THE SIMPSONS NEWS

Still working on that crazy Couch Gag this week.  I’m very surprised at how much work is being put into it.  I doubt anyone will say anything more than, “Wow, that was a weird Couch Gag,” and then forget about it and watch the show.  Oh well, it’s not like it isn’t fun to work on, so I don’t really mind. It’s just interesting to note.

I’ve also been working on revising Act 2.  This show has the least revisions of any show so far this season.  It’s a darn funny show.  Can’t wait to see the final version.

ART

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It feels now like I’m just drawing for the sake of drawing and I’m not getting anywhere with my project.  I just want to get on with finishing it at this point.  It feels to me, as if I’ve solved everything and I’m ready to start with the “good stuff”.  I know this is just me being impatient though. The last time I worked on a personal project, jumped right in and started working without solving everything, I got myself in trouble.  Halfway through my project, I realized there were some art issues I hadn’t resolved and it ended up causing problems.  Had I taken the time to work them out earlier, it would have been a smoother process.

For my own sake, I might as well write down what I still need to do.

1. Decide on a final look for the cartoon by drawing a clean concept piece.
2. Design monsters.
3. Tighten up the story a bit more in order to know what monsters to design.
4. Come up with a color scheme for the cartoon and characters (see 1.).
5. Finalize all the Sorcerer designs.
6. Once the final look is decided, do an animation test.

(Sigh) It kinda sounds like a lot to do before I can even begin storyboarding.

I’ve been trying to complete task No. 1.  It’s tricky  because I want to draw a finished piece that incorporates some of the “fun” things I want to draw in the cartoon.  I decided that the thumbnail sketches I had been drawing depicted a scene that didn’t have much action in it. I’ve decided to see if I could, maybe, draw a picture with something exciting going on. This is what I’ve got so far:

I’m still going to need do a few more thumbnails though. I think I want to, at least, show  the  Sorcerers more. I want the drawing to say, “Danger and excitement” all in one drawing while allowing me to work on the color and style of the cartoon.

WEBSITES

So I followed the source of a link that lead to my blog out of curiosity. I found one of my animated GIF files that I did years ago, being talked about on a Spanish speaking forum.  To my surprise, a couple of posts later, I found that one of the forum users had translated it into SPANISH. I thought it was great that the person did that and I was really flattered. Then I looked closer at the translated version and saw the translator had decided to take my name off it. Why?!

I was planning to put the translated version up here on my blog.  I was going to but my name back on it but I found out, to my dismay, that I couldn’t.  I don’t know how the guy managed to edit my GIF but I wasn’t able to edit his.  So I’ve decided NOT to put the translated version here even though I thought it was neat.

Perhaps I should do a translated version myself instead. Maybe next week, if I have time. Meanwhile, here’s the original version of the GIF if you haven’t seen it yet:

I just finished rereading the original blog article this drawing was posted with. It seems I was going a little insane at the time.  It also answers the question as to why the drawing is signed “Frog 08”.

VIDEO

I liked this cartoon below. It’s sad but true. When an artist goes out and draws in public, this sometimes happens:

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