ES Story #2 Scrapped

That's right. I'm just having some personal problems currently. And to add that the worrying of not getting FS Fansode out on time, let alone get enough Voice Actors, and then the script just wouldn't come out right. But don't worry, my 2 fans, for a new story is being written. It was going to start out as a silly little script for a strip, but now it's going to be much more then that.

It shall be called, "Ripoffs Galore, a Murder, THERE'S MORE?!" (thanks to Alex for the title). But don't worry, it won't be "OGFM, Bonus Stage rip-off!". I'll throw in references, but not to the point where it gets in the way of the plot.

I'll try my best to get at least 15 seconds of animation a day on FS Fansode, all while trying to get one panel done a day on the story. It won't be hand drawn, but instead, I'll use the line tool so the art is cleaner. Add shading and highlighting, and that could all take awhile.

As for the two pages of the olde story? Well, I'm going to make a new section on the site and add it there.. It'll probably be something like "The Junkyard" or something. We'll see.

Here's an updated Progress list:


500th Kiriban for Midnightfury: 0% (Still planning on what to draw.)
Ernie Seekers Bedrooms: 0%
Ernie Seekers Video Shop Background: 0%
Ernie Seekers Bus Stop: 0%
Kagome Drawing (I still have the sketch. I'll work on that when Pam kicks me off the computer.): 15%


Scrapped Crap:

Ernie Seekers Jungle Background
Ernie Seekers Story #2 (Olde one)Script
Gift Art for friend person (I'll probably do it when I got less work on me.)
ES Page 3

Review: Teen Girl Squad

Teen Girl Squad is an animated comic from the creators of the Homestar Runner fame, the Chaps Brothers. The series started out as a request from a Strong Bad e-mail from a girl who wanted Strong Bad to make a comic for her friends. The series became more popular with each episode, and then soon got its own page on the homestar runner site.

The "Teen Girl Squad" consists of four girls: "Cheerleader", the most popular one who's out to look "So GOOD!" and get the boys, "So-and-So", whose full of smarts and has an imaginary boyfriend named Brett Bretterson, "What's Her Face", the outcast and the one that usually gets left out of the girls' fun, and "The Ugly One", the most random and eccentric one of the whole group.

The art style is very simplistic to represent doodles. The notebook paper backgrounds, uneven panels, and dialoge balloons makes it look like a comic you'd find a 5th grader drawing in math class. Even with the simple style, each character has their own characteristics. For example, you can simply tell apart between The Ugly One and What's Her Face.

The animation is limited, since it's supposed to represent a comic. People who have never heard of Teen Girl Squad would at first pass this series up because of limited animation, but after watching at least two episodes, they'd most likely become fans of this series.

Most of the humor in this series relies on sight gags and random phrases. It seems everytime you watch an episode, something in the background happens, like clouds eating birds, for example. Random phrases are mainly something said when one of the girls die, like "MSG'D!". This bothers me a bit when things pop out of nowhere and kill them, but every episode ends in a hilarious result.

The music mainly consists of a music loop in the background in each episode. Surprisingly, the music loop never becomes annoying to me, and I even catch myself humming it. The only other music was in Episode 8.

Now, here's where I have to tack down some points: Voice Acting. Too many of the characters sound the same. I could hardly tell the difference between Cheerleader and So-and-So if I was to only litsen to their voice and have to guess which one it was. That aside, the sound quality is very good. There's no background noise, static, or poping noises.

Overall, I enjoy this series alot. I would highly recommend newcomers to Homestar Runner to watch them. This cartoon gets a A- from me, and would be perfect if not for the voices.

THIS REVIEW IS OVER!

PROGUHRUS UPDATE

ES Page 3: 0%
500th Kiriban for Midnightfury: 0% (Still planning on what to draw.)
Gift Art for friend person: 0% (It's not really important right now.)
Kagome Drawing: 20% (Have sketched, sketching background.)
ES Strip #6: 100% (Cleeck.)
Breeze Line Art: 100% (Cleeck.)
Salena Umaco Fanart: 100% (Cleeck.)
Ernie Seekers Kitchen Background: 0% (Redrawing)
Ernie Seekers Living Room Background: 100% (Cleeck.)
Ernie Seekers Bedrooms: 0%
Ernie Seekers Jungle Background (For when they go to Africa in Story 2.): 0%
Ernie Seekers Video Shop Background: 0%
Ernie Seekers Bus Stop: 0%
Ernie Seekers Story #2 Script: 10%

I'm going to be working alot on the backgrounds today, hopefully at least getting two done. I'm going to be using to line tool so it really turns out less sloppy. Of course, I can't stay on the computer all day, so I'll take a break from those to work on the Kagome Drawing or start on Fury's Kiriban.

BrooksTV-WHUT-Pirates-Box-Onion-Floppy

BrooksTV Mega Episode FINALLY UPDATES WITH PAGE 14!! Oh man, I was the first one to leave a comment. This comic is just...wow. I can't say anything, really. Saying that in a good way. Amazing details, and the whole climax is wrapped up now. Well, besides that to be continued part. I'm wondering stuff:
WHUT WILL HAPPEN TO AMY'S BROTHER?
IS HE ALIVE?
WILL EVIL MICROSOFT GET AWAY WITH IT?
SO EXCITED!!!11

I also liked the fact that it had a tiny bit of romance in there. Not giant make-out scenes, but just enough to show that Brooks (the character) cared for Amy. I like it when comics aren't all goofy all the time, and just add a pinch of Romance or Drama into the recipe of a comic.

Toonami gives this a 10 out of 10. (Ya rly!!1 I liked it that much. :D)



Matt Wilson left us a picture without telling us what in the world it is, or even what series it is for. So I leave him a "WHUT?" instead of a score.



Pirates is still random and wierd. I wanted to see killing turtle action, but instead the comic cuts away to them dead. UUUURRRRGGGH. Toonami gives it a 5 out of 10.



Inside the Box cheered me up on Pirates's mistake. Blood gore violence. GLEEEE. Toonami gives this bad baby an 8 out of 10 because of the rather akward stabbing panel.

Onion #4 was...random. I was goggle girl, but I had no emotion. I wish he'd give me the script so I can see where I need emotion and not. So I may ask him later on if I can redo those. Nash and Z were drawn really well in this one, but some of the artwork just leaves me blah. The kid obsessed with crap was drawn good. Why can't he put that kind of effort in the goggle girl or the other characters? They looked like they were just slapped together. Pear appears out of nowhere and says she likes cheeseballs. If my parents think I don't make sense, I should show them this. Toonami gives it a 7 out of 10.

Floppy Disk #16 show that if it's late at night, you shouldn't animate until the next day. I think this would've been better if Nate just waited until the next day. I was the third to see it, but only because I had sleeping problems that night. I'm still curious about the attic, but most of it rings a bell of a previous episode. "Hey Nate, did you know we have an attic?" "Look, Nate, I found a secret door in the wall over there?" Familiar, no? I appreciate his work, but I'm sorry, the artwork was just sloppier than his other episodes. More disjointed frame-by-frame fighting and another villian who has a grudge against the others for no apparent reason. This seemed to be the only episode I'm unhappy with. Toonami gives is a 5 out of 10. Remember kids, it's better to get your rest so you work better than to stay up all night.

Salena Umaco, Progress Update UPDATE!

I'm now going to be in the Salena Umaco coronicles as Midori Kanukite! Finally, my first gig as a recurring character! Yay! I got to see a sneak peek at the intro being made on Skype through Idiot's webcam. I got to see how he draws the characters and everything. It's very exciting, and now I can't wait for this series to be released even more.

Here's a list of my little projects and drawings I'm doing. I updated it, minus Idiot's progress bar, heh.

ES Page 3: 0% (Lazy!!1)
500th Kiriban for Midnightfury: 0% (Still planning on what to draw.)
Gift Art for friend person: 0% (It's not really important right now.)
Kagome Drawing: 15% (Have sketched, need to ink, color, and add background.)
ES Strip #6: 5% (Have the background, and idea pat down.)
Breeze Action Line Test: 15% (Have Sketched.)
Salena Umaco Fanart: 100%

I'll get back to Ernie Seekers as soon as I finish Action Line Test, Kagome, and 500th Kiriban. Promise. D:

EDIT: I completed the Salena Umaco Fanart! Go here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/34578641/

Crappy Scanner quality!

Blogger's Down

Blogger's been down, so hopefully I can get this post of progress of my works done.

I did a voice for a character in Onion 4. Tune in to see who I am.

I'm also going to voice Georgia in Episode 13 of The Real Rubyrulez while Maynz is still away.

And I'm going to appear in the Porple Montage Podcast, Episode 16. Tune in, I'm sure you'll find yourself, overwhelmed. Heh heh.

Progress on other junk:
ES Page 3: 0% (Lazy!!1)
500th Kiriban for Midnightfury: 0% (Still planning on what to draw.)
Gift Art for friend person: 0% (It's not really important right now.)
Kagome Drawing: 15% (Have sketched, need to ink, color, and add background.)
ES Strip #6: 5% (Have the background, and idea pat down.)
Breeze Action Line Test: 15% (Have Sketched.)

Zeno, BrooksTV, TRR 12, Fett, Jomation, Bill Cobsy, Tyler's Mario Game Idea

Okay, I WAS going to link to the stuff I was going to review for today so people wouldn't be confused, but it seems this cursed day has brought PorpleMontage to a temporary shut down. Well, I'll link them later I guess.

Zeno updated today. Woah, seriously? FINALLY? Yep, it did. The comic mainly relied on visual humor and saying wierd word humor. But that doesn't matter since I like that kind of humor. Toonami gives it an 8 out of 10. No picture since PMS went down.



BrooksTV Daily Strip about the 6/6/06 drama llamas was funny as well. You don't have to be a Bible belt person to get what's going on. And is that shading I see in the last panel with the goat? Maybe he'll start fooling around with shading now. Once again, nice bright colors, especially in the last one to set the mood of EVILNESS. Toonami gives it an 9 out of 10. They still look a bit boxy-like, but I'll excuse him on this one since Brooks had much stuff to do. No link since PMS is down, but you can just click on the comic above to read it. He sent it to me on Skype.

The Real Rubyrulez Episode #12 was by far the best episode since Fight By Night. Much of the animation bothers me a bit since it's moving tweens, but still, great writing and voice acting. I'm a bit bothered also how the character don't really show emotion. Like when Georgia said "I bet that's the news!" she should've had a smiling mouth loop and maybe some evil biotch smirk on her. Toonami gives it an 8 out of 10. PMS is down, so Mr.Ruby put it up on Putfile. Click the Text in bold at the beginning of this paragraph to watch it.

Fett Fetterson Believe Cartoon was surprisingly well animated, and I seem to have enjoyed it more then FFA Episode 1 Part 1. It had very smooth animation, and the mouth loop is still one of the most unique I've seem on PMS yet. I liked how the characters had blinking animations, too. Great voice acting on their part, yes. Toonami gives it a 9 out of 10. No link again. SORRY.

Jomation Studios has joined onto Porple Montage Studios. The comics seem like one of those "Daily Quick Laugh Things" in my opinion. It's mainly just some random animal with a saying next to it. At least it's unique, I guess. The layout is very nice, and now when I hear "Jomation", I think of some Hawaiian Island. I would really like to make something like that in Flash one day. Toonami gives it the overall score of 9 out of 10 so far. No link.

Billy Cobsy's Gangsta Rap is yet another YTMND-inspired cartoon. Let me just say it was okay, but I would rather not look at a Symboled Cobsy doing the same movements over again. Maybe if he were to add him break dancing or something, I would have enjoyed this more. Catchy song nonetheless. Toonami gives it a 7 out of 10. No link.


Tyler's "Mario Goes to Work" Picture was not funny until you read the description. Some of it had me cracking up, but diaper school? What's that? Link in Bolded text.

Here's my thought for Nintendo in 2040:

Nin Guy #1: Guys, I just got back an overall review from IGN. Super Mario Sunshine 12 didn't do as good as the last sequel.
Nin Guy #2: Dammit! What do these people want!?
Nin Guy #3: {Laughs at the computer in the corner}
Nin Guy #2: Nin Guy #3, stop goofing around, the life of MARIO is in our hands!
Nin Guy #3: Look at this funny picture I found of Mario. Read the description for it too.
Nin Guy #1: That's....GENIUS! Quick, call the president! We got to give this kid a big crapload of money for this idea. This is PURE GOLD!

Oh yeah, Toonami gives the picture a 7 out of 10. The thought of making that a game: 3 out of 10.

New Ernie Seekers Comic Strip

Go here: http://ernieseekers.porplemontage.com/strips/strip5.html

I'll get some reviews for other stuff up later.

Updates on Stuff!

Reviews on Other Stuff, Go!



Mindnightfury's new picture of Kambian was really drawn well. I love the hair on him, the different colored eyes and ears, and bishie kitties. Mmmhmmm!



GEOWeaseal Episode 17 was released today. It seems to me like one big hate letter to the media. Which is good since news today is mainly, "OMFG THEZE PEOPLE IN SAND LAND ARE GONNA KILL YOU!! EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU CAN DIE! YOU CAN DIE BY SHOVING COW DOWN YOUR THROAT!! OMGF!" I loved this animation on this one, and voice acting for GEOWeasel is getting better. I still don't know what's going to happen to Cass.

Forums Stage Episode 3 is 70% complete. Fat Cow got grounded so he couldn't do the episode. Heh.



BrooksTV Dailies are now in color. I love the brightness of them, but they're not so bright as to burn the eyes. The 3-armed baby one is my favorite of the colored ones so far. Now I feel bad for not updating as much! D:



In other news, Dr.Imogan from Jeremy the Exterminator is still a creepy psychopath.

My Stuff, Go!



I uploaded Ernie Seekers page 2 on PMS. Check it out, brah.

Reviews

Uhhhh....nothing's been a going's on over at the Porple Montage Studios, so let's see what I can scrape out of the review barrel.



JEREMY THE EXTERMINATOR HAS FINALLY UPDATED! Silly old Dr.Imogan and his needle fetish!!!1 HAHAHA!

I want to get Kill Cabin, but now I'd have to buy the Doom House DVD to get it, which is $13. Isn't that a punch in the nipples?

AHH THERE'S NOTHING ELSE!