled with talent. Guess I’ve really been out of the loop, huh.

Speaking of voice acting, I’m going to be a bit more involved in it after I release this game. I’m going to pump out a really nice, new demo and look around LA for some work. In the meantime and certainly even if I find anything I’ll still offer stuff to the online amateur scene. I still have the most respect for independent producers and I’m much more interested in contributing to fresh new ideas rather than dubbing some samey anime or something. ;p

Also I really want to just thank and plug Shawn “Afro-Ninja” Tanner for his incredible work on Puzzmosis so far. He’s an incredibly hard worker and has an otherworldly sense of understanding and patience. This project wouldn’t be the same with another programmer and I’m really grateful to have worked with him and I hope to be able to even more in the future. The one thing I am always afraid of in a collaborative project is creative differences causing that feeling of being afraid to be honest, and Afro has been not only very honest with me but understanding of my honesty too. My hats are off to him and his work and his cool dude status in my heart!!

We’re getting close, and today is all about editing voice samples. All voice recording is done (except Janice of course) and I’m really excited to make these characters come alive. Just a little longer, and I can finally raise my arms in triumph!