For the latest episode of 2nd Avenue, we have been overhauling the artwork and fine-tuning the character designs. Here are some new art comparison pictures between the previous episodes, and the latest one that’s currently in production. Below you will find comparisons of Josh, Darrel, and a new background comparison.

Below is a video that we put together showing the creation of the digital storyboard for “Everything Animated”. It took about an hour to roughly draw all of the scenes. Despite having to edit and remove a few shots, the digital storyboard was nearly spot on to the final animation.

We first announced the production of episode 2 back in November of 2007. At that time, the script was completed and we were well on our way into the preproduction phase. But once we started working on the ‘My Neighborhood’ pilot, the 2A episode was quickly put on the back burner. After we finished the My Neighborhood project, we started working on the MyToons bumpers, which ultimately took another two months of our time. 2nd Avenue had been on the back burner for about four months at that point, but we were finally able to focus on it again. This ‘MAKING OF’ post will give you a look behind the curtains as we continue to create our latest episode.

We don’t usually participate in contests, but when we first heard about the MyToons Bumper Blastoff Competition, we decided to at least check it out. At first, we had no idea what a ‘commercial bumper’ even was, but after reading about it on the MyToons website, we figured that we could actually pull that off. Producing 30 seconds of animation definitely beats producing 30 minutes.

Congratulations to all of the winners of the MyToons bumper contest! The finalists were announced on March 6th, 2008 and the winners on March 12, 2008. Unfortunately our bumpers didn’t make the cut, but that’s perfectly fine! We’ve gained a lot (in experience, inspiration, motivation, and even friends) just from simply entering the contest!

Another big thanks to our sister and parents for helping us develop the bumpers, and thanks to everyone in the MyToons community for their massive amounts of support and kind words on our entries. You guys and gals are amazing!