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Jed Steen

makin' stuff for your viewin' pleasure

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In my search for more information on the art and business of entertainment–selling animated shows in particular–I found an excellent source of information and inspiration.  Tad Stones, a successful dude in the animation industry, has been thoughtful enough to share some insight into the world of animation.  In particular, how to pitch an animated series. [...]

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This is my 6th animation “experiment” in Toon Boom Studio and FINALLY getting the hang of it!  This time I tried to make it a little more professional-quality.  Please rate and leave a comment.  I would love to know what people think.  Thanks!

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I’ve been playing around with Toon Boom Studio lately.  It’s really cool!  Here’s my latest animated doodle.  My youngest son did the voice, which I modified on the computer to sound higher pitched. I need better sound equipment for sure.

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Well, if you’ve been following along on my “Question of the Month” posts, then you know I’ve been trying to make a tough decision:  what areas of “Art or Entertainment” do I invest my time and energy into? Now I think I’ve boiled it down to 3 specific areas:  children’s books, graphic novels, or animated [...]

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Learned how to do lip-syncing in my animations today with Toon Boom Studio.  Was pretty rough at first, but I’m starting to get the hang of it.  Here are my test vids, from best to worst: Feel free to rate them, or leave some feedback.

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Just practicing. Nothin’ fancy:

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Today I decided to start dabbling in animation.  Here’s a short and sketchy cartoon I did to warm up.  Enjoy!

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If you read part 2, then you know I’ve already decided that to focus primarily on Entertainment over Art.  Now I’m trying to choose a specific category to build on, within the Entertainment industry. Here are the things I would be most interested in doing: Children’s books Graphic novels (children, family, or for adults) Animated [...]

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Okay, so I’ve done a lot of thinking lately!  I’ve come to realize that I have to narrow my goals down to something more particular than this: “…to create awesome ART and ENTERTAINMENT that you, and millions of other people will (hopefully) love… …oh, and to make sweet MONEY doin’ it!” Keeping the above as [...]

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