SexuaLobster
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Status update
🕑 Added 2025-02-28 07:09:02 +0000 UTCMy work project continues. I can tell you now it's a movie for Netflix (but I can't spill anything else). I still don't know when it will end, but I'm going to see it through. It's my first time working on a movie. I was cruelly and coldly not asked to work on the Bluey movie, but then shortly after I was invited to work on this one (maybe they felt bad for me?).
I mentioned in my last post I've been writing a series called Pleasure Island Tournament Arc. At the moment it's 8 episodes, but might end up being 9. Each episode is intended to be 2-3 minutes long and ideally most episodes will contain a major fight, and fights won't spill over between episodes.
There will be a few preliminary fights, and then my quarter finalists are as follows, not in the order they will fight:
Fernando
Randy
Big Plums (he's the guy thrusting Fernando in the title image)
Mother Superior (haven't drawn her yet)
Stroganoff (also not drawn but he's a hunk)
Horatio (also not drawn but he's a twink)
Bucket Hat (Gooseman disguising himself by wearing a bucket hat)
Undecided 8th combatant
I don't know if I have it in me to animate such a large story but I think breaking it up into discrete episodes that all have payoffs (to some degree) of their own would make it easy for me, because I can release them as I go and keep my energy up and hopefully people's interest. When finished it would combine into a 20-something minute monster.
At the moment I have written drafts of 6 episodes, some quite advanced but some will change a lot I think, particularly the ending. There's a soft patch in the middle where I'm not sure what will happen yet.
Anyway I may not ever animate it but it's been a great exercise, I've thought for a while that I need to write more ambitiously and think outside of the 2-5 minute cartoon shape, but I've been too passive waiting for ideas to come.
In the past I've always told myself I can't do lots of action because it will take too long. I'm writing this series to be heavy on action and lighter on dialogue and plot, because I want to try some fight scenes. If I do it I will simplify my designs, rely much less on rigs and symbols and animate more expressively. Basically my style guide would be the dragon ball tournaments.
Comments
SexuaLobster
Cheers.
Bullet
That's awesome that you are working on a netflix thing! Pleasure island fight club also sounds flipping fantastic! Consider having our favourite duo from Sweet Boy Beach as commentators on these incredible fights!
Magicide
The TeamFourStar Cell Games shorts were popular since they were all different and quick to watch. It might be fun to experiment with different things and if one doesn't work, there's always the next one. I don't think anyone on Patreon is going to begrudge you focusing on your career when it costs us nothing but time and you are very up front on delays. Do what you need to do and when things work out we'll join you in the Walrus Pit.
