there ought to be clowns 9:27 AM

Root that mountain down...

the view from here 9:23 AM

No storms today. Humid. Like a slew.

monsters 9:27 AM

A noisy thunderstorm came through this morning, making up for not hitting yesterday morning. Ran off the cats and knocked out the power, too.

Worked on the video bumpers for AnimeFEST. Some simple loops of the website url. I'll export 5 seconds of each and put it at the front and end of the discs. Don't think they need any music, maybe next time. Hell, what would I use if I did?

I hate to think about it, but I may just have to strip down the Averatec for just doing animation. Get rid of everything else and maybe It'll work better. When it works the Averatec is the best tool I've got for animating. I may need to get another box just for doing video production.

landscaping 10:45 AM

landscape 9:00 AM

waiting 8:02 AM

A nother background 7:56 AM

Full screen this time.

A background 2:26 PM

more passion paperbacks 12:50 PM

The next five nights are not my own. I hope I can still get some cartooning done this week/weekend. Gotta keep the faith.

paperback fun 8:24 AM

I really need to sit down and scan all of these.

I scanned a pile of VHS tape boxes on Sunday, so now I have a stockpile of material to post for the next few months. I'm posting 3 VHS boxes this week, but I think I'll make it 2 a week. Posting on Monday and Wednesday. I could up the SoundHELL posts to Tuesday and Thursday and have the bonus tracks posted on Friday. I should have enough material to do that for at least a few months. All I'd need to do is figure out the weekly bonus tracks.

With that out of the way I could concentrate on the HNK website and the HNK book.

And making cartoons. I really want to make cartoons.

satan is waitin' 8:38 AM

My ears are ringing really bad today. Ugh. Getting old, breaking down. Life is suffering...

Gonna draw some whammies now.

That's not a bad idea.

harley 8:57 PM

not simple enough? 10:23 AM

I think I'll show the gloved hands only on close up. Otherwise it'll be just a shape. Same with his eyes. I only really need the details on close up. On long shots just leave it a simple line.

I need to draw up a turnaround for Cartoon Clown.

Heh heh heh 7:58 AM

Compare the line on this drawing with those made with the Wacom. The Wacom lines are crap in comparison.

hnk colour testing 10:16 AM

This is looking pretty good. There could be an HNK cartoon yet.

But I think Cartoon Clown has a better shot out of the gate. If I can fix the cartoons. And it looks like it can be fixed. With a bit of tweaking.

Apollo 11 11:04 AM

panda hat killer 6:00 AM

it continues... 9:47 AM

monstas 10:08 AM

You know, I think there could be some fun this Halloween.

cartoon carnival 7:42 AM

"aw...the hell wit it..."

I think I need to find a different line weight for the backgrounds. Usually you want the backgrounds to be a thinner line and the characters to have a bolder line. So, back to the boards.

You know, instead of a circus tent in the background I think it'd be better to have a Ten-in-One show in the background. Or a broken ride. But, which kind of broken ride? Or maybe a skill game, like pellet guns and balloons and plushy bears for prizes?

cartoon clown 6:00 AM

I think I like the second design better. Work continues.

skin tones 9:48 AM

So, I coloured HNK's flesh a lite fleshy colour. But it's so lite you can't really distinguish it from her white costume. Back to the colour wheel.

Update: I think Chris hit it. HNK is a Pollyanna groove, with HNK as a Pollyanna archetype. I think that was the thing I couldn't connect. Let's see where this goes.

mining and refining 7:14 AM

Hey, how about some HNK?




Look at that. I actually followed through on something. Now I just need to keep doing this every day.

Of course, since this is the still developing stage I'm not really happy with any of it. Too much isn't quite right. Not yet. I don't like the line weight on these HNKs, and I'm not too sure about the colours. There's no colour to speak of. If I hadn't render these with a background you'd never know I'd coloured her at all.

On the other hand, I do like where this is going. Exactly where that is I'm not completely sure at this point. There still feels like there's some piece missing from this. I'm hoping it reveals itself to me and I'm smart enough to spot it.

You know I think I'd like to try to make some digital comics this way. What could it hurt?

There's some Ub Iwerks going on here, and some Krazy Kat, too.

ivan the red 6:00 AM

colour tests 7:22 AM

I really need to get on the machine and do more of this stuff. In the end I can only rely on myself to do these things. So, stop making excuses.

Get back to work you load!

Episode Outline 2:19 PM

City of Thieves Outline

Harlock Anime Comic #1 8:15 AM

2 more 7:57 AM

pen doodlege 6:00 AM

well...that sucks 6:00 AM

Crap. Can't find the Cautious Twins Trading Cards. This is not good.

pen abuse 9:56 AM

Amazing how I always draw construction guides and then fail to use them.

Looking for music for animation. Not having much luck. Gotta figure out how to start saving animated bits into the global library. I swear, I've read the damn manual over and over and I still can't get the global library to work. But it sure would come in handy. Dammit.

sketchamaday: soapy 8:53 AM

gonna be one of those 2:21 PM

Trying to come up with some animation, and it's not working out.

gang of assassins 9:43 AM