RoboToon vs The Transformers

I'm sorry if I'm being boring and repetitious, but the only thing I have on my mind lately is giant robots.

First up, no I haven't signed up for some sort of comic crossover - although, now that I think about it, it would be cool. No idea what the story would be - it's just the conflicting desires in my brain between these two great loves of mine.

As you know, I have been working very diligently on the next issue of my bunny book. I just finished my 13th page last night, which puts me over the halfway mark. Admittedly, I am thinking about putting another double page spread in to beef up one of the scenes, but I digress. My deadline for the book is this years Supanova convention.

What's also taking up a lot of my thought processes is the Transformers sequel that is coming out this year, which I am very much looking forward to, huge geek that I am.

The ironic part about this is that the deadline for both of these things is pretty much exactly the same time.

Transformers starts June 25th. This is also the very last day I can leave it to to get my book published in time for the convention. It's not done by then, it won't be done.

So. I look at The transformers, and I want this date to arrive faster. Then I look at the work I have still to do, and I want that date to take it's time.

Like I said. Conflicted.

It started.

The first two action figures from the new Transformers movie were released. Bumblebee and Soundwave. I already have two Bumblebee's - The 70's version camero and the funky new camero version - so I didn't get the new figure. Even though they resculpted his head, and he looks really cool now. But I did get Soundwave.

Soundwave was the big character ommission from the first movie. They tried to work him in a few times, which turned into Blackout and Scorpornok, then Frenzy. The helicoptor and the stereo for the ungeekafied.

Now, although I like the design of Soundwave, I'm really not that impressed with the figure. For one thing, it's Tiny! I've put it up on the shelf with all of my other figures from the first movie and it's without a doubt the shortest one. Add on top of that, it's a bitch to transform. There are too many bits which just 'sit there'. They don't click in or attach or anything.

Still. Looking forward to seeing him in the movie though.

Plugging away

6 down. 20 plus cover to go.

Why don't I blog much anymore?

Long story short. Nothing is going on.

I really don't feel like I'm doing anything at the moment that is worth writing down. I know I'm in a bad spot in my head at the moment, and I really don't want this to turn into just a forum for me to whine. So, most of the time, I just don't post anything.

Besides, the only people that read this fucking thing talk to me in person any way. There's a certain level of redundancy to it.

I should work!!

I CAN'T MAKE MYSELF DRAW!!!!!!

I should be drawing. I have the day off, I have PLENTY of pages to get done, but for some God knows why reason, I'm too damn restless. I can't sit at my drawing table for any more than about twenty minutes before I need to get up and go do something else.

I'm sure I'm behind schedule. I've only got 4 pages completed, and it's only a few more months before the con, when I need to have the book finished.

I need to find a way to calm myself down and do some work.

This is shitting me.

Horrorflix - Holy fuck up.

Little harsh maybe.

I finally managed to upload the final cut of Horrorflix version 2.0. I've been getting exceedingly frustrated with the fact that my movies look like shit. Not necessarily from my film making ability, but rather the quality. They're pixelated like nothing else. I've been doing all manner of things to try and get the quality up, but to no avail. No, considering I've spent nearly $4000 or so on top notch equipment and software, this is something I was really shitty about.

I was going through the instructions for both my camera and software, and I think I may have found the solution. Only thing is, it may mean I have to completely re cut the film. No a prospect I'm looking forward to.

I did a quick cut of something else we started working on a while back that just wasn't working. It's still being uploaded, so I'll stick it up later, but below is the final cut of Horrorflix. Lucy - my song maiden - is going to try a redo of the sound, so I'm half tempted to go through and fix the video myself, which is going to be a lot of work, but hopefully it'll be worth it.

Anyway, let me know what you think. This damn flick has been floating around for ever.

Back to the Bunny

So I finally worked out the remaining few pages on Robotoon 3. I had the first 15 and the last 9 figured out, but I was stuck in the middle. There was a whole sequence I had planned on including, but if I did it the way I wanted to, it would have required another 8 pages in the middle, at least. Considering I have three months to get this finished in time for Supanova, I needed to try and find a way around that.

So tonight, Finally, I figured out the last two pages. It still works, and I can just save the sequence for another story. It was one joke, which just extended the story. It'll float around in the cesspool of consciousness until I can work it into something else.

I've got a large amount of the pages photocopied and transferred onto the final art board, and I've gotten into the inking. Since I've finally relented and abandoned the brush and ink, things seem to be moving a lot faster, I hate to admit. So, a few months work and I'll have another chapter in this continuing saga.