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Entry #3
I recently released the teaser for my new series. I'm feeling good about all the feedback I've received. I even managed to snag my first daily feature award, so I want to thank everyone that made that possible.
In this blog I want address an issue that's been brought up several times. Which is my decision to use stick figures and silhouettes for the character designs. Well, it all started with Zhu (of Xiao Xiao fame), I've always been a big fan of his work. He showed us what a single animator can do with just stick figures. With the amount of action in his flashes, animating full body characters would have been a very difficult task and possibly not worth the effort. So Zhu took a different route, and he used stick figures in such a way that people didn't say "This is pretty good for stick figures," but instead "This is a good flash movie, period."
Later I discovered Rob-D (Joe Zombie) and Get-lost (Castle III). These two artists, among others, took stick figures to the next level. They showed us that not only are stick figures good for stylish violence, but they can also be used in a flash with character development and an epic plot, resulting in a truly exciting experience.
It was with that in mind that I chose to use stick figures, and I want to bring something slightly different to the table by also incorporating silhouettes. So, I hope you can all keep an open mind when you watch the first episode. Hopefully the wait for it won't be too long. I know the voice actors are eager to see the fruit of their labor, they all did awesome jobs.
That's all for now, feel free to hit me up with anymore questions/comments.
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