Hello Newgrounds, it's been almost 3 years since I made a post about the progress of my current short film. After 6 years I finally finished the damn thing! I hope to release it early next year. Until then I want to share a teaser trailer. I hope you all enjoy it.

This pandemic has afforded me more time to grind on animation for my next short.

Here's a few snippets of animation that are already complete.

This isn't the final look, but it's close to how it will feel.

I've been slowly updating a blog of updates here: Platypus.World

I'll also keep sharing updates on Newgrounds!

-Bowz

Hello Newgrounds, I've been away too long. I've been working on something new for 3 years now (which makes it feel old for me) Here is a tiny piece of what I'm doing.

I've been posting occasional updates on the progress of my next short here Platypus.World

I'll try posting here as well for anyone interested on what I'm making.

-Bowz

See you all there, until then here's a drawing of Pico looking chimpish.

If anyone wants a Dovahbear bust, they are now avaiable at Shapeways.com where it is 3d printed on demand!

It took me awhile to get it the right size, while using as little material as possible. More material drives up the cost, but less material makes it more fragile. There are two versions, one is full color sandstone, which has a lower resolution as you can see in the image. The flexible plastic is higher res, but comes in one color (but you can paint it if you'd like) 

Goto http://www.shapeways.com/shops/bowz to get one!

I also made a video promoting it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Jdqo5EUqg

Speaking of Dovahbear, I'm wrapping up my current cartoon and I've already begun storyboarding the next Dovahbear. It may take awhile, but it will be made.

-Bowz

There's not too much to be said here, a demon continues to be harassed, and bad things happen.  I was going to make this a 3 parter ending with the obvious "Dinner with Mancubus"  But I may just move on to something new.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644876

When I was a kid Doom / Doom 2 where the most impressive games in existence. I played those games until I couldn't. The "fake" 3d didn't digest well with me and I would get sick after an hour of play.

My friends and I were a fan club for Mancubus, there was something very silly about him. This big demon lumbering around making silly demon sounds. I would incorporate many of those sounds into Windows.  When it starts you hear an angry Mancubus, when you exit windows you hear his pain wav file "Oooohhaaaagh"

Anyways, here is part one of a two part series for Mancubus. I imagine he tries to enjoy a quiet breakfast with a cup of coffee before doing this dance him and Doom guy must do.

-Bowz

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/643362

I made an animation tutorial, showing how I animate in 2d. This is for everyone out there who's interested in how I approach my cartoons.  This covers the basic rough first pass of my process. I hope some of you find it useful!

http://youtu.be/f6yzVABy-EM

Pico Day!!

It was a lot of fun. We got to see the Newgrounds office one last time, admired the wall of dicks, pocketed some penicorns...  Met a lot of cool people!  Near the end of the day my stamina gave out and I lost the energy to engage more people. It was great hanging out with all of you, and for those I didn't get to meet, maybe we will meet next Pico Day, wherever it may be.

-bowz

I made a post on Tumblr about my thoughts on the new Turtles look.

http://bowz.tumblr.com/post/80889019523/the-turtles-have-always-had-an-iconic-beak-like

Then I spent a day animating it.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/635100

I could get used to the turtles new faces if the movie is really good. I guess we will see.

New cartoon "Breaking Poke-bad" is finally out.  This was a silly little idea I had a long time ago. Making it took much longer than I expected.  I made this one in Toon Boom Animate Pro, which is a first for me. It took a while to learn how to use the software with my workflow, but now that I'm familiar with it I can't see myself going back to Flash.  It's nice to have software that was made specifically for the animator.

Shout out to Hans Van Harken for doing some awesome voice work on Jesse Pinkman and Walter White, and to El-Cid for voicing silly ol Huell.

I already have some new content in the works. I'm hoping it doesn't take me 5 months this time!

-Bowz