Well, not much to post as of now. I did upload what I have of the first episode to YouTube (See below), but chose not to post it here, as Newgrounds isn't really the place for WIP type stuff.

No progress on the project at all. Got a rather large team put together, but as I'm not very good at managing people, and their combined enthusiasm is equivalent to Jesus's interest in iPods.

I'm currently working in another CG project called Macross Aria, along with writing my book and submitting art to the new Art Portal, with little to no response from humans :P

Well, that's it for now I guess. ^_^

I didn't think releasing a unfinished bit of animation would generate the response it has. Since its release, and short visit to the front page, I've received a hand full of offers by artists that some of you said didn't exist. Dedicated, skilled individuals who do good work, but acknowledge that working together is in everyone's benefit.

In response, I have created a Biggs Productions Wiki with information about the project. This wiki will be many times easier to update. All members of this project's team have full access to it, and will be able to post their own news, along with mine. In other words, expect more frequent updates, and all around better information.

If you have been considering joining me on my quest for the unknown, don't let this turn you away. I said I only needed a character animator to finish, I didn't say I couldn't use more help!

Here are some positions I could fill, of the right person is out there:

EVANGELION Expert
This individual would be the crazy hard core NGE fan who can tell me how many eyelashes PenPen has, or on what date SELE was established (Ok, I'm exaggerating a bit, but you know). I'm not looking for someone who 'thinks' they have the 'correct' interpretation of the whole show, or for someone who is just going to frequent the wikipedia page and regurgitate that information. I just need someone who is 'Expert' on the subject, who can sit in on script meetings and help keep things as close to canon as possible.

Background Artist
As you can see, I think I've got this covered, but I'm no expert. If you do mat paintings, and or can paint (digitally) 'Anime' style backgrounds (IE doesn't need to be photo real), feel free to get in contact with me.

Well, its a sad day for me. I've given up on yet another project. So much work has gone into it that I have submitted some of it anyway. Thought I'd let everyone see what they'd be missing out on now.

I have two more submissions lined up and ready for tomorrow and the next day. If you are interested, bookmark this post and check back, I'll be linking them here, as I'm sure they'll fall right off the portal and disappear.

Well, I'll get right to it:
Evangelion: Con Gran Delore Footage

For more information on EVANGELION: Con Gran Delore, visit my official website (see profile) or the project site here.

By the way, if you could suggest this for the Anime and Serious Shorts collections, that would be great.

I've spent the last few weeks putting together the first quarter of the first episode. I've finally decided on a visual style, and I'm going to go with it. I think it best matches the Anime style, witch is well known because of its painted and CG backgrounds that are detailed and realistic, with simple flat colored (cell shaded) characters and effects. I'm doing most of the background work in CG, using 3D studio max to render out high detail scenes, while keeping moving elements in flash vector.

The bad news is, my character artist is... taking a big step up in his military career, and leaving. Unless something crazy happens, this leaves me without a character artist, so I'm now looking for volunteers.

Prerequisites:
Must have Flash 5 or higher
Must be able to drawn in the Anime style, and match NGEs style
E-mail me if you are interested.

If you have no idea what NGE is, or what this project is, see my previous posts, or visit the project website here.

Well, what a day and a half! I don't normally tell stories like this, but I felt it was worth mentioning. If you don't want to hear about my drunken adventures, and a crash that was NOT due to alcohol, skip the next 2 paragraphs please.

So this is what happened. It was Friday night, and my company (Military Element) was released early. My old squad leader was leaving the unit, and this was the guy I was under for over half my deployment, so when he said he was going to the bars to celebrate, the whole squad went, including myself. It was a good time, as everyone was there, and my old team leader, a very large human being, introduced me to a type of tequila I had never had. In fact, I've never had any tequila. I'm a light drinker. I have a few shots of Vodka and I'm done, so I was Smashed, Destroyed, Obliterated, or as I like to say, Oblitiniated within 20 minutes of arriving. I was done drinking for the night, and still barely able to walk. The other team leader in my squad was just as fucked up as I was, if not more, and when they cut him off, he said the wrong words to the bar made. "Fuck you! Gimme a drink!" So he got kicked out, with his last words being "Will you give me a high five?" in a drunken slurr to the bouncer, and we all left together to a second bar. We spent 10 minutes there before moving on to the final bar where the second team leader strongly insisted that I have a shot with him. I was well past done at this point, but didn't have much of a choice. This guy could crush a skill with his hand, especially when drunk. So I end up drinking several more shots, starting with a Irish Car Bomb, and on to several others that I can't remember. As you might expect, the night ended with a one on one confrontation with the porcelain god.

The next day, once everyone was sober and ready to get some things done for the weekend, we left, myself and 3 other friends, in a car. While trying to pass through an intersection, some intelligent individual decided that though he should yield to oncoming traffic, he was going to try and make a left turn through the intersection at the last second. Our green light didn't mean shit. We hit the other vehicle at about 35, setting off the airbags and sending us into the support pole for one of the traffic lights. With a broken shoulder, my friend in the passenger seat was out of the car and headed for the other guy before I even figured out what had just happened. Lucky for him, and his criminal record, the other guy had been covered in the chocolate milk he had been dirking, and the comic scene reminded my friend that smashing a guys face in looks real bad when the cops arrive to investigate.

So thus ends my drunk adventures. Thank god no one was drunk during the crash.

In other less thrilling but still very important news, I have updated my personal website. Actually, I have just finished it, and I have to say its quite spectacular for my level of skill. It is a flash based website that functions much like a normal one, with a built in MP3 Player, Picture browser, PHP based Hit counter, and remote linked Text files! All made in flash, and I don't know a fragment of actionscript! I'm quite proud as you might be able to tell, and I plan on re-doing robotechflash.com in the same way soon.
Go take a look, report any glitches or MAJOR problems, and let me know what you think. Its still missing some content, but its not bad at all for something that was literally just a single image 15 hours ago. http://www.biggsproductions.com/

Also, if anyone is interested, there is no reportable progress on E vangelion: Con Gran Delore. Sorry, but animating characters frame by frame is a SLOW process!

Consider this the first official announcement of my current project:

EVANGELION: Con Gran Dolore. I'm sure that about half of newgrounds (and the anime world in general) just screamed with disgust. I understand EVA is controversial, and a little weird, and thats one of the reasons I chose to do this project specifically. Eva has a rich universe of information to work off of, and the original show had an impact on people that most still find indescribable (weather that be good or bad). I thought up this crazy idea after watching the Platinum Edition of EVA when I was in Iraq. (A friend ordered two copys by accident and so I ended up with one for free). I noticed that there was a little gap in the story where America's involvement is talked about. The events leading up to the failure at NERV02 where left blank for us to imagine our own scenario, and this is mine (And a friend's, its a joint project).

Expect a preview flash soon. I always like to make previews to gage how Newgrounds will react. I think anyone who knows my work will be happy to see the improvements I've made. My fully rigged 3D Evangelion model is probably one of my best works, and the story we have written for this animation is of cinematic quality.

My partner in crime is new to newgrounds, (still un-registerd) so I hope you all treat him well. He is the lead writer, and character artist / animator, and his work is top notch.

For more information, contact me, sorry. The website has fallen behind schedule.
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Its been a while hasn't it? Just a few short months ago Tom gave me a big ass WACOM tablet, and I still intend on showing that this was not a mistake. Its very slow work painting a few frames or adding detail to a 3D model in between missions, but I'm just thankful I have internet access. Its almost impossible to acquire new software over here, and its even worse trying to get new hardware. Amazon.com refuses to ship to Iraq, and the internet is too slow to buy software through download services. Again though, I can't complain, I'm still able to talk to my family, and eventually start uploading animations here again.

I'm planing on unveiling a new Anime series exclusive to Newgrounds.com, this time all original. Expect the same 3D military machine action of the past with a few twists, and massively improved character development and depth.

N-TAC, the code name for the new project, will be animated at 20 FPS, and in a more cinematic aspect ratio. Information about mecha and characters will be made available in the future as well on the new series's official website (pending N-TAC's success).

As before, I'd like the project to be a team effort, so I'm always on the lookout for background artists, character animators, voice actors and the like. To request further information on this matter, contact me.

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