Munch Chunky Sketch Works One

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this weeks issue, is being interrupted in order to get a bit of rest, 

and to share this little bit of work with you.

when the MC site first went live I had a section called the development blog

where I had intended to go through the entire history of the series.

unfortunately I started and then never got back into it.

mostly because it wasn't a true development blog, or blog at all.

it was just this long scrolling wall of text and pictures.

which made no sense to me.

so I figured why not do for MC what I did for Goblyn, and just make a sketch book.

this is the first of a couple, but I don't see the next one coming out for quite a bit.

Munch Chunky Issue 6b

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The calm before the storm.

Season 0 ends, and Season 1 soon comes, 

and Bojo, Diddle, Turtle, Munj, 

Appo, Spero, and Pepo will soon find themselves

officially Trongo ball players.

I've also released a new track for the OST called Friends for life.

it's an emotionally charged track, and I think fits the emotions of this issue.

Munch Chunky Issue 6a

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It took a few weeks to get back in the rhythm of working on Goblyn and Munch Chunky at the same time after going to AWA (weird how a single convention can throw you off like that) 

but none the less, Munch Chunky is back, and Season 1 for our plucky little up and comers is about to officially begin.

I'm very excited for season 1 and the nutty events that come along with it.

and to those of you who stopped by my livestream page randomly and said hi to me while I was working on the pages of this issue. 

thanks and hopefully I'll be doing that more often. 

Munch Chunky Issue 5b

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well... it's back!

Just in time for the ending of Season 0.

I decided a few months back to break the series up into seasons.

Trongo ball playing seasons i mean.

this first preseason where Bojo and the gang are playing around having senseless adventures,

is the set up for all the stuff that comes once they begin playing Trongo ball.

so it's Season 0

next season starts with issue 7a and will last about 12 issues i think.

this weeks OST track is called Dewdrop Showers.

I like the thunderstorm samples i layered over the background.

anyhoo... 

I gotta finish up and process the last tracks for the OST before it comes out 

at the end of the month along with issue 6b

C:

Munch Chunky Issue 5a

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The world of Eratone is old and filled with lots of ancient mysteries. that is one of the things i wanted to bring across in the pages of the comic. along with a great sense of adventure. I love adventure. especially unexpected adventure. the kind you just stumble into and in the end learn a lot and have a good time and memories in the end.

Munch Chunky Issue 4b

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New pencils! I have new pencils!

now I can draw with confidence, knowing my sweaty, greasy hands, (a bad combo if ever there was) won't smudge the pages. I was actually working from left to right on each page. I don't work like that. I draw at random. and that can lead to smuuuuuudge city. 

hehe... anyway.

After last weeks reveal of THE major protagonist the CoCo King, I realised how fast this series is moving now that it's weekly. this is exciting. I'm really enjoying playing with the really different personalities of the characters. oh, and... this issue's cover is a bit misleading.

technically it should have been the cover for issue 5a, but the only other cover idea I could come up with ruined what I thought was a good visual reveal.

you'll see. tho it may be less significant to you than me.

oh well... hope you enjoy. haha

this weeks OST track: Peach Pit Town

Munch Chunky Issue 4a

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I can't even express how absolutely happy I am with this issue.

I almost cut the little bit of tech in the boarding part near the end.

but i thought 

"no. the only way i can get across 

how fun this bridge system is in my mind 

is to draw out tall the steps of it"

So i took the time and drew out a few of those steps.

seeing it makes me smile.

and the ending does too, even if it's a little grim.

I can't wait to show off more of the weird and wacky technology used in this world.

well... I'm off to the art supplies store to buy more pencils.

I was using a well known brand of HB pencils these last few issues, 

which mans nothing for the quality of the pencils it turns out. 

because the leads would just disintegrate under pressure.

I finally couldn't take the leads snapping on me in the middle of drawing a page anymore.

I NEED MY F LEAD STEADTLERS!

C:

Munch Chunky issue 2b cover (speed art)

a speed art edit of me colouring and making the cover for Issue 2b of Munch Chunky
fun! :3
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The music is by Mobal Sute which is essentially just me C:

but you can check it out at http://mobalsute.bandcamp.com/album/munch-chunky-ost
where you can listen to the full version of the second song used in this video called Exit Strategy.

it's fun kinda' 8-bit chiptunesy music.

Munch Chunky Issue 2b

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I 100% apologize for the long hiatus.

I got behind on the other series I do, Goblyn

plus it went weekly... so that wreaked havoc on my ability to complete

this issue.

But I finally did.

and I'm happy it's done.

I spent a lot of time staring at level maps from games like the Super Mario World/Yoshi's Island series

in preparation for the next issue and subsequently the rest of the series.

those were always big inspirations for the visual concept of how the world would look.

a cartoony, environment, rich with vivid colours and bold shapes.

so that's next.

until then... enjoy the newest song from the Munch Chunky OST, Exit Strategy.

Munch Chunky Issue 2a

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------All the stars are lining up and Munch Chunky is really taking shape.

I had quite a bit of fun working on this issue.

I even streamed me making this issue.

even tho I  was using photoshop 6, which is so totally nerfed in comparison to CS3 

(which I normally use to make comics)

it wasn't bad. MC isn't very heavy on the dynamic layers and such.

it's just straight forward drawings, with colour, and a good solid story about friends and adventure.

what more could you ask for?

oh, the link to the livestream videos?

done and done.

--> http://www.livestream.com/smars <--

here's a little embed action for you too.

smars on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

issue 2a back on track.

So after quite an uphill battle finishing the kickstarter video for my other comic Goblyn, I'm back on track and nearly finished colouring the pages for issue 2a of Munch Chunky.

I've been broadcasting on my livestream while i colour the pages. every day from 8am to about 4pm EST

I decided this is what I'll do with Munch Chunky from now on, as an effort to not always be in my cave like the bearded hermit I am. and just cause I thought it might be fun for you.

I'll answer questions if anyone actually shows up.

but considering the time frame. I'm not sure if anyone ever will.

oh well. still gonna' do it! XD

Watch live streaming video from smars at livestream.com

you'll get spoilers if you care about that sort of thing, but I'm only colouring right now... not lettering.

that comes last, and I will probably stream that as well. or part of it at least.

I'm loving getting to draw all these animals. I love how strange and diverse the animal kingdom is.

you can really find some weird animals out there.

and while I tend to not stray too far from the core animals people are all familiar with.
I do have plans to get pretty exotic once Bojo and the gang get their adventure underway.

well, I hope that more people will come to like MC and the characters, I know it's still in it's proving ground stages, but I have very big plans for it and I hope you'll stick around for all of them.

as soon as I get everything set up behind the stage, I'll be adding and updating a World Databook section, about all the characters and such to the world of MC.

for now, i should go and pencil the last pages of this issue before I get too tired.

cheers.

Munch Chunky Issue 2a?

Munch Chunky Issue 2a isn't going to come out this week.

it will come back on April 8th.

the reason isn't that I'm going on a hiatus, 

but because I'm working on a Kickstarter campaign for the other series I work on Goblyn.

If I thought I could do both I would. but making comics is a full time job.

and like all full time jobs it doesn't really allow for much else to get done while you're doing it.

I've been trying to get everything in order to get the Goblyn KS campaign up and running, 

for a few months now. 

(it's a long and boring story) 

But now I finally have all my ducks in a row, so I have to push away from the table this week so I can actually get this thing finished and out the door. 

I'll keep updating the news blog, and posting Munch Chunky related artwork. 

I've finally started working on the development blog and about sections of this place. 

look forward to that.  it'll be fun.

C:

Munch Chunky Issue 1b

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so, introductions to all the major protagonists of the series have been made.

rivalries have been set in stone.

now that, that's out of the way... 

we can really get this avalanche of adventure 

rolling over people and causing all sorts of chaos fun.

this issue definitely went over my 50 to 55 page rule.

but I really had to get the rest of this part of the story out.

so... justifiable self rule breaking?

idk...

the set up for the entire series is always the tallest hill to get over.

everything else from that point is just letting the story flow through you.

time to flow.

live, love, & eat fruit.

Munch Chunky Soundtrack...

So back when I was trying to do Munch Chunky as an animated series, all by myself. 

(a foolish endeavor if ever there was one)

I had created an actual musical score to run in the background of the episodes.

Most of them were each of the main characters themes Bojo's theme, Turtles theme, & Diddles theme, or remixed variations of those.

but then I realised i couldn't do the animated series the way I wanted in the time allotted to me.

but I still had the soundtrack, and the need to express Munch Chunky in music.

when I see this art I hear songs, and I've been building a little library of those songs for a few years now.

I'm not proud of them all, but most make me very happy, because they capture the spirit of Munch Chunky 100%

from Munch Chunky issue 2b on, with each new half issue ex. 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, and so on... I will add a new track from the Munch Chunky OST collection on my Mobal Sute Bandcamp page. 

you can listen to them and if you like them, download and collect them.

I've added an original sound track section here to listen to the OST tracks that are being uploaded to Bandcamp.

I just thought it would be fun to share a bit of the music I hear when I work on Munch Chunky.

live, love, & eat fruit.

Munch Chunky Issue 1a

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So I’m finally going to tell this story. 

Not in the way I had wanted to a few months back 

(which was animated) 

but the way I had originally conceived the project in 2001, as a comic book.

I learned a lot about storytelling and pacing when I decided to make Munch Chunky into an animated series. 

I could get away with things that would fall apart in a comic book scenario. 

Because of that, I had to change the beginning of the story 

and the way it plays out for the comic.

Another of my problems was my limitations in animating. 

I only know how to animate so many things, and I often hit walls 

I couldn't get around. 

In comic book form I hit a lot less walls with the images being fixed. 

It’s hard to explain, but what it came down to in the end wasn’t the expense of animation, 

but the time. 

I’m able to commit the same amount of time to the comic form as the animated form, 

but i yield more story from it, 

for my effort.

and ultimately I just really want to tell my stories, 

and I can’t let the process of building the body of that work be 

the part that breaks down the ability for the story to be told 

consistently and fluidly.