Summer Fun

Well, I finished yet another quarter at the Art Institute, which means I've only got about a year left, which also means I've only got a few months until I'll need to start working on my senior project. We still don't have a name for it, but it's going to be our first official film (as opposed to an internet skit or animated short like we usually do). We'll have a fundraising page set up on either Kickstarter or IndieGoGo very soon, so watch for updates!

To make sure I'm funneling in the maximum amount of attention for the project, I'm timing it with the release of A Fable III Experience! The entire 16-page script has been written, and the voices are being recorded now. I've also collected an awesome cast of popular Newgrounds stars, including JAZZA, RicePirate, and DonkeysBazooka!

I'm leaving for a family trip to Washington D.C. in a couple of days, and then I should be able to start animation pretty soon after I get back. I also made a few slight adjustments to the website; most of the changes aren't visible, but it loads way faster.

Off to Philly!

Well, I successfully wrapped up all my school work, and I leave for Philadelphia tomorrow!! How do I manage a spontaneous vacation when I'm still in college worrying about things like school work? My dad is awesome, that's how. I'll be bringing my recently resuscitated Flip video camera (if you own a Flip, you'll know that "recently resuscitated" is a perpetual state), and I'll post up a video of the trip when I get back!

In other news, Ian finishes his... second? Maybe third... year at Baylor, and will be back in Austin, so we can work on more stuff. I actually have a stack of scripts written up (seriously, it's like four complete video ideas), but I just haven't found the time to get started on any of them. I'll be sure to make time after this trip, though, and get started on at least one of 'em (oh, wait, five. Just remembered another one).

Then there's my senior project film that we'll be starting this fall, and we're gonna have a Kickstarter page up soon. It'll be about an hour long, and we need some costumes and things. We'll be posting a lot more about that in a few months, but I want to go ahead and get the word out now. You have been warned.

I still can't believe I actually get to go to Newgrounds. Just last year I was seeing other people's photos on Facebook and thinking, "maybe I'll get to do that someday." I sure didn't think it would be so soon! I get to meet Jazza in real life, which is still a weird sentence no matter how long the internet has been around, and I'll probably have an interesting conversation with RicePirate, since he was my hate target for a few months...

Anyway, thanks to everyone for supporting my videos so much! I try hard, so it's nice to know I'm doing something right!

Pico Day and Big New Projects

So I've started a few fun, big projects: one is the new Yoda's Christmas. I've finished writing the final version of the script, and just began casting and sketching out the new characters and locations for reference. The more I work on it for the second time, the more I realize just how odd of an idea it is. It's technically a Star Wars parody, but other than sharing visual similarities, the characters and themes really show no resemblance to any of the established laws or personalities of the Star Wars universe. In fact, I think it almost falls into the fan fiction category. It's purely my imagination at age 13, as edited by my imagination at age 19.

I've also finally strung together all the loose ends of the Last Ditch Grenades plot into a complete story, and I'm so excited about it! I'm writing up the story outline now, which is the last step before writing the actual script! I've never been so close to writing the final version of such an awesome idea (for those who haven't been following, this isn't just another comedy sketch; it's a super complex animated mini-series). More on that to come.

In the miscellaneous category, Ian, Ethan and I came up with an awesome idea for a funny music video about a hipster pirate, so hopefully we'll be able to put that together soon. We've also shortened the White Noise episodes to 30 minutes each, making them much more manageable for you and much more frequent in terms of release, since we can record several in one sitting. Lastly, I get to attend the PICO DAY PARTY at the Newgrounds office this year!! *This smiley is too happy to display properly on your monitor* Ian's going to record a play-by-play (as he watches over their Livestream feed) that we'll release in a future podcast.

Anyway, guess that's it for now. It's awfully nice being able to update my entire site like this just by hitting a submit button :] So, until next time, the best of days to you all!

New Site! ...Again!

Hello fans and future fans! Welcome to my completely new, completely W3C approved website layout! It's shiny and filled with lovely automated things that will make my e-life a little easier. Kind of like this news post. Used to, I had to manually update the list whenever I made a post. But now I just type it here into Blogger, and it puts it on my home page and news page immediately! PROGRESS!

If you're a web designer, stop laughing.

Anyway, I...well, uh...kinda earned everything Newgrounds has to offer for a single video other than a golden tank trophy because of No Service. I mean, just...good lord, HOW? It never even seemed like that phenomenal of an idea. Guess that just verifies that I have absolutely no idea what I'm actually doing. Thanks so much to everyone for supporting it! I guess I'll have to use the prize money for more productions. That, and maybe Minecraft server hosting.

So everyone enjoy the new site! Drop me an email to let me know what you think!

Last Thoughts for 2011

Alrighty, looks like this year is pretty much wrapped up. I am going to release one more short Youtube video advertising our Minecraft server, which will bring this year's video total up to ten! That's a whole three more videos than last year, which was five more than the year before that! So see, I am speeding up! Just very slowly...

Also, within the past few days, I've managed to release episode 15 of White Noise, available now, bringing us to 14 episodes for 2011. It seems small, but I have a crafty excuse for that one too: you may recall that at the beginning of the year, we stated that until we got a big enough audience, we would release an episode every month. Now, we certainly didn't do that, but we do have two more episodes than there are months, so I think that says something. 

As for 2012, Ian and I are going to start it off right by deciding on and writing several videos, live-action and cartoon, about a week after Christmas, and I'm gonna get started on them all right away as I try to beat this year's video record. I'm also not going to mention ANY specific release dates this year, because I suck at it. The only one I'm nailing down is the Yoda's Christmas remake, which I've set as December 1, 2012.

So, that said, I'm more or less retiring for this year. Thanks to everyone for all their support over the months! I really appreciate it. In fact, as a bonus gift, here's a link to the last thing I've done this month: it's a webcomic I've started for leftover jokes :)

Merry Wintertime Holidays to All!

Captain Spectacular

August is my magic month, eh? Last year it was the month of my accidentally awesome Fable II Experience, and now I've FINALLY finished Captain Spectacular. Since I live a couple hours behind New York, which is where the Newgrounds offices are located, I technically uploaded the video around 1:00 this morning, and so have the entire day to gather points. Hope I get front page again at least! After I take a breather, I'm going to be working on Trailer Month, which will be exactly what the name implies. What videos will the trailers be for? You'll have to wait and see :) When will they be out? I'm not even gonna try...Before those, though, should be our live-action Portal-based fight scene, which I'm doubling the usefulness of by turning it in for a class.

Anyway, glad to be back on Newgrounds, and hopefully I'll stay a little longer this time. Everyone enjoy the videos!

Nmbfting

Alright, so here's the deal. A few months ago I was totally doing tons of work on various projects when I was suddenly sucked through a swirling vortex in my computer moniter and into a mystical land called Nmbfting. I quickly learned that it was almost impossible to escape from this alternate dimension, the portal to which can only be accidentally activated by totally being super productive and getting a lot of work done. The curse of this world is that, once inside, it's also impossible to ever be super productive and get a lot of work done on anything. It's just some kind of mystical force in the atmosphere, and is the reason why you can't escape, because that would involve being productive. Anyway, long story short, I finally discovered the way out, which I believe involved a marimba and a ferret, but the portal must wipe your memory when you exit because it's all very fuzzy.

So, now that I'm free, I'm one little recording session away from releasing Zucchini and Rhubarb, well into animating Captain Spectacular, have released episode 10 of White Noise, recorded episodes 11, 12, and 13, and will top it all off with trailer month, which will be four trailers of different videos I'll be releasing relatively soon (most within the year). I've also come up with a bunch more ideas, with the help of Ian.

So there. Valid excuse. No complaining.