undergroundRIOT - coffee_indulged_delusion_-_design_pro_a

ANIMATIC

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:35:00 +0200

kkk_take_two.swf

Extremely unfinished version of the animatic introduction.... did i mention it is very unfinished!?!

Introduction - Four undeadTEDDIES showing a major characteristic of each.... a title shot of character... then an undeadTEDDIES title shot with all four TEDDIES. Meh lots more to add but this is just a sneek preview...

this is one of the bears 'KluKloK' 's introduction......... very unfinished!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UndeadTEDDIES

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:45:00 +0200

Link to index page - - the about page is presently down but will be up and running in the next hour . . . just loss of data.

http://student.ci.qut.edu.au/~n4733495/semester_2/undead/

*ROLLS A SMOKE*

This final project is an archetype of the ‘undeadTEDDIES’ comic website. Consisting of a basic three page layout expressing design, navigation and a taste of the comic the ‘undeadTEDDIES’.

DESIGN:

I have chosen to go with a greyscale background, bold red for main text items and RBG colour for the images.

The reason behind this choice in colour was to mainly appeal to the gothic audience.
Out of the ‘undeadTEDDIES’ logo I have altered the skull and set it as a tiled wall paper for the initial backdrop. Constant greys to make a title bar match the ‘undergroundRIOT’ contact card. Bright whites for outlining and small texts where used to stand out against the dull background and divert attention of the consumers’ eye. Images needed to be colour, without the items on the page integrated.

NAVIGATION:

Simple, conventional, navigational design used for buttons. Forwards and backwards (arrows) toggle buttons in title bar, located next to about artist (contact card) and comic access buttons (undeadTEDDIES logo). The choice of home button was not a traditional selection. With the style of the site it needed to be alternate and a little joke using the ambulance to go ‘home’.

COMIC:

I have submitted this piece on ‘DeviantART’ and this is a comment received “ooohhhh....sad and morbid...clever though”
(Deviant: *ladyofshalott (#140937769) Date: Jun 7, 2005, 10:40:16 AM, http://comments.deviantart.com/1/19181784/140937769)
This is exactly the reaction I am looking for.

Two directions with this comic will be tested further on to find out which has best audience reaction. This is one of the directions possess the characters involved in a basic joke (three to four panels layout) with no reference towards the history. The second is an animatic including the anecdote behind the ‘undeadTEDDIES’.

*ROLLS ANOTHER SMOKE*

Overall, I am quite happy with the outcome of this site. The style of the comic itself turned out well for the first official “Wacom Graphit 3” illustration.
Also, am just as impressed the consistency between the basic idea of the design for the site and the materialization of the Immaculate Conception.
However, there are always modes of improvement and I plan on following this up and further develop my ongoing baby the ‘undeadTEDDIES’.

Undead TEDDIES misc (dodgy sketchs)

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Wed, 11 May 2005 06:10:00 +0200

RANDOM WORKS

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Wed, 11 May 2005 05:40:00 +0200

PLEONASTIC COMIC COVERS --- undergroudRIOT

CAPTIAN STUDENT GUILD

CONTEMPLATIONS OF A CORUPT MIND

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Wed, 11 May 2005 04:10:00 +0200

F$#@! BURNT MY TONGUE ON COFFEE

Prototype Construction:

Undead Teddies the web comic will consist of a basic five page layout.

The main index page background will be a sketch of the surroundings in which the Undead Teddies live. A broken down, abandoned toy store.
Other pages will consist of a tiled wallpaper of the Undead Teddies Skull logo.

The colour scheme will be dull pastel black, white, greyscale and red.
The comic itself will be bolder black, white and greyscale.

For the prototype I plan to sketch up the layout of each page, do a mock site and construct three undead TEDDIES comics.

BRAIN VOMIT featuring the undead TEDDIES

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:30:00 +0200

COFFEE INDULDGED BRAIN EXPLOTION

Contemplation of this scheme came about nearly four years ago. The conceptual design was roughly thought out at the foundation and until previously the creative process was virtually lost. Nevertheless, the idea, in spite of everything, escalated.

BACKGROUND:

The undead TEDDIES originally transpired from what “was/is” to become a traditional, full-paged issue comic book titled, Voodoo: the not so quite dead cat.

In Voodoo (TNSQDC), a human and a feline were in a catastrophic (excuse the pun) accident with the oddest of circumstances, in the shadiest outskirts of the city. Seth, the psychotic drug-dealer was lurking around these particular outskirts as the accident took place. He quickly took the two patients to his home, an abandoned toy factory, which had collapsed underground, strangely intact, some years back.
The human’s skeletal system was shattered beyond repair beginning at his cervical lordosis. Somehow, his brain was still functioning. The feline was the exact opposite. His body was fixable but, its mind exploded.
Seth combined the feline’s body with the humans mind. Using voodoo black magic, he fused the two together, giving ‘the creation’ life. In the folklore of a feline nine lives to be exact. Thus, how ‘the creation’ was dubbed Voodoo.
When Voodoo awakes he is introduced to his new comrades, the undead TEDDIES.
Basically this comic continues on following the adventures that these five undergo.

IDEA:

The undead TEDDIES acts as somewhat a promotional prequel to Voodoo: the not so quite dead cat.
Rather than using the traditional printed comic medium, the undead TEDDIES will be devoted to short three to five panels long, web comics updated fortnightly. Basically, this web comic’s purpose is to function as a ‘teaser’ as well as building up a target audience for Voodoo (TNSQDC).

STYLE:

RECEIPE [best served cold] EMMA’S (aka DONNIE A. MILLER (B) or DAMB) CARTOON STYLE:
A mixture of old animation styles inspired from such as Otto Messmer – Felix the cat and Walt Disney - Steamboat Willy. Amalgamate that with modern cartoonist such as the freakish Jhonen Vasquez – Squee, JTHM, and Invader Zim; alternate Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin – Tank Girl; clever Anton Emdin – Cruel World. In addition, transplant the spun out corrupt mind of underground 70’s cartoonist Robert Crumb – Mr Natural.
Result a twisted cartoon motif.

A combination of sharp, bubble and slight realism style are used to create the characters and the world contaminated by Seth and the undead TEDDIES.

oHOW
Process
•Concept
•Story Board / Content
•Hand Drawn/ Sketches Scanned or Computer generated/ using Flash
•Photo Shop / Layout and Colour
•Text / Lettering
•Touch up
•Web Design/ Coding/ Embedding

CHARACTERS PROFILE:

WINKIE:

•Comic relief
•Childish – young babies toy originally
•Hyperactive (addicted to “white stuff” – sugar - meant to be a play with drug context)
•Harmless, mischievous nature
•Acts out in good humour, unfortunately usually it is considered inappropriate.
•Small
•Nails in head
•Rubber hose arms and legs
•Old style white gloves and bubbly shoes
•Cheeky smile
•Desperately seeking approval of PiffleSnout

PIFFLESNOUT:

•Extremely intelligent
•Lips and mouth sown up – telecommunicates
•Paralysed due to noose accident
•Built his scoot mobile with mind
•Controls others with mind – but takes a lot of concentration thus why Winkie cannot be controlled.
•Good relationship with Nacho – due to mind control
•Loathes Winkie
•Plotting a ways to kill Winkie

NACHO:

•Former Valentines Day love doll
•Has a pull chord which will automatically turn Nacho into a love sick puppy, quoting poetry and the likes.
•Does not dislike Winkie but, only when he pulls his chord.
•Masculine, Strong, Huge muscle definition – chiselled abdominals.
•Brain was replaced with a Nacho chip, glass dome protects it.
•Lack of brain activity makes him very thick and short tempered and easily controlled by PiffleSnout
•Egotistical
•Arrogant
•Chauvinistic
•Sexually active (explain later – involves Barbie)

KLUKLOK (this character may possibly cause problems):

•A black KKK member
•Very religious
•Ritual Sacrifices – mainly Winkie but always gets out of it
•Closet homosexual (in love with Nacho)
•Dresses in KKK cloak reveals coloured ears and snout.
•No legs showing, floats.
•Loner likes to keep to himself
•Occasionally helps PiffleSnout with Winkie plots.

It seems that through research of other online comics, which are stated below in Reviews, the popular selections have rave/cult followings and where started quite simply.

I'VE MISSED THE SUN COMING UP AND THE BIRDS CHIRPING WHEN I GO TO BED

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:25:00 +0200

• Concept
due date: COMPLETE

MILESTONE #1
• Story Board / Content
due date: 26.04.05

MILESTONE #2:
• Hand Drawn/ Sketches Scanned or Computer generated/ using Flash
due date: 30.04.05

MILESTONE #3
• Photo Shop / Layout and Colour
due date:01.05.05

• Text / Lettering
due date: 02.05.05
• Touch up
due date: 02.05.05
• Web Design/ Coding/ Embedding
due date:08.05.05

INSIDE MY HEAD

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:20:00 +0200

What makes me TICK

I am currently completing my final year of Fine Arts- Communication Design, majoring in Animation @ QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. (Blam! What a fun filled, caffeine injected, juice squeezing adventure that has been.)

I have been intrigued by 2D cartoons and animation since I finished suckling my mother’s teat for milk. Influenced early by such cartoonist as Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer, Felix the Cat… The Simpson’s, Super Ted, Mighty Mouse, Banana Man are others that have stimulated my prior passion.

MY first sickly sweet taste of the alternate underground world was my father’s collection of… Mad Magazines.
Two comic artists of Mad in particular, Sergio Aragones and Antonio Prohias, were eminent inspiration.

Now 20yrs old I have been corrupted by many alternate underground geniuses. Robert Crumb, Anton Emdin, Daniel Clowes, Jhonen Vasquez, Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, Kim Deitch, Victor Moscoso, Mike Kazaleh, Matt Groening to name a few (trust me the list goes on and on like an energiser battery).

undergroundRIOT coming attractions:
• undead TEDDIES
• Cinder
• Video Piracy
• Pleonastic
• The final showdown issue of CSG

NB: REALITY CHECK
Alas, this is my final year of Com. Design. This is the year that I put all of the mundane yet, incredibly useful knowledge which has accumulated over the years, together.

Over the countless years I have gained an immense knowledge of 2D comic art and animation. Fine Arts Com. Design has also given me the assistance and motivation to improve my skill and style as a comic artist. The most influencing where subjects: - History of Animation; Architecture of the Body; Drawing, Creativity.
I stand now with a comic style that is unique but, still in construction. I believe that in the years and (hopeful) jobs to come, my ability along with knowledge will excel significantly.

The Undead Teddies will incorporate elements of web design with animation (3D and predominately 2D).

I have been dwelling over the Undead Teddies for quite some years now. This web comic medium is exactly the way in which I would like it portrayed.
I am planning to gain web space for next semesters subject Design Project B and continue on and actually making the Undead Teddies alive over the internet.
Hopefully, with this I can gain a small following through the university environment, which might encourage others to pursue the comic.
Undead Teddies is an initial tactic to promote myself as a comic artist, promote my other comics or works and gain an audience following.

COFFEE COATING ON THE TONGUE

noreply@blogspirit.com (donnie) — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:20:00 +0200

WRITHE and SHINE

This is a comic that started in 1998 and it seems to have become web friendly by 1999.

It is a huge success within the cult gothic cycle. Robert Trithardt completed a degree in illustration. He began his career with a comic “Schwartz”, for the school newspaper.

As most comics aspire, his style gradually gets enhanced as time prevails. Each comic is around three to four panels long.

It contains 2 main characters ‘Writhe’ and ‘Shine’, with around 4 sub-characters.
The story follows ‘Writhe’ through is gothic disk jockey life journey.

Personally, I enjoy this comic. Trithardt basically rants wittingly about his dislikes with the world.

http://writheandshine.com/

CRUEL WORLD

I have been following ‘Cruel World’ for quite some years now. Anton Emdin has been an inspiration for me. HE IS LEFT HANDED!!!!
He has been working as a free lance artist since 1996. He has done work for a shit load of media companies.

‘Cruel World’ comic style is very sharp, bright colours and touches some obscurely funny points.

http://www.antongraphics.com/

QUICKIE COMIC ART HISTORY - Newspaper

Comic Art, “the root of the art form can be traced to prehistoric cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Renaissance tapestries.” (Walker. B, the comics SINCE 1945, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 2002)

Akin as the Sex Pistols where for punk rock, the granddaddies of Comic Art originated from the European times throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
“European artists pioneered the use of caricature, speech balloons, and sequential panels.” (Walker. B, the comics SINCE 1945, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 2002)

Shock horror, it was alas America who took ‘initiative’ and gave birth to the Sunday Funnies. Social and technological advances broke through around the concluding half of the nineteenth century thus, revolutionizing the newspaper comics.
“All of these elements that gave birth to this new art form – the mechanization of printing and distributing, the concentration of population in urban centers, the acceptance of new forms of graphic expression – had been gaining momentum for decades.” (Walker. B, the comics SINCE 1945, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 2002)

In 1986 a phenomena by the name of Yellow Kid by Richard F. Outcault swept the nation. Admiration of the Yellow Kid “proved that a comic character could sell newspapers as effectively as blaring headlines and sensational gossip.”