Hackberry Hollow

We are still here, and guess what…

Glen Moyes — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:20:39 +0000

That's right. Today Google has stretched forth its almighty hand and imbued us with the power of posting videos longer than 15 minutes on youtube (and collect money from advertising). Usually this is an honor reserved for people that are more important...like, content producers. We didn't even post any cat videos! (Or squirrel videos as Glen points out.) No, apparently Google—on a whim—decided that we were worthy. Apparently Google worship has payed off at last.

To celebrate we have uploaded a video of 16 minutes of silence, just because we can.

In other news, we set up Gobby 0.5 and it works great.

Writing Status: Stealth Progress

Glen Moyes — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:01:35 +0000

After flying underneath the radar, we present to you our current progress of the script for Hackberry Hollow. We've done a ton of work since the last time we posted our writing progress. Even though it's been a while since we've posted a writing report (um, November), since that time we've almost written the entire last half of the script for the entire comic.

Writing and Character Design (wait, what?) Updates

Glen Moyes — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:49:54 +0000

You heard me. *clackity clackity clack* Alright. Now that I got that out of the way, here's what we've been up to....

The Animation Academy Online Program Goes Live

Glen Moyes — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:12:01 +0000

Big news folks. The Animation Academy is starting their online program next week on Wednesday the 8th! It's going live! Woo! (For those that haven't been following this blog, or it's been so long that you've forgotten, we've been working on the online software for the school for the past several months.) There's more info about the school and enrollment after the jump, but here's the summary:

The reason why Hackberry Hollow is going to rock is because the training program at The Animation Academy rocks. Without it I couldn't create good character designs.

Dudes that Agree with Us: Part 1

Glen Moyes — Sun, 08 May 2011 06:50:54 +0000

Okay. I actually don't have any plans on turning this into a series; I just loved that headline. Over the past two months I've felt really good about attending Animation Nation Night. Let me rephrase that: I always feel good about attending Animation Nation Night, but these past two months have made me feel particularly ~~smug~~ good because two months in a row the guest speaker said that writing the script first before doing anything visual is the best way to go. The two guest speakers in question are Peter Chung (creator/director for Æon Flux and director for Firebreather) and Max Howard (producer/executive for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Space Jam, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit to name a few). So what exactly did they say that made me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside? Read on for the rest.

We actually did start up again on 4/12

Adam Weber — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:38:02 +0000

As posted previously, we officially resumed work on Hackberry Hollow this last Tuesday. Currently we are re-reading the entire story that we have so far with fresh eyes and marking the entire thing up with notes for things we need to fix, improve or smack each other upside the head for including.

Starting up again on 4/12

Adam Weber — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:17:05 +0000

Greetings loyal blog readers. If you're reading this post on the day it was created then it's probably a safe bet that you're a loyal reader. Glen and I unanimously agreed to wait until the 2nd of April to post this as opposed to yesterday for reasons that are probably self apparent. Given that the crunch to complete the software for The Animation Academy's online program is behind us, and I'm officially graduating from college next week, we now have our ducks in a row to resume working on Hackberry Hollow on Tuesday, April 12th. That'll give me a very badly needed vacation for two days. Hopefully that's soon enough to soothe my writing withdrawals.

Hackberry Hollow Podcast #5

Glen Moyes — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:23:14 +0000

We are just two weeks away until we end our mad dash to launch the software that's powering The Animation Academy's online program. Here's a video podcast that shows what we've been doing over the past 3 months (and the coding prior that led up to it), using Gource, a very neat commit log visualization program.

Hackberry Hollow Podcast #4 Part 3

Glen Moyes — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:00:48 +0000

And finally Part 3 of the podcast. >> Download Hackberry Hollow Podcast #4: The Origins of Lumaglyph - Part 3

Hackberry Hollow Podcast #4 Part 2

Glen Moyes — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:55:19 +0000

And here's Part 2 of the podcast. Enjoy! >> Download Hackberry Hollow Podcast #4: The Origins of Lumaglyph - Part 2