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i've wanted to make an animated series or movie for a very very very long time and i didn't think i could do it, ever. recently i've begun to fantasize about creating a show for adult swim. last year i went to an intensive animation program and made a short 1 min long film in 5 months, did everything by myself. that was very empowering. now, i work a part time job and i'm a part time student, i'm dedicating this entire year to creating a much longer film.
this animation will be 8-12 minutes long, written directed animated and composited by me. it's a pilot episode of a 5-ish part series. lol i sound crazy... i'm just reallyhappy with myself. it should be done next january.
it will be shared here, along with all my progress, and i hope to open a patreon where dedicated viewers can access scripts, model sheets, storyboards, and cut content. that will come later of course.
They Were A Good Ghoul
A twisted romance about Ghoul, an antisocial outcast, who struggles to cope with his attraction to a beautiful girl he just met.
jan 30, 2025
i just burned my tongue on my coffee ouch!
i rented a whole collection of books to help inspire and instruct the design of my new cartoon. i'm very excited about the m.c. escher art, and pleased to learn that a good portion of his art is printmaking rather than drawings. when i go back to the library they will let me view his journals and sketchbooks (you can't take them home). i will try to learn much from him. i am confident that the art direction of this episode will meet my expectations and amaze you all. i grabbed a cinematography book as well which will help intruct my framing and compositions.
- updates:
- script is close to the final edit
- storyboard is started but is subject to many changes
- model sheet for ghoul is started
- concept arts for villain, love interest, and femme fatale are ready for final model sheets
- need start on color script and environment concept art
- need settle on medium for background arts
i'm certain the film will be around 10 minutes. i am struggling to settle on an ending, knowing that viewers will expect something to be accomplished by the end. ghoul starts the episode alone, should it end with them drowing in a sea of people? hoping to finish the script by 2/1
jan 30, 2025
animation update
my uncle gifted me both toonboom harmony and storyboard (very professional animation softwares i used to make my last film) so im simultaneously writing a novella version of the story, doing the storyboard rough, and making model sheets for the characters. it's very nice to be back to work, even though i will soon begin to hate myself for it.
jan 26, 2025
jan 22, 2025
An Icon is Dead
rest in peace david lynch your art changed my life and i think about you all the time, your work means the world to an artist like me. i want to be like you, i hope to follow in your footsteps and be a great artist that challenges everyone like you did. if you havent seen any david lynch movies, you should. he made elephant man, blue velvet, mulholland drive, twin peaks & twin peaks fire walk with me, eraser head... he's a weird guy, his films are dreamy and surreal and beautiful, i wish he had made more before he passed. its up to the rest of us artists to carry on his legacy and keep changing the world!
jan 16, 2025
im so website
i've gotten over the learning curve of taking my time and slowly uploading all my art. i havent been tkaing the time to do it bc its such a daunting task and i wasnt sure where to start. i think its okay to put it all in a random order, and not have to worry about adding size and date details bc that really slows me down. i'm sort of doing it in backwards chronological order, but i'm labeling everything by year so you know what to look for. its especcially daunting because after i supload my 1,000+ digital drawings, i still have my sketchbooks to upload, and my paintings and traditional drawings, and my prints. i wanted to start uploading way sooner for you all, that's the point of this website after all, but its a lot of pressure when there's so much to share and i didn't know the best way to present it. i think the way i have it now is convenient for everyone. i just want everything to be as easy to navigate as possible, and i want to people not to get lost or confused. ranfren's site is pretty confusing and easy to get lost, and i'm using the same techniques he is, but i'm trying to take advantage of it to force you to explore everything. it's a very selfish art form, though i suppose all art is selfish.
this coffee is hurting my stomach
jan 15, 2025
bro no fuckin way
finished a page in one day. if this keeps up i could have FINAL DISPOSITION done in like 3 weeks. that would be nice. i need to find a place that can scan my pages. there’s a comic book store that only sells handmade comics, i’ll ask them.
nov 12, 2024
gettin busy
heh... working on a new page for something... wifi comign soon + i upgraded my website host and now i can post mp3s and mp4s so that means i can post some things no one has seen before!! stay tuned
nov 11, 2024
missing creating
im reading a story about this old school animator and it's really making me realize how much i want to animate. he made this film almost entirely by himself because no one wanted to fund it. this is a process i've never seen before- tedious, tiring, difficult, almost not worth the effort. but that was the passion and perfectionism that goes into animation. i often want to make comic books because i think i have to start with a simpler form of storytelling before i'm "allowed" to make an animated film but hey... i animated a film all by myself in 5 months before i ever made a comic book. and i much prefer animation- it's the way i imagine my stories as finished products, and comics only as first drafts for what will eventually become an animation. i have a lot of ideas, i want to try to make something soon. i still have a comic book i'm going to finish, but from now on i'm going to focus on films.
nov 10, 2024
i got an apartment
ive missed updating this place regularly while my pc has been packed away but this week i got myself a new apartment and the near daily updates will be returning very soon
nov 7, 2024
occam's razor
what’s that saying? the simplest answer is usually the best one? i find that to be true in most aspects of life. it will take me months, years often, to come to a conclusion that should have been obvious from the very beginning. i didn’t think of being an animator until my final year in highschool, while everyone else around me knew i was going to be one since the day they met me.
all this to say i feel like i finally understand what direction i want to go in for my Ghoul story. i’ve been rattling my brain trying to come up with what makes Ghoul special, and i’ve been grasping at things that were never a part of their character in the first place!!! but what Occam’s razor or whatever told me is that what makes Ghoul special is: They’re a stalker. that’s the story i’ve always wanted to tell, that’s what i have experience with, and that’s the kind fo love story i relate to and want to read myself. i know... a lot about stalkers... my final project at animation school was even about stalking! Currently thinking about the title “They Were a Good Ghoul” after the song by Campfire Stalker (which i actually first heard as a remix by Pisca). but yeah… now i can stop trying to come up with plots where Ghoul is a science experiment brought back from the dead and they came back wrong. that’s the whole idea, that’s what i want you to think it is. but they’re not even a monster at all, they’re just a creepy human and what makes them so special that i’d tell you a story about them is that they’re a good stalker. sorry if it seems silly… it’s always exciting when i make one of these ridiculous breakthroughs. it took so long but i knew it would come to me!