So Dusk: Overtime was supposed to be out around this time, but I haven't even really worked on it in months.

Think of it as an animator's block fueled primarily by school. I simply haven't had the energy to put any more long hours into this thing. Over the summer, I poured hours upon hours into it. Like seriously. This shit doesn't fucking happen over night. I mean I probably could have squeezed in a decent amount of work in on it, but I have been doing other things. I guess the main thing I've been doing is painting. I'm enjoying that far too much. I have a new painting submitted to the art portal at least once every few weeks. I've been trying to basically become known as a painter or something like that. I've made some money off of a few paintings in the past year, and am actually about to start working on a commission.

Overtime is a huge movie. A really huge movie. I have a reasonable amount of it done, but the increasingly high expectations (both my own and yours) like to fuck with my motivation a lot. I could motivate myself. I think I could definitely do that. But currently there are other things that I need to do before I do that. I am out of school for two weeks, so I MIGHT get some amount done, but honestly with all of this constant work, it would be nice just to sit around playing video games or something. Though hell, I rarely feel like doing that either.

When will Overtime be out? Fuck if I know. I might as well just say it'll be out next Madness Day. Don't worry though, I'm not going to let it die. It will eventually be completed and released.

I hung out with Marilyn Manson.

Dusk of the Madness: Overtime [TRAILER]

Go watch it and reflect upon how making trailers in a 3-hour timespan is generally not recommended by your family pediatrician.

When will the movie be out? I have no clue. I could probably start using steroids and get it out for a Halloween release, but hey don't hold those words against me.

OH BY THE WAY ON HALLOWEEN I'M SEEING MARILYN MANSON AND ROB ZOMBIE LIVE TOGETHER. I ALSO HAVE VIP PASSES AND GET TO MEET MARILYN MANSON AND TALK ABOUT SCROTAL INFLATION.

I'M EXCITED.

Anyway there's the trailer.

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Due to the fact that the movie is much bigger and detailed, I regret to announce that it's pretty certain that it won't be out on Madness Day. The movie is already longer than the others, and still isn't done. I still have about 4 minutes of animation left. It's a huge fucking movie basically. It'll be a bitch alone to simply export the thing, but I'll get that sorted out when that comes along.

I'm expecting to get a bunch of comments/reviews/messages on Madness Day asking where the movie is (yeah, despite me making this post and the previous one.) To those people, well, I wish I could have gotten it out, but I do have school and tons of other things I need to work on. I can't exactly make these things overnight, and holy hell, how many endless nights I have spent working on this.

I'll release a trailer or something on Madness Day perhaps, but as for the actual movie, I honestly do not know when it will come out. I would have loved to have it in the competition and such, but eh, this is more about the movie. Like I've stated before, I have absolutely no desire to rush it or end it prematurely (and ultimately cause myself to make yet another episode to something I hadn't intended to exceed a trilogy.) Naturally, this movie is pretty exhausting, and I've kinda turned more towards painting. Typically when I have a huge animation project like this, I'm somewhat turned off from the idea of animating. It may take a while for this motivation to return, but I'm going to use what remains to try to get this movie out before the end of 2012.

In other news, I've provided art for Phat-Rat's new song, Night Fishing. I've been frequently collaborating with him (art and song vocals) and am about to record some more vocals once I finish writing this post.

Here's a random screenshot just because

This is not a post that will determine a release date, it's simply one I pondered posting about for a while, and feel the need to at least get it out there just in case things don't go as desired.

Madness day is coming up, and so is something else, the first day back in school. Yes, I'll be a senior this year. I'll have to do a bunch of shit that I haven't done because of whatever the hell, so yeah. Now that being said, I'm not exactly sure how my schedule will be for this first month or so before Madness Day. I'm hoping the teachers don't go psychotic with homework this year. Last year was fine, but I'll probably end up switching out of a class or two if that happens (not only for the sake of animation, but also for the sake of not fucking drowning.)

Okay, I've kinda rambled off a bit, but the basic point I'm trying to get at is, if the movie doesn't end up coming out on Madness Day, I request everyone calm down and just wait a little bit longer. I'm at a pretty decent point in the movie, about 70% done. One thing worth noting though, is that this movie is going to be about 15 minutes. In fact, I've already got about 9-10 minutes done. I've got a scene coming up, the super duper climax, and then epilogue. Doesn't seem like too much, but there are tons of small details and shit that I've had so much fun polishing up.

I will try my best to get it out on Madness Day. However, I have to acknowledge that the only reason this movie exists is because I rushed the ending to Dusk of the Madness. The final 3 minutes or so was animated in a spree of about 36 constant hours animating like a day before the release. I really, really don't want to do that. I want this movie to tie things up nicely so I don't end up fucking doing this shit again. If I don't meet the deadline, well, that's because the movie is great.

Now to kinda promote the thing its self. What can I say? It's violent, the story is fun and interesting, we learn a lot more about the labs themselves, we learn about the true fates of all of the characters, it's violent, the movie features some menacing new zombies, it's violent, and it's got maggots and shit or something.

Also, the music featured in the movie is almost actually completely original- many of the tracks being done by some great friends of mine, Delta, and Slipz. (Slipz took on a different style for my movie, but definitely check out his audio on his channel right there.)

Uh what else..

Oh, screenshot.

The winner(s?) will be chosen, and they may or may not be announced.

If they're not announced, it's because I've chosen to simply pick the winner(s), put them in the movie, and then give the movie a bit more of a super cool promotion or whatever to see who won.

Oh by the way, I just need to stress this:

Madness day is my goal, of course. However, I am not, by any means, going to rush this movie. I am not going to do any last minute fucking 36 hour before release date steroid animation rushes for this.

I am going to give it my best effort, make it look the sharpest, and make it properly end the series. The main reason this episode even exists is because I rushed the fuck out of the ending to Dusk and didn't get to do what I originally wanted. I will not let this fucking happen again.

So if it's not out on Madness day, consider the amount of effort put into it and the fact that this shit just doesn't happen overnight.

Also be sure to understand that I'm not saying it will be out, nor am I saying it won't be out on Madness Day. It's just a goal, but for the sake of the movie, I'm willing to go past that goal.

Loss of motivation.
God fucking damnit.

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Today marks the beginning of the summer of 2012. I hope this summer is about 10,000 times more productive than the shitty situation I found myself in last summer. But I won't even fucking go there.

To start the summer off with a bang, I attended a Rammstein concert in San Antonio last night. I had ordered my floor tickets in December, and waited several hours outside of the venue before the show. It was fucking worth it. It was incredible really. The performance was flawless, the pyrotechnics and effects were creative, fun, and jaw-dropping. I absolutely loved it. Really I felt fucking moved after I left the stage (drenched in foam from a dick-shaped cannon of course.) So many great moments in it. From the triumphant opening with the incredibly hot flames of "Sonne," to the dark, amazingly choreographed performance of "Mein Teil," to the powerful and moving performance of "Mutter," the BDSM of "Buck Dich," to the encore performances of Engel, Amerika, Ich Will, Mein Herz Brennt, and finally, the explosive "Pussy" performance, in which Till Lindemann (singer) mounted a dick-shaped cannon and shot foam into the audience. Really, I could go on and on about how incredible the show was, but I just typed up a huge review of it on my forum, so I'm a bit tired of typing.

So yes. The beginning of a summer I hope to be more akin to what I would view as a traditional summer- with hundreds of hours of animation, painting, drawing, etc, as well as simply enjoying some hobbies I haven't been able to enjoy for quite some time, like my good friend, Ocarina of Time.

I would also like to give a pal of mine some well-deserved promotion: Phat-Rat. He is a dubstep musician who I first started talking to after he asked to use the vocals from my CoD Second Chance movie in one of his tracks. Since then, I've provided vocals for several other tracks of his, such as Humans Must All Die and The Bowfin. There are also several other tracks he's currently working on. Definitely give him a listen, yo.

Anyways, onwards, into the summer.
Here's a photo I took.

I should probably take the time to actually announce it since I really haven't before. So I'm gonna go ahead and indulge in about 500 gallons of hypocrisy as I announce a fourth zombie movie. Generally the reason it came to be was because I was heavily unsatisfied with Dusk. There was a lot more I wanted to do with it rather than to just cut it off. I'm mostly just doing this for fun.

Info about the movie? Well there's not really much I can give at this point. If anyone wants to know what the hell I plan on making the thing about, well, re-watch Dusk and take a look at what's sitting on the roof of the labs. (That's been there since the original release by the way.) No new characters will be introduced, but some new zombie friends will be. It'll probably be about as long as the last three, and I'll try not to make the true ending suck ass. I'll also be working with my longtime pal Delta, who will be providing the soundtrack and shit. He's already given me concept art. I guess I can put the concept art in the movie and have that as an extras thing.

Anyway, yeah. I expect comments of "LoL MADNEsS Un0RIGNAL N00b FUCKE U,,,,~!" but I don't really care at this point since it's happening regardless.

It's just one final little Madness thing that I feel I need to make. As for other movies, well, that Call of Duty thing was a fun experiment. However, that over-exaggerated cartoon-style is something I'm gonna really want to stray away from if I want to make some serious horror flashes. For those in specific, I'm not sure how I'm gonna pull it off, or if I can at this point. I'll have to really experiment with different styles mainly due to the fact that I'm so adjusted to that cartoony style.

In other news, I'll be getting Silent Hill Downpour later this week, and still coming up in May, that Rammstein concert.

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