Rick and Morty: AND AWAAAAAAAAAAY WE GO!

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Hazo: Dec 30, 2004; SCIENCE

PostNouveau posted:

Creepy puppets

It's the blinking. poo poo's weirding me out.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 03:34

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 14:58

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

Man I really hate that I now have to say Cartoon Brew for once isn't being a shitpile, and that writer isn't being a desperate attention whore, but this really does feel like a stopped clock is right twice a day thing. Like, there's not a ton of 'speculation' and poo poo in there, it's mainly 'hey this guy went on a fuckin crazy rant because his workers wanted benefits, and that while making new companies just for one project isn't unheard of, neither is loving the people who actually make your product in the animation industry'. I don't think Rick and Morty Co or whatever is a 'shell company' but the timing sure was shady.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 05:31

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Wait, what's wrong with CartoonBrew?

# ? Sep 24, 2014 17:04

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

Big Mean Jerk posted:

Wait, what's wrong with CartoonBrew?

According to some, same thing that's wrong with Perez Hilton and Harry Knowles (hanger-on using gossip to be part of the 'in' crowd)

# ? Sep 24, 2014 17:25

ex post facho: Oct 25, 2007

AxeManiac posted:

I really hate that this is acceptable to people. I saw a lot of it in the game industry, from testers to developers, people are treated as meat puppets with an unyielding wave of new recruits who will do anything to land their "dream job". When you can ship one of the largest games in history, then face massive lay offs, there is something wrong with the industry as a whole. So I full support and encourage people to stand up for their rights and I'm glad you guys are getting this resolved and can get back to work making the best cartoon on TV.

This describes most employment in modern capitalism. Just replace "game" with "product".

That said I hope that R&M continues to get made and that the people who make it are compensated fairly.

# ? Sep 24, 2014 19:34

r0ck0: Sep 12, 2004; r0ck0s p0zt m0d3rn lyf

Wubba luba dub dub eh folks

# ? Sep 24, 2014 20:16

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

They're doing a twitter giveaway if anyone's interested
https://www.twitter.com/JustinRoiland/status/514174416175902720

# ? Sep 24, 2014 21:23

Asile: Jan 15, 2006

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

# ? Sep 26, 2014 09:19

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Are they going ahead with the planet of the dogs storyboard driven family friendly show?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 09:46

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Asile posted:

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

I guess I'll start with the obvious: what's your favorite kind of key to color? Do you worry that key fobs will put you out of a job? Do you have any say in the kind of keys that get into the show, or is that all in the script?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 11:10

Jonas Albrecht: Jun 7, 2012; Can't post for 16 hours!

Asile posted:

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

I know you're a color key artist, but have they let you design anything?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 11:44

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

I'm a grown rear end man who can't even colour inside the lines consistently so I'm gonna stand over here in the corner and sulk.

# ? Sep 26, 2014 15:57

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Asile posted:

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

I'm a big dummy who is artistically incompetent at best. What's a "color key artist"?

# ? Sep 26, 2014 16:05

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

I'm assuming (please correct me) it's the person who is responsible for the colors on the characters and backgrounds. Which they give to the animators so they can keep everything in check.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 00:10

Shindragon: Jun 6, 2011; by Athanatos

Pretty much that, they are draw scenes/sketches to illustrate how it should look on screen.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 01:16

Asile: Jan 15, 2006

Irish Joe posted:

I guess I'll start with the obvious: what's your favorite kind of key to color? Do you worry that key fobs will put you out of a job? Do you have any say in the kind of keys that get into the show, or is that all in the script?

So far I haven't colored any keys, but I did color a garage door opener. Everything I get has been through script, storyboard, design, and clean-up, so at that point it's all been solidified to what the episode will consist of.
Sometimes we can try to slip in our own jokes and references if they can be conveyed through color alone.

CelticPredator posted:

I'm assuming (please correct me) it's the person who is responsible for the colors on the characters and backgrounds. Which they give to the animators so they can keep everything in check.

prefect posted:

I'm a big dummy who is artistically incompetent at best. What's a "color key artist"?

Close! I'm responsible for coloring all characters, props and effects. There are two color key artists this season, and the color lead colors the story driving items and adjusts our work to fit with the overall vision (he also does this for BG paint). We color all of the things that move in an episode. Background paint is a separate job with a completely different approach. I refer to whatever the background painters have finished for an episode to understand how the characters should look against that environment (especially if the setting is the same but the lighting or mood changes).

Jonas Albrecht posted:

I know you're a color key artist, but have they let you design anything?

We pretty much only do the job we tested for. One exception I've seen was the other color key artist being given background paint overflow for the first episode. He's done background paint for Disney's Randy Cunningham and understands the style of R&M well enough to do simple work, so that's considered on a case by case basis. If I had taken a design test and did well, they may consider me for design work overflow. It's something I'd definitely want to test for to potentially make myself a more valuable asset to the show.

RandomPauI posted:

Are they going ahead with the planet of the dogs storyboard driven family friendly show?

Placeholder, I'll answer this later after I talk to Typical

Asile fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Sep 27, 2014

# ? Sep 27, 2014 02:30

Cacafuego: Jul 22, 2007

What kind of pay ranges are the norm for working in animation? Doc and Jackson from Venture Brothers have mentioned in commentaries that they make 'gap manager's salary'. Whether it was a joke or not, I don't know. But, that seems pretty depressing compared to the joy that you all bring to so many people. And with all the talk of unions and benefits and being cut as soon as the season's over, it sounds like a rough business.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 03:26

grilldos: Mar 27, 2004; BUST A LOAF
IN THIS
YEAST CONFECTION; Grimey Drawer

You probably have to work out a merch cut that pays you decently later if the show is popular, incentivising you to make something good.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 03:30

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Asile posted:

Placeholder, I'll answer this later after I talk to Typical

I know you're probably teasing us by answering cryptically like this but the fact that you didn't just say "lol no" makes me giggly.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 07:23

Asile: Jan 15, 2006

JT Jag posted:

I know you're probably teasing us by answering cryptically like this but the fact that you didn't just say "lol no" makes me giggly.

Sorry to get your hopes up! Really I just want to ask Typical about how to answer specific questions related to the show like that. I'm not at liberty to confirm or deny anything that may or may not happen. Also, he told me about the backstory for that line in the episode and would be a better person to answer. I was either going to have him answer or just respond after talking to him.

# ? Sep 27, 2014 10:25

Twenty Four: Dec 21, 2008

Asile posted:

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

Who would win in a fight? You or Typical?

# ? Sep 28, 2014 13:40

Rocksicles: Oct 19, 2012; by Nyc_Tattoo

Fight fight fight!

# ? Sep 28, 2014 14:51

Irish Joe: Jul 23, 2007; by Lowtax

Going to have to side with Asile for no other reason than the fact that Typical bought himself a Penny Arcade avatar.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 17:33

Babe Magnet: Jun 2, 2008

Asile gon' give it to ya'

# ? Sep 28, 2014 19:47

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

Asile posted:

Hey! I've been waiting for a good time to pop in here and tag team some R&M production questions. For the past month I've been working on season 2 as a color key artist. Although I'm relatively new to the production, I'd love to share my experience and get everyone pumped for season 2!

Is it true that animators feverishly work in fear of a huge swarthy man wielding a gnarled bullwhip?

# ? Sep 28, 2014 19:50

Affi: Dec 18, 2005; Break bread wit the enemy

X GON GIVE IT TO YA

Babe Magnet posted:

Asile gon' give it to ya'

Still the best scene.

# ? Sep 28, 2014 22:11

Waltzing Along: Jun 14, 2008; There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

So...Tuesday? Cool.

# ? Oct 3, 2014 00:41

Typical: Mar 19, 2007

RandomPauI posted:

Are they going ahead with the planet of the dogs storyboard driven family friendly show?

Probably not, Its just one of Justin's throw away pitches at this point. but sometimes he references it in his other work. you can actually see the pilot for that show on his vimeo account somewhere. well its not a complete pilot. its just an animatic,. but a few rick and morty people worked on it.

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

Is it true that animators feverishly work in fear of a huge swarthy man wielding a gnarled bullwhip?

We work hard. sometimes 60 hours weeks. but most of the time we get overtime. hopefully. realistically we can only work so much. at some point we just start pushing deadlines back. and all shows go over schedule. Dont know to much about over seas studios. at some studios in the Philippians. the artists live at the studio and a portion of their paycheck goes to pay rent for their office bunkbed

Cacafuego posted:

What kind of pay ranges are the norm for working in animation? Doc and Jackson from Venture Brothers have mentioned in commentaries that they make 'gap manager's salary'. Whether it was a joke or not, I don't know. But, that seems pretty depressing compared to the joy that you all bring to so many people. And with all the talk of unions and benefits and being cut as soon as the season's over, it sounds like a rough business.

In LA the low end is on the 25$ and hour. decent wages are about 40 an hour. it would be fairly nice if you were employed all year. but i'm out of work at least 4-5 months a year so far. you have to jump from show to show and network your way to a steady paycheck.

Twenty Four posted:

Who would win in a fight? You or Typical?

Dont know for sure. Asile and I have never even had an argument though. Shes pretty smart though. she could probably outwit me.

# ? Oct 3, 2014 07:51

TontoCorazon: Aug 18, 2007

My money is on Asile. She's trying to prove a point and she needs to kick someone's rear end to get that point

# ? Oct 3, 2014 07:59

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Is it possible to tour the Cartoon Network studios?

# ? Oct 3, 2014 08:01

Typical: Mar 19, 2007

RandomPauI posted:

Is it possible to tour the Cartoon Network studios?

people do go on tours there, so it is possible. but on a side note. Rick and Morty is not produced at Cartoon Network. Our studio is down the street. We work at a studio called "Star burns Industries". Moral Oral, FrankenHole, Community christmas episodes, etc.

# ? Oct 4, 2014 00:03

Toxic Fart Syndrome: Jul 2, 2006; *hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.

_{...the meter only goes to 3.6...}; Pork Pro

Typical posted:

people do go on tours there, so it is possible. but on a side note. Rick and Morty is not produced at Cartoon Network. Our studio is down the street. We work at a studio called "Star burns Industries". Moral Oral, FrankenHole, Community christmas episodes, etc.

Did you work on FrankenHole, as well, or I guess there wasn't much animation in that one?

You mentioned you were doing props this year, does this provide you with more creative leeway to insert your own ideas, or does everything come down to the head animators?

Also, I love how everyone's shoes are just little triangles, even though we all know y'all can draw feet. :v:

Where do decisions like that come from?

# ? Oct 4, 2014 00:48

nooneofconsequence: Oct 30, 2012; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

Typical posted:

people do go on tours there, so it is possible. but on a side note. Rick and Morty is not produced at Cartoon Network. Our studio is down the street. We work at a studio called "Star burns Industries". Moral Oral, FrankenHole, Community christmas episodes, etc.

Could you make some more Moral Orel episodes? Thanks.

# ? Oct 4, 2014 00:48