the year has come to an end.
happy new year to everyone, it's gonna be a wild one!
gonna take this chance to link stuff I've done this year, and very briefly talk about some of it:
uploaded a bunch of art this year, but it all started with some props I whipped up for the Smiling Friends gig application. you're free to use these, with credit of course:
after that, I did some pixel art practice:
that last one being an animation for PokeGrounds, a collab hosted by @scottwjsm
did some BGs for it too, one of which ended up being cut sadly:
also did some BGs for Scott's other projects as well:
the mario toon is yet to come out, but I also helped on this one:
next up, I had the PRIVILEGE of helping @53xy83457 out, and I say privilege since his Quickdraw games were a big part of my childhood (later middle school edition) so getting to work with him was pretty damn cool:
learned a lot from doing all those backgrounds, so excited to do some (a lot) more in 2024.
next up, I got to help on two awesome reanimated projects - Shrek 2 Retold & Road to El Dorado Redialed, the latter being my favorite (mainstream) animated movie so it was a huge honor. my part for it had to be rushed, so I'm not too proud of it and decided not to upload it on its own. you'll see it in the collab, hopefully, when it's out. the shrek 2 retold part, on the other hand, you can take a look at right now:
and now we come to the one and only thing I made myself this year:
along with an animated BG from it:
since we're here - lemme just post the first one real quick even though it's a 2022 thing
HAPPY FAMILY as a series was(is?) a test to see how many times you can repeat the same few jokes without completely killing them. i think it's safe to say the answer is: less than in the second one for sure. still, both got a good reception - especially the second one - and I'm happy with how they did. gotta shout out @Noves specifically because he single handedly carried them both as Uncle Larry - what an absolute legend! I still owe him a pixel art piece though, since I'm a piece of sh-
and the last thing I did this year was organize a Christmas collab. high off the HAPPY FAMILY 2 vibes and "success" I decided to host a tv-themed collab, and after seeing there were no Christmas collabs in the works - I made it a Christmas collab. later found out that there already was one like that 2 years ago, but the host of that collab @RGPAnims didn't mind the similarities and even came on board to help us out with the new one!
it grew to be a 45 minute long beast by the end of it, and I think it's pretty damn good - especially considering it was all done in under 2 months:
and BGs from my part for it:
with music by @TeffyD & starring @makestuff & @Mikeysota
it was a lot of fun doing this, and the reception has been amazing. some people even expressed interest in more NGTV - and I'd love to do it. it will definitely be back for Christmas 2024, and I have some big plans for it, but maybe there'll be a non-Christmas one earlier. we'll see - it's still too early to talk about that seriously!
huge thanks to everyone who participated and a huge apology to @MetalSlayer69 for forgetting to include their submission. @KingCrowned also made one, a bit late, and I planned to include it along MetalSlayer's in an update by the end of the year, but my PC has not been able to turn on in the last few days - so I couldn't do it. still unsure what my problems are, but I should have it all up and running relatively soon and WILL push that update out, no matter how late.
special shoutouts to @VoicesByCorey and @jazzy666 for helping A LOT of people by lending voices for their submissions! like, huge amounts. for real.
and of course all my old FDS buddies who came on board and contributed, it was a nice lil FDS reunion in a way:
wish more FDS people came back for the project, especially GoodL, but I'm happy to have at least gotten in touch with some of the others! some did join, but sadly couldn't make it in time.
that's about it for the NG side of things. outside of NG, I'm happy to say we have wrapped production on a pretty big short/pilot. it's in the post production and SFX stage and should be hitting festivals next year! very excited to talk about it more when the NDA is lifted. i can say, though, i did character concept art & was a producer on it. it's gonna be a wild one - mix of 2d and 3d - you'll see.
that's pretty much it: some fun stuff coming 2024 but hey, that's the next year - who cares - see you all then!