The Mockingbird Song should hooooopefully be fixed and ready to go shortly after Easter. I'd hoped to finish it by this weekend, but I've been out of town, under the weather, and had other priorities. AT THE SAME TIME. But worry not! It's coming soon.
Would you like a snack while you wait?
Shawnee Jenkins' pantry
I get a lot of email from you all (which I love!), and there are a few questions I get more than others. Once upon a time I had an FAQ page, but I think it fell down the rabbit hole. I couldn't tell you what happened to it, but I imagine it's probably having tea with a festively bewigged Johnny Depp or something. So, here's a new one! (more...)
Because True Blood isn't on yet.
Update 2/14/10: Technical problems. I know. Again. The day I can publish a cartoon without issue is the day the Earth stands still. But I'm working on the problem and will post Mockingbird just as soon as I'm able.
Update 2/17/10: This has been one doozie of a technical problem. I've sent the file off to someone who's good at figuring out why things break, and I hope to have a mended animation to show you soon. My apologies!
Two days until The Mockingbird Song! It's been a couple of years since my last long cartoon (Ida's Luck Part 2), so I'm very excited to show it off. I've been getting a few questions about it since I initially announced it, so here are a few of those answers:
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
The past few months have been insanely busy for me, as you may have guessed, and that's meant delaying a very important project for me: my next long cartoon, The Mockingbird Song. But your wait is finally almost over. It's finished!
I'm not posting it today, however, as it's Super Bowl Sunday, and you're probably all at parties and throwing Cheetos at each other or whatever it is that people who take an interest in sports do on important game days.
Mockingbird will be posted next Sunday, Valentine's Day. Then you can tell your date you're crying because you saw a really sad cartoon, not because he smells like raw onions (which, incidentally, he does. You should really talk to him about that, but not on Valentine's Day; that would be rude!). In between now and then, I'll just tease you all by talking about it a lot and making vague references that you won't understand until you've seen it. It's what I do best.
Greetings on this auspicious Hallowe'en! I present to you a short black-and-white cartoon that will hopefully make you feel just a little uncomfortable today.
Story and art: Katy Towell
Narration: Tim Jones
Hopefully that will tide you over until The Mockingbird Song is ready! The words are below.
Today's 31 Days of Halloween will be up this afternoon! In the mean time, check out a couple of pics from The Mockingbird Song:
I'd show you more, but I want some of it to be a surprise! Also, because Shawnee Jenkins isn't quite like the other Skary kids, the animation style on Mockingbird will be different from what you're used to. It's going to be in full color, and I'm giving it a little bit of retro styling, too. I've also taken down the original recording for now. Some slight changes have been made to the first version, and you'll be glad you saw/heard the new one with fresh eyes and ears. Yes, it's a sweet story with a lot of blood. I mean hearts. I mean... oh, you know.
Good news! The Skary videos are now on Vimeo! This includes the previously subtitled versions that so many of you have mourned since the revamp of skary.net. The non-subbed versions are still the ones shown here, but there are links to all the others for you reader types. Note, however, that if a video doesn't have a link to a subtitled version, there probably wasn't a need for one.
All of the individual video pages have been replaced with these new, much higher quality videos, but the Movies page itself is still YouTubed. It'll probably stay that way until I can find a similar solution for Vimeo. Vimeo's widgets just aren't what I need, I'm afraid. (If anyone knows of a nice video gallery sort of thing that works with WordPress, do let me know!). Not that I won't continue to post to YouTube, of course! Vimeo just works better for skary.net is all.
So, there it is. Off you go. Subscribe away!
http://vimeo.com/channels/skary
Hey and hello! I hope everyone had a happy Memorial Day weekend, even if you're not American. I spent mine writing, animating, and attending a barbecue where a horrible, terrible, awful children's version of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was played. (Where can I get a copy for myself?)
The upcoming cartoon is still underway and could take some time even though it's short, as I have other projects to work on. I'm not going to tell you when to expect it, but I guess I can tell you what it's about now that I'm sure I'm not going to change my mind. The working title (likely to be changed) is Masterpieces Explained. Sounds boring, I know, but it's the real story behind a very famous painting. (No, it isn't The Scream, and it's nothing by Dali). You all think you know the story behind this one, but I'm telling you now: you're wrong. Anyway, that's all I'm saying. You'll find out more soon.
Oh, a couple of notes... have you noticed there's a Facebook quiz now? Also, there's an easier way to send fan art.
All righty. Time to answer some emails. (more...)
