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Its that time again, vacation. I will be taking off from all internet activities until the beginning of August to have a little leisure with my family. Once I get back I will be able to give my full attention back to working on animation. See you then.

After what seems like an forever I am ready to start my first animation for the Mutantbox site. I’m calling it “The Prologue” because it will basically give me a quick run though on the whole animation process so I can work out some of the kinks before trying something more ambitious.

Here are the main character for the Prologue, I wanted to introduce them since they will be a predominate part of the website. Below is a Photoshop sketch of Mutantboss and his Minions.

They still need to be brought into flash cleaned up, broken up and possibly simplified a bit. I think that I am happy with them enough at this point to move forward.

A sketch in Photoshop of Obama and McCain, time to bring into flash for cleanup and animation.

Inspired by real life events, having a 2-year old is all about “Poo”. That and poop jokes never get old.

Finally something new. Seems like forever since I had the chance to do something fun. Well a few nights ago I rented the new Rambo movie. When I went to bed that night I had a bunch of strange dreams where everyone was from the 80’s. Just as I was waking up this little guy appeared in my dream. By lunch the image of him was still so clear in my mind that I decided to just make a quick sketch. So here he is, directly from my Rambo influenced subconscious.

My first ever walk cycle. I have to give a great guys named Waytoons with help on learning how to nest feet inside symbols. There is a lot of room for improvement but just finally finishing one is a big step forward for me.

I’m not sure if this guy is going to be a sidekick for Bugger or star in his own little animation, but I like him.

I like this little guy, he is a possible candidate for this site’s mascots.

I am actually liking him more and more. I think I will do a full rotation and set him up with a full set of expressions and mouths for animation.

Self caricature.