Hey, I got a bit of news, but I'll just wait on that. For now, I got a little question for you guys.
How many of you actually check out the extra stuff I throw on my website? Not just the animations, but the extra sections and stuff. I get plenty of questions when I release something new, but I also get a lot of the same questions on older work too. If only they'd check my website, they'd realize a lot of that stuff is covered there. I'll be the first to admit some of it may be confusing, but it's cool if you check it out.
For instance, the backstories I write (for Siblings and HOTM). I know you guys enjoy the scrapbooks due to the fact that it's like having a behind the scenes discussion, reading my after-thoughts on a specific animation... well, the backstory section takes a look at each of my animations chronologically and discusses a lot of interesting facts about each series (mainly Siblings) and how they have evolved over the years. A true afterthought on the series and its evolution. It's not always 100% up to date, but I try to find time to update it when I can.
Not to mention the character page, which details each of the recurring characters in my major animations. I just updated the Siblings section, so if you're unsure of who's who, check it out. (like how most of you are confused about who Dan is, hah) I even put the stupid chihuahua who shows up in one episode on there (well, he returns in episode 7, but still, he's minor as hell).
One thing I think is cool is that I put Character Evolution pages up there. Actually, only the characters who change a lot (Rob, Johny, and Spike) have pages, but as my work continues to develop, I plan to add more of my ever-changing characters in there. It's fun checking out how much they change and reading my stupid little thoughts on how I drew Rob's cheeks too round in "Day of the Devil", or how I keep reusing that damn front angle of Rob.
And of course, the FAQ sections. I try to include all the questions I've gotten countless times in there, so if you're still fuzzy on some of the many confusing parts of my animations, you could check there. And there's plenty, hah.
Plus I try to keep the "Coming soon!" section up to date, letting you know what to expect as far as future projects are concerned. So if you wanted to know what episode 8 is gonna be about, you could find out. They're really brief descriptions, so don't worry about actually spoiling anything.
I know I need to put a lot of my older animations on there, but I've been busy. Plus, anything older than episode 5 tends to link to my non-.com addresses and I can't update them (flash likes to crash when opening huge files, heh), so... I don't know. But I'm getting over that and have decided to slowly start posting them on the site with a warning not to use the links in the flash.
I also gotta add iPod ready videos of my more popular works. I get that request once in awhile. I've been meaning to, but.. well, I'm busy. That and I have no iPod to test it on. I got a Zune, sure, but I can't say if they both use the same video types or what. So we'll see on that one.
Regardless, just thought I'd do some whoring on my website since I just spent a few hours updating it. Why not? I'm tired of looking at that april fools post, myself.
NAO WHOSE BAERD CUOLD THIS B3!?
TheDarkDealer
I constantly check it.