Ice Cream!

Another misc project I did for one of my college classes:

Bonus Stage

Bonus Stage is the only Flash series I know of (and like) that has over 80 episodes, and some episodes that are actually ~15 minute specials. From what I've seen, usually Flash webtoons are short, and their creators tend to either get bored with the series or busy with life before they get anywhere near 80 episodes. I believe Bonus Stage started on keentoons.com, though I could be mistaken.

It is a strange series with little details here and there that make it interesting. I'll see what I can do to summarize it. Bonus Stage is based on a world created by a brilliant inventor, whose goal was to create the greatest webtoon of all time by using three of his friends as guinea pigs in a virtual simulation of the entire planet. 

-Joel (on the left) is supposedly the genius who created the world. Though hyper-intelligent with technology, he is actually an insane numb-nuts who makes little sense. But his comical hijinks and sheer stupidity make him work wonders for the show's plot device.

-Phil (the middle one) is one of Joel's friends. He's an ex-superhero who, unfortunately, is stuck in Bonus Stage. He's a generally rational person, and he provides many of our comic reactions from Joel's insanity. Phil's super-powers and generally not shown, despite the repeated states of peril the group tend to end up in.

-Elly (on the right) is the girl. Phil has a crush on her, she has a crush on Joel, and apparently Joel has a girlfriend (though she's rarely shown). Love triangles aside, Elly also plays the part of Evil, one of the show's antagonists. Who would've known, huh? Cute little Elly, a maniacal chaos-thriving madwoman...

There are plenty of other characters, but at this point I think the best way to get a feel for this show is to see an episode. I recommend this one in particular - Episode 84. It was the first episode I ever watched, and it had me in stitches. Note however that since the above picture, Elly has been redrawn to have a more publically appealing chest.

More episodes can be found either on youtube or here.

John Berry's Demo Reel

Just in case you guys haven't already, you should see John Berry's animation demo reel. I want to see more of his work, so someone should hire him.