Monday, July 06, 2009

The Next Cartoon... ...and a Contest!


I've mentioned that I'm working on my next video
Above is a concept sketch of the female lead.
I like the look, but am concerned the hair will be hard to animate.

To make the animation work better, I'm blocking in the main moves first.
The result looks crude (especially with screen captures), but you may be able to guess that our hero (right) is unhappy to see this visitor. Details, better drawings and backgrounds come later.



Here's a better drawing of the hero.

...and here.
I need a name for him (The female bird is named Mary, and the maroon visitor pictured above is a bit character). His working name is "Pico" but it isn't sticking. A contest is in order!
I'm not sure what the prize is yet, but it will be something goofy...

20 comments:

  1. Will the prize be something chocolate?

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  2. here we go3:21 PM

    Norman? Joseph? Victor? Marvin? Bill?

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  3. Gulch?

    The hair will be fine. Leave day job behind on hair issues!

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  4. me again5:53 PM

    Melvin? Mervin? Merlin? Sartre?

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  5. stray6:28 PM

    I'm liking Bill!

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  6. James Brown? (It worked for one bird.)

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  7. The green haired/green eyed one has a mischievous look in her eyes! What's she planning?

    About Pico... how about:

    Kith
    Ries
    Mox
    Daq
    Wylm
    Egy
    Opz
    Jinix
    Liggs
    Fred
    Bob? (like, *with* the question mark)

    I didn't verify if any of these were cuss words in some other language, so you may have to do some due diligence. ;-)

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  8. Cracker Jack

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  9. blog administrator9:22 PM

    Roji
    Hector
    Dukie
    Flippo
    Quack
    Mack
    Henry
    Douglas
    Murphy
    Bird
    Poindexter
    Spitball

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  10. Sam
    Miles
    Kelly

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  11. pumpkin9:27 PM

    Couscous
    Vince

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  12. Orville9:56 PM

    Wally

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  13. Stewart7:31 AM

    Preston
    Otto
    Elmer
    Harvey

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  14. m,
    Yesterday, before the contest I was seriously considering "Cracker Jack"...!

    Thanks for all your suggestions, everybody!

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  15. just wondering8:30 PM

    So did anybody win?

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  16. Oh yes, there's a winner...
    ...I was going to wrap this up much earlier but, metaphorically speaking, someone dropped a giant radioactive squid into my lap and asked me to turn it into an attractive plate of Crudités variés...
    ...thus stopping my blogging, prize shopping, cartoon making cold while I chased said squid around the kitchen.

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  17. Bird of Paradise6:48 PM

    How about irving?

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  18. "Irving" is a great name- but the contest ended a few years ago. :)

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I dislike typing the quasi-legible words too, but without them it's Spam City, Sorry!