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Deciding for Conroy Cat reviews

After some careful consideration, I decided that having the decision to produce the Conroy Cat review shorts be up to what is now just three people isn't really fair. It's not fair to the viewers that actually enjoy Conroy's reviews and it's not fair to the voice actor who took the time to record his voice for the 6 episodes, al...

Team Teen Background

A background for the animation test I mentioned last week. I haven't had to utilize perspective in a long time, but Team Teen is giving me a reason to practice! Concerning the recent Conroy Cat review of SheZow, though we managed to get the three required votes, one of the patrons dropped out, so his vote no longer counts. We ne...

Team Teen Animation Test in Development

I made the production schedule for TTD manageable to the point that I can tinker and play with other projects, namely my cartoon crossover "Team Teen". Artwork and animation related material for Team Teen is among the most popular things I've created on Tumblr and Deviantart, and did really well on Youtube, so I definitely plan ...

I mentioned with the new episodes that there'd be changing backgrounds. Season 2-B will give you a glimpse of where he lives, while future seasons I'd like to feature him on areas that shows he's on some kind of adventure. The backgrounds will hopefully be better then too. I'll likely do these in Photoshop from now on.

Did some more work on the rigs. This time by testing out some poses for them. Watching several Flash cartoons on TV and webseries made me realize the mileage I can get simply from front and 3/4 angles rigs, which saves me time on building rigs for future characters. I do have to add some more assets like giving Doggy and angry y...

Dtoons Heads to Channel Awesome October 21st!

I just had a Skype session with the head of Channel Awesome and other new content creators, and we decided that October 21st will be our debut on the site! We decided it'd be best to upload a few old episodes at first to build a buffer, but rest assured, new episodes are on their way, with the plans on releasing two new cartoons...

Operation: Saturday Morning Cartoons!

Toons These Days writer Andrew Kaiko suggested to me that with the Hub Network diminishing, and Vortexx is ending in a couple of weeks, something needs to be done to preserve Saturday morning cartoons. So he's suggesting we launch an hour long livestream show on Saturday's showcasing the best animated indie work we can find. I ...

Doodley Draws Kassandra (Ep. 4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1dLlo7yLEo

Tomorrow's drawing of Doodley features Kassandra. This is the design I'd use in her future appearances, as opposed to the ones in her previous animations. Hopefully she'll get to appear in more cartoons!

Doodley Draws Derp Pikachu (Ep. 3)

A new episode of Doodley where I draw a derpy looking Pikachu!

Still working on Doggy, albeit slowly. Here's how he looks so far. Still need to add more assets like giving him a variety of hands to make him more expressive. Production has slowed mainly because like the others that got picked up by Channel Awesome, we're waiting to here back concerning the schedule. Toons These Days will be ...

The first episode of Doodley was to feature this drawing of Doggy, but the recorded video was too long, and would've taken half a day to render. So I opted of doing a new video instead.

First Livestream is now going! Click the link to check it out!

https://new.livestream.com/accounts/7939314/events/3331776?device_panel=true

Livestream Tomorrow!

At midnight tomorrow (12am American EST) I'll be streaming live on Livestream. It'll be my first time doing this so it might be a little tricky, but it's good to get into the swing of things. Per the suggestion of one of my patrons, this livestream will be open for everyone including non-patrons, for this one time only! Around 1...

Keyframe Caddy and "Doodley"

When it comes to animating in Flash, the Keyframe Caddy is the best around, as it allows you to get to change nested symbols at faster pace. This especially comes in handy for animating mouths. Also, recently I learned about the importance of releasing videos more frequently on Youtube, which is improbable for animators to do. I...

Animating the mouth, plus BIG NEWS!

The new Doggy rig has an extra mask, this time for the mouth! Parts of the mouth, like the tongue, teeth, and the back, are on their own layers. Kind of creepy looking, isn't it? I also feel the need to tell my patrons that one of the reasons Toons These Days is coming back into production is because I got an email from Channel...

Slowly, buy Surely!

Sorry about the slow updates, guys. I haven't been able to work on cartoons much because of my job. Anyhoo, here's a screengrab of the status of Doggy's character rig. I think for now I'll hold off from doing the profile, over-the-shoulder, and back view. Doggy is rarely been shown at those other angles on Toons These Days. So h...

In previous seasons of Toons These Days, Doggy's eybrows were embedded into his head. For the new character rigs, by using separate eyebrows, and layer masking, I have more flexibility with his expressions! This is something I'll be toying with over time, so the rig will continue to improve making it easier to use, and look bett...

Being the indecisive person that I am, I just can't decide between using the pencil tool to build Doggy's new character rig, or use the brush tool. So I'm putting it up to a vote. Since I have only one patron at the time of this post, I'm opening feedback to everyone!

Currently building a character rig for Doggy. Should I use the clean, but dull line tool? Or the more fluid, yet rough look of the brush tool?

Our First Patreon Feed!

I'd like to welcome all patron(s) to our first activity feed post! Despite having the oppportunity to produce any cartoon, we're sticking with Toons These Days for the time being, not only because it's the most popular series, but also because a certain online media company has shown on interest in the series. Shown here is a ro...