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Posted by boybogart - January 3rd, 2012


2011 was very kind to me. I had a lot of projects, saved some dough and now I was thinking about buying a cintiq to speed up my animation workflow.

However, my research about cintiqs confused me more than it enlightened me. I was planning to get a 12wx but so many people hated that thing. There were problems regarding the color calibration, heat and surface scratches. So the next logical choice to me is the cintiq 21ux but I think I could get a second hand car with that kind of price.

Don't get me wrong, I'm willing to pay the price if it will speed up my process, so it would be helpful if people who had an experience with cintiqs help me out on my decision. As I said above, I did my research about it, read some reviews but it would be awesome if I could get the Flash animator's point of view on this, most reviews I read are from graphic artists. Photoshop and sketchbook pro drawing tools > Flash drawing tools.

On a completely different topic, I haven't submitted anything substantial last year on NG so I'm planning to make it up this year by exploding in a bukkake of animation. And I promised to myself that I wouldn't be making anything new until I finished the animations that took a backseat last year, so watch out for that.

Here's a test scene that I did months ago for a short called turbo chicken:

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/6c f62d1b9d4338042d926bd23acf40c2

Follow me on twitter for updates and other nonsense- https://twitter.com//boybogart

Your Wacom Cintiq experience


Posted by boybogart - October 21st, 2011


Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well. Just some updates and goodies to share here.

-October swung by so fast, it's just a few days away till the halloween spookfest and I decided not to rush My Pet Zombie(our halloween project) so quality wouldn't be compromised. Besides, these days, zombies are fab whole year round so nobody wouldn't mind a zombie animation in the middle of february or whatever.

With that said, I still want to join the halloween festivities and have a short animation in mind. If any VA's are available to voice a few lines, hit me up so we can cook up something fun!

-Earlier this day, I finally took the time to clean up my browser's bookmarked pages and I realized that I got a nice list of artsy websites that needs to be shared. Some of you may already know these but some sniveling brat may find them useful. You can find them below:

1. Gesture drawing practice websites:

http://www.posemaniacs.com/
http://30seconds.fotografdracula.de/
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figu redrawing.php

2. Painting:

http://www.ctrlpaint.com/
http://idrawgirls.blogspot.com/
http://theroundtablet.com/

3. A very nice article about design - http://autodestructdigital.blogspot.co m/2011/10/find-design.html?zx=d6cfefd8 6022f528

There you go, some websites to browse in if you feel like you're in a rut in creative pursuits. If you have any other websites to share, feel free to comment!

-League of Legends- This game has made the word free time virtually non-existent for me. I'm addicted. Just sayin.

That is all.

Websites to help and inspire, VA's , My Pet Zombie update, LoL


Posted by boybogart - October 5th, 2011


What's up NG people. Bringing you some news because I'm an artist and this is the Artist News section.

-My animation work for Ace Pilot episode 1 has been done about a month ago. Hans I believe, is working very hard to bring the whole thing together. Can't wait to see it, for it has *gasp* 3d ships in it!

-I've finished a digtal painting recently, and submitted it here on newgrounds. Take a look! - http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/boy bogart/el-o-el-the-mexican-comedian

-I'm on carbonmade if you're interested to see a collection of my illustrations, be a pal and share the link to other cool people like you! The link is - http://boybogart.carbonmade.com/

-2 of my other animator friends are starting up a halloween-themed collab. I really don't think this will be in time for the NG halloween since we are totally cranking up the quality with frame by frame animation and painted backgrounds! I'm very excited for this and will be posting updates here and there as the production starts.

A pic of the characters is shown below.

Other than that, it's been only a month and there have been already 3 storms where I live. Crazy, crazy weather, and crazy crazy schedules makes like more exciting.

Stay cool and keep on rockin!

-Kev

Art, Ace Pilot, Among other things


Posted by boybogart - May 31st, 2011


What's up guys, like the title of this post say, if someone would write a book about Flash character animation, what are the stuff that you'd like to see in it?

You can choose from the selection below or feel free to make up stuff you'd want to learn about animation but have never seen in books or videos.

You know, the things about Adobe Flash that keeps you up at night, sweating buckets.

Of all these things, let me know what interests you the most:

1. Flash basic tools, stage, setup and overview
2.Character rigging and organizing library and assets
3.Posing characters
4.How to use a combination of frame by frame and tweened animation
5.Lipsynch

P.S. I'm pretty much aware there are great animation books out there like animator's survival kit, timing for animation, blah blah blah. Point is, there are very few books who tackle animation in a flash environment. Bitey Castle Academy is the only book I know who does this very well and makes it viable for everyone.

Now gotta get back to work.

Things you'd like to learn about Flash animation


Posted by boybogart - May 1st, 2011


Pico day was awesome, I enjoyed the livestream even though it stops every second or two cause of my crappy connection. And I felt weirded out watching my own work on the stream, can't even look at it haha. Thanks to the guys at the office for showing it a couple of times, you rock!

After all that fun though, it's once again a Monday where I live in and work starts again..for normal people anyway... cause I will be working with Hans on this super awesome game thingy called Ace Pilot! Take that normal job! HAH!

Aaaaand it's my birthday today, lots of food going around. This is a good time.

How about you my friend, how is your day coming along?

It's mah birday tuday!


Posted by boybogart - March 3rd, 2011


The past few months have been crazy with work which is awesome. However, I had to put some of my flash projects at the back seat so for the VA's that had been waiting for the animation, I'd be sure to finish it all up within this year. Yes a bit slow but the only time I can do them is at weekends and some evenings. Here's a list of the projects lined up this year:

1. Captain Hookers' Gentlemen Club-Entire theme by Sapphire
2. Madness Narration- voiced by GiantJuicyKickballs
3. Face Spa - voiced by TheillusiveMan and
Christine

But for now, I'll have an entry for April 30th. I already have the backgrounds and character builds done.

The bigger version of the model sheet here

Smaller one:

NG Crew character lineup


Posted by boybogart - February 9th, 2011


So let's be real. Animation is hard work, and everyone I know in the industry is either overworked or looking for another pansy job to survive. As for myself, I've worked for an animation studio for 4 years. I must say, working in a studio feels like being a slave. There are times when I leave the office in 1 am and show up at 8 am the next day just to finish that friggin scene that you've been doing in almost a week. I've been missing out on meals and even my free time is smothered with the thought of a sequence you must finish in 2 days. I took a week off December last year and came up with a conclusion that this are not the circumstances I want to live with when working in the industry.

So I took the jump and went freelance at the start of 2011.

Now some of you may disagree with my move but I always find freelance work refreshing. I mean in the studio, when you work on a show, you draw and animate in a certain style 24/7 whereas in freelancing, your style can change with every client. That is a thought I find exciting. My problem now is expanding my client base. My only method of job searching is sifting through forums and other animation sites. It's been good for now, I'm getting clients here and there but the thought of my client list dwindling is something I know that I will deal with in the future.

So how do you, awesome freelancer and newgrounds front page post reader, go about in making a list of prospective clients?

Yeah, for some of us it's a trade secret and I understand. But if you believe in helping a brother out, I thank you in advance.

Here's a link to my demoreel if you're interested.

I salute you!

How to get a list of clients?


Posted by boybogart - September 22nd, 2010


Want some crazy trippings for madness day?

Don't touch that pipe just yet!

There is another way to get an instant hit this 22nd. And yes, it's much more legal than the coke your mom snorts on her way to the office!

Here it is:

Madness: Guilt trip

It'll bring vertigo, insanity and WTF moments you thought is only possible by watching McGuyver reruns. Now remove that mullet of yours and go watch this monstrosity!

And enjoy the free paperclip that comes along with it. Who knows, we might win this for the paperclip alone.

All your madness are belong to us