Check out how the animation was done for Long Gone Gulch! A file like this is prepared by Zach who adds notes and direction before sending it off to the animation team to work their magic (except for the Snag part which Zach animated himself). Program is Adobe Animate.
2023-02-09 19:40:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! We're back! Apologies for the absence, we're hard at work on the art book which is slated for this year. Today we're showing off how the incredible BG's were done for LGG! We're so thankful to have had working professionals like Karl Hadrika, Chris Tsirgiotis, Daniaelle and Trevor Simonsen on board to give the pilot that extra special magic.
2023-01-24 20:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Whenever we try to design a new character, in this case a sasquatch, we think "how can this be different than all of the other bigfoot characters we've seen." Having the most well known cryptid as a supporting character was super important to us when creating LGG. But when we figured out to try to make him more "muppety" he came together pretty quick!
2022-09-05 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Poor Rhubarb...if you think he went through a lot in the pilot just check out some of his early designs. Tara definitely had a hand in making him a bit cuter after Zach's first "attempts". We liked his tiny mustache but it was a bit too much to animate.
2022-08-22 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a character designer's feast! It was so much fun coming up with crazy creatures and figuring out what well known cryptids and myths would fit in the world of the Gulch. You may even notice some that didn't make it into the final pilot. Maybe they'll show up somewhere else...
2022-08-08 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The idea of other jackalopes aside from the Mayor was exciting to us. What different variations can we include? Tara wanted a ram horned jackalope based on the tall and lanky jackrabbits. Marigold actually came together quicker than expected when her personality was developed by Karl Hadrika and Megan Ann Boyd.
2022-07-25 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
What goes into finalizing a character’s design? For Mako, it took more than 30 attempts from concept to final before he became the shark you know today.
Some characters are definitely less but Mako was a tough one to crack.
This and more will be included in the LGG Art Book we're currently working on!
2022-07-12 19:42:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Animated in Adobe Animate.
2022-06-23 17:24:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! Apologies once again so lack of posting. Things have been busy in our personal and professional lives. But we were working on this! A tribute for the 20th anniversary of Gorillaz!
We'll be showing off some BTS for this small project and then its back to our regularly scheduled posts!
Thanks!
2022-06-22 21:59:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s something we dug up from the archives! An alternate scene from the pilot of LGG. The was one of the first drafts for the “Saloon scene”. It features a longer montage of the saloon patrons and very different dialogue for when Rawhide and Snag enter. Also we were going to use a different version of “A Bible, Candle and Skull” from Legendary Shack Shakers genius JD Wilkes. He informed us this early version was not owned by him and offered us to use a newer version of the song on...
2022-02-16 19:14:52 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Sorry for the radio silence on our end. We're doing a lot at the moment and trying to get some posts together. Planning to have some behind the scenes stuff to post by next week! Thanks for sticking with us.
2022-02-10 19:58:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all! Wanted to give you the unedited version of the drawing from yesterday's video. The one in the actual video is slightly sped up and certain "mistakes" were cut out for time and clarity.
Please let us know if you like that sort of speed draw/ podcast type of format. Its fun and easy for us to produce.
Thnx!
2022-01-13 01:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1YoTnhsKrQ
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the release of LONG GONE GULCH!
The creation of this pilot has been a life changing experience for us. Thank you all for your continuing love and support! Here’s to MORE in 2022!
2022-01-11 18:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday. We’re back and fully refreshed and ready to take on 2022!
The 11th of January marks the ONE YEAR Anniversary of Long Gone Gulch being released. In honor of this we’ll be doing another Q&A drawing stream and answering your questions! Questions can be about anything! Pilot production, animation, movies, music, tv shows, food etc. We’ll also be talking about updates on the Rawhide figure and the LGG art book.
POST YOUR Q...
2022-01-04 21:06:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi!
Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween, and also our new film Dark Dark Dark! It was a super fun project to work on and totally wouldn't be possible without the support of all of you! We're currently developing new projects that will hopefully come to fruition next year! In the mean time we're also still working on the LGG artbook, so here's some old poses we dug up from 2013. These were most likely character interaction poses for a bible that we pitched around. You can s...
2021-11-09 18:56:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings! Thank you everyone for checking out our latest short. This wouldn't be possible without your support! So here's some exclusive behind the scenes stuff! Zach talks about the beginning of the storyboard process for this film. Let us know if you like this type of thing!
Kill the lights. Light up the Jack O’ Lantern. Its time for “DARK DARK DARK”, a spooky and campy descent into atmospheric madness. This take on an old classic story may or may not answer that age old question: What’s lurking in the shadows? What’s watching you from the darkness? Lopside Animation returns after "Long Gone Gulch" to bring you a Halloween treat starring the incredible Beau Billingslea (Cowboy Bebop, Naruto). We’ve rejoined with many of the talented folks who he...
2021-10-25 16:54:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings boils and ghouls!
We'd like to give you some SECRET info about our new short before things go public.
Its called "Dark Dark Dark" and will be a 5 minute descent into madness, drenched in that classic Halloween look and feel. We've rejoined with many of the talented folks who helped us make LGG.
BUT...this is nothing like LGG. This is completely different. You'll see what we mean soon enough...
If you're a $10 and up Patron yo...
2021-10-14 18:17:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Recorded some vocals this week with a VERY talented actor. The short will be out soon, we hope you dig it.
Cast your predictions below. (its not LGG related.)
2021-09-15 19:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Thought we'd share the roughs for our Lupin tribute that we posted over on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/timeline
As huge fans of Lupin and Monkey Punch (Kazuhiko Kato), this was partly in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lupin anime and Monkey Punch's birthday. Also the announcement of the new Part 6 anime!
The part that was the most fun was replicating the b/w manga style! Let us know...
Our new original short is going to be...dark...
Stay tuned.
2021-08-12 18:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Back in 2011 Snag had duck feet and Rawhide had purple lips. These exploration concepts ended up in our very first pitch bible way before we decided to make the pilot ourselves. These and more will be featured in the LGG Art Book we're currently working on, that all you cool patrons will be getting more and more sneak peeks of!
Stay tuned!
2021-08-02 17:29:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for 50+ patrons!
Here are some concept designs for my Kong vs Godzilla animation I did a while back: https://twitter.com/CountZachulaaa/status/1377331107859927040
Its interesting doing a caricature of something that's not human, and more so a creature or in this case rubber suits. Each Godzilla in every movie is slightly different, so it was important that the '62 ...
2021-07-12 18:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello new Patrons! Thank you for choosing to support us. As a treat here are some of the very first Mako designs circa 2011-2012! Also featuring an early Rawhide and Snag (with a shovel). This and more will be featured in the upcoming LGG Artbook that is currently being worked on.
2021-07-07 17:59:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for joining our Patreon! In honor of the launch we'd love to treat you all to some behind the scenes LGG stuff! So please enjoy the opening scene in all of its raw rough animation glory!
Animation by...
Gabe Del Valle
Nigel Clark
Sam Kessler
Josh “Zeurel” Palmer
Mike Pelenksy
Sandra Rivas
Lorna Tan
Javier Ulloa
Greg Chen
Remus & Kiki
Zach Bellissimo
2021-06-30 15:47:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for choosing to support us! We hope to make some killer animated projects using this platform. Check out our "goals", we hope to reach them but in the mean time we'll be happy with any support we can get. We'll keep you all updated with cool behind the scenes stuff!
-T&Z
2021-06-30 15:45:16 +0000 UTC View Post
