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Greeting All,

I have decided to finally create a facebook page for Toons Unlimited.



If your on facebook more than the forum, you will be able to keep up will all of the upcoming projects and release I am working on.


Andy is currently in develop, and I hope to have some sneak previews for him out real soon.

I just completed all 10 views of Andy and will be using puppet producer to get in entered in CTA 2 so I can test his functionality.

There is a new poll out for the next character for me to develop please take to vote so that your voice can be heard.

Here is the link to the Poll

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I would love to see those of you that can draw/design these character so well create just some heads that could be used and interchanged on different bodies.

I do really like all of the characters that you are designing... the poll is cool, but my opinion is that you should make them all and keep making them. This is a subjective art and if you have ideas, just roll with them.

Rick Owens


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Nice work. I guess CTA badly needs good and varied character support.
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RicksWorks (4/25/2015)
I would love to see those of you that can draw/design these character so well create just some heads that could be used and interchanged on different bodies.


Hi RicksWorks I am actually creating multiple characters on the same body template so that you will be able to interchange their heads and bodies. Right now they are in development but soon you will start see more characters and mod pack that will come out for these characters. The Mod Packs will consist of a things like a different outfit, hair style, shoes and accessories that can be used with that character or characters with that same build. I will be selling my characters in pieces such as the eyes, head, hands so that people can purchase only the items they need.


I do really like all of the characters that you are designing... the poll is cool, but my opinion is that you should make them all and keep making them. This is a subjective art and if you have ideas, just roll with them.


Thanks for the compliment! The poll's primary use is for me to prioritize projects based off what the CTA community would like to see most. For example Gregory has been on both my first and second poll. I can see that people would like to see him develop, but not as much as they wanted to see Andy. I also get emails asking when lil Jay will be converted into a G2 character. As a result, I will continue to work on both Lil Jay and Gregory and they will eventually be deployed, but the poll winner is where I will focus my attention first.





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Here is the first glimpse of Andy animated.

I am just focusing on his walk cycles and seeing if his joints are in the correct place.

Andy face will look completely different. I plan on creating new eyes, mouth and nose sprites for this character. So the items in the video are simply place holders.

In addition, Andy's side views are too fat. I will be slimming him down.

Just like all of the other characters. I don't focus too much on joint masking into I feel he is almost complete and I am satisfied with the over look and joint settings of the character.



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Looking good.
Haha, I see what you mean by the fat side view.
Too many cheeseburgers I think.

The hands look a little small though.

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I have most of Andy's new eye, eyebrow, nose and mouth sprites in place.
Andy will come with some 2 new creative eye sprites (love and money) and if you use the face key editor, your increase or decrease the size of his pupil for a more dramatic effect.
Andy will also have a total of 38 mouth sprites.
I should have a new facial expression test video out shortly.
Below is a couple of pictures of Andy.
If you like Cherry's eyes, you can purchase them in the marketplace for just 75 da points.

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Okay here is a couple of videos.  You should notice some changes to Andy since he is nearly complete.  I plan on rounding his upper arms for a more natural look.  I still need to get various side view mouth sprites imported. But overall, I am please with the current look of Andy.  

I may be able to get him finished by the weekend.  I still need to do the vector grouping and ensure all of the hand sprites, eye sprites etc are in their correct place.

If you have not voted for my next character project, now is a good time.  I have received several email regarding the conversion of Lil Jay from both Reallusion and Customers, so I will work on him and the Winner of the Poll at the same time for my next project.

I have a ton of sketches to pick for my next project, but I am thinking about having my next poll be an outfit versus a character.  I will probably sell the outfits roughly in the 5-7 dollar range depending on if their are props or hats that comes with it.  They will be based off the existing CTA 2 body template, so you will be able to use the existing characters from Reallusion with them.

Below is a couple of new videos of Andy.

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They are looking very nice. 
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Quick update!

I thought I would have Andy out in the marketplace yesterday, however while working on the promo pics I discovered that his eyes were mirroring each other instead of being sync.
I had the exact same problem a while back while I was working on Olivia and I am pretty sure I discovered the problem.  Do not use the sprite mirror feature.  I was using this feature to ensure that my character body pivot points and the distance between body parts were both in the exact same place, however it also mirror the eyes which is something that is not favorable unless you want to achieve a goofy looking face which can easily be done with the facial key editor.

There is no simple fix for this issue.  Deleting and re adding the sprite will not resolve the problem.  The solution is to pop in one of the CTA2 or any eye set that is configured normally, and then begin to swap out each sprite with your own.
I have started the process of re-adding Andy's eye sprites, once done I will vector group them and finish up the promo pics for the release.  Hopefully I will have this all completed this afternoon when I get home from work.

I will also be working on a new poll soon since I am almost finish with this project.  I want to try something new with this poll.  A while back some asked if we could create more clothes for existing characters.  I have done exactly that!  I have about 15 outfits created that will work with the both the default CTA2 characters and my own.  I plan on designing the clothes in 2 to 3 body templates.  One for a man, woman, and child or in some cases one for an obese woman or man.  The clothes pack will include all the body types but will not include shoes or feet.

The poll will still include characters, so you will still have  the option to vote on a character instead of a prop or mod pack.  Keep in mind I have a lot of props that go with certain characters so depending on what vote wins, you are more likely to see props related to that character.  For example, I have done a Tae Kwon Do uniform as a clothes pack.  I also have a dojo scene sketched out for both the inside and outside, along with sparring equipment, punching dummy, wooden wing chun dummy and more.   I also have numerous props for a Circus scene.  So depending on how the votes go, you will see more items relating to those votes released.

Once again, sorry for the delay with Andy, he will be out shortly but in the meanwhile, here is a short clip of Kung Fu Andy!

Take Care

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