I don’t normally do this, but I am going to showcase artwork here from my upcoming cartoon Harry & Terry. I rewrote the script three times and I’m working on the characters and backgrounds for the new version. Everything is classic Flash cutout style. You can tell it in the characters and the backgrounds. This a style I’ve never really taken on before so we’ll have to see how it works out. It will end up looking pretty simplistic, which is good for web toons anyway. You can crank out more episodes faster. I’m still not sure how I will approach the more difficult bits of animation yet. Probably as simply as I can.
You’ll notice there are only two angles of Harry right now. That is because I know they’re the only angles I’ll need for this cartoon. If I need other angles later I’ll have to make them. Terry, on the other hand, will have multiple angles.
The bedroom scene is only going to be for one quick shot. It was a lot of work for only a few seconds of video.
A new cartoon concept I am working on for the end of this summer. Check out the press release and early character design concepts.
Harry & Terry
Harry & Terry is a three-minute animated cartoon that follows the every day lives of pals and co-workers Harry Hare and Terry Tortoise. Harry is a slick, arrogant jerk and the most valuable employee at Badger Telemarketing while Terry struggles with a severe case low self-esteem and depression.
In the first episode, entitled “Terry Turns Thirty”, Harry tries to cheer Terry up on his much dreaded thirtieth birthday.
Harry & Terry is written and created by Ryan Wells.
P.S. – The Wish Fish FamilyEpisode #13 has already been written. I have not decided yet when it will go into production, but it will be out sometime this year.
I just released The Wish Fish Family Episode #12 on YouTube and Newgrounds. Be sure to check it out! It is the last new episode for a while. Time to explore different things in my life for now. Hopefully they will be back for new episodes in the fall.
As I have mentioned before, episode eleven of The Wish Fish Family had numerous references to The Beatles. I decided to post some of the references that I remember.
THE BEATLES REFERENCES IN THE WISH FISH FAMILY EPISODE #11
When Bass bows after their performances.
Brian Epstein, who discovered The Beatles, was also gay.
The black and white crowd footage is from The Beatles first appearance in The Ed Sullivan Show.
There is a framed photo of The Beatles in Bass’ dressing room.
Junior dying and being replaced by a look alike is reference to the “The Real Paul McCartney is Dead” conspiracy. A Paul McCartney look alike competition really did take place in the sixties.
Fahn is based on John Lennon. The name “Fahn” comes from “Fake John”, similar to Paul being called “Faul”, short for “Fake Paul”.
Fahn mentions laying in bed for a week and eating chocolate cake out of a bag. This is reference to the song “The Ballad of John and Yoko”.
Fahn claims to be leaving the band for Yoko Ono, which is what people blamed for The Beatles’ break up in 1970.
Harold tells Fahn that he hopes he dies when he’s forty. John Lennon was assassinated when he was forty years old.
“From the crapper-most to the tap her roast” references the John Lennon quote, “The toppermost of the poppermost!”
The Paul McCartney song “When I’m Sixty-four” plays during the end credits.
After the end credits Harold says “I buried Junior” backwards. This comes from “I buried Paul” backwards in the song “Strawberry Fields”.
HAROLD KICKS THE BUCKET IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF “THE WISH FISH FAMILY” PREMIERING MAY 2012 AT WWW.FARTOONS.NET
When Harold is told he only has a week left to live he decides to make a bucket list of everything he wants to do before he dies. With no money to make his wishes come true, he decides to mooch off a former foe.
“Here Today, Gone Tumor-row” is the twelvth episode of the animated web series “The Wish Fish Family”. It will be available online on YouTube and FARToons.net in May 2012.
I finished the newest episode of The Wish Fish Family and it is available to watch on YouTube! If you are a Beatles fan, you will notice countless references to the band. I hope you enjoy it!
HAROLD JOINS JUNIOR’S ROCK BAND IN AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF “THE WISH FISH FAMILY” PREMIERING JUNE 2012 AT WWW.FARTOONS.NET
Harold, Junior and Duck Bill form a band whose hit song makes it to the top of the charts. But when fame becomes too much, Junior threatens it all with his new drug addiction.
Well, here it is. Much earlier than expected. The tenth episode of The Wish Fish Family. It only took me five and a half years to get to ten episodes. I hope you enjoy it!
Episode ten of The Wish Fish Family is now back in production for no reason other than I am extremely bored with everything. I am not enjoying getting back to animating again. But what else do I have to do with my time? Look for it to be released this May.
