Tutorial Time!

No, this lady is not Gloria Swanson from Sunset Boulevard. She's a dancer in the upcoming Animan video. It's obvious by now that my next video will have a Spanish theme. To create the right atmosphere, I have to animate all types of characters. This dancer is just a part of the background, so her movement repeats in a cycle. It saves drawings! But even a short cycle like this one is a lot of drawing and animating. Download the tutorial and see for yourself!


Download Tutorial 3 MOV
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               This is the completed cycle in color.  The last drawing flows back into the first one.

A 3D Test

The animation software I use allows placement of simple 3D constructions, so I decided to use it in one scene of my upcoming animation. Here is a test I did.

The Animation Process is Slow

Many friends have asked to see how I create animation, so I made this tutorial.  It's about 47 minutes long, so it's a big file (631mb MOV,  250mb WMV), and will take time to download.

The original drawing session was about 1 hour and 45 minutes, so I speeded up the video to make it shorter.

It is a cycle of 4 drawings repeating. You will also see how I make the drawings move, and how I draw colored lines.

All the background music you hear comes from the internet, or from YouTube.

"T Town" (record)--"El Relicario", "El Curito Calacruz", "Espagna Cani", "Luna Enamorada", "Maracaibo", "The Continental", "Mexican Hat Dance"

From Youtube--

"Cuban Overture"  by George Gerschwin, "Pavanne" from Morton Gould's "American Symphonette No. 2", and "Look What I've Got" by Paul Whiteman

Tutorial 2 MOV

Tutorial 2 WMV
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How do I buy the videos?

                                Coach Ben's Big Beach Adventure is $7 U.S.
                                Running time: 8:05
Before you decide to buy, you may want to check out these two trailers:

BEACH TRAILER #1

BEACH TRAILER #2

                                  Junior College Men's Camp is $7 U.S.
                                  Running time: 15:50
Before you decide to buy, you may want to check out this trailer:
CAMP TRAILER

HERE'S WHAT THE VIDEOS SOUND LIKE:

Translation Gadget

We have a cool new gadget on this blog--the Translation Gadget! It's at the top of the right column on this page. Choose the language you want to see, and it translates everything! Judging from the foreign languages I do know, this gadget translates a lot better than most computer translation software.  

At the moment, my upcoming animation project is proceeding very slowly, but surely.  Here's another sneak peek.

Scene by Scene

Although I'm trying to be as secretive about the next project as I can,  I see nothing wrong in leaking drawings for it, here and there.

When even one character is wearing a uniform, every part of it has to be drawn. If the character is moving around a lot, then there's even more drawing! In place of shadows, I'm using colored lines, to give it an "illustrated" look, and that takes more time too.

I love a man in a uniform!

It may look calm now, but a little wine can make guys go awful crazy....

What's Next?

The next video is cumming along, although I've only got 11% done so far. The possibilities for stories are endless, so I figured, why not try something exotic? And that's what gave me the idea for this video. 

Two Backgrounds

Here are two backgrounds from the next Animan video. I hope to inject a little drama into it, as well as humor, fun, and sexy action.

Random Sketches

Yesterday was the first day of the new school year where I live, so students in my sculpture class were busy making sketches of the cartoon-style figures they will be creating with paper-based clay and painting with acrylics.

As they literally spent hours sketching away, I decided to get my own sketchbook out and draw some stuff. Here's what I came up with... 

Animan's Schedule April~August

                                                  First completed background for the next video
Since starting this blog, I've tried very hard to answer each e-mail, inquiry and video purchase as quickly as possible, and I think I've done pretty well, when you consider that I live in Asia, which is an 8~16 hour time difference for many of you. Most of my e-mails come super-early in my morning or very late at night, so I just keep checking my mailbox, even while I'm drawing. This has worked out pretty well so far, because I've been able to mostly work at home.

Every year from April to the first week of August, I work outside of home a few days a week, in an environment without computers. This means that during the next few months, I may not be able to answer your e-mails right away, but they will always be answered well within 24 hours. I know how it feels, to send an inquiry or to send money, and then receive no answer for hours, and that's no fun. But I promise to do my best to not keep you waiting!

And, I'd like to take this chance to say "Thank you" to all the kind fans/friends who have been so generous to me. You will never know how much your kind comments mean, and they inspire me to do what I hope will be greater things. To those of you who buy the videos, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude. Please know that your generous support is making it possible for me to continue creating the videos you want to see. 

I had always feared that I would go through life, forever an outsider in the animation world, never recognized, never remembered and never rewarded in any way. Being able to sell my videos directly to you has validated my efforts, and I am probably THE luckiest animator on the planet!  To those of you who have helped make my dream a reality, I humbly thank you! :-D

Twist Party Sketches

Today, I came upon these sketches I made almost a year ago for Twist Party. I knew that I didn't want all the party guests to look the same, so I tried to come up with as many faces, hairstyles and clothing combinations as I could. Also, a lot of these never made it into Twist Party.  Oh well, there will always be another Animan cartoon to put them in!

Animan = Robert Young

         Just testing to see how a movie would look on this page!

From Out of the Past

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Camp Animatic

I found this on my computer--and I thought I'd share it with you. For one section of the camp video, I made this 'animatic', to sort of get an idea of how it would look. Basically, it's just like a comic strip, with so many seconds for each shot. This helps me predict the timing and dialogue, and acts as a blueprint for the animation. 

This scene had a lot of stuff going on--the dialogue among the three guys, the business about the soiled undies, and then taking turns, and all that. I wanted to make sure I got the right mood. So, I made this animatic, which is pretty close to the finished animation, except for the ending. I didn't like this ending, because Freddy was getting kind of lovey-dovey with Larry, and the lightheartedness was becoming serious.  

Some animatics are made to see the pictures with the soundtrack--but when I made this, there was no dialogue or music recorded. So, it's silent with the words written in.

Camp animatic (MOV)

Camp animatic (WMV)
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Watch Me Draw!

Now that the camp video is finished, I have to start from scratch on the next one. It's going to be several months before the next video is ready, but I promise that it'll be worth the wait!

Animan has received many requests to show his drawing process. This "drawing tutorial" is the first step in that direction!

TUTORIAL01 (MOV)

TUTORIAL01 (WMV)
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NEW VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE!

Junior College Men's Camp

By taking a few days off from the day job, Animan was able to complete his latest masterpiece ahead of schedule!  It's a whopping 15 minutes and 45 seconds long and sells for $7. 
* If this is your first time to order an Animan video, send a comment to this post with your email address. 
Your comment (including address) will NOT appear on this blog.
* If you have ordered "Big Beach Adventure" with Paypal, then just do the same as before, and don't forget to include which type of file you want (MOV or WMV), as well as the address you want it sent to.
Watch the trailer
Thanks to all of Animan's fans for their patience and support during the lengthy production period! You guys rock!

Camp Trailer Download

Now you can download the trailer for "Junior College Men's Camp"!
Camp Trailer MOV

Camp Trailer WMV

(Before downloading, please take a quick look at my post, "Problems in Downloading", in order to ensure a smooth download!)

The trailer uses dramatic "Film Noir" music, but the actual video has more cheerful music.


"Junior College Men's Camp" is still in the final stages of production, and will be finished very soon. Check back to this blog for news about it!

Advance Publicity

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Estimated time of arrival for this video is March 22, when it cums to computers everywhere for $7! Animan will keep you informed!

Download the Freebies (All Links Have Been Updated!)

FREE ANIMATION DOWNLOADS!!!
Hi, members of the Animan family!  

I've been very busy recently: starting this blog, selling the beach video, and working like crazy to finish the camp video by the end of this month (March).

Many of you have asked for links to download Animan's free videos, and so today's post is a place where you can find them.

I M P O R T A N T !!!!!

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BY CLICKING THESE LINKS YOU WARRANT THAT YOU ARE OF LEGAL AGE TO VIEW SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL.

'ASSORTED ANIMATION"

LINKS

Assorted Animation mp4

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This video is a collection of scenes I made while I was learning the animation software. There is no trailer.

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'THE HUSBAND'

LINK

The Husband mp4

This video was my first attempt to create something with a story line, but I hadn't worked out a streamlined method for the drawing and animation. Still, it's a start.

There is no trailer for this.

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'SCHOOL FANTASY'

                                      

LINKS

School Fantasy mp4

This is the first complete Animan video ever made, and many fans say it's their favorite one. Like many schoolboys, I used to fantasize about my P.E. coaches, and if all my dreams could have come true, this would have really happened!

School Fantasy Trailer #1

School Fantasy Trailer #2

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'SEX ED'

LINKS

Sex Ed mp4

The spoken part of the soundtrack for this comes from an old public domain sex education film, which I actually saw in junior and senior high school! Even then, I had my own ideas about how I thought the film should be...and that is what this is.

Sex Ed Trailer

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'THE TWIST PARTY'

LINKS

Twist Party mp4

I had always fantasized about a 1960's twist party turning into a gay gangbang, and this video does just that. Animan's favorite.

Twist Party Trailer

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TRAILERS FOR 'COACH BEN'S BIG BEACH ADVENTURE' 

Beach Trailer #1
Beach Trailer #2

While netsurfing for porn, I came upon a clip which someone had filmed at a nude beach somewhere. It looked like Thailand, but I'm not sure. There was a caucasian couple on a blanket, and the man was lying on the woman, and he was pretty excited. She could see they were being filmed and was trying to get him to stop, but he was getting hornier by the moment. The clip ended after about 30 seconds. I wonder how far they went? 

That clip has since been taken off, but I thought, " "Wouldn't it be nice if Coach Ben went to the nude beach and just made a present of himself to all the horny men there?"  The background with the beach hut and the red and white umbrellas was inspired from the video mentioned above. 

Coach Ben seems to be pretty popular around here, and so I asked him to star in this video. He loved the idea, and serviced all his paramours admirably. The big guy said that when he got home that night, he had the best sleep ever! 

I haven't tested all these links, but I believe they're OK. If you find that they don't take you to the right place, please leave a comment, and Animan will try to fix the problem. : )
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TRAILER FOR 'JUNIOR COLLEGE MEN'S CAMP'

Camp Trailer mp4
This trailer is done in "Film Noir" style, that is, like the old black and white detective movies made in the late forties. But actually, the video is very lighthearted and kooky!
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TRAILER FOR 'CARMEN'

Carmen Trailer
Come to old Spain, where gypsies seduce soldiers into a frenzy of passion and betrayal!
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TRAILER FOR 'SUPER HERO'

Super Hero Trailer
A visitor from another planet comes to Earth, and finds a secret ingredient that helps him survive, and it also gives him a great body and magnificent super powers!
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BEACH, CAMP, CARMEN, AND SUPER HERO ARE AVAILABLE FOR $7 EACH.
To order them, you must have a PayPal account. Then contact Animan. You do that by sending a comment to this blog, and include your e-mail address. IT WILL NOT BE POSTED HERE--YOUR PRIVACY WILL BE PROTECTED. ALL COMMENTS MUST BE MODERATED BEFORE THEY CAN BE PUBLISHED--THOSE CONTAINING E-MAIL ADDRESSES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLISHING.
Animan will contact you privately at the address you give, and give you the simple instructions!

Animan's World Interviews Johnny Davis, Dick Long, and Herbie Watson

AW--Welcome back for Part 3 in our interview with the stars of Animan's upcoming video "Junior College Men's Camp". OK, Johnny Davis--what are your thoughts and feelings about this video?

J--This is my first animated video, and I'm really proud to have been a part of it. All the guys are just great to work with, and they're all hot! We had a great time making this! It was the right vehicle at the right time, and I was pretty lucky to be there.

AW--What about you, Dick?

D--Oh like wow, Dude--it was pretty far out--the only time I was wearing any clothes was in my first scene, man. The rest of the time I was nekkid, but it was cool, y' know? Lots of sexy studs around me all the time--I got like pretty excited, and I had to be careful to save it for the flick! Wanted to get off all the time!

AW--Herbie Watson! Tell us about your part.

H--Well, I'm the nerd from school. I clip pens on my shirt pocket, and I'm sort of the weakling in the group. Here are all these big, buff men, and then here comes Herbie, the weak little dork.

AW--Well as I understand it, you were the only one of the college boys who never bottomed!  How was that decided?

H--Uh, most people would instantly expect the little, weak, dorky guy to be the one to always get hammered by the big boys, which is pretty much what most gay porn these days offers. And, then there's Animan, who is thinks it's time to turn the tables on that old stereotype. What was that he said, Johnny?

J--Animan said that "tops and bottoms come in all ages and sizes".

D--Absolutely, man! I mean like, who'd expect the little guy to nail the big boys? You hardly ever see that--but it happens in real life, all the time, like!  But go see some gay porn, and like, it's always the same pattern. Big guy plows little guy. It's yawns-ville, man, like what a drag!

AW--How do you feel about that, Herbie?

H--Oh yeah, it's uh, definitely a change from the same old stuff, right?  And it was great for me, because I got to plow all these hot studs like Johnny and Dick, ,and uh, Lorenzo….uh I mean, Larry!  I was always in one or the other!  And I got paid for it, too!  But I really like Animan's idea about making it more real, with more diversity. I think there's a grain of truth in all stereotypes, but they get boring real quick.

AW--The fans are anxiously awaiting the finished video. So when can we get to see it?

J--We're still redoing some of the last scenes. Animan is such a stickler for making it just right--he said, "I think about what I would like to see in a video, and how I'd like to see it--and then I do my best to make it. I think real hard about the things that get a guy off, what do they look and sound like? You gotta tickle the viewer's mind over and over till he blows!"

AW--So there is a philosophy behind it?

D--Yeah….it's like when you're fantasizing, you think of all these sexy things--but you don't always see and hear 'em… but in the vids, Animan tries to make it visible and audible, too.  Awwwright!

AW--Is there a premier date for the video?

H--Either the end of March of the beginning of April. That's just a window of a few days. When it's out, the trailer will be on GayTube in the Dads-Mature section.

AW--And we'll be announcing it here on the blog before that, but it's still pretty hush-hush.

My thanks to Dick Long, Herbie Watson and Johnny Davis for this interview. Gentlemen, the fans and I thank you,  and we're all looking forward to seeing "Junior College Men's Camp!

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