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18 December 2009 @ 02:04 am
Heya folks! Just finished the 30 page script for a My Neighbor Is A Psychopath pilot. It's basically the comic I wrote with some extra stuff thrown in. Rather than posting pages of the comic book version up here, I think I'm going to do some special new sketches just for this site. I'll work on that for the next couple weeks, and eventually post them in order to show you the story!
I think the teleplay turned out alot funnier than the comic anyway.

Soon.
-Ryan.
 
 
pseudoscott
14 December 2009 @ 04:20 am
Heya folks, thought I'd let you know that I'm about a third through writing a half hour pilot script for a screenplay version of My Neighbor Is A Psychopath! I'm thinking that when it's done I'll do some story sketches and post it all John K. style. We'll see, though. Also, I'll eventually try doing the same with a select few other story ideas from the last post.



Thanks for reading!

-Ryan!
 
 
pseudoscott
08 December 2009 @ 05:45 am
Hey folks! I might put up some more character stuff in the next couple weeks, but I'm not going to give myself deadlines anymore, since that's when I screw myself up all the time. I'm so silly.

Anyway, I came across these brief story idea blurb things I typed up some time ago, when I realized how many stories I had for these characters that I didn't want to forget. I also made up a couple dozen on the spot while doing this. Here's just a few, though:



A First Impression.
Tom has his first day at his new school. He immediately gets off to a bad start, and finds that he and Sid are the biggest outcasts in school.


A Problem With Sid.
Sid begins introducing everyone to his friend Wesley. Wesley is part boy, lobster, deer, and no one else can see him; but when no one believes that he exists, Sid loses his mind trying to prove that he ISN'T crazy.


A Bad Family.
Tom is being followed by Sid's old neighbors, the Goodnessmans, who want their house back!.(I'll probably elaborate on this one eventually, as it's one of the first stories I came up with for MNiaP, and it's one I think is pretty cool.)


A Baby.
Sid's parents surprise him with a baby. He can't prove it but he knows the baby, Lil Stinker, is pure evil. He launches it into space.


A Wonderful Life.
Tom sees what his life would be like if he had never moved to Nailsville. We see all of his old friends, and Tom learns that moving to Nailsville was probably a good thing for him.


A New Kid.
There is a new kid in class who is embraced with kindness and friendship. Tom wonders why he never was. He soon finds himself accused of being cruel to the new kid.


A Baby Returns.
Lil Stinker returns from unforgiving space! On Halloween! He seeks revenge on Sid.


A Car Crash.
After causing a horrible car accident, Sid is forced into having a part-time job to pay off damages. (This was also one of the first things I wanted to see happen with my characters- the job thing. I'll prolly elaborate on this one too.)


A Disappointing X-mas.
Tom accidentally does something naughty on Christmas Eve, and even though he is sure Sid is usually far more naughty than he is, Sid gets tons of toys, while Tom ends up empty handed.


A Psychiatrist.
Wesley gets Sid into trouble again, this time arousing worry in his parents (who usually aren't the concerned parent type). They begin sending him to a psychiatrist named Dr. Thicke.


A Day Without Sid.
Dr. Thicke diagnoses Sid with Severe Mental Insanity Disorder, and has him locked away in Mellow Valley Mental Institution. Realizing that Sid is actually his best friend now, Tom vows to rescue him.


A Moving Van.
Tom is moving again forever. And Sid decides to persuade his parents to not leave.




There are ALOT more, mostly half formed ideas, these were pretty much the stories I've more thoroughly planned out and especially like.
Tell me if you'd like to see these in comic form!

Got any suggestions on MNiaP crap I can post for you?!
I can dig it!

-LOVE, Ryan.
 
 
pseudoscott
04 December 2009 @ 04:18 am
Well, many complications unnecessarily arose, as usual, but here are some of the My Neighbor Is A Psychopath characters. I'll post more of this stuff pretty soon!



Tom and Sid are the main characters.


This is Tom.


The story of My Neighbor Is A Psychopath revolves mainly around Tom and the fact that he is an outcast in Nailsville, the town in which his family has just moved to. Tom is a normal little boy, actually, but in Nailsville he finds himself in very strange and oftentimes terrifying situations which makes him seem like a pansy.

What kinds of strange situations? Example: Tom can not sleep because at night his house rumbles. He thinks it is something weird about his new house, until he sleeps over at Sid's house one night and finds that HIS house rumbles at night too. Sid, never having given it much thought before decides they will investigate. So they sneak out of the house. In the back yard they hear noises coming from a well. They climb down the well and follow an underground tunnel and discover that the hill on which their houses sit upon is actually the home of a snoring underground monster. Holy crap, right?

He is kind of a pansy though.


This is Sid.


Sid is a very adventurous boy. He is blindly optimistic, oftentimes hyperactive, wildly irrational and sadly oblivious to the fact that he has no friends.
Because of his over enthusiasim and annoying behavior disorder, whatever it may be, and due to the fact that Nailsville is primarily populated with jerks, he is regarded by his peers as a freak. Of couse, oblivious to the slings and arrows from those around him, believes that he is friends with everyone, especially Tom.


The relationship of Tom & Sid.

When Sid meets his new next door neighbor, Tom, he immediately declares him his best friend. And while Tom is happy to have made a new friend so effortlessly, like most other people, he is instinctively repelled by Sid's personality.
As fate would have it, on Tom's first day of class he finds that Sid is not only in his class as well, but the only available seat is next to him. When Sid offers to be his lunch room "neighbor" as well, Tom quickly realizes that Sid may be aiming to be his only friend.
So, he tries to introduce himself to some other people, who immediately reject him for being friends with that loser, Sid. So, Tom, now an unwilling reject, finds himself stuck with Sid for companionship, as he is the only one who will have him.



Some Kids.

This Billy Hagle.


Billy is the classic bully. Purple Nerples, Swirlees, beatings for lunch money.
I imagine he somehow actually is paid to be the school's designated bully. I haven't actually come up with many stories for Billy yet, though he was one of the very first characters I came up with like, six years ago, but I know he takes bullying very seriously and bullies, not for bullying sake, but because it is his nature. Some children are born dweebs, some children are born bullys. It's all part of God's divine plan.


This is Friday and her little brother Anger. And her doll Monday.


Friday is not a bully, but is rather a very mean spirited girl. Doesn't really make friends herself, but spends much of her time outside school keeping an eye on her younger brother. She is not mean to little Anger, however, mostly just to Tom and Sid. Oftentimes Friday and Anger are just passing through a scene on their way play some game, or burn ants with a magnifying glass. Tom often seeks wisdom in Friday, though this perhaps always results in her embarrassing him or troubling him with some terrifying fact or story.

Anger is a very stoic character, most of the time. He never speaks, and can be somewhat violent. He is usually carrying about his own business as younger children do, doing things like passively bopping a tree stump with his fat, plastic baseball bat, or smashing bugs with rocks, but like his sister, can become very mean, and beat people up. He is too young yet, but he is a kid that will make a fine bully one day.


Tune in later for more characters and stories, and some other stuff!
Thanks for stopping by!

-Ryan.
 
 
pseudoscott
28 November 2009 @ 01:54 am
Coming up later today: MNiaP characters! Some new, most old. I'll be talking a bit about each character, and some story ideas.



Tom
Sid
Billy Hagle
Friday
Anger
Mrs. McCrutches
Ms. Winslow
Lil Stinker
Wesley
Nana
Uncle Paddy
... and maybe more!

-Ryan.
 
 
pseudoscott
08 October 2009 @ 03:24 am

John Kricfalusi has always been my biggest hero. When he looks at cartoons he views them as an artform. An artist wouldn't arbitrarily arrange elements when creating a painting. And the same goes for cartoonists. Here are a couple of things I've learned over time from John K.'s blog which have really helped my drawings improve.

Eyebrow wrinkles: I can't understand it! Such simple details immediately began making my cartoons look better! These are not the same as eyebrows, rather, these form the character's flesh in which the eyebrows rest upon. These lines should not necessarily be parallel to the eyebrows, but should still flow with them.

 

Construction: Learning to use construction properly is the most important thing I've ever learned! We've all seen people use basic shapes to draw characters. You've probably used this method. I certainly have most of my life! The key, however, lies not only in sketching out the basic shapes, but using those basic shapes to wrap your character's features around. For instance, first you draw the basic shape of the cranium.

Next, add center lines, as GUIDES for your facial features.

Now comes the important part.

When you are adding in your features you do not just rest them upon your guide lines. The lines help you to see the sphere in which the facial features follow. You wrap ALL FACIAL FEATURES around the head - flowing along with your guide lines. This not only includes eyes, nose, mouth, etc., but wrinkles, creases, bones, and cheeks as well. If you can learn to do this your cartoons WILL look better! And remember! This applies to other forms too! With the body, limbs, and even trees and landscapes: Details wrap around, flowing with the form!

When doing this it is important to remember that brows, cheeks, eyes, etc. are all individual SOLID FORMS which WRAP around the form of the head!
Here is the head cleaned up a bit:

And the whole character:

In the second one here I added a couple subtle lines above the eyeballs to better emphasize that the forms above the eyes are in fact solid forms, though of course, these photos are terrible. I will be able to actually scan a few drawings shortly to better explain. 
 

John Kricfalusi has alot of helpful and insightful knowledge on cartooning and animation on his blog, which is updated almost daily! John K. is the creator of my favorite cartoon of all time The Ren & Stimpy Show. Check out his blog linked to the right and learn something!

-Ryan.

 
 
pseudoscott
29 September 2009 @ 04:25 am
 
 

MY NEIGHBOR IS A PSYCHOPATH!

A long time ago, eons ago, in fact, I began crafting this story about two boys named Tom and Sid.

This is Tom.


 

This is Sid.

The comics will revolve around their unlikely friendship, and the terrible things that happen to them.




The following page is from the first book I'm working on about these characters. Though the whole thing is nicely sketched out already, I took a bit of a break about halfway through the final drawings to take a break from trying to draw well. However, I'll be picking it back up now to finish the rest.


I've also been writing the second book, the script for which I recently found had to be nearly twice as long as the story I'd originally planned for it. I may soon be posting sketches for that book.

 

This is just some artwork I recently made. It's not really for either book, but it's still a really cool image. Someone wondered aloud if this was cover artwork. Perhaps.




Thanks for stopping by.  More soon!


-Ryan.





 
 
 
 
pseudoscott
23 September 2009 @ 11:51 pm

Soon enough, I'll actually have some artwork and notes worth posting here. Long ago, in the days of 2008 I became determined to make this site an information hub for an ongoing work in progress called My Neighbor Is A Psychopath. I then abandoned it for nearly a year. Well, in my absence I worked on my cartooning style and eventually got a lot of writing and artwork done for that project. I then became a much better cartoonist than I had previously been, and did some even cooler artwork. If you were ever actually interested in an information hub on a comic book of mine, well now you'll actually get one. Consider this the first post of the rest of my life. I've done some thinking. I've done some maturing. But more importantly, I've done some work. And folks, you are going to get a glimpse of this work within the week.  Oh yes. Taste the newness.


 

-Ryan.

 
 
pseudoscott
30 December 2008 @ 02:11 pm
Forgot about this. Even forgot how to get on it. Still pretty sure I hate using this site though. I'll do a cool update soon though. Pwomise.

-Cap'n Tarnish.
 
 
noise: The Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation
 
 
pseudoscott
08 May 2007 @ 01:22 am
Gosh, s'been a while, huh kids?

Well, the truth is I ran into a mild midlife crisis, which I wasn't quite expecting, seeing as I'm not quite twenty yet, but all's well now. The thing is, I began writing up ideas for something else I'd like to see on television one day, inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood animation.  A working title on that thing is 'Playing with Matches', and that probably going to come up later in more detail. However, seeing as this is the current MNiaP info-hub I'm letting you know that even though work has been slow on that it will be speeding up pretty soon. School is dreadful, and I honestly don't recommend it to anyone trying to pave their future.
 
 
location: The SAC.
disposition: Resentful
noise: Tuna Cans as they scrape each other. I dance.
 
 
pseudoscott
15 January 2007 @ 12:33 pm
My Neighbor Is A Psychopath #1  is almost entirely written now.  I'm entirely impressed with the change between this and Niz.  
Depending on how school treats me now that its starting back up  I'll very likely begin drawing it out next week.
I'm still trying to find a working scanner so I can get some strips put up on these various sites.  
I'm gonna go work on the ending now.
Bye.
-R.

 
 
disposition: perplexed.
noise: The buzz of conquest.
 
 
pseudoscott
09 January 2007 @ 01:29 am
The first MNiaP is well underway.  A good portion is already written and the quick sketches I've done so far are a-lookin' pooty good. It may even go beyond the twenty-four page goal I've set.
Mother Nature and Father Time thus far tell me it was meant to be.  

Hopefully, when I return to xanga I'll be able to post a few segments of the comic for you.  You'll vomit acid or something, it'll be great.  
In the meantime I'll keep you updated.
 
PEECE, R!
 
 
disposition: euphoric.
noise: My stolen car radio.
 
 
pseudoscott
08 January 2007 @ 02:36 am
Due to the lack of progress over the years (at least this what I assume is the cause of the trouble) I find it increasingly difficult to draw my own comic. I'm hoping that I've only regressed to the "My Neighbor Is A Psychopath" style from the style I'd set for the Niz books.

I've decided upon the realization that I no longer possess the talent to draw my own comic book, that I must work with what I still can draw these days. And that is, as I've said: My Neighbor Is A Psychopath. So instead I'd like to announce that, rather than the NiZ book, a full twenty four page book of how Tom and Sid first met should be completed by the end of the year. Niz just became to frustrating to draw. Also, MNiAP is just so much easier to write.
Furthermore...
READ. )



And I'm still not okay.
-R.
 
 
noise: mute.
 
 
pseudoscott
03 January 2007 @ 11:23 pm

My first Niz book is, in fact, written at this point.  I've begun the writing on the second book in the meantime.
Thursday and the portion of Friday before I sit down to work with Tyler on his comic will be spent sketching out the layout of each page, and until I get off of work tomorrow I'll be thinking of how I can beef up the story a bit more, as I'm almost positive it currently lies short of the twenty-four page goal I'm shooting for.  

As for Tyler's comic, the work for that, as I said, begins this friday, which says that this one isn't just something we talk about- like the last one (He was talking about working on a different comic together last year, but the idea was obviously abandoned).  He sounds more into this one, and I must say, the concept has potential.  I should think so, I guess, being the one who suggested that the story would make a neat comic book in the first place.  


For reasons I haven't fully explained to myself yet, I am abandoning my xanga page for a while to become better aquainted with this miserable thing.  It'll be great perhaps.

Speaking of great, I finally saw the sequels to Clerks and  the Jackass Movie today and it was a great experience.  So, if you still haven't seen these movies I strongly urge you to rush to the video store nearest you, and pick those up immediately.  Though some of you really ought to check out the original Clerks as well.  Yes.  I'm talking about you.  Well...  Go on.  

And until that future, ZOOG.

-
π(y)aN.0

 
 
disposition: Convoluted.
noise: the sounds of progress.
 
 
pseudoscott
01 January 2007 @ 08:00 pm
Happy New Year!

Tyler managed to convince me that 2006 was, in fact, not quite as horrible as we had all made it out to be.. though in regards to all of the horror... the sheer, pure HORROR... that has taken place during the year, I am looking forward to all of the wondereful things that await me in the coming year. Because there really is alot of wonderful stuff in store for people like me coming up in 2007.

In other parts of my universe I've seriously reworked the beginnings of the comic book I've been writing for seven years now. My New Year's resolution is to have it written and at the very least completely sketched out before this year ends. The book I'm writing is supposed to be the first in a series of five about a boy who is going insane.
I also hope to write a "children's book" this year, as that is something I need to do as well.

In the meantime, I'm going to go see a movie that I'll either love or absolutely hate.

Till the next happens, g0odbye.

-R!



P.S. Someone must help me to better understand this site, because there are neat things it is obviously capable of that I am unaware of.
PLZ/THNX.
 
 
disposition: dyslexic.
noise: Anal Screaming. ..?
 
 
pseudoscott
19 December 2006 @ 01:51 am
Beasts, a Kevin Smith-A-Thon is burning in my mind. By which is meant that all other ideas, information, and thoughts have been completely destroyed. I can't even blink or smell anymore.. Be there (at my home) whenever on December 22nd for an entire evening of Kevin Smith. Hopefully including the Clerks animated series.
Cripes, there gro my motor skilz end tiping a beltys!
=Rain>
 
 
disposition: Discombobulated.
noise: Screeching of subway trains over homeless people.
 
 
pseudoscott
07 December 2006 @ 02:38 am
What's this? I have a livejournal?

I remember thinking a long long time ago, in a galaxy underneath my mattress, 'I'll use my livejournal a WHOLE BUNCH more now, and it'll be great, just great, see?'
Yet, I don't think I've updated this thing since before I had that thought.

Now, I know what you're thinking- 'O.M.G.! Why does he lie to his horrible self, and how come he avoids his poor, poor livejournal so; and then when he actually updates it all he talks about is how he doesn't update it enough? Huh?'

Well in response to those thoughts that you've had and that I've read, I'd say: you think too much, first of all. Secondly, I'm far too homeless to ever care about finishing this wretched sentence. It sure was a wretched one, huh? The homeless part was so unnecessary I couldn't bear to read it again. But, now I'll actually try.

I hate me.
g0odnight.
Ry-N! -the bitter.
 
 
disposition: Stagnant.
noise: Prison Songs for Homesick Children vol 2
 
 
pseudoscott
I thought I'd mention this.. And I thought I'd do it here since my site is so horribly neglected most of the time.

Kaeli's been leaving random weirdo messages on this dry erase board we have on our fridge everyday, and everyday I find myself laughing out loud.

So the other day it said:

"Dear children of the late morning:
Do me a favor and have yourselves a great day!"
(with a picture of a guy doing.. thumbs up gesture.)

It was, for the most part, a quote from Clone High.


Today it said:

"QUOTE OF THE DAY!

'I wasn't always black... There was this freckle and it kept getting bigger and bigger.'
-Bill Cosby

Have A Nice Day!"


Okay, goodbye.
 
 
location: Oak Tree.
disposition: burnt.
noise: The noise of pissed microwaves!
 
 
pseudoscott
25 August 2006 @ 12:28 am
I am the entry here at livejournal. Hooray for me.

Um.. I finally happened to catch Supernatural. Super Cool. So much so that I made a note to capitalize both words.
Nada much else.

Goodbye for weeks on end, livejournal.
 
 
disposition: conscientious.
noise: Gargling yak people.
 
 
pseudoscott
19 August 2006 @ 12:20 am
Gosh, I sure need to update around here, but it causes my eyes to blister just to even visit so, y'know...
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disposition: Contemplative, and spiteful.
noise: Gasping kitten noise.
 
 
 
 

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