So Far So Good...Almost...

So I've pretty much got the workflow down..I uploaded a quick test and the results are pretty favorable. Only problem I seem to be having is getting the video to be in widescreen format...I'll have to work on that...

A Little On The Slow Side..

Soo...haha the new "method" I have here has presented me with a bit of a road block. But none the less, I'm still making some headway.
I've put off the Sesame Street short for now and am working on a quick and easy short to help me find a good way to streamline my process using nothing but free software...damn blogger doesnt support tiff's...


Here's a quick screenshot of the video response I'm making for Three-Toes: Ask JB using said programs.

Time For A Change!

So I've been using a borrowed version of Toonboom for the last couple animations. I didn't want to have to buy the actual program, since it's way to expensive, nor did I want to pirate it...Too much trouble!

I remembered a couple of free alternatives. Open-source software that was promising. I hadn't really used them beyond the testing fazes but they have always been stuck in the back of my head.

After being teased with such great "paid" apps I wanted to go back to my roots. That is my broke roots :-D

From here on out (for at least the time being or I get the extra $$$) I'll be dedicated to using nothing but open-source apps for all computer aspects of the animation process. This little experiment should hopefully have some interesting results and I can't wait to see what kind of challenges will come up!

So Beginning tomorrow I'll be starting on a new short I had written up when I was bored... Hahah, It's a quick and simple little something that I hope will be a good starting point for this approach. Until then I'll be documenting this whole ordeal and hopefully have a bit of a "making of/ tutorial" video all set up.

Nighty Night!

Finally! New Apartment 308 Finished!

After a few days of setbacks the second Apartment 308 short is now LIVE!
Woo..



Now, time to work on the next cartoon..

Busy Week...

So this week ended up being a little busier than usual! A lot of running around and getting things done..but all is not lost! The new Apartment 308 episode is due to come out in the middle of next week, animation is done, backgrounds are finished, coloring is...colored! All that's really left are to lip-sync the voices and add some SFX.

In the mean time a couple of shorts had been written out. The first, i may have mentioned this already, is a quickie involving Big Bird! Haha I'm excited cause this short cartoon is gonna be a bit of an experiment...I shall be using nothing but free open-source programs! I'm gonna try to record most of the ordeal and make a tutorial, hopefully it all works out!

More details later..for now, off to another busy daaay!