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HQ Art- Top Tier Thanks July 2021

Thanks, everyone! This was fun to make, totally wanna do more like this sometime.

Behind the Scenes- Mini Golf Background Breakdown

Though it would be cool to share how I made the background for the last short! Been a while since I've done one of these.

Also, be sure to check out the poll I just posted. Trying to plan my content for the coming month(s).

POLL: What Would You Like to See Next?

Just what the title says!

Of course I want to post both of these eventually, but I want to see how everyone else feels. I haven't really "planned" what to post first, but I felt it may be time to reintroduce characters to my audience since it's been so long since I've posted bios (it was in like late 2019, I think)

HQ Art- Putt Putt Hike

SPORTS.

Not sure what the next cartoon will be yet, but stay tuned.

New Cartoon- Putt Putt Hike

My puns get weaker by each passing day. Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes- Mini Golf

Just working on the sound now! It should be done for this weekend.

Had a blast working on this short, primarily the background. I'll actually probably do a little behind the scenes thing to show my process on this BG from start to finish.

This is also one of those shorts that started as a 5 second idea but turned into a 30 second video....I've gotta work on timing these better, haha...

HQ Art- Slushee Games

Fun fact: This image is actually from 2003, so it fits the timeline of Murphy & Mitzi.

HQ Art- Video Games

HQ versions of the stuff I posted yesterday.

Sometime I'll upload the high quality versions of the individual images in the GTA illustration. I kinda want to cut those together into a fake loading screen first, heh heh.

WIP- Mini Golf

Next cartoon is on the way! I spent some time finishing up most of the animation today, and am starting on the background now. Looking forward to getting this one done.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to see Space Jam.

HQ Art- Slam Jam

Fun fact: I've been sitting on this drawing for like 7 months now. I forgot I did this.

Happy shameless corporate advertising film release day! Going to see it tomorrow.

HQ Art- Drawings of Themselves

This was incredibly fun and I'm so glad people enjoyed it lol. More art challenges like this, please.

Behind The Scenes- Coming Soon!

Surprise!

Been working on a bunch these "real photo background" illustrations over the last couple of months. Basically, I wanted to do something small while on break to build a backlog of things to post that were not too stressful to work on. Plus, I love doing these because they help me write more dialogue and situations that I wouldn't normally do in the shorts.

There are actuall...

HQ Art- Pools 4 Fools

Here's the art I posted yesterday in better quality! Forgot to do it yesterday since I wasn't home.

New Short!- Pools 4 Fools

After like 3 months, here's a new cartoon! Looking forward to making more content as I get back into the groove. Thank you for being so patient.

Been working on more comic-y and illustration-y things. Stay tuned!

Preview- Skate Pool

Back to work on a new short! Finally utilizing the skate park setting I posted a month ago.

It's hard to post a preview of this without spoiling the joke, but whatever. Mitzi can't tell the difference between a skate bowl and a swimming pool because she's got dumb squirrel brains. It's a pretty simple setup, but I needed something easy to get me back in the groove on these.

Would be...

Thank You!- June 2021

Whew, managed to actually get this out on time! I was actually kinda struggling with an idea, so excuse me for the basic sorta setup. Or if any of you don't live in America to celebrate the 4th of July this weekend, haha. I just thought fireworks were an adequate theme for this one since Murphy & Mitzi would totally want to participate in blowing stuff up. 

Still, I hope that you...

Some Old Artwork, Moving Forward!

It's time for an end-of-month update! Wanted to make it special with some old character sketches I dig up on my PC, these ones details some "important milestones" in their designs.

Anyway, it's a good thing I took a break, because this month ended up being one of the busiest work months for me in quite some time.

BUT- I have started working on another Murphy & Mitzi short! Hopef...

HQ Art- Father's Day

Managed to finish this on time! That's all for now, make sure to say hi to your dad if you want to today.

Doe Remi Re-Doe-Sign & Father's Day

Hey remember that character I have who I really like but never use? Well if you don't, she only showed up in like two shorts and I never had an idea of how to use her again.

Good ol' Doe Remi (Roxanne Roe is her real name) is one of those characters who hasn't really had a lot of screen time but is nonetheless one I think about a lot.

I figured it was finally time to update her desi...

Behind the Scenes- 3D Skate Park Planning (WIP)

Hey Everyone!

I took a bit of a break from my hiatus to do a little background practice. This time, I wanted to mock up the New Lennium City skate park, where Murphy tries and fails to impress with his tricks. While it's not completely finished yet, I wanted to show more of how I sometimes use 3D mockups to make a 2D background. Because I suck at planning things in perspective without a s...

High-Tier Reward- May 2021

Hey all!

Here's the top tier vid I just posted, but it's on YouTube in better quality.

As I had mentioned in my posts on Twitter and Instagram, my hiatus will likely continue at least through this month, with some small content in-between. Probably no animations, but some small illustrated content at best.

I will try to update more here just to have some content for those payi...

Just an Update

Hey everyone!

Sorry I haven't had much new to say or post here this month. I've taken on two different jobs and have had virtually no time for Murphy & Mitzi without risking my mental and hand health as mentioned previously. I've also just sorta been not feeling great lately while making art, so my motivation has been pretty low to get new stuff finished.

Just wanted to thank ev...

HQ Art- [BUNNY!]

I don't really know how "high quality" this is, but here it is regardless.

Drawing Murphy's head from this angle is an absolute pain.

HQ Art- Mothers' Day Argument

HQ art of my Mothers' day comic. Had to rush this one a bit since I've been busy this weekend. That's why the background is a weird mish-mash of images. But hey, it works!

Behind the Scenes- Back 2 Bizness

Sorry for the lack of activity here, been busy with a new freelance job.

The good news is that I am feeling much better! My hand is only in pain sometimes now. So, I've been working on some small stuff that may or may not get finished soon.

-Goth Zoe. This is from a small comic addressing her other part time job working at Hot Topic. She's not really goth, it's just what you have to...

HQ Art- Drought & About

Characters from my 2019 college thesis, but redesigned to my current "style". I did this back in December and just waited 5 months to post it, lol.

HQ Art- Top Patrons April 2021

Here's the full art from Yesterday's post.

I am feeling slightly better. Hand is still a bit sore during computer sessions, but medication and rest are helping. And they better be helping, because I wanna start making these damn cartoons again!

HQ Art- Funee Meme

I don't know how popular this meme is elsewhere but I've been seeing it all over Twitter the past week or so. It was an easy thing to pull of during the break.

Speaking of which:

The good news is that I went to the doctor about my hand pain. He insisted I just had joint inflammation from repetitive overuse, which makes sense. He suggested I avoid that strain for a few weeks if I can...

HQ Art- Video Games, Content Update

Just HQ versions of the art I just posted.

Also, as a bit of an update to my current health:

To make a long story short, I think I've got carpal tunnel. Doing even very basic art gives me a strange feeling in my hand, and that cannot be a good thing. I will be scheduling a doctor's appointment for it this week, but I just wanted to say ahead of time in case this affects my output. A...

Old Artwork- The Parents

Happy Wednesday!

Still on my small break, feeling better each new day. Working on character description cards, it occurred to me how little I've shared of Murphy & Mitzi's parents, so here their very first sketches, as well as some comparisons of their "final" designs.  I always had an idea of what I wanted their professions to be, but their designs ended up changing quite a bit....