The Legend of Zahur

Just had to promote a great new indie animation by another lone guy doing it all himself. Its in an anime style and very good looking is it too. Its 90 second episodes every week or so. Its not a format Id considered, but it really works well.



As he puts it:

"...The official launch of the new Studio ArtFX website and The Legend of Zahur, my new animated series. This is the beginning of a great new journey for me as an independent content creator, but the possibilities are already beyond imagination. The freedom of the web format is unprecedented. A show can go beyond the confines of television and create an entirely new viewing experience. The level of interactivity with viewers is also a bold new field. Viewers can actually begin to participate in the content they watch.

In this arena a show can literally go anywhere, do anything and expand to levels never before seen in modern media. Get ready for a great ride. Words cannot express my excitement over what's going to happen here. Be sure to check back soon, and quite often. The first episode is just around the corner, and things are really going to start flying! "

Go now - get it seen!

Well, to all intents and purposes... its finished! The damned things finished!!

After all that... am I pleased with the results?
YES - Immensely pleased. I must have watched the finished film at least a dozen times and I still love it. Of course there are things in there that I can see need changing or polishing… but they’re inconsequential really. I really like the way that sound effects, music and editing bring all these disparate shots together to create something far, far better than anything I was expecting!

Like Ive said, Ive always been a big fan of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol… So I decided that it might be entertaining to tell a Sick Puppy version, with his uniquely cynical twist. I already had a large cast of supporting characters from the shorts I’d done. And I had a few sets I could redress and use again, so it seemed simple…

When Sick Puppy dies in a bar on Xmas Eve… you’d think it couldn’t get any worse. But when he finds himself confronted by a prawn headed flaming eyed DEATH, he realizes his problems are only just beginning. DEATH takes him on a journey… from Martian suicide bombers to the horrors of VietMars… from the gleaming heights of Pavlov’s bar to a shocking vision of his future. Sick Puppy must visit his past, his present and his future, and maybe… just maybe… discover the true meaning of Xmas.

I think that although I'll probably make 'Merry Xmas Sick Puppy' available on DVD - for those folks who really want to see it at full broadcast resolution... I think.. at this point in time... that I'll actually stick it online on the site.