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Bobert-Rob
All I do all day is make cartoons in various programs. Comedic animations, parodies of movies and video games. EGO FI.

Robert Winchester @Bobert-Rob

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Yay, Half Beard!

Posted by Bobert-Rob - October 25th, 2007


As many of you know, I released episode 4 of Siblings, entitled "Half Beard", last week. Well, since then, it's been seen by over 60k people, which is fantastic for the first week. Hell, the first episode still has only been seen by about 45k (which is a lot of course, but that's after being online for almost a year). It received a daily feature and has been on the front page for about a week now. I've really been enjoying all the feedback, it's been awesome. It's even gone so far as to earn a spot on the top 50 (somewhere between 5th and 8th place, usually). That's always been one of those cool 'what if' scenarios for me, and it's HAPPENED. Insane... much like the cartoon.

I'm making this post because, well, I just wanted to say thanks. Thanks to Newgrounds and its staff, for making a place for flash artists to get crazy exposure like this, of course. Thanks to the fans, many of which are new to "Siblings" and assume Half Beard is a stand alone cartoon, even though it's actually the fourth episode. And thanks to everyone else in between.

Also, I figured I'd go ahead and mention I've started on episode 5. As stated in Half Beard's scrapbook, it'll focus on FFXII. Rob'll be the player, and he goes through and mocks it himself. Don't worry, Johny's still a part of it, but he more or less just listens to Rob's rants and offers questions to keep the rant going. And while I haven't recorded the dialogue for anyone besides myself just yet, Johny's friend will also make an appearance, as will baby Mason. Why? To throw jokes in there that don't revolve around FFXII. You know, to mix things up. So fans of the series won't be drowning in jokes fixated on one thing. That's why.

If you want to keep up to date on the things that I do, be it animation, art in general, or whatever, be sure to check the site. You could even add me on MySpace, on which I typically make blog posts and bulletins about cartoon releases. I won't post a link to it on here, it's on my site. If you want it, you gotta earn it. By looking. At the site. Ok? Ok.

And I'll leave on this note: A picture of half beard, which I'm currently sporting. If you're wondering about the quality, that's intentional. Wanted to do something different with it.
Thanks again everyone! Later!

Yay, Half Beard!


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NOW PRESENTING THE MAGNIFICSANT SPLENDOR OF HALF BEARD!!! HHHAAAAAAAALLLLLLFFFFFFF BBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR RDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yer damn skippy.

Nice one dude I think ill have a half beard too XD !!!!

Btw....sorry 4 the retarded reviews I did :(

It's cool. I forget what your reviews said (I get so many of them these days), so it must not have been anything too unforgivable. And it's funny how many people actually state wanting to try a half beard, if only I could see the end results, that'd be funny as hell. I've seen one fan's half beard, so who knows how many others have actually gone through with their half beard.

Again, congrats on all the fame of Half Beard! :D Sad to see that your earlier work hasn't been as famous, but hey, no ones flash movies start off as the best thing ever. :\ but dont dispair,especially because of Half Beard, and people wanting to see the previous episodes of the series, they will get more popular :D And are you really working on 5 now?? i thought u said it was going to be months, next year even, before you started it... or was that released...? and it being a joke on a good known game, and being part of the series, it may just beat out Half Beard :D (kind of guessed 5 would have something to go with FF XII because of the pic in the scrapbook... or maybe i just thought it was a picture... :/)

of course i have been a fan since episode 3 i believe... i had seen the other 2 before but thought nothing of it... and now being a big fan, i 5 em every day :3 and really, if there was ever a great flash series that deserves a flash series here on NG, its the Siblings one!

and i had thought that Half Beard was just another idea for an episode... seeing it real makes it more... err... realistic... insane... well... i mean just look at it :| and i guess reverse goatee comes in when you go out with Johny, in public, around people, of great influence in his life :P

again, great job on, not only getting in to the top 50, but top 10! keep up the awesome work! :D or else, really, cant stop the series now :P
*jeez can i ever not make a huge post :\*

Yes, yay for success. It's nice. And yes, with this mocking such a familiar subject and with me actually knowing stuff about it to mock, I'm sure it'll turn out awesome. And it'll have its series page once it's important enough for one. Until then, I'll keep working on them, making them better and stronger. A lot of these episodes are based either on things I've really done (Half Beard), or on random jokes I make, which I then flesh out and turn into full scripts. Oh, and yeah, I had pretty much started a few days after Half Beard's release, but for now, I'm taking it slow. I haven't kicked into full gear with animating it since I've been so busy with checking reviews and whatnot. Hell, I only have 5 seconds of it done so far, and it's been a week since I started. It'll pick up now that HB's off the front page, though. Won't be so many reviews at a time to go through, y'know? Yep.

You're a comedic genius.

Hey, I try. And succeed, at times. Practice makes perfect, y'know.

thanks for not using "fuck" excessively!

Hey, oddly enough, that episode didn't even include one f-bomb. Weird, I know. In the original script, when 3/4ths beard gives up, his line was originally "Eh, fuck this, I'm gonna go get drunk.", but I changed it to forget since I felt like trying an episode without that word. Turned out well enough, I'd say. Wouldn't you agree?

Hurrah~! Someone who is completely weird and awesome! XD I love your Siblings animations. They are so funny!! *pets your half beard* I dont usually like facial hair, but you SO pull it off XD *thumbs up* You are awesomesauce! <3

I am sauce that is awesome, huh? Cool! Thanks for the love and, uh, petting. I feel like an animal now. *lives in a tiny house in the yard and eats imitation food*

YES!! The almighty Half Beard has appered!!!

Why yus, as a matter of fact, Half Beard has. I wholely support that statement.

8th comment =P
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLFFF BEEEEEEAAAAAAAAARD!!!!!!
P.S. Why is the half beard so shitty? (Plays Madden NFL theme song) THAT'S BETTER!!!

The half beard, shitty? You mean quality wise? Cuz I felt like doing it that way. There are other pictures of it around, but you gotta find em'. Good place to start would be the site. If you meant something else, well, I'm lost on this hidden meaning. Perhaps the song..? I dunno.

Oh yes, there it is, the infamous half beard in person. My buddy has decided that if I scratch off the ten dollar debt he owes me he'll shave his beard in half and we'll be even, it'll be like halloween times 2.

The man, the beard. Or rather, half of it. For all to behold. I totally want to see a picture of that, it'd be funny. Then I could start a fan half beard collection on my site or something, that'd rule. I wish I still trick-or-treated, then I could be Half Beard for Halloween. People'd be like "Where's your costume?" and I'd be like "On my face!" Unfortunately, I doubt I'm going anywhere that night. Le sad. Ah well, I have a new episode to work on. Le fin!

I love half beard!!!! You're so freakin twisted and, I guess creepy, lol. But in a good way :)

I really really realy really love the flash about spike

And put Johnnny rocks too!!

Yeah, my 6 year old nephew tells me that every time he notices my half beard. Funny stuff. And yeah, that Spike episode's a good one. There'll be another Spike-based episode eventually. The script's written for it, but it won't be done for awhile yet, since episodes 5, 6, and 7 are already planned as to what I'm doing for them. Perhaps it'll be episode 8 or something.

i just watched runesuck and your drawing and shading and everything else has improved a lot since then! but this is coming from a guy who cant even draw a decent stick-man! i exaggerate but i really dont have any drawing ability.

Yeah, I try to push myself somehow in each episode quality-wise. It's what has kept animation interesting for me for the past 3 years and will keep it interesting for awhile. Yay for evolution. And hey, keep trying, you'll get it eventually. Probably. Most of the time, it just takes practice. A LOT of practice. It's taken me at least 10 years to get this good with drawing, and I'm not even that great yet. I've still got a ways to go.