Another Animan Tutorial

I've just made a tutorial showing how to put a walking character in a 3D space.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/qvl93a

Click only the light blue box which says, "Click here to start download from Sendspace."

A Look into the Future

I'm very sorry, Friends---I haven't been keeping this blog up to date recently.  I try to use Animan's World to post news about my new videos, animation information, or anything that's happening in my life. And if there's no news happening, then I tend to just stay silent--which is not fair to the fans of Animan! And, I try to post pictures that are not very naughty, so that this blog will not get shut down.

I also have my tumblr blog http://mraniman.tumblr.com, where I post my naughty pictures. I don't have a bunch of them lying around, so I have to sit down and draw a new picture each time. But it's always based on my fantasies, and usually makes an exciting movie. Also, people send a lot of questions to my tumblr blog, so I try and answer the them best I can.

So, between writing for my two blogs, trying to make a naughty drawing now and then, and working on the new movie, I seem to have spread myself a little thin! I've got my hands full!

I'm 1/3 finished with the next movie, and I want to gradually leak out some information about it on this blog, as time goes by. I'm basing the movie on a naughty drawing I made for tumblr: 
http://mraniman.tumblr.com/post/120852432552/another-spanish-teacher-is-at-it-again

The story takes place at the Spanish teacher's house. He lives in Southern California, and this is his house. This drawing is based on an actual neighborhood in Pacific Beach, where my aunt and uncle live.

It's a Wonderful Day!

Exactly 6 months ago, I underwent major surgery on my abdomen to remove cancer. And last week, I had a blood test and CAT scan. Today, I saw the doctor who with a smile, told me that according to the tests, the cancer has not come back. That's great news!

Sometimes, it's hard or impossible to get well when there's a huge medical bill staring one in the face. I wish to thank all of you, the dear friends of Animan. Video sales made it possible to get through the surgery and pay for it without going into bankruptcy. 

Recently, I find that the Animan videos are being pirated in more and more places--some which I cannot access, such as Russian clip sharing sites, among others. The more videos I make, the more monitoring I have to do, and it's increasing even as we speak.

Thieves and pirates love my work--but they couldn't care less about me as a person. To them, I'm just a worthless machine that cranks out movies for them to exploit.  I cannot change or control such beings as they scurry around in the shadows.

Loyal, loving friends enjoy my work, and they like me, too! They speak only the language of generosity and kindness.  It's this human connection which I have treasured most in my persona as Animan. It would be easy to live in an ivory tower and just send out my videos and take in money without a word or reaction--but that's no fun for anyone.  I know for a fact that I have touched the lives of many (they have written to me and told me so), and it's a thrill beyond belief. Thank you for your kind, generous, and loving support.  It is for you that I do what Animan does.

The Luckiest (Ani)Man in the World!

I am gratified and very happy that so many fans and friends have purchased "Animan's Heracles". Every animator has something to say; but it means nothing unless there is someone willing to watch and listen. I offer my sincerest thanks and gratitude to all of you!

On February 17, 2012, I began this blog. I had no idea if my movies would ever sell or not. I was very uncertain about everything. But when I began selling my works, I noticed that I was receiving e-mails from the same friendly people. Even now, I haven't met any of you formally--but I still feel as if you are all old friends. And you are!

With the release of Heracles, I have been filling the video orders manually. Some of you have had to wait because I was sleeping or at the grocery store. Others of you have been lucky--you sent in your order just as I was at my computer.  Because I have been sending the links to you myself, something very wonderful has happened: many of you have sent me e-mail messages. All of them have been positive, kind, and healing. So, I would like to share them with you here.

Thank you Animan for your quick response.
I am a french fan : keep making us fantasize with your awesome work!
Have a nice summer,
Best Regards

Thank you!

Thanks so much!

I'm a longtime supporter (I've purchased all of your movies) but was concerned when the order defaulted to an email address I rarely use and I didn't notice until after I received the confirmation.
I didn't want to add to your problems - especially now that it appears you are being forced to work on a holiday. Hopefully you'll be able to have some fun anyway.
I (obviously) love your work!
Thanks!

Thank you again, for continuing to make your videos, even with all the problems you have had in your life, and continuing to sell them, even with the most recent of issues. I would continue to buy your videos, even if you had to raise your price to 15 dollars per video.
Greatest of thanks to you.

Thank YOU!!!! Your Work is AMAZING.....Any thoughts on the next one?

Thank You for the immediate response.

Great Videos, can't wait to see what you come up with next.

Have a great day.....BHL

Animan-
Thanks. Discovered your videos online, and am SO glad I can pay for them now! Your work is dead sexy.
Thanks again-

Hey, Animan
Great work again. I've been a big fan for a while now, and I'm glad you're on the mend from your surgery. Keep up the good work & be well.

The old ways sometimes are better (selling it like this)

It's downloading now, I'm so excited for it :)

Thanks, Animan.
I've just started the download, but I'm positive I'll love him!

Congratulations. You are a genius, really good action wonderful colour and the dp was great. Well done another brilliant and wonderful movie.

Two Important Things

Thanks to all of you who bought Heracles! From 5:30 pm to 2:00 am, (my time) I was at my computer, manually filling orders. I went to bed exhausted, and left a message on the download page.

I got up at 5:30 am and found more orders waiting. One buyer had become impatient, and complained to the company handling the money part of the transaction. I found THIS in my e-mail box:

To "punish" me, the amount was deducted from my account. Good morning to me.

I NO longer have a Selz shop. I do NOT have the luxury of automated downloads right now. I have to send out each order by hand. I'm human--I have to use the restroom, walk around, and sometimes take a break or even sleep (Heaven forbid!)  Work with me, people!

Here's something important that was brought to my attention: on the download page of Sendspace, there's a little box that appears under the words "By downloading......"  One buyer checked it as you can see, and he got a load of problems. The downloaded file was not mp4, but rather "exe". He couldn't play it! So please, don't let this happen to you! Uncheck the little box!

HERACLES!

Before, I had a Selz shop. 
The videos sold, and were sent out to buyers automatically.
I could sleep. 
I could take a shower.
I could relax.

Now I don't have a shop.
I will sell my new video on this page:
GO HERE TO BUY THE NEW MOVIE--
Don't forget to include your e-mail address.

When I receive notice that payment has been made, I will send you the link to the movie.
So I will need your e-mail address when you make payment.
If you do not receive your link immediately, please be patient.
I will check my e-mail endlessly.
I don't want you to wait.
If I'm in the shower, or sleeping, please be patient!

If you have a problem or question, you can send it to me as a message, here.
It's the best way.
I will NOT publish your name, message or e-mail address.

Trailer!

The Trailer for Heracles has been finished.

To download, click the LIGHT BLUE BOX which says: "Click here to start download from Sendspace."

Here are the links:

mp4 for Mac and Windows users

https://www.sendspace.com/file/k186zt

Friends of Heracles 2

Here are more gods from Mt Olympus.

Friends of Heracles 1

On Mt. Olympus, Heracles has a reunion with his fellow gods. Here are the first four.

The Animan Selz Store Goes Under!

Today, I came home from my exhausting outside job. When I checked my e-mail, this message was there waiting for me. It's from Selz, through whom I have been selling my videos.
I just wanted to reach out personally because we have some bad news about going ahead with you as a seller with us. We've just (today) found out that we are in big trouble with our banking partner if we continue to offer our services to sellers of adult materials, and unfortunately this will mean that we will need to close your account. Basically this sucks - there's no good way to say it, and I personally feel terrible about it because I know that there are hardly any options out there for sellers like you which seems unfair, seriously old fashioned and shortsighted.
As much as we wish we could keep you on, we simply can't as doing so would mean that we are operating outside the (severely conservative) terms of our payment partner and we just cannot do that. We've tried to think of every possible way to keep on sellers from your genre but at the moment we don't have any options that don't put us in breach of contract to partners to whose rules we need to comply. Our whole team is really disappointed that this is the way it has to be but the 'big guys' give us no choice.

Going forward you'll be paid out as normal this week and next, but starting in about half an hour our system will start to lock down adult accounts which means that your products won't be available for sale through us.

Again, I'm really sorry about this - you've been a really valued user of ours, given us so much awesome feedback and while we've had our ups and downs we've had a lot of fun communicating with you over the past year and a half.

At this moment, I'm not quite sure what to do. My deepest apologies to those of you who have tried to order an Animan video through Selz and were not able to do so. 

I'll need to re-organize things--and that will take a day or two.

This has been quite a year for me! What's next? (I'm afraid to ask!)

Heracles' Second Two Labours

In the original story, Heracles had many labours to overcome, but the Animan version has whittled the number down to four. 

3. The Erymanthian Boar

4. The Cretan Bull

Heracles' First Two Labours

Animan's "Heracles" is still in production, but it's getting there. At most, it will take another month. If I'm lucky, it will be finished before that. Nobody can say at this point!

In the first half of the movie, Heracles must perform 4 labours--that is, he must fight against some monstrous beings and win. Here are the first two of his adversaries.

1. THE NEMEAN LION

2. THE 5-HEADED HYDRA

An Idea Sketch

I was going through my computer files, and I found this sketch I made about 2 years ago. This is what finally became the video of "The Sheriff of Lone Gulch." My original idea was that the sheriff came into the saloon--the girl was trying to wink and get friendly with him, but he didn't care---he just ignored her, and went to the room where the outlaw Manny, was staying. When I finally made the video, the saloon girl was the first thing to disappear!  She didn't help the story, and I don't think the fans cared about her.

It's clear to see that this first design of the Sheriff is not very good. His hat is OK, but it doesn't have an attractive cartoon design to it. The Sheriff's face needs some changing to be more handsome. His chest and arms are nice and muscular, but his legs and butt need to be bigger to have a good balance and to look sexier. 

You can see that at this stage, I had no idea how to draw the inside of a cowboy saloon. I had to watch a few western movies to see what a real saloon looks like. I thought you would like to see this sketch and compare it with the finished video.

A First Peek at Hercules

Heracles is far from finished. But in the upcoming posts, I'll be showing drawings of some of the characters. This first scene is the court of King Eurystheus. He's the one who gives Heracles the labours to perform.  This building is like the tavern in Animan's Carmen. It has 3D walls, decorated with actual artwork from Ancient Greece.

Animan's Non-porn Animation?

If you've never heard of Kickstarter, it's a site which helps musicians, artists and authors get their projects off the ground. If some people so wish, they can even donate some money to help the project get started. There's a video on the site to watch for people to become acquainted with the book/music/artwork, etc. The video can always be watched for free!

A good friend of mine is receiving donations for his novel on this site. Along with helping to support me as Animan, this friend has done me about a zillion favors, so I wanted to do something for him. Although his novel is not exclusively gay, it does have some gay characters in it, so I decided to add some animated scenes to his video for fun. Here are some screengrabs.

 

                                               

Watch the free video

Another Animan video clip on Tumblr

Click these words to go to Animan's Tumblr blog.

Advertising Art--the Good and the Bad

I have an old copy of Playboy magazine from 1966, and it's filled with all sorts of interesting art. Here's a nicely-drawn sketch of Dad parading around in his tighty-whities, and as you can see, good manners insist that he keep his "unmentionable body parts" strapped in to the max--the flatter, the better.

This next picture is really something. The image of the all-American man with slim, long legs is understandable, but this is just stretching things all out of proportion!

Centaurettes

Some drawings of the female centaurs ("centaurettes") in Disney's Fantasia.

Animan Drawings and Clips on Tumblr

You can see some of my other Animan art on my Tumblr blog, here!

Fantasia in Brazil

When I was in the hospital,  my only pleasure was playing with my iPad. During the few times that I could get my wi-fi to work, I was able to find some great pictures.

Here's my favorite. In 1941, Walt Disney and his group of about 20 artists, composers and technicians went to South America to gather material to make the animated films Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros.  They visited Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru.

Disney's visit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil coincided exactly with the Brazilian premiere of Disney's 2 hour color spectacle FANTASIA. I find this theatre billboard for the film absolutely amazing! ("Fantasia will amaze-ya!") The display is truly a work of art and a magnificent example of the Brazilian flair for showmanship.

The next picture suggests that the artists must have given a demonstration of their drawing and cartooning skill for the audience. It may or may not be in the theatre shown above.

This is the third photo of the set, and seems to be a scene in a Brazilian nightclub, and it's possible that the Disney artists were there that night enjoying the show!