Comments on: Happy Valentines Day!

By: James Sugrue

James Sugrue — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:43:57 +0000

Thank you all for you nice comments. Being single was my muse for this toon. Anthony, to answer your question, I did the entire cartoon digitally, but I did do rough key drawings in flash. Examples can be seen here http://jimgrue.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-valentoons-day.html

By: Anthony C.

Anthony C. — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:22:27 +0000

Well done. The 8 day thing caught my eye the most.

With all the tools we have available nowadays there’s no excuse for some of the animation that fills the airwaves. Combine the tools with a good animator and good AND fast animation is possible. I’ve got another independant project I’ve got to finish up by Mar. 10th so it’s always inspiring to be reminded of such.

Was this done straight digital or did you clean up from paper animation?

By: DeJarnette

DeJarnette — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:21:54 +0000

Awww, very nice! Great poses and animation.

By: Emmett Goodman

Emmett Goodman — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:36:55 +0000

Lovely piece. And funny too. I’m sure there are people like me who can relate to that.

By: purin

purin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:31:28 +0000

It was cute when he seemed to be looking at “me.”

What does it mean, really, to be someone’s Valentine?

By: AnimatedBeaver

AnimatedBeaver — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:19:57 +0000

Made me smile; kudos to Jim for this :) I dig how liberated he is in pushing poses & expressions for max effect.

By: Andrew gothicson

Andrew gothicson — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:17:16 +0000

I see that James has influence from Ren and Stimpy in this..(:

By: Michael J. Ruocco

Michael J. Ruocco — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:40 +0000

I always like to see what James cooks up. I always get such a kick out of his cartoons, & this is no exception.