Timmy the talking TV

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:52 pm

Here's a Digtal TV conversion PSA featuring Timmy the talking Television:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp5aY-wc7JM

Please come back to this page to vote for my video when voting begins Dec 1st:
http://www.youtube.com/user/dtvtransition

Thanks fellow AS animators!

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:06 pm

What do you give a fellow who already has two 'fun sticks'

?
Box is just the thing!

Funny, but oh so wrong.

tschingiz · Post by **tschingiz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:25 am

good job! thank you!

areyouguystwins · Post by **areyouguystwins** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:00 pm

I liked it. Great storyline, voices and animation.

I actually learned something from it too, as I never knew exactly how the digital convertor boxes hook up to the TV and antenna. Now I know. Isn't that the point of the animation, to teach people about digital TV conversion?

Awesome job. Keep it up.

[BTW: Ignore the comments (on Youtube) about the TV being lifeless. People always have to have something negative and non constructive to say if they can't animate or write themselves. It's the nature of human beings.]

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:58 pm

Yes Sir..... I like it.
Very cool jhbm , one question....so digital ntsc huh? Doesn't seem worth it

It's great to see AS used so professionally, thanks for sharing that.

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:50 pm

Yea- I forgot to mention in the video that tv's hooked to cable or satellite don't need a converter box. Those tv's will forever be stuck in analog prepubescence.

sinclair · Post by **sinclair** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:30 pm

Really great stuff-

The negative comments on youtube are ridiculous and without merit, the concept alone is brilliant and you nailed it-

(Glad I'm not competing in that contest with you (as I have in the past) that entry will be tough to beat)-

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:26 pm

Hey! Nice! Reminiscent of Ren & Stimpy work. Love the painterly backdrops, how'd you do that? The BG's remind me of Spongebob Squarepants kind of vibe.

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:58 pm

Hey Mikdog- it's really easy actually. I render the frame I want to "paint" out of Anime Studio to a large sized jpeg. Then I use Corel Painter Essentials (came with my Wacom) to clone the jpeg, and basically repaint the whole thing from scratch. But it lets you display a ghost image of the original, and you just "paint trace" over it as if you were painting. It will automatically choose the colors for the image as you repaint it. Then I usually go back and add some shading.

Thanks everyone for the comments and checking out my cartoon!

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:00 am

Oh wow, thanks jhbmw007! I've had Painter Essentials....well since buying my Wacom tablet....and I never knew of that feature. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It look very useful.

Springymajig · Post by **Springymajig** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:19 am

That was nice, you captured the Nikelodeon feel really well without it feeling ripoffy.

A coupla constructive crits though, the animation feels a little too digital and floaty cos there's not really any slow ins and slow outs, you should try to make things snap a bit more. But the choice of movements(if that makes....) and the drawings themselves are very nice.

And also the text at the end, the font and colour choice is... well... pretty ugly, and instantly lowered it from being something that looked professional to something that looked home made.