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I always want to start these off by writing "WOW WHAT A CRAZY FEW WEEKS IT'S BEEN!" but all I've done for the last month is vegetate in front of a screen animating, drinking mountain dew and listening to toy reviews like a huge nerd. It's been a positively un-crazy month in fact.

If you read my last post you'll know that I was working on a short live action film in December. Well the whole thing got shot and was an immensely eye opening experience. I don't even want to go in to how much of a giant pain in the ass it was trying to get a dog to act at 3am on location in a freezing alleyway surrounded by crew who hadn't been payed/fed/properly briefed. I have never needed a break as badly as I did after I shot that film so I made an animation.

It was either Starbarians Episode 1 or something totally different and due to the fact that Starbarians was in legal limbo for a while with people that wanted to make a show out of it I made Skyrim instead.

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A lot of folks have asked why it isn't on Newgrounds and it's a combination of my lack of patience with having exporting problems (couldn't get it to export as one whole film as a swf, video wasn't a problem) as well as a few other things. By the time I got those issues fixed it had taken off on Youtube and I'd feel bad giving Newgrounds something that wasn't fresh. Next time it will be different. Hope you like it. Also, mad props to Sucho who has been doing some woefully underpayed colouring work for me. The girl is awesome.

Current project: Editing this film for Youtube and drinking LESS FUCKING DEW!

Harry

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TrixiBoi 2011-02-10 10:22:41

Shit, i meant song!

Starogre 2011-02-10 11:03:19

you should definitely do more musical stuff. it got me to rewatch this several times because of your original catchy song. the animation was great, of course, but who doesn't like singing along to songs?

Suckassloser 2011-02-10 11:11:10

You really bother putting in things into your animations most other (newground/internet) animators wouldn't bother with - for instance, the dining couple beside, well you, with the women getting irritated by your self-assuring rants about your cartoons! You talented shit bag. As if you're animations weren't good enough already! Also, kudos for animating yourself with (dare I say perhaps an over-compensatingly?) large erection. Not sure why, but there you go.

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 11:11:10

Thanks! And quite a few people have mentioned my size in the last shot, but the joke had to be readable and doing something realistic would have been...well....impossible to see :'(

Ockeroid 2011-02-10 11:50:29

Been wanting to see how your live action turned out in like forever!
How did you find directing after animation? I forget if you've done it much before.

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 11:50:29

I'd never done it ever. Actually getting people to do what I wanted was easy enough, actually knowing what I wanted and being under pressure from time, weather etc was not so easy.

MindChamber 2011-02-10 11:58:05

amazing work on the animation, and definitely looking forward to seeing what you filmed that night. you're an inspiration man.

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 11:58:05

D'aww thanks man. I have no idea how this mess is going to turn out though.

SystemOfAtte 2011-02-10 12:16:51

i'm scared :'( can you hold me?

MarkP0rter 2011-02-10 12:20:21

dew

the drink for nerds.

joyce should have given you some kinds of dew you dont have in the UK while the original is still the best. also i am curious to see that movie. why did you get a guy from greece anyways for it?

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 12:20:21

Because he was a good cameraman, a friend of one of the actors and brought his own HD camera.

We got Joyce over because we needed someone to knock around.

Pixelested 2011-02-10 12:40:30

Mary-Kate and Ashley's Magical Mystery Mall.

Isn't that where the Pedobear originally starred?

Egoraptor 2011-02-10 12:44:20

Harry's definition of "...watchable" is our definition of "I think I'm going to kill myself because I'll never be this good"

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 12:44:20

And my definition of envy is watching your beautiful fucking colours and insane facial expressions bounce around my screen actually making the most of the medium whilst listening to your perfect audio.

Fuck it, let's just kiss.

ImpendingRiot 2011-02-10 13:43:01

Harry no matter how cold this world seems sometimes, you're always the ball of sweet sticky warmness I can count on to renew my faith

I-smel 2011-02-10 15:31:08

what I did once was I just put a video file into a swf n put it on Newgrounds.
but I'm lazy so y'know.

I watched the youtube again n I found it really funny that you'd gone for a tiny joke at the start n wrote POP CULTURE REFERRENCE on his shirt-- but then that was there for the WHOLE THING.
I bet that joke really loses it's punch at like the 200th time you have to write it
lol

anyway good stuff, post one o these toy reviews

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 15:31:08

I've been enjoying having this series on in the background http://popculturenetwork.com/stat icpages/index.php?page=2010090412 133225

TokingFire 2011-02-10 16:14:47

That was hilarious. Now hurry up and animate Starbarians!

HotDiggedyDemon 2011-02-10 17:28:36

Psh man I am so much better than you, you should probably just kill yourself

NegativeONE 2011-02-10 20:35:32

What version of Flash are you using these days? It's always kind of had issues exporting big files, but it gets better with each iterations. If it's not that, I regret to inform you that your computer might be BUNKO.
Or a Mac.

HappyHarry 2011-02-10 20:35:32

My PC is bunko for sure. That and I'm using CS3 which is still my fave.

Thundaboom 2011-02-10 20:56:38

Harry don't listen to Max Gaylardi aka Hotdiggedyfagman, at least you're not overweight :D

jetset1 2011-02-13 01:58:48

You left me all alone in a dead thread. This saddens me.

ringgod 2011-02-16 06:34:34

lol nice one man did not think he would break into song like that im looking fowrod to the new elder scrolls to not as much as him though its nice having a date they cant back out of heres hoping they dont do want new vages did keep it up man

ZRDR 2011-02-17 08:50:51

I hope that you one day get to make a live action film. When you do, I will be waiting at the ticket booth a month in advance.

MeatsOfEvil 2011-02-21 18:53:38

Delightful video. I love your ability to conjure up these musical shorts. I loved the Watchmen cartoon and I also love this one. Did you have any inspiration when writing the lyrics or while singing? Your singing reminds me of Blind Guardian and their medieval themes.

Now, I say you should still put this on Newgrounds. It wasn't easy to find out about this. I don't care if this isn't "Fresh" man this deserves to go here, you shall be praised accordingly and you shall love to be praised!

Halberd 2011-03-17 06:59:52

That flash was hilarious but I'm a bit confused, are you genuinely excited for Skyrim or are you just jabbing at some of it's fanbase? Either way it's still really funny.

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