tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73317871521798800292011-11-27T16:34:11.530-08:00Niko Anestihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675205135376062470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331787152179880029.post-61536654927654726192010-08-01T16:15:00.001-07:002010-08-01T16:16:45.809-07:00

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I've been reacquainting Newgrounds with Geoweasel, uploading all the classic episodes in order every Tuesday and Friday. Just go to geoweasel.newgrounds.com! They could definitely use your help voting on them and sharing with friends who are new to the series! But that's all worth mentioning for now I guess. Other stuff is happening but it's nothing to talk about just yet.

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I've never done freelance work before, but it's something I've been wanting to venture into. I need some way to earn extra money, but I like the idea of working with other people's ideas instead of my own all the time. So I gave it a shot and while both of my first two clients showed interest at first, both projects just fell flat on their faces.One was to animate some guy's prank phone calls,

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Earlier this week I spent 5 hours traveling across South Jersey to check out comic shops and found nothing that was even decent. Today I went across the river to Brave New Worlds in Philly and found exactly what I was looking for and more within 30 seconds of being in the store. I’ve been to BNW and made purchases there quite a few times just within the past year (not even a year, really) and the

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Obviously I have nothing to show you guys, but it's not (only) because I've been lazy, slacking, depressed, etc. I have two possible clients that are both...well, not staying in contact consistently, which is weird especially for one of them since they have a deadline and I still have no idea what they want me to do. Unfortunately I can't tell you who either one is, but if they go through, you'll

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I think it's time for one of my infamous long, over-thought blog posts. As always, it's mainly just for me to get my thoughts out in some sort of organization so bear with me here.I guess I overthink everything I do. ...You know what, no, not "guess." "Know" is the appropriate word. If you've been following me for a while you've probably heard me say this multiple times before, but every time I

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If you guys haven't been doing so already, please please PLEASE go to The Streamy's Public Submissions page and vote for Geoweasel for "best animated web series." And remember, you can do this each day until January 22nd! I don't know how many people have been doing this, but to those I know I am very grateful for their help and support and I hope I can count on you guys too! So get out there and

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Seriously, a major thanks to everyone who's been helping me get settled with my new Mac! You guys already saved me $70 at least on buying a new tablet and have helped me with little things here and there that I'm not yet familiar with.The only main things at this point are getting back Flash and Photoshop. Or even just Flash, that's the most important thing. Unfortunately I thought I would be

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Well, today I got my first Mac. I'm still getting used to it of course and it'll take a bit to figure out what I'm doing and whether or not I'm doing it right, but I'm confident that this will be better for me to create with, and will probably give me more incentive to work as well. Plus you won't have to hear me complain anymore about crippling viruses, random crashes for weeks at a time, and

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As vague as that is, it's not even something that applies to everyone. Not everyone lives in a place where it snows during their holiday of choice. But that's as close to generalizing everything into one phrase as I'm gonna go. And I'm just gonna say it anyway:Merry Christmas Everyone!

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At this time exactly five years ago, my family was getting everything ready for our two-day drive down to Florida the next day to visit family for Christmas. Meanwhile, I was in the basement with Flash 5 (which was an early Christmas present) on a Windows ME and nothing but a mouse to draw with, frantically finishing up the Geoweasel pilot episode. I had started it earlier in the month and began

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I've been fucking around with my laptop, and when I finally got it to stay on long enough, I reset everything again. So I went through the process of uninstalling the many unnecessary programs and bullcrap that comes standard with my computer and then reinstalling all my programs as needed. And since every virus program I've used in the past has proved to be a dud and I don't actually know any

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Apparently completely starting over with my laptop was not enough to save it. Out of nowhere a couple days ago, it just turned off on me. I tried to turn it back on and it would stay on for a few seconds starting up and then reset. That could go on forever, but I kept trying to start in safe mode or last known good settings and the same thing happened. So I guess we're sending it to HP...

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Hey you! Ask me something! http://formspring.me/niko

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I decided to find out. Not to mention a good little exercise to do now that my laptop is working again.

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I was digging through a lot of stuff the other day, looking for my Flash 5 disc because I was about ready to install it on the family computer and just use that on and off, and I found a little package of stuff that came with my laptop, still unwrapped. I opened it up and right in the front was "Instructions for disc-less system recovery." Apparently, the only thing standing between me and having

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Well, just a heads up, my laptop has completely died. It's not a virus thing where I have to wait a few days for it to be fixed, have them reinstall everything and then find out what I'm missing. It's completely dead, and it actually happened not long after my last post here. So the Thanksgiving cartoon I talked about earlier is definitely a no (not that it had much chance of being done anyway),

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Hey guys. I wasn't really able to draw very well for the past week or two because of a medicine I was on. My arms, legs and neck were all shaky and weak. Just a few days ago, they took me off the medicine and I'm already feeling better in that respect. It was really weird and kind of upsetting not being able to draw right; it felt like I wasn't even holding the pen when I tried and everything was

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Hey guys. Obviously I never did the Halloween thing. And oddly, like...as soon as November started, I began thinking less and less about Geoweasel. Probably because I officially started Zane & Flick on the first (just rough planning so far though), but I also have an overabundance of new ideas, which is awesome! Some are for animated series I could do, some are for certain types of cartoons, and

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Countless people have told me to just stop thinking and do what you want. And I’ve been trying to do that, but sometimes I can’t help it. Like now.I think maybe I need to find a distributor for my cartoons. Doing this independently is yielding no results. I shouldn’t say none, but I definitely am not reaching the audience I want to reach. Granted, Geoweasel is not an ideal series, even for web.

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After two weeks of ready-made cartoons, and many weeks of nothing before that, here's a brand new Geoweasel cartoon! And I mean BRAND new. Not like I started it a while ago and got back to it. I mean I started it this weekend and got it done this afternoon, because time was ticking with this one. It's about the Balloon Boy, which I'm sure you've heard about. And the internet works fast, so I had

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Here's the second (and probably last) Unfinished Episode Theater. It's a Halloween episode from 2006. I had it online briefly for some reason, so a few hardcore viewers may have already seen this. But please guys, I can't stress this enough. Since these videos are now on Youtube, you have no idea how helpful it would be to me for you guys to share the video with friends or post it on your blogs

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In an attempt to build myself a buffer zone to get actual new content done, this week and next will feature old episodes that I never finished. Also, I think I'm going to only be uploading to Youtube now, since that's the best place to get feedback. Also, it would really help me out though if you guys shared these cartoons with friends, put them on your blogs, leave comments, ratings, etc.

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If you're not already, you guys should be following me on Tumblr. You don't have to get a Tumblr account if you don't want to, but you should at least check it out or maybe subscribe to the RSS feed. On this blog where I only post if something important is happening. On Tumblr, I post all sorts of things throughout each day, whether it has to do with Geoweasel, myself, or interesting stuff I find

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Here is a low-resolution version of the design for the postcards I had printed for SPX, but I also made a few different-sized wallpapers if anybody wants to use it.1280x10241600x12001920x1200If you’re like me, though, none of those sizes will work well for your desktop no matter if you center, tile, or stretch it. So if you want to use this and none of these look any good, let me know your screen

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So next Saturday is the annual Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland, and I'll actually be there! I'm not exhibiting or anything, but I will be there. A lot of cartoonists I know of and whose work I enjoy will be there and I'm hoping to meet some of them. And the great thing is, it's (from what people have told me) a lot smaller scale convention compared to the regular comic cons and it also is

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I have a feeling that a lot of my friends read Dumm Comics and may have seen this already, but if not, there's a short Kimbo guest strip up today by yours truly! Go check it out!

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"Survival of the Fetish" by Brian BearA long-time friend of mine is in the Fox Aniboom challenge and he's got a damn good cartoon entered in it. Unfortunately, it's being overshadowed by a lot of really crappy and unworthy entries because they made the mistake of asking the internet what they think is good. What we have here is a great short that is already of the quality that you would see on TV

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Which Weasel do you think looks the weirdest without his mustache? This is a matter of life and death, so you better answer! Also, a bonus:

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It sure is boring around here! I wonder what Dr. Schnoz is up to!In the meantime, I need to make new postcards, get more stickers printed, come up with an idea and make a Geoweasel mini comic and buy a new bag before I go to SPX.

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Hey guys, I lost internet a couple days ago. At first we thought it was because people were cutting down trees nearby and they might’ve hit a cable line or something, but that was not the case. Apparently, our 10-year-old modem just totally stopped working. How I didn’t see that coming, I don’t know. So we had a guy come out and get us a new one, and it works, but now our wireless router doesn’t.

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Hey guys, I set up a Geoweasel page on Facebook. Go check it out and become a fan!Also, there may be an update sometime this weekend. But even if there is, don't get too excited because it's more for the sake of having new content than anything. I'm trying to buy myself some time to make episodes while also putting up something new. I need to build myself a buffer zone like I had...once, where I

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Here's a new Chicks Dig Cartoonists strip, the first one since my computer crashed. I don't usually post these on my blog since it has its own site, but I posted this one to ask for some help.You see, none of my comics are print-ready, so if I wanted to make a mini comic or something and printed these, they'd all be pixely or blurry. To make them at a higher DPI though, I'd half to redo half the

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A comic inspired by a conversation inspired by another comic. Specifically this one. Innocent people who are legitimately looking for Battletoads will forever be screwed. I just drew this because I couldn’t get into the feeling of doing anything actually good today..

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I'll try to make this quick and concise.I got a computer virus but I was able to remove it manually. Even with the virus "gone," my computer was still acting up, shutting itself down at random intervals and then eventually I got another virus that I really could do nothing about because it wouldn't let me access any programs or even get into files. So I took it in to get repaired, that took a

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If you guys missed opening night of The Autumn Society's 8-Bit And Beyond show, I took a bunch of photos while I was there and posted them on my Flickr.

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Just a reminder, the new Autumn Society gallery, 8-Bit And Beyond, opens tonight at 6:00 PM at Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia. I'll be there tonight, so if you're around, come say hi! My piece will be hanging there and available for purchase, but I'll also have some brand new Geoweasel postcards and those "Obey" stickers available as freebies. Of course, if you can't make it tonight, you

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If you're not already watching Indy Mogul's Reel Good Show, you should be. And not just because Weas makes a cameo in this episode.

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I’ve been on vacation from July 26 until today, but yesterday I took part in the latest 24 Hour Toons challenge. Go check it out! Also, if you haven’t already seen, I’ve been working on an experimental autobiographical webcomic called Chicks Dig Cartoonists. It doesn’t have a regular update schedule, but it’ll probably update a couple times a week if you’re looking for stuff in between my

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My submission to the love-themed 24-Hour Toons challenge.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HckBShgfu1c

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When I first heard that the theme for the next Autumn Society show was video games, my mind went crazy with ideas. I was raised on the Nintendo and video games have always been a big part of my life, so I had no idea what I should do for my piece. But one day earlier in the month while playing Super Mario Bros. 3, I remembered how the Angry Sun used to creep me out as a kid, and it also reminded

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So tomorrow I head down to Outer Banks, NC for about a week with family. And every year before I go on a vacation, I always end up writing blog posts saying that I'm gonna try and get a cartoon done before I have to leave and then never do. And this year really isn't any different. I don't have any cartoons for you guys, and I won't really have time to work on any over vacation, so it'll be a

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All my autobiographical comic strips will now be posted at chicksdigcartoonists.tumblr.com, so I can keep them organized and not have to keep uploading them to every site I belong to. I would be very grateful if you checked it out and followed it!

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TONIGHT! I will be on The DJ Mashi Potato and DJ BrownHairHampster Show! 7 PM Eastern. Stream link: http://studiolab45.net:8008/ultrasecretmashi.ogg IRC Chat: irc://irc.dynastynet.net/ultrasecret Be sure to check it out!

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I need to set up one of those Comic Press things if I'm going to keep doing these comics. Anyway, I got a postcard from Liz Prince after writing her a letter. I didn't actually expect anything return, so I was especially happy to actually get a hand-written reply. Here are some photos of it:

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I did this traditionally because I drew it late last night and didn't feel like staring at a computer screen. I regret it now because it ended up being a bitch to scan.

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An homage to a recurring type of Peanuts strip. I have six of them hanging on my wall.

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I got a Twitter. Or rather, Twitter got me.http://twitter.com/NikoAnesti

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Lately I've been reading a good number of autobiographical comics, like those of Jeffrey Brown, Liz Prince and James Kochalka, and it made me want to give it a shot. This is kind of a weird one to start with, but this happened the other night and I thought it would be interesting to make a comic of because it didn't need any dialogue. I don't know if this'll be a regular occurance though. I don't

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In honor of 4th of July, enjoy this 30-second cartoon I made three years ago that features outdated references to New Jersey politics and Wario Land 4 music

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I'll be going to opening of the Autumn Society's Golden Age gallery tomorrow. If anyone else is going, let me know, I'll see if I see you there!

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And here's a sample of the cover. Not final though. I already changed a few things (the text alignment was pissing me off). But all those little Zane & Flick drawings and doodles I've been posting with Zane saying something really depressing and Flick just kinda there so he has someone to talk to, well, it's a little collection of those. I don't know when I'll finish it, but I figured I'd do

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I have really been hell-bent on making this series. I've been doing a lot of drawing and notes for it lately. It's all very unorganized though. I need to get myself another sketchbook and use it solely for this. I'm also thinking about putting together a pitch packet for the series to show to some publishers (though I really don't know how pitching a comic works) because I'd rather not go this

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I went to The Autumn Society's 80s Pop Show gallery at Brave New Worlds in Philly today. Even though I had seen a lot of the pieces online already since the show's been open for a while, it was great to see them in person.A good number of pieces were sold though, so I didn't get to see all of them, like Tara's. I expected the ones that were sold to just be marked and then the people who purchased

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And this time, we play the theme from Punch Out! Don't forget to Digg it!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGwb4ZjxoZ0

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A few weeks ago I finally bought Scott Pilgrim, and that was the last time I worked on Geoweasel in any real sense. Though, the site going down didn't help either, but it's mainly the fact that I'm suddenly bent on developing a couple different comics instead of animation. I need to get back to Geoweasel because at least I have something behind that. These comics I want to do...they're nothing.

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I'm a couple days late in mentioning this because there's been a lot of other stuff to post about and I'm falling behind, but long story short, I'm now a part of The Autumn Society of Philadelphia, which is a group for illustrators, animators, filmmakers, etc. around the Philly area. My posts will be on their second blog. I'm going to try to make it to their current 80s Pop Show Gallery, as well

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Is there anyone who’s going to San Diego Comic Con in July who wouldn’t mind taking this little Moleskine sketchbook with them and getting some sketches and/or signatures from artists and stuff? Every year I have to miss it for one reason or another, and all I ever want is to meet fellow cartoonists and people I admire. But alas, I can’t. So if anyone is interested in doing this, send me an email

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The third in what I guess is now a series of semi-depressing Zane & Flick pieces. Maybe I could do a whole book of just stuff like this. Oh, and the background is actually a drawing of a picture I took at the Delaware River a couple months ago.Which reminds me, I STARTED UP A PHOTOBLOG, GO CHECK IT OUT.

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Take a trip with me to uncharted territory in Super Mario Bros.!

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Okay, so I've been going borderline insane for about a day now, because Geoweasel.net expired with no warning. Now, the actual site is http://geoweasel.cartoonsdammit.com, so everything is still backed up, but it would cost $170 just to get the .net name back. That's nuts, and while just paying it would be the quickest and easiest solution, I can't afford that. Luckily, Eileen Cruz from ToonZone

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I got about halfway through this drawing last night and just stopped. I'm not sure why, I was just getting a weird feeling about it, but I left the Flash file open in case I decided to go back to it and, obviously, I did. I need to start designing more characters that don't just wear like a plain shirt and pants, but actually have detail to them. And necks. They need necks. So this drawing kind

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We got some crazy new crap in the Geoweasel store!Like this here Obey Weas mug! Perfect for people who need a place to put their tea, their office supplies, or people who are talk show hosts! Go check it all out!

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Not me, of course. I never even make it to events around here, much less stuff happening on the other side of the country. But I think I might go and get a little sketchbook, send it to a friend who is going to the con, and see if they can get some people to draw and/or sign in it or pick up some goodies. Anyone want to help me with this?

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Just a Zane & Flick drawing.

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So a couple weeks ago, I got to work on a guest quickie for nockFORCE, and they gave me some dialogue that was pretty fitting to my interests. This is what I came up with. This is one of the most fun things I've gotten to animate, and I can't thank Ian and Jim enough for letting me do it!Also, I put up a bunch of photos from my Wildwood trip up on my Flickr, if you wanna check those out.

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I'm going down to Wildwood for the weekend, so I won't be updating with anything this weekend. I'm sure I'll be drawing while I'm there, though, and I'll be sure to scan all my doodles and share pictures when I get back. Unfortunately, the days I'm going down are the exact same days as the MoCCA Festival, which I would really rather prefer to go to, but that's the way it rolls I guess. But if

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CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE GEOWEASEL ANIBOOM PORTFOLIO.I've been setting up Geoweasel on Aniboom for the past couple days. I coulda sworn I had an account there but apparently I didn't. So I'm uploading a few Geoweasel cartoons to the site (mainly more recent ones) in hopes to try and get some more people interested in the show, but also to network with other animators. So if you have a profile

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Actually that was my reaction too.That is hands-down the most horrifying thing I've ever drawn.

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I haven't been feeling so hot lately, so my apologies if I fall behind on stuff. I've felt really depressed for the past couple days and I'm not sure exactly why. I dunno. But here are some doodles.

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This 4-second clip of a kid yelling over one of my clips has nearly 2000 views. The actual cartoon has less than 150. Can someone explain to me how Youtube works?

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Dammit, I don't know why I tried to promise weekly Friday updates. Even with comics, I don't think it could happen consistently. I think I did it at a bad time too, since the first cartoon after trying to update regularly was for another site, so now I'm kind of screwed up. There is a new cartoon ready to be animated, and I want to animate it, but there's no way it'll be done in time for tomorrow

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The Geoweasel music video from 2006 set to Tiny Tim's "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" is now on Youtube. Go check it out, and do what you have to.Oh, yeah, and here's a video of me earlier today recording lines for the latest cartoon.

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I've been playing the new Punch Out, obviously.

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I'm going to probably add some more items to the store soon, mainly Weas "Obey" designs like I had once in the past. I don't know if anyone remembers them though, no one bought any. I bet Paul remembers. Anyway, just some novelty stuff like buttons and such. Also a mug, in case you need a place to put coffee, or pencils, or if you're a talk show host. I may change the design from what you see

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Back in 2006 I was going to do a cartoon about Nar giving summer safety tips. I think I might resurrect that idea, but I'm contemplating on doing it with Jimbob instead. Maybe. I dunno. Also, here's a couple screens from a cartoon I finished yesterday about N64 in Bible times:

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Because I haven't been beating myself up enough over various audio issues in my cartoons, I decided to look into the actual quality of the audio itself in the past couple episodes. Now, on my computer, everything sounds fine, but a few people have commented that the audio sounded weird. Well, I've been working on this cartoon with a voice track that I didn't record that was originally sent to me

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So I've been hearing about this pretty epic challenge on Aniboom all day long. Part of my brain is saying “Go for it,” and the other part of my brain is saying “don’t bother.” Maybe if I teamed up with some friends for it… I dunno, I need to think more about it. ‘Cuz I’m not doing enough of that already.

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After I finished "Overreaction," I sent it into Cold Hard Flash and a couple days ago, I got a response from Aaron Simpson saying the following:"i really dig your writing and your unique character style. i'll throw out some crit, if you're down for it. i think the voice acting takes this from a 9.5 to a 6. your jokes are tight, animation smooth, but i'd recommend reaching out to some folks who

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Starting with the next episode, Geoweasel will be in high definition. Well, you'll be able to watch them in HD on Youtube, but on the main site, that would be way too big; they'll just be at a smaller 16:9 ratio. I had contemplated doing it for a while, but I was unsure if I would be able to do it since I've always had problems with exporting and converting Flash to video, but I tested it with

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I really want to have a watergun fight. Anyone want to join me?

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Hey everyone. I changed a few things around on the site last night, mostly on the main page to fit some things to my liking. There is now a small news box and the menu has been changed to accommodate a link to the upcoming comics section because...well, I plan to start doing some comics as well. The cartoons page has also been changed a little bit with different categories and links to each

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Some stuff I doodled in my Moleskine while at the mall yesterday. In purple. Personally, the only one I actually care for is the girl sitting at the table.I'll have some more actual news about what I'm doing later. Maybe today.

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Regarding my growing interest of getting into comics again, this is one of the first stories I’d like to do. This, however is not the actual cover/title/whatever; I was just testing a texture set of screentones. There’s no way I’ll be using that much in the comics themselves.

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Here's an all new Geoweasel episode called "Overreaction." Check it out and spread the word!Youtube linkVimeo Link

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The more I work on this episode, the more I think it's going to flop. Badly. It's probably just my normal self-doubt, or at least some of it is, but something just doesn't feel right writing and humor-wise, and it was the same with the previous episode. I guess I'll just have to see how it turns out, and hopefully whatever comes after this captures the same feeling of some of the old episodes in

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Shout out to all my cartoonist friends!

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Well, I only mentioned this to a small number of people as it was in progress, but I submitted a cartoon for Too Art For TV 4, but I got a letter back today and unfortunately I didn't get in. It's alright though. I'm a little disappointed, naturally, but as weird as it sounds, it's kind of cool to get a formal letter of rejection, heh. It's the only thing I've ever submitted to before outside of

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He definitely has plenty reasons to be. Maybe it’s his short-sleeved turtle-neck. Maybe it’s the fact that he has no ears, or really short shorts. But it’s probably the fact that his nose looks like a misshapen ass.

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Well, MyToons.com unfortunately closed up shop. I knew they were in kind of a bad state because they had laid off a number of people a couple months back but I didn't think they'd just disappear. At least not so sudden. So Geoweasel episodes are no longer available for digital download. Also, now that I think of it, that puts me back at square one with all the DVD whatnot. The shirts and all are

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Hey look, a thing happened.

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I'm heading up to New York along with Charles again, this time for the ASIFA-East Superjail! screening at SVA on Thursday. It's definitely going to be an awesome evening, and I'm sure I'll return with some photos and maybe even some sketches or something from the people there. I can hope, anyway.Meanwhile, Geoweasel's 7th anniversary is coming up, and I know I want to do something for it (being

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On March 1st, Geoweasel will have been online for seven years. I want to do something special, but I have no idea what…

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Well, it's not a whole lot, but there is a new Geoweasel cartoon up. It's fairly short and it's really mainly dialog-based, but the episodes are probably going to be like this for a while until I get back into the swing of things. Either way though, it's something.Watch it here!

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