Friday, May 30, 2008
Superhero Fashion Emergency
Written by us, and a special thanks to Mason for the awesome backgrounds, and DR SMOOV for another round of kickass voices
DIGG IT It makes us look cool.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Some downtime...
Well, I've been running around like crazy the past week, trying to tie up any loose ends before I head off to a wedding for the next 4.5 days.
Should be the closest thing I get to a mini-vacation this year.
Anywho, probably won't be posting anything major until next week. I finished our latest CH short...should be posted today. When it's up, I'll send out a newsletter and post it on the site, blag blarg blarf.
Should be the closest thing I get to a mini-vacation this year.
Anywho, probably won't be posting anything major until next week. I finished our latest CH short...should be posted today. When it's up, I'll send out a newsletter and post it on the site, blag blarg blarf.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Our friend Rich...
Our friend Rich always seems to find new ways to punish/humiliate himself - He worked in a steel mill for half a day before getting the hell out of there, wiped out in front of our house playing football - causing some knee ligament damage (Rich still claims that it was my fault)- here's a recent one involving physical fitness.
"On Saturday late afternoon, Tina decides to go for a run at the Shelton high school track with me and her sister. I had forgotten that she has been training for a 1/2 marathon and now can run 8 miles without sweating. So I run a mile with them, and then go to the football field to do some sprints. In Crossfit format, I do 30 yards, then do 20 pushups. Another 30 yards, then 20 situps. then sprint 40 yards. I do 2 sets of these with no rest, and collapse in the south end zone of sheer exhaustion.
Seeing Tina and her sister still running, I do a gut-check and mosey over to the corner of the stadium where I see some monster truck tires lying around. I decide to dead lift one and flip it over as many times as I can. It's impossible. From the other side of the field, Tina yells "What the hell are you doing?". I respond "They do this on the world's strongest man." She yells in retort "You are nowhere near the world's strongest man. You're an idiot!" I shirk away as others on the field share a laugh.
I woke up Sunday morning and could barely walk. no joke. I think I overdid it."
Andy's reply:
"When i read "monster truck tire" I thought that the next sentence was going to be "...surgery for my torn biceps / herniated disks"
"On Saturday late afternoon, Tina decides to go for a run at the Shelton high school track with me and her sister. I had forgotten that she has been training for a 1/2 marathon and now can run 8 miles without sweating. So I run a mile with them, and then go to the football field to do some sprints. In Crossfit format, I do 30 yards, then do 20 pushups. Another 30 yards, then 20 situps. then sprint 40 yards. I do 2 sets of these with no rest, and collapse in the south end zone of sheer exhaustion.
Seeing Tina and her sister still running, I do a gut-check and mosey over to the corner of the stadium where I see some monster truck tires lying around. I decide to dead lift one and flip it over as many times as I can. It's impossible. From the other side of the field, Tina yells "What the hell are you doing?". I respond "They do this on the world's strongest man." She yells in retort "You are nowhere near the world's strongest man. You're an idiot!" I shirk away as others on the field share a laugh.
I woke up Sunday morning and could barely walk. no joke. I think I overdid it."
Andy's reply:
"When i read "monster truck tire" I thought that the next sentence was going to be "...surgery for my torn biceps / herniated disks"
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Johnny Dangerously
Classic gangster spoof movie "Johnny Dangerously" is on TV today...
You Fargin' Iceholes.
You Fargin' Iceholes.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Hank Scorpio
I managed to catch quite possibly my favorite all-time Simpsons episode "You Only Move Twice" - Where Homer starts working for the Globex Corporation and Hank Scorpio.
There isn't a single line of Scorpio's that doesn't crack me up. Definitely my favorite one-time Simpson's character.
And it's not just Scorpio in the episode, but Bart in the special class, Marge is bored, Lisa has allergies...all gold.
I tried to find some clips online but to no avail.
Scorpio:
There's the Hammock Hut. That's on Third. There's Hammocks 'R' Us. That's on Third, too. You got Put Your Butt There. That's on Third. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Matter of fact they're all in the same complex. It's the Hammock Complex, down on Third.
Homer:
Oh, the Hammock District?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
What I'm up to
More work as usual. Writing the spec script for the Nickelodeon pitch, artwork for this month's CH short, and tons of other stuff blah blah blah...
Feeling a bit under the weather today, so that's it for now.
Oh yeah, I changed the comments setting, so you HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USER NOW.
This is directly because some retards like to spam. If you don't like it, find out who the spammers are and take it up with them.
Feeling a bit under the weather today, so that's it for now.
Oh yeah, I changed the comments setting, so you HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USER NOW.
This is directly because some retards like to spam. If you don't like it, find out who the spammers are and take it up with them.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
What I'm up to
Dead in the middle of 8,000 projects at once. But chipping away at them all bit by bit. We're in the home stretch of our Nickelodeon pitch, really just need to focus on the artwork, and we plan to have this thing ready to pitch by the end of the month!
Other than that, working on all the character art for this month's CollegeHumor skit. Here's a screencap of the first scene.
Other than that, working on all the character art for this month's CollegeHumor skit. Here's a screencap of the first scene.
Monday, May 12, 2008
What the hell is going on here?
I started working on our new CollegeHumor skit for this month (We wrote this one). It involves (among many other characters) Skeletor from He-Man.
So as always, I start with an image search for basic character reference...I quickly came across these 2 unrelated pictures
What are the chances of not 1 BUT 2 scumbags dressed up like Skeletor holding some skank's boobs from behind?
So as always, I start with an image search for basic character reference...I quickly came across these 2 unrelated pictures
What are the chances of not 1 BUT 2 scumbags dressed up like Skeletor holding some skank's boobs from behind?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
More updates
Yesterday's CollegeHumor meeting went well. Got to meet a lot of the writers and we cranked out a ton of funny ideas to build on for months to come.
I've started on our next CH skit already (We wrote this one) it's quick and funny, and hopefully I can get it done before the end of the month so you can enjoy it sooner.
Today I'm handling some freelance design stuff, and a lot of writing
Here's a pretty cool Nike video...they always seem to have innovative advertising
I've started on our next CH skit already (We wrote this one) it's quick and funny, and hopefully I can get it done before the end of the month so you can enjoy it sooner.
Today I'm handling some freelance design stuff, and a lot of writing
Here's a pretty cool Nike video...they always seem to have innovative advertising
Monday, May 5, 2008
Here's what we're up to
We've got literally a TON of shit going on at the same time right now, so I thought it might be good (especially for me) to go through them and tell you a little about each one.
CollegeHumor
Me, Andy, Mike W, and Jason are headed to the CH offices tomorrow afternoon for a writers meeting. We'll be meeting with the rest of the CH staff for a creative session, trying to bust out as many animated sketch ideas we can. CH is going to want 2 shorts per month very soon, and we thought it would be a good idea to stockpile a bunch of ideas as soon as possible.
March Entertainment
Mike W and I went up to Toronto the other week to visit with March and discuss the pilot we're developing for them. It's called "The Illuminati" - we've got character sketches, a great storyline and a pilot that we need to re-work a little. Once that is set, we'll animate it, and they'll do a number of things with it, including putting it on Canadian TV, and pitch it to major networks. We are also in the very early stages of licensing Clock Suckers with them to put on Canadian TV and pitch as well.
Nickelodeon
We're about 60-70% done with our pitch and presentation for Nick. A lot of the hard work is done - like Character bios, environment, storyline, episode summaries. All that is left is to start putting together the pitch and create a lot of artwork to accompany it. Once that is set, it will be presented to Nickelodeon execs, and I'll be pacing around the apartment until we hear back.
JustForLaughs.com
We we're recently asked to pitch a handful of ideas to JustForLaughs.com - and one of our ideas made the shortlist of pilots they would like to produce. So it's just one episode for now, if they like it - then it will expand into a little series much like Clock Suckers was/is. It revolves around The World Of Warcraft - but our own version (since none of us actually play the game). More details on this to come.
Clock Suckers
Haven't forgotten about the DVD. With all these new major projects coming in, it's tough to keep everything moving forward at once. We still need to write/animate at least 1-2 more episodes for the DVD and start production on that.
College University
As much as I love this show, I just can't find enough time in the day to write and animate for it. It sucks. We have an awesomely stupid script about 60% done. The storyline is complete, it just needs to be put into dialogue. I'm even willing to take requests if someone would like to animate this episode with me. It would be a labor of love...not money. But if you have some animation skills and would like to be web-immortalized as part of the CU Team - let me know.
Okay, that's about it. Those are just the CU related projects. I don't want to even bother telling you about the other freelance design projects I'm taking on. It's a ton of work now, but the goal is to keep working through all of this until I can support at least 1 writer and another animator.
If you've even bothered to read this much of my stupid post...pat yourself on the back. Now rub your stomach while patting the top of your head.
CollegeHumor
Me, Andy, Mike W, and Jason are headed to the CH offices tomorrow afternoon for a writers meeting. We'll be meeting with the rest of the CH staff for a creative session, trying to bust out as many animated sketch ideas we can. CH is going to want 2 shorts per month very soon, and we thought it would be a good idea to stockpile a bunch of ideas as soon as possible.
March Entertainment
Mike W and I went up to Toronto the other week to visit with March and discuss the pilot we're developing for them. It's called "The Illuminati" - we've got character sketches, a great storyline and a pilot that we need to re-work a little. Once that is set, we'll animate it, and they'll do a number of things with it, including putting it on Canadian TV, and pitch it to major networks. We are also in the very early stages of licensing Clock Suckers with them to put on Canadian TV and pitch as well.
Nickelodeon
We're about 60-70% done with our pitch and presentation for Nick. A lot of the hard work is done - like Character bios, environment, storyline, episode summaries. All that is left is to start putting together the pitch and create a lot of artwork to accompany it. Once that is set, it will be presented to Nickelodeon execs, and I'll be pacing around the apartment until we hear back.
JustForLaughs.com
We we're recently asked to pitch a handful of ideas to JustForLaughs.com - and one of our ideas made the shortlist of pilots they would like to produce. So it's just one episode for now, if they like it - then it will expand into a little series much like Clock Suckers was/is. It revolves around The World Of Warcraft - but our own version (since none of us actually play the game). More details on this to come.
Clock Suckers
Haven't forgotten about the DVD. With all these new major projects coming in, it's tough to keep everything moving forward at once. We still need to write/animate at least 1-2 more episodes for the DVD and start production on that.
College University
As much as I love this show, I just can't find enough time in the day to write and animate for it. It sucks. We have an awesomely stupid script about 60% done. The storyline is complete, it just needs to be put into dialogue. I'm even willing to take requests if someone would like to animate this episode with me. It would be a labor of love...not money. But if you have some animation skills and would like to be web-immortalized as part of the CU Team - let me know.
Okay, that's about it. Those are just the CU related projects. I don't want to even bother telling you about the other freelance design projects I'm taking on. It's a ton of work now, but the goal is to keep working through all of this until I can support at least 1 writer and another animator.
If you've even bothered to read this much of my stupid post...pat yourself on the back. Now rub your stomach while patting the top of your head.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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