Been workin with Blender making my own models for the animations. I figured the easiest way to both animate and get the angular+sketchy aesthetic I'm wanting to go for is using 3D models. That said, I'd still like to use 2D illustrations for the story beats, so don't think the style of my recent illustrations will go away completely.

It's been an interesting ride so far, learning Blender and making models at the same time. Here's a few pics, two of the model and another with the overlay in front of the camera. Still working on getting the overlay to cooperate at more than one angle, but I'm slowly learning how to use Blender. As of right now, this is all I've done. My next update I plan on releasing a small trailer showcasing some of Sonic's animations, but before I even get to that point, I'll hafta refine the model some more, rig the model, then make the animations, so I've got a while longer yet. I just wanted to let y'all know, I haven't been sitting on this. I've put a lot of my spare time into making it this far, and I'm not done yet. Not by a long shot.

I've been working on rebooting an old flash animation of mine, Sonic Reversal. So far, I still haven't even gotten the logo fully done, but not a whole lot I can do about that when I've got a full-time job and can only animate in my spare time.

The kinda style I'm goin for is what you see in my recent art posts, with characters doin the shaky shake. I still wanna keep the action scenes 2D, but animate the characters myself. The cutscenes, however, I want to be a picture collage, sorta like the cutscenes in Phantasy Star IV. It'll have the brown checkerboard pattern from Green Hill as the backdrop, and as the cutscene progresses, new pictures will get "tossed" onto the screenspace, kinda like someone tossing printed pictures onto a table. Once a new picture is tossed on, the last picture will stop doin the shaky shake; only the newest pic will be shaking.

Occasionally, the screen will be cleared off, so it won't get too chaotic with the picture collage, but maybe it won't. Who knows? It's some ideas I'm working on (it prolly will. I don't want the screen getting too chaotic). Particularly impactful shots will clear the screen and replace the standard backdrop, and pictures will still get tossed onto the screen as the scene progresses, and just like previous shots, the backdrop, too, will stop shaking once it loses focus.

This is all a work in progress, subject to change, and very early in development, so don't expect me to finish for a while, but I've got the fire to animate once more, and I'm not about to let it fade away!

So I made a flash series years ago called Sonic Reversal, it's recently regained my attention, and I'd like to give it a proper eulogy, even if it is over a decade overdue. It's wild seeing something I made in my spare time in high school have the impact that it did, no matter how small that impact may have been. I actually almost cried looking at comments on Twitter and YouTube about it. I'm sorry I never gave the proper closure I should've. I never continued the series because I graduated high school, life got in the way, and I just lost my passion for it. That doesn't excuse the lack of communication, I guess. It's not much, but this series is a part of my own past and a part of flash history. I'd like to at least give a proper eulogy, even if it is over a decade late. To that end, I'd like to at least post what I had done with episode 4, along with a little info on a different project I'm working on. I really appreciate everyone's love for these animations I made so long ago, and I'm feeling less embarrassed about how they turned out! It's with that motivation that I'm hoping my next project I can leave an indelible mark on those that need it! In the meantime, you can check out my insta @inappropriatejester and Twitter @The_Great_Derp. I don't post often, but it's there. Maybe I'll share updates on my project there? Anyway, y'all have a good day, and I'm glad I could bring some smiles!

So I got the sudden inspiration to make a flash game recently. I don't wanna spoil what the gameplay is like, so you'll have to wait to see. I've gotten too far into this project just to let it sit and rot, though, like many of my other flash projects, so who knows? Maybe this will turn out to be the full story of Sonic Reversal!

As more and more time passes, I'm more and more inclined to redo what I've done with episode IV. I was already out of ideas with episode IV, so I just put in whatever came to mind, but I've got an 8 hour job now and attending college. Having to pay attention to these two, I've sort of lost interest in this. I don't think I'll completely ignore it. As I said, I'm inclined to redo what I've done, especially considering the fact that I can draw now. Just figured I'd share my thoughts.

So I finally got motivation to work on my IV episode. The problem? The damned power cord to my laptop stopped working! It also doesn't help any that my battery lasts <3 min. (lol less than three).

My advice? Don't get a Toshiba. For a computer that has twice as much ram as the one I'm using now, my laptop can hardly play HD vids at 1 fps, whereas the one I'm using plays it relatively well. I'm thinking it's time to wipe it. Now that I've got a 320 GB external hard drive, I can start saving everything on there, and hopefully keep my laptop's memory relatively clutter-free.

Anyway, I just felt like ranting for a little bit. I feel a bit better now that I've said that. I'll post a new status report when my laptop is usable again. Until then, the only thing I really have to worry about now is work (then, in august, it's TO COLLEGE!).

Sorry for the crappy screenshots, but look at this shit. I just had to show you guys. This happened when I was playing H5 mode on Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. The above picture is my lone unit's stats (the one that's in the bottom-right corner of the bottom pic), while the bottom picture is what happened in the game. I know the enemies are supposed to kill you, but don't you think that's going a little overboard? :/

I'll admit I've hardly worked at all on episode IV these past months, even though I had plenty of time to do so. Now that I have a full time job, though (on 2nd shift, no less), I still need to get financial aid squared away for college. So I'll have my plate full for the next month or so. I'll try to be more faithful with my flashes when that time passes.

I admit. I did.

Please forgive me people, but my life's been getting in the way. I haven't worked at all in the past few months on my fourth episode, and the progress I HAVE made on it isn't all that impressive. Maybe things will look better for me after I get out of this depressive slump, but right now, there are things that I just can't get my mind off of...

In any case, there's a couple more updates to inform you on. One of our fellow newgrounders has made a fansite for Sonic Reversal (a completely new one), located here. There's a forum located within the site, where you can chat amongst yourselves. Personally, I've never really used a forum site for anything but RPing, but that's just me...

Anyway, for those of you who have my Brawl code, I want to reiterate that it got changed when I wiped my data, so if you have the first code I put up, please change it to this:

Brawl Code: 5413-2152-1308

And for those of you who have the new Fire Emblem for DS (the one with Marth in it (yes, I'm such a Marth whore (he's my best character in SSBM & SSBB T_T))), here's my friend code for that game, for challenging each other online:

FE Shadow Dragon Code: 098992215300

With that, I don't think I have anything else interesting to say, other than I'm sorry for ignoring my flash series these past few months...