I'd really like to take the time to more formally thank the NG crew for reppin' my shit and giving it some time on the front page. I don't mind the drop in score or all the negative comments (it's not like anyone was praising it beforehand). To those who got the concept and forgave the fact that it's not very long, I'm really glad that you dug it. One person even said they felt better after watching it, which made me really happy.

As some of you might have noticed, this is the first film I've made where I've utilized my tablet. I'm glad the result at least garnered some attention. I'm thinking of following this up in a possibly more elaborate way and narrow down the comments criticizing my work to simply the people who don't get it and therefore classify it as pointless (which is funny because I give away the meaning right in the description).

Anyways, thanks a lot for all the love and hate. There's really no such thing as bad publicity in art.

I might as well take some here to mention my freelance graphic design business, Aetoric Design. Really, translating ideas quickly through art is how I'm minded when it comes to my work. If you need some artwork, please take the time to check out my graphic design portfolio.

Oh, one more thing. You can talk shit on my work, but leave Cap'n Jazz out of this.

So I usually don't think I have much to say to you NG folk. Not to be snobby, I just don't like to spam. But I think this is a worthy update:

I'M GETTING A TABLET!

A Bamboo Fun Small, to be precise. A cheap score on ebay. Who know if it works, but we'll find out soon enough. It should be here by the 20th (but with UPS, who knows), and I'll be sure to post pictures of my first shitty drawing and animations. Then, you'll all be witnessing the FBF version of my talent...which is lacking. Give me time though--I'm sure I'll be blooming like a beautiful flower soon enough.

Until then, though, leave a comment. I kind of like them

Love,
HandsomeJake

P.S. (oh yeah!)

I'm working on a t-shirt company and made some prototypes. I'll post pics of those in my art forum topic soon enough.

They are hard to use.

PS

I have no idea what's on this video.

...for people who can guess what my profile pic is from.

(cookies subject to not exist)

A new semester starts and I'm already fucked. I missed my second class today (out of 4) because I didn't hear the alarm on my phone. Kicker is I woke up at 8:15, 45 minutes before I needed to. Relieved, I went back to catch some more Zzzs, but of course it backfired.

I can't do computer work at my school, either. I spent $2.50 to traverse Pittsburgh to my campus and was only met with computers that are supposed to be equipped with the latest Adobe software but aren't yet. Bullshit. This will result in some very displease clients since I was planning on using these computers to wrap up some (already late) desings for a band today. But what can I do without a fucking computer?

Though I would have a computer right now if my boss wasn't such a fucking flake. "Yeah, we'll get you a laptop cheap from my work," turns into, "You know what, why don't you find one on Craigslist and I'll buy it," turns into, "Well, I'm broke until the end of the month and I can't pay you until then either." Bullshit.

It's just consistently and exponentially harder and harder to think someday I may actually be able to succeed at anything in my forsaken life. I get all these breaks (financial aid appeal, awesome girl, jobs) after all this previous shit I was dealing with (bad grades, dead dad, lonliness, being broke) and then all this shit comes up. I'm always inches away from drowning in my situation and it gets really tiresome trying to stay afloat. Like, really tiresome. Almost not worth it. Almost.

Somebody hug me.

~HandsomeJake

P.S.

Don't these two look similar?

Wanting to test out the new embed video feature, I decided to post a video of myself playing the Mr. Roboto Project in Pittsburgh with my friend Houston We Have A Problem. It was a fun time. Props to esseJ for recording it.

Birthday

It was good and drunken. I was the recipient of many beers. A couple of awesome acoustic bands came over to my house from an unfortunately poorly attended house show. This worked in my advantage though. The bands were really cool. One reminded me of Animal Collective...which I love. They gave me expensive dumpstered cheeses. I passed out with my clothes on. It was great.

Sad-day

My father died on April 2nd. There was a memorial service for him where I played a song I wrote for him. I cried a lot. But I'm trying to be positive and I'm making changes in my life.

R.I.P.

Joseph A. Campbell

October 25th 1959 - April 2nd 2008

Everyday

Like I said, changes. I'm trying to once again up my graphics stuff. But personally, I've lost 45 pounds since I've gone veggie and started walking...a lot. Pittsburgh makes that easy though. The Cardboard Collab is still going on and is now getting pieced together. It should hopefully be a hit. A breath of fresh air in the midst of all the other same old same old boring collabs going on right now.

That's all.

I'm now beginning work on another collab. It's entitled Cardboard City, a Collab. The general theme is to use only cardboard textures and animate them in any way. The project will turn out as an eclectic gathering of scenes depicting tranquility in a city. Should be really fun to make and really fun to watch when it's all done. I'm pushing for Jaga Jazzist as the music. Check out their album, A Livingroom Hush. It's really really great. Super chill but super interesting. Anyways, I'll have previews of all my parts in the thread for this collab, so look into it and get some previews.

In other news, life in Pittsburgh is great for the most part. Money always sucks, but in the end it always seems to work out. Hopefully next year I'll be moving closer to my school. This also involves me living rent free if it works out. It'd be a set of studios for artists, and instead of paying cash (the equivalent of special paper with pretend value), I'll actually do my art in some way for the community for a certain number of hours each month. Awesome, right?

Also, I've been on a big Super Mario RPG kick right now. I haven't been playing it (I don't think I ever will again), but I have been reminiscing about the great times and awesome characters. I'd been brainstorming an idea on how to put a little piece of SMRPG into my sig. I was going to put the little Samus cameo in there, but I think what I actually did turned out a lot better.

Boomer4L.

Later on, NG.

I believe I've finished off the Twisted Little Creatures series with my latest cartoon. 13 episodes isn't bad for a series on NewGrounds in my opinion. So please check it out! It's entitled TLC - Episode 13.

In continuing news, I'm still looking for someone to help compile my collab (Finding Religion: A Collab). If you're curious as to what it's about and would like the second authoring spot (whether or not you submit a cartoon), please click here and find out more about my en devour.

~HandsomeJake

So I'm trying to make a collab, but there's a problem in the fact that I need someone with Flash CS3 or 8 to organize it for me on account of I only possess MX.

For more details on the collab and what it's actually about, click here.

So if anyone is willing to help out, post on that thread, PM me, or leave a comment here. If you think this is going to suck or you think it has a chance, please post on the thread linked to above.

LOVE LIFE,
HandsomeJake