Happy Birthday, dear Blog!

Yes people, this blog recently turned one! So let's celebrate in the tradition of this blog - namely a whole week late. Anyhow, you guys have been waiting for it, and since this is such a special occasion (the blog turning one and this being the tenth 100 Things...) here's not just a cartoon, but a whole 4-panel strip! With not just one but two lessons in it. Happy anniversary!!!

This doesn't mean we're back on the old schedule, though. I'll be afk for like two weeks soon. But after that, 100 Things'll be updating bi-weekly again. Be sure to get back!

EXPO!!!

OK! First of all, I'd like to tell you guys that all the panic of last post has come to a good ending after all. It took me almost all night (and a good deal of my sanity) but I got the job done. In time!

Then some other good news: I graduated! Since last Wednesday I'm entitled to call myself a multimedia designer, specialized in Animation! It really feels great. I finally can do the thing I like most of all for a living! How awesome is that!

That leaves me with one more thing to tell you gang about: the Expo! Last Thursday we had the whole day to show parents, friends and other people what we made for our exam project. It was crowded, it was hot, but it was SO worth it!!! Check out our stand, by the way:

It really did what we designed it to do: pull the attention of people and show what we've been through to give those people the movie they were watching. I love it when a presentation is this self-explanatory.

So yeah. I suppose you now want to see our movie as well. Then rest assured, thou shan't have to wait any longer! Behold!



I'm pretty proud of it. I hope you agree.
See you guys later!

Crash & Burn

This. Is. Not. Good.

Today could have been the day that I finished my exam project. Then came the Crash.

AfterEffects crashed while I was easily halfway through adding our animated backgrounds to our movie. I was offered the option to save, so I did. It wasn't really necessary (having worked with GLR computers for four years tought me to save every quarter of an hour), but hey, the option was there, why not take it. I reopened the file, only to discover that there was nothing in it anymore. Everything has been erased by the crash.

Luckily I DO have some sort of backup here on my laptop, but seeing as I made that one over the weekend, this means I have to start adding the backgrounds from scratch. Oh and just so you know, deadline's tomorrow. I am not happy.

I probably won't make the deadline, so I'll have to deliver our movie as soon as possible afterwards. This means 100 Things is back on hiatus until further notice. I am very sorry.

Poster

STRESS!!!

Yes people, it is that time again. The deadline for our Exam Project is in about three days and have we still got some work to do...

Anyhow. Seeing as the production of our short (read all about it here) is still in full swing, I can't yet reveal any spoiler pics. So, as not to leave you guys, patient as you are, waiting with empty hands, here is our poster.

I think it really captures the feeling of our movie. Drawn artwork was done by me, the logo by classmate and partner-in-crime Anneloes van Koppenhagen.

I'm getting excited and I hope you guys are too. To top it all off, I have another surprise for you:

New 100 Things. This Saturday. Be there.

WE'RE DOING THIS! See you all next time!

Exam Project

Some of you may have been wondering what's causing all the delays with the 100 Things series. Yes, people, I am aware that I'm like 4 cartoons behind. I'll make up for it. Promise.
Here's why: I'm in the middle of my Exam Project. Seeing as our classmates are making some really cool stuff, my teammate and I have decided that our short too should be Legendary at the very least. Which means that it's a lot of work.

The movie tells the story of a princess who's locked up in some tower. Two warriors hear her cries for help and try to save her. But the way to the tower is not without danger and how will the princess react upon her saviors?

Below you'll find some characters sketches and a behind-the-screens picture. Want spoilers? Check out our animatic!

The small hero. Your typical annoying know-it-all. Pretty bossy guy too. Wants the princess.

The big hero. The kinda guy who only understands two words (preferably used in the same sentence): Bar. Fight.

The princess. Locked up in a tower. Guarded by a dragon. Prefers big, hairy men.

Dragon. The hugest characters of our cast. Also the character with the least screentime. Very, very moody.

The cast as it was two weeks ago. By Monday the human characters'll all have clothes, hair and faces.

100 Things - Valentine Special

Or rather the un-Valentine Special; this in plain mockery of my past as a Kaartenhuis intern. Of course (secretly, deep down inside) I still support the day, so if you haven't done it yet, go over there and send that E-card to your Special One! Even though you're an entire day late by now...

100 Things - Bus

I'm late. Again. Sorry people. But, in return, you did get this sweet new background (I hope you guys like it) and a (for my standards) pretty crowded cartoon.

So, of course, I'm gonna have to play catch-up again. Though I can't guarantee that last week's second cartoon will be live tonight, you guys WILL get a Valentine's Special. After all, you're reading the blog of someone who's worked at an E-card company.

See you later, folks!