I finished Juri Needs to Cross a couple of weeks ago. That one was a beast; I started it Summer 2022 but put it off for almost a year to make way for shorter videos (JENNY, Boys' Night out in Nevada, Princess Peach's Pumpkin Pie and an unfinished Cuphead toon). All the line work for the details in the clothing was nuts, and that combined with the constant back-and-forth skill creep as I continued to learn about animating in general made it a doozy. But it's now done, so I can finally rest.
JUST KIDDING! Rest!? HAHAHAHAHA never. I got a list of shorts I'd like to sporadically publish as I continue to practice and improve (here's one we can start with). Just not going to dump that same amount of time into a single cartoon for basically the rest of my life. You have no idea how liberated I now feel.
In other news, I've been visiting Japan since late October. The legends were true! This place is pretty cool, and I can already feel the manga and anime vibes trickling into my consciousness; hopefully this will become visible in my work. And luckily I'm still able to get my job done for Flashgitz while residing here, which I received full-time hours for last Summer; having my primary source of income flowing from what I love to do is an insane feeling. And, for the first time in history, we got an original series on the way!
Now let's end this post with something BIG: For over a year I've been planning and sketching down ideas for a project, and I'm elated that I now have time allocated to officially get started on it. All I will say is that it's not a video (and it's not that music album either, we'll talk about that another time... though that's on the way, too!). If all goes according to plan, I'll upload some WIP's on my social media pages (they're down at the footer of this site, if you're interested).
Twitch streams will start up again, they are fun! The new schedule will be posted once I get it all sorted out and return from the Empire of the Sun, just before Thanksgiving.
Gobble gobble!
-T4k
JUST KIDDING! Rest!? HAHAHAHAHA never. I got a list of shorts I'd like to sporadically publish as I continue to practice and improve (here's one we can start with). Just not going to dump that same amount of time into a single cartoon for basically the rest of my life. You have no idea how liberated I now feel.
In other news, I've been visiting Japan since late October. The legends were true! This place is pretty cool, and I can already feel the manga and anime vibes trickling into my consciousness; hopefully this will become visible in my work. And luckily I'm still able to get my job done for Flashgitz while residing here, which I received full-time hours for last Summer; having my primary source of income flowing from what I love to do is an insane feeling. And, for the first time in history, we got an original series on the way!
Now let's end this post with something BIG: For over a year I've been planning and sketching down ideas for a project, and I'm elated that I now have time allocated to officially get started on it. All I will say is that it's not a video (and it's not that music album either, we'll talk about that another time... though that's on the way, too!). If all goes according to plan, I'll upload some WIP's on my social media pages (they're down at the footer of this site, if you're interested).
Twitch streams will start up again, they are fun! The new schedule will be posted once I get it all sorted out and return from the Empire of the Sun, just before Thanksgiving.
Gobble gobble!
-T4k
