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That's kind of the point, Jake. It's a "flish" :-) It's not a comic and it's not an animated film. It's a motion comic. It's something new. And the "language" is still being written. It's not a movie, so you don't have to stick to established film conventions. Nor is it a comic book, so you don't have to operate within those conventions, either. It's something that can take elements from both mediums and combine them in different ways and make up your own new ones. Starting with original material and planning for it to be a motion comic would allow for all sorts of new storytelling devices and creativity. The big push now in electronic publishing on devices like smartphones and iPad-like tablets is to have motion and other elements added to books. It's going to continue. Static is going to be something in the past. When ePaper and other technologies become reliable and affordable, printing is going to go away. ...and kids dig 'em. :-)

I wonder Will, have you considered doing something similar to a motion comic? I came across this site the other day: http://www.digitalmotioncomics.com The majority of them start from a source comic and break up the art and use a combination of 3D and AfterEffects to turn them into short films. I'd encountered some of the ones that DC Comics had done earlier. I even have the BluRay of the Watchmen motion comic. Watching some of them, it got me to thinking that using the style of them might make for a more economical way to do an animated series. You basically get to pick and choose what would be animated and would make doing a series in a reasonable amount of time possible. It's almost a kind of mixed media approach where you could combine your sketches, paintings and 3D stuff. Could make for an interesting style and give it a modern, unique look.

Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one!

Congrats!

Looking good, Kat! I think mostly we champion the short film because few of us have the dedication to tackle the long project. You've proven you do have the patience and dedication! PS-->I like that you have leaves and stuff floating around in the water. Nice touch!

Spectacular, Will!

That's great, Jake! For a little while in college, I worked in a department store and part of my job was putting together entertainment centers. Video made me have flashbacks. :-)

Thanks, Rodney! Hoping a lot of folks will find it there!

Thanks, everyone! As you may remember, I broke up the graphic novel into four parts that were turned into iPhone/iPad applications. Well, there's a new website called The Illustrated Section that features Comics, Picture Books, Art Books, etc. and I've put up the four parts there as PDF files. In my mind, the iPhone/iPad apps are cooler, but if you'd like a digital version of them that works on anything that can read a PDF, here's a way to get them! The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island #1 The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island #2 The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island #3 The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island #4 If you do pick up one or all, please write a review on the site! Thanks! I'm still working on the Print On Demand version. I want to include extra content to add value to it.

Thanks, everybody! Had a good birthday and am hoping that 2011 is a great year for us all!

Looks impressive with either proportions, Paul! Love the quilted look on the tunic!

Very cool, Gene! Cool to stop and look back at how much you've accomplished. You are an animation machine! :-)

Thanks, guys!

Not confusing to folks who remember Buckaroo Banzai. Happy Birthday, Matt!

It definitely is more difficult to build a set in an action. I'll give this a try!

Looking good, Chris. You've got it inverted, though. The center part of that dial sticks out and it's recessed around it. Here's a quick pic found on google.

Thanks, everyone! Nancy, I'm using the full names inside, but not on the cover.

Working on a cover for the print edition of The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island! Using some of the elements I used before, but I think the back-to-back Greyhawk and Flemm works better. The books themselves are going to be kind of pricey since they'll be print on demand, but at least they'll be available. I'm mostly looking forward to having one for myself. :-)

Great job, David!

Cool!

Cool, Gene! I could watch a whole music video of visual representations of the sound like that.

Thanks, Arlene! As much work as all the stuff is, I'm actually missing working on them. Thanks for the tip. I'll check up on Lulu.

I felt like playing around tonight and modeled this generic character. I was thinking that I'd rig it up and donate it to our Contributor's board. The idea I'm playing with is that when it's rigged, there would be bones that could be used for customizing the character. The practical bit being that a user could create an action, import things like hair, nose, eyes, etc. and then constrain them to the customizing bones. Folks could contribute those custom elements (noses, etc.) that the user could choose from to create their own custom character. Kind of Mr. Potato-like. Would there be an interest in something like this?

Missed this! Happy Belated Birthday, Tony! Hope you had a great one!

That works well. On your Youtube page you said you could keyframe that. Photoshop has a timeline now? The last few versions of Photoshop Extended have an animation palette with a timeline.