What is Night Owl?

Heya! I am relatively new to Newgrounds and thought I'd take some time here to talk about what exactly is Night Owl.

Before anything my name is Andy, nice to meet you.

Night Owl is a 2D animated talk showish series analyzing topics in both politics and economics. My main source of inspiration for the animation and concept of Night Owl is both Gennedy Tartavosky's Samurai Jack and Adult Swim's Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

The Night Owl character in particular is derivative of both the charcter Aku (from Samurai Jack) and my personal love for Owls.

The animation process combines both 2D and 3D elements (inspired by watching Gumball).

So basically I went into Source Filmmaker and to create a 3D studio. Using loads of blue screens for the windows and computer monitors.

Then I went into Krita and begun the 2D animation that will be used in conjunction with the 3D assets in the background.

Also I must confess, I am very new to animation in general. I probably made loads of mistakes looking at the final product now. The only prior experience I had was putting together cringy 3D animation within SFM. Plus I am not sure if the current quality of my work is original. As stated before, the concept of the Night Owl show is inspired by Space Ghost. Additionally the intro for Night Owl was heavily inspired by one of the Samurai Jack season 5 promos. I do plan to make more original set pieces in the future to further build up production value.

With the first video out I am glad to see generally positive thoughts along with constructive criticisms. The first video can be described as dull and bloated. I plan to alleviate those issues in future uploads.

Going forward I am probably going to make more mistakes when it comes to both animation and the quality of the content itself. But I am glad to be making Night Owl.

Perhaps you can find some enjoyment in these sort of vids, feel free to comment and review them. Even if you have a negative review Ill do my best to hear you out and try to improve.

Hope you will enjoy the Night Owl show!

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Ranyx32 2018-12-10 22:38:36

Saw your first episode and I love it please make more.

Ranyx32 2018-12-10 22:41:09

I love your concept of samurai jack animation with a space ghost like feel

GoldSnafu 2018-12-10 23:05:18

Yo im really glad i stumbled upon your profile and your work. You're an amazing creator with very interesting points of view and things to say, and I can't wait to see more of your stuff!
I'd love to do a lil fanart of your nightowl character, if that's ok with you of course!

NightSpaceOwl 2018-12-10 23:05:18

Thanks for the praise! And of course, go right ahead!

BrandyBuizel 2018-12-11 01:31:48

I like the effort put into this medium, it's a major improvement from popular youtube alternatives

SquizofrenicCat 2018-12-11 12:23:54

Hey Andy, I saw some of this in the Portal during Judgement the other day!

It looked very, VERY interesting and the artstyle you've concocted is really nice. Seeing you mixed both 3D and 2D to get your show done is also super cool, not everyone can pull that off. I could tell a lot of effort went into it and actually thought it was done by someone experienced, so when you mention being new at this, it is very surprising. Bonus point for using Krita and SFM, both free tools that people look over a lot.

But yeah sadly, it was very long, and while I liked the art and even the topic I didn't have time to focus on it properly (I also had to look at other submissions). This caused me to not watch it completely, but I still gave it protection points because it looked good and had an interesting premise.

Hopefully you'll get to make more digested episodes of it, adjusting it until you get to a point where both you and the audience are content. I can't give it more criticism beyond that because I haven't watched it completely still (lol, sorry! I'll do it soon), but the lengthy size alone is something that scares new people off.

Either way, welcome to Newgrounds, congrats on the project and the detailed post, hoping to see how you'll adjust from here on since you seem like a very well organized and talented person.

NightSpaceOwl 2018-12-11 12:23:54

Thanks a bunch! And yeah that criticism is completely warranted. Perhaps the vid is too long. Will work on improvement. Hope to see you again!

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