Official DVD covers for our beloved series.

I am happy that Stogie doesn’t look like clip art that you can find on the net, like the three roommates in the back do. Andy does look good, except I can’t quite understand what’s going on with his right arm. It seems as though he’s holding something between his arm and body, but then there is nothing, which leaves an odd-looking arm structure/drawing.

You can probably expect some kind of sticker on the clear wrapping stating “As seen on [adult swim]” like Oblongs, and maybe one that mentions “from the producers of The Simpsons“.

I stated before that I am not all that keen on having “Detour” written so boldly on the Clone High package, and that I am planning on revamping my DVD cover to all vector art, and including appropriate bonus material listings, so I may have a cover I am more happy with.On the other hand, I’m just so lucky to actually get official releases of cartoons of which I adore.

In other news…

I took a look back at backgrounds I am to complete for the CH episode, and realized that my Grassy Knoll shot needed to be a night time shot, so I reworked it, and even added some details, so check out the wallpaper to download.

That is all, except that we are less than a month away from the first DVD release!

I spent today adding another notch to the completed backgrounds of Clone High. Why, if it isn’t the Grassy Knoll, a local hangout for those wacky teens we love.

I have uploaded it in background form (1024 * 768) for your desktop pleasure.

If you haven’t stopped by the forums lately, you will maybe want to know that the Mission Hill DVD will have four audio commentaries (I was hoping for all 13), and some really neat interactive menus, including an interactive Mission Hill map.

Also mentioned on the forums is that I did a total count on backgrounds needed. There won’t be many new locales, (practically zero), but you will visit many old favorites, such as the ‘thinking dock’ and the grassy knoll.

Not including the prologue, opening credits (which is animation heavy), and “coming up next time”, I have a grand total of only 32 backgrounds to create. In my opinion, that’s not bad at all, and when I can ‘practically’ trace the old backgrounds in flash, (if only the stupid characters weren’t in the way ) they go by relatively quickly. In that number, I did not include the times when I will need to zoom in on the background to get close up shots, but I only counted a background once, and when it was a far shot.

Oh those 32, I have about ten relatively done, or at least started, and then I have done some work on the intro of the show. Originally, I wanted to redo the music video for the show, the 3 minute video someone created to go along with the full-length version of the opening song, but I may reconsider, or at least, leave it till the end.

Also, I have cast the voice of Gandhi, and can’t wait to get a few more people so we can get the script out and start getting those clips back and start animating!

Last, I have added many Mission Hill avatars to the forums, and next up will be Clone High images, you know, to make your forum name that much prettier.