lackadaisy

Train Ride

Looks like I have some beta access to upload videos directly to Patreon at the moment (instead of linking to YouTube). Might as well try it out!

More from a thing we have coming up!
Fable directing, rough animation by Annie Bearden.

More WIPs

Another peek at some upcoming things!

Background art by Eran Fowler and Addison Bell
Rocky rough animation by Gene McKechnie
Pigeons by me!

Grits. And The Crew Cocktail Mixer

Apologies for the brief silence. We've been going full steam ahead on multiple sizable Lackadaisy projects (more Patron previews incoming), but we took a little time out last week to finally throw a little bash for the crew.

A lot of people flew into L.A. from afar so that we could toast each other in person on a whole lot of hard work, because, hey, we made a thing!

Valentine Stokes (Zib) came all the UK a...

~Liquid Gold~ Preview

A little peek at something else we've got brewing!

Rough animation by Maelene Naftzger. Directing and Milt Kahl head swaggle courtesy of Fable.

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Here's an offsite link to the GIF, in case you're having trouble viewin...

Development Art - Mitzi, Atlas and Rocky

We're working on animation things! I can't tell you about it yet, but I can show you these.

The lower half of the Rocky sheet is his flashy look for the pilot, but his other mode is hobo.

Lackadaisy Essentials Now Available + Lackadaisy Rhapsody

Hi all,

The Lackadaisy Essentials art book is finally here and in the warehouse.
If you acquired one through the Kickstarter, it'll be on its way to you this month!

Meanwhile, Iron Circus is making a limited number of additional books (500) available, to be fulfilled immediately after. They come with a signed bookplate as well.

Find them here in the Shop!...

2023-06-01 16:10:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Just Jazzing

A little Patron preview for you!

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Animation and cleanup by Fable Siegel, Maelene Naftzger, Annabel Rawr, DigioSArt, ...

Bookplate Signing All-nighter

The Lackadaisy Essentials art books finally arrived at the warehouse. I've been signing the bookplates that ship with them the past couple of nights. About 1000 left to sign at this point, but I should be wrapping up by around sunrise! 

The printing process for these was very delayed and overall rather cursed (mostly for pandemic related reasons), so it'll be a relief to finally get these orders fulfilled. Many thanks to those who pledged for them!
The remaining books i...

Saturday Shop Talk - Tamberlane

Coming up this afternoon!
Fable and I will be chatting with the creator of Tamberlane, Caytlin Vilbrandt, and writer Ari Noble about the art of comic-making!

You can also see some lovely promo animation Ashley Nichols (Far-Fetched, Lackadaisy compositing lead) and her team created for Tamberlane 2023-05-20 19:52:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Sunday Stream

Fable and I will be live today to try to get through the rest of our Streamily print signing.

Some cast + crew guests will likely pop in along the way too! It'll likely be a long stream, so feel free to drop by at any point with questions if you have them!

Starts: 2pm PDT / 5pm EDT
at the Lackadaisy YouTube Channel 

Title Card

This is for an upcoming, smallish thing we've got in the works!

The Wilds

Ivy and Freckle.

I've been poking at this here and there over the past while, trying to keep myself sane during a month full of signing streams, emails, interviews, meetings, paperwork and other business stuff. Some of you may have seen me working on it a bit in Patron streams too.

Included some of the process stuff here too, just for fun.

LACKADAISY Pilot - HD Video

Hey all,

Sorry for taking so long to deliver this one. It was trickier finding an appropriate hosting situation than I anticipated. We ended up settling on Itch.io.
In any case, without further delay, get it here!:

LACKADAISY Pilot - HD Video - Free Patron Download

(Bear in mind this is for personal use! Please do not re-publ...

Cast Q&A and Group Signing Stream

Hey everyone,

It has been a very unusual month of streams and events, strategy meetings and planning for the future. I'm dying to get back to doing the art and animation things I want to share with you, but...one last big doubleheader event to close out the month with, first!

Today, April 29th:

-10am PDT / 1pm EDT, the LACKADAISY pilot cast, Fable, and I will be doing a live Q&A on <...

Club Pins - Pre-Order is Live

Well, Iron Circus got the pre-orders up sooner than I anticipated!

• Find the 3 of Clubs pin set here. (Includes 3 metal + enamel pins)
• And the Art Deco Club Chevron here. (Includes 1 large metal + enamel pin)

Also, $2+ Patron...

Club Pins Coming Up - *EDIT* Now Live!

Pre-orders are now live, until May 11th:

3 of Clubs Set (includes 3 metal + enamel lapel pins)
Chevron Club Pin (1 large metal + enamel pin)

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Hey all,

Here's a peek at...

Shop Talk - Lackadaisy + A Fox in Space

Hey all,

Tomorrow, the Lackacrew is sitting down for a chat with Matthew Gafford, the artist and director behind A Fox in Space to talk about what it's like to make an entire animated episode independently.

We'll be live here on YouTube!
Friday, April 21st
12:30pm PDT / 3:30pm EDT

If you feel like attending, bring along any question...

Hunicast with the Lackacrew

Hey all,

Several of the Lackadaisy cast and crew (including me) will be live on Hunicast today to answer questions and to talk about animation-things!

-Starts at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT
-Here on YouTube!

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There will be a more private Patron-only stream later this month too, if you'd rather avoid a large-ish audience.

Lackadaisy - The Statham-Gottfried Cut

Congrats (or apologies?) to those who got the hints and found this the hard way! It was the April fools-gold buried at the gravesite at Lackadaisy.com.

This actually is just SungWon Cho and Jason Marnocha exercising their range. After a long, long day of record...

LACKADAISY - Storyboard Animatic + Script

Hello all!
In case you're morbidly curious about how the sausage gets made, here's the full animatic of the LACKADAISY Pilot. Also attached here are the screenplay and transcript.

I haven't delivered the HD download of the film yet because I'm still looking for a large file hosting solution that'll make that possible. (It's too big to upload to Patreon.)

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2023-04-09 01:04:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Lackadaisy Animator Documentary

Hi all,

I'm still working on getting some things from the production packaged up for you (a nice HD download of the film incoming, hopefully later today) but I also wanted to take a moment to slip in this short documentary made by Manu Mercurial, one of the animators on the pilot.

Fable and I were really touched by the things Manu had to say. But also, it's a glimpse into the process and w...

Downloadables Re-up/Update

Hello all! And welcome new Patrons!
I'm working on compiling some things from the pilot production to share with you, like the full storyboard animatic and script. We've also begun planning out a little making-of book. 

Meanwhile, though, here's an updated master-post of downloadable things for you!

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Wallpapers

2023-04-04 19:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

LACKADAISY Pilot Soundrack

Hi all,

Things are afoot, and I've got a lot of stuff to share with you over the next few days. First off, like the title says, the soundtrack! Just download the attached file.

Inside you'll find two variations of the main theme, "Olive Branch" - the lyrical version and the mix used in the pilot. Also included is "Sunset Rose Cocktail", the end credits theme.

Bro...

LACKADAISY - Premiere

Here's where you can watch the premiere on YouTube! Just a matter of hours now.

(You will of course be able to watch the film at the above link anytime after it the premiere happens too.)

Premiere Watch Party Invite (+ Safety PSA)

Dear Patrons,

The LACKADAISY film premieres this Wednesday, March 29th on YouTube at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT. (That's 6pm or 18:00 GMT for those across the pond.)

Because we'd like to thank you for your support - without which this thing could not have been made! - you are all invited to join the crew for a watch party at this time on a special 2023-03-27 23:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Update

Hey everyone! Just a little Mordecai art board drawing to accompany the latest news about the animated film.

Following a string of very, very late nights, we're up into the wee hours again tonight. Except this time, it's different. We're literally doing final renders and assembly. Currently - and assuming no one gets hit by a bus or something in the interim - the film release will happen on Wednesday, March 29th!

Coinciding with release day, we'll be inviting you...

Print Previews

We've got a whole bunch of new Lackadaisy prints in progress by multiple artists. These will be available through a yet-to-be-publicly-announced Streamily event in April. Here's a cropped down peek at some of them!

This particular art was done by Tai, one of the artists who was involved in developing the look of the ch...

The Land of Chocolate (Milk)

Freckle skipping through a Patron request.
He's definitely going to faceplant right into the dirt any minute. Maybe the dirt is chocolate sprinkles. Maybe. But probably not. Anyway, let's let him enjoy it while it lasts.

News Things

I'm so sorry to have been quiet in the first week of the month! The film is so nearly done, but now we're in a race to plan for the release and fix and tweak all of the little things that need our attention. It's do-or-die time, s...

FX

Say what you will about Rocky...just don't ever doubt his commitment to Sparkle Motion.

Video version of this is here.

This'll be tamed down in the final product. The scene around the sparkle and glow is just darkened for emphasis right now.

Musical particle effects by Benji Soto!

Volume 2 Back Cover

Some art I've been working on for the Volume 2 book reprint.

Maybe you can help me pick which one works better. The cool-warm one (the top image) or the warm-warm one?
I've stared at it for too long to be objective.

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Seems like the cool-warm one already won out. Thanks for your feedback, everyone!
Your remarks on color language are really thoughtful!