Drunken Cartoon Monster Brawl

Made this last week but forgot to post it here.When I finished it I was thinking to myself how pandering to Internet fanboys this art is (like it ticks all the boxes on the fan service list, a crossover fight scene etc) but I spent quite a while on it and don't feel so awkward about it now. For reference here is Mickey's last short film Runaway Brain and the Sonic short film Night of the Werehog.

I think I've already stated my love for this Mickey cartoon before. I remember seeing it as a kid at the front of A Goofy Movie in cinemas and thought it was the coolest thing ever. It's such a twist on what we're used to seeing of Mickey Mouse, who ever since sometime in the 40's turned into a dull boring character, but before that had just as much as Goofy and Donald. Watching this now it still feels like they finally got Mickey's old character back, though obviously with a modern touch. The references to The Exorcist, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson, Snow White and Steamboat Willie are a treat too.

Night of the Werehog is another case of a favorite character of mine getting a monster make over, and while playing as the Werehog in the latest game was hardly a great deal of fun (more to do with bad level design and the length of said levels more than the idea itself, IMO), this short film they put out is pretty neat. Judging by this maybe Sega should stop making Sonic games for a bit and make cartoons like this instead, as they clearly have the talent in that department. Personally I don't mind the werehog character as much as others moaning about him, he just reminds me of My Pet Monster in a way.

Showreel on Youtube and Vimeo

Now you can catch the new showreel on Youtube and Vimeo in HD, if you like! I would put the file up on Tea N Crumpets at this quality but Ace (hosting the site) would kill me! :P

Tea N Crumpets is 4 Years Old: Big Update

Well Tea N Crumpets has been online for four years now and in that time it...hasn't updated a whole lot. Well, there has been pages added for newer animations like Lucy Lolly and some pages went through several slight revisions, but otherwise it hasn't really changed much since it was first developed in 2005. Going in to edit the files for me now means I have to set my mind back to how i used to put stuff together in Flash, as I've improved and streamlined how I put things together now compared to back then.

So as I've been saying over and over again for years I'm working on Tea N Crumpets version 2, only this time I actually have started working on it and have one of the pages made and ready! In fact because this is for me the most important page, I've uploaded it today as a sort of preview of what to expect from the new website!

The 'Profile' page is replacing both the Showreel and Information pages from before, which were so out of date it is actually kind of embarrassing. On this new page you get a short blurb about me, links to all my Internet homes (Youtube, facebook etc), and a section where you can browse my Portfolio (the new one I put together for New Designers), a new showreel (the website didn't even have last years one up, let alone this one!) and my current (needs work) CV. This has been designed to be very easy to update whenever it needs it.

You'll see animation in the showreel and Portfolio you probably haven't seen before, including scenes from 'Lost in the K Hole' and 'Cool 2 Chil' which is that film I told you about a little while ago that i had been working on for months (both are traditional pen animation). I'll be uploading the showreel in HD to Youtube and Vimeo soon. I even designed exclusive fonts for the website this time, do you like them? I want to make the new version 100% my work, so that means no sound effects from old Mega Drive games either!

Oh, and in case you didn't figure out what to do on the page, you drag the crumpet/muffin/pancake onto my tongue. :P

Tea N Crumpets Update Next Saturday

Just so you know there's gonna be a rather big update over at Tea N Crumpets next Saturday, which will also be the wesbite's 4th anniversary, so keep an eye out! That is all.