Friday, May 05, 2006

What are we up to Now!

Hey all, some of you may be wondering about our lack of posts recently, well I can tell you we've been hard at work on a series of 10 animated shorts for What Now? (a long running kids variety show here in New Zealand) called "Sparkle Friends".

Basically, we pitched the idea of taking the What Now presenters, or kid versions of them, and putting them into mundane situations (brushing teeth, playing cards, washing dishes etc) and turning it into an over-the-top japanese parody. So far it's been alot of work with crazy hours, seeing as we've had to produce 1 short a week, each one being 3 minutes long, but it's been really fun and has, definitely, evolved since it's conception into something we're really stoked with.

We're going to be posting up the 1st episode next week, as it airs this weekend (between 8-9am, Sunday 7th "What Now", for those Kiwis out there!), and we'll be posting some production work from the episodes as we go along, so stay tuned! But for now heres the 1st installment.....














3 comments:

Stephen M. Levinson said...

Man, your guys work is great!! I wish i could see all the episodes! I cant wait till you post the first one next week!! I love your character designs too! Great job!

Steve

Jeremiah Alcorn said...

Hey MukPuddy! Man looks like you guys have landed a great assignment and I'm sure the hours your putting in are going to pay off. I'm can't wait to see the first short, I know it's gonna be great! Keep those pencils smokin' fellas!

Willie Baronet said...

Like your work! :-)