It has been an interesting few weeks since my last update. I have spent the majority of the last 2 weeks freelancing at an agency known as Clemengers, with the Melbourne branch being the second biggest advertising agency in Australia. It was a great experience. Now I am waiting to hear back from one of my other recruiting agencies about another job, but thats all boring, how about some fun stuff?

Work has finally started on the new Nimbin series, I dont just mean storyboards and character design either, I mean animation has finally started with the animatic for the pilot episode well and truly under way. I originally thought the first episode would only be around 1 minute long, but now that the animatic has begun, I can see its going to more likely be around the 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. That doesn't mean its going to take 2 years to finish like The Telescope did however. I don't want to say im animating it cheap and nasty, but I am reverting more to an animation style I used in one previous short that was designed around making things look like they are moving smoother then they actually are. Its also the first time I have done lip sync in over 2 years, learning it all over again. You can find a screen grab from the animatic below.

You might ask why I would want to bring back the Nimbin series since the last REAL episode came out in 2006, and Gerkinman had a very rushed and horrible last episode in 2005. The characters are no longer relevant, and Gerkinman was never really a super popular character here on Newgrounds to begin with, and im sure that only 2% of people on here, if that, even still remember him. Quite simply, it's because I finally feel like I can put my ideas on to the screen. My technically skills have finally caught up with my imagination. Im not expecting to take off like Egoraptor, Chris O'Neill or Hot Diggedy Demon have, and I doubt I ever will, but I do finally feel like I can release work that I am proud of.

The main issue im having now is with the title of the series itself. I don't know wether I should called it Nimbin or Gerkinman. After all, it is a direct followup to the original 5 episode Nimbin series with all the same (but redesigned) characters, but it also features Gerkinman a lot more then the original Nimbin series did (he was in 3 of the 5 episodes). Gerkinman is also a much more recognised name online...

Decisions... Decisions...

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