One Scene to go, and Lemrex character concept

Only one scene till "Bit" is fully animated (sans top-secret final scene Papa doesn't know about). Yay!

I finished the concept work on Lemrex for John's project, "April," yesterday evening.


He should be fun to animate next quarter. Tons and tons of special effects and I haven't even TAKEN that class yet.

And speaking of effects, Professor Troy totally graffiti'd the whiteboard this afternoon. Welcome to the 321 Whiteboard Tag Force, Mr. Ninja. We salute you.

I'm also going to try my hardest to overhaul Foiled Again if I can get my computer back. Plus Jacquestar and Pasta Perils. And Monty!. That's six things if you toss Bit into the mix. I'm excited!

How I wasted my Finals Weekend

(To the tune of "The Jet Song" from West Side Story)

When you're EFX, you're EFX all the way
From your first in-between to retirement day!
When you're in EFX let 'em do what they can
You draw fire, smoke, water, and dust on command!
You're never alone
You're never disconnected
You're blowing things up
When character's affected
You aren't neglected!
Then you are set with a capital "E"
Which you'll never forget till they switch to CG
When you're EFX,
You
Stay
EFX!!!!!!!

Monty: The Musical (Reprise)

So Chair Moorshead found "Finals Week" after asking me to show a small tour group an example of some Flash work I'd done. I'd never even spoken to the guy before, aside from one brief time earlier in the quarter when he caught me snoozing on the fourth floor landing out in the stairwell.

I have now been summoned to appear in court before Paula Wallace to defend myself against expulsion on the grounds of the defamation of a SCAD building without prior consent of the school executives.

Just kidding. He liked it a lot and wants to see more.

I have been thinking about expansion so far and I have been doodling, too, but if I'm going to do anything about it, it's going to be a big endeavor getting a full-length musical at all. The title's been changed to Monty! The Musical and it now revolves around the heartwrenching tale of a building who wants to become a traditional 2D animator but doesn't have any arms or legs. Not quite sure how "Finals Week" would fit into it just yet, but I'll think of something.

What I'd really like to do is think up a musical number that would feature Monty himself. I did have something in mind about two years ago--an angsty emo song where Monty decides to throw a massive tantrum and crash all of the computers, one of those "NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ME" deals. Now, at least, he has some kind of motive behind the madness. I'll be employing the goofy face from Montgomery Hall's facebook profile to do most of the singing. It should be hilarious, especially if I get him smashing stuff with his rafters and locking people inside and whacking people in the head with projectors.

Shoot, I'd need a male singing voice too.

Background Work

Here are some more Monty shots.

Enter Monty

And here we have the star of the show...the one, the only, MONTGOMERY HALL!