Just an update to let you all know that I’ve been hard at work creating backgrounds for the Clone High episode. Since the last update I have created eleven new backgrounds. They may not all warrant wallpaper status, but I wanted to wait to update the page until I had some that were worthy of desktop wallpapers.

Here’s a wide shot of the Grassy Knoll interior that will be used around the final scenes of the episode. Generally, backgrounds can take up to 1 to 2 hours for completing. That includes finding reference material, choosing colors, drawing out the scene and allowing for separate parts of the scene, such as the table and back of a seat in the foreground. Those are actually on different layers, as to place characters behind them.

Here is a reverse shot of the principals office, and it features the miniature model of Cloney Island: “The Clone-iest place on Earth!” The model will actually be flipped facing away from this angle in the final shot, but it was just so much fun to make I didn’t want to hide it.

Last night was the premiere of the second season of Venture Brothers. The creator was so worried that having it been so long since the last season, and with [adult swim] rerunning the previous season so many times, he thought the fans would see this season as not living up to the original. I was incredibly happy and impressed with the first episode and there is no way I’ll be missing next weeks episode. Bring it on! Go Team Venture!

And just a little tidbit, I’ve been spending the past two days living in my wonderful “I miss him.” shirt. I just got it in from CafePress and it’s been fueling my creative efforts to making background after background while listening to either podcasts or Abandoned Pools on CD. I hope to be back with another update soon.

Oh, and I can’t believe I forgot to mention earlier about the Korgoth of Barbaria pilot episode that was on [adult swim]. It really had everything in it. Senseless violence constantly around a decent plot. I will definitely be looking forward to that full season whenever it comes on. I wish I could say the same about almost every other new show coming out for [adult swim].

I was taking a break from working on the episode and created some new stuff in the Clone High Cafepress store.

First up is the STAMOS! monologue of Scudworth, in a large poster form:

Second, a little something for the women fans of Clone High. A cute and cuddly teddy bear. Aww, isn’t it so cute: (shirt reads: “I never thought HELL would be this PINK”)

Remember, I don’t make any money off of these products, and all prices are the base price set off of CafePress. I wish I could add a buck to them, to help fund my episode creation, but that wouldn’t be right.

And now that I’m thinking about it, I should spend more time off of World of Warcraft, because apparently I can become a more productive member of society when I do…

And read the news post below if you didn’t see it already. I somehow had enough to show off within one day to have two updates. Shocking… I know.

Would you like to visit the infamous Cleopatra’s house, whenever you want? Well now you can! Just click on the two pictures below and you’ll be transported off to a background image you can keep for your very self! Gawk at the beautiful outside and scream in terror at the pizza box that has been left on the stairs for Jesus Christo knows how long.

Exterior shot of Cleopatra’s house and interior shot of the horribly kept Cleopatra house. When you’re mom is burnt out on drugs and alcohol who can blame her if the house is a little untidy? Give her a break. She’s had a rough life as a model and probably did some hard drugs. The woman is a mess with her beehive hairdo so cut her some slack. At least she is in love. And in the end, isn’t that all that matters?

Anyways, as you can see I have been spending my time working on backgrounds and importing the storyboards into Flash. I am running into some trouble, as the storyboard images are apparently too large, as in, it seriously bogs down my machine. I must have scanned and imported them with too large of a DPI setting, which causes their file size to be so large that it causes approximately 3-5 seconds between switching between tools in the toolbar. It may not seem so bad, but it definitely puts a hamper on my productivity. I’ll mess around with the storyboards to see if there is a way to not let this happen.