Oh hey thar, here's my rundown of this weekend's meetup.

Saturday
Since Friday's activities involved a beer festival (I don't like beer), I decided to start my meet on Saturday. Getting there was a pain in the ass mind. I had set the alarm on my phone to go off early, but it was still set to American time from my trip to Comic Con so there was less prep time. Was also a bit annoyed when the convenient subway line between Embankment and my hotel was closed for the weekend, and taking a taxi only to find the roads to Millenium Bridge had closed instead of just taking the Picadilly line was a stupid move on my part, and my lack of direction in finding places fails too. I made a madcap dash to the Millenium Eye, arriving just in time for the last group photo, letting out a few 'wait, fuck, not yet you bastards' whilst getting into position.
Despite it being incredibly sunny out, noone had any better ideas of where to go, so it was Namco Station yet again. It was the good ol fashion hanging out, involving boozing and chatting with some of the meetup regulars (fyi, there was no Fulp or Weebl at this meetup), playing a few games (beat Sqeezy at biking, but got my ass kicked by EddAche on table hockey) and, of course, the motherfucking bumper cars. I think I probably ended up with a slight limp for the rest of the weekend after whacking my knee against the steering wheel a couple of times, but it was still a blast.
Next was Marble Arch, though by the time I had checked into my hotel, foolishly missing the elevator and climbing five stories of stairs, got to the park, realised I hadn't eaten anything but a couple of Drumstick lollies all day and waited in line for some KFC, the party was already starting to leave. Due to my confusion about what group was going where, I got to have a look at the flat the main dudes were staying at, and regailed about lost loves and whatnot. We later went to The Sports Bar where two facts became prominent. One being that Bezman, sporting an awesome Wario-moustache for the meet, is an awesome dancing machine, and the other being that my goggles (new ones I had bought at Comic Con) were quite popular with the chicks in London.

Sunday
Having been woken up by my mum, I was up considerably early than the other NGers, most likely recovering from hangovers (somehow, I never get drunk enough at these things), so I spent the morning potting around Leicester Square. Was a bit disappointed that the random hooker that approached me the last time I went to London (to see an Akira the Don gig) was replaced by some dude asking if I smoked any weed. (FYI I don't, which probably brings up more questions about my general behaviour). But I got myself a massage, played the new Rambo arcade game, went into the Pasaje Del Terror (further proving my theory that my goggles make me a sexy motherfucker), before eventually meeting up with Luis and the gang. We had a little pop in a few stores, where I began to wonder where the fuck was Klonoa for the Wii (found it on ebay though). We later got some more food and were introduced to the insanity that is Jungle Speed, the most frantic card game I've seen since their implimentation in saving the world from Egyptian evils. We played it again at the garden, though a bit of a downer came when Dim (SFB)'s bag went missing. We later went to a pub, where it became rather apparent that my ability of drinking shots was well....crap. I handle the green Castle Crasher shot a lot better though. Afterwards we all went back to the NG flat, where we played some Street Fighter IV and some more Jungle Speed. After playing a little Warioware, I headed back, awkwardly realising the difference between cabs and minicabs (the latter having no clue where anything was).

Monday
On Monday I decided to pop to Covent Garden to hang out with my bro, though I briefly ran into Kayn as well. We had a bit of a drink and catch up, Pizza Hut buffet and a lil gaming (one game being a frikkin pogo racing game from Japan), before checking out one of his friends on a plinth (the guy who followed in being an old guy chucking Mini Eggs everywhere). After that catchup, I head home, where I'm dumbstruck from being told I had started travelling at peak time whilst my return ticket was off peak, and I had to pay an extra £50. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

So yeah, apart from tha whatkindofpieceofshitestablishmentisth isfuckoffandletmebe moment, it was a fun trip. I'l have to try and not be lazy and make something whilst there's still some summer left. See you all at whatever the next NG meetup's gonna be.

Photos: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v646 /wonchop/nglondonmeet5/

Well, I arrived back in the UK on Sunday after visiting the zoo and then spending two days at the con (really sucks I couldn't stay a little longer and attend the Behemoth party =(). It was a pretty swell time. The zoo was pretty darn awesome, despite its surprising lack of penguins, and at the con I got to see lots of NG people including old ones such as Egoraptor, Skraggy, Rubberninja, Princess Aurora, Tomamoto, Tom, Luis and Swain, to new ones like Lazymuffin, FThreat, Dan Paladin, Johnny Utah, Bluehippo, Anigen and more. It stopped just short of a showdown with Rtil. Shame. I also got interviewed for an NG documentary some guy's filming, so it should be swell, despite my generally twattery both on camera and at the hands of one, evident in the videos below.

Vid of the booth, various NG peeps and Rubberninja's arse.

Tom Fulp is a surefire winner

Me giving Tim Schafer a picture whilst he is slightly creeped out by my choice of words.

Fthreat attempts to down some marinara sauce at TGI Friday's whilst Egoraptor fires lazors at himself.

Games I played: Game 3, Castle Crashers (both PS3 and 360), Brutal Legend, Bayonetta, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Lost Planets 2, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts 365/2 Days, Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing, Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attourney Investigations, TMNT Turtles in Time: Reshelled, Tekken 6, Spyborgs, We Cheer 2 (lol), Katamari (iphone), Invincible Tiger, Bleach 3rd Phantom, some crappy Ben 10 and Astro Boy games and I-mockery's Adobo game (pickle hats ftw).

Swag I bought: Red Castle Crasher Knight (signed by Tom and Dan), ArtRage Deluxe, Manga Studio Debut 4, MadCatz FightPad, Sam & Max Complete Series DVD.

Quote of the event: "Are you coming out this winter? Lost Planets 2 is!" - Capcom rep

That's all the stuff I have for now. I'll be sure to attend the London Fling in a couple of weeks. Ciao for now.

Oh hey, touched down in San Diego today, ready for the two days of Comic Con I'm attending. My hotel room's pretty swizzy. It's even got a Gamecube built into the telly. Woot.
Course, my sense of direction in walking around San Diego by myself is terrible.
Planning on going to the zoo tommorow too. All the monkeys and penguins! =D

So yeah, I'll be perusing the halls of Comic Con on Thursday and Friday, most likely visiting the NG/Behemoth stand a lot, but also scouting the numerous games they'll be showing off. I should be most likely sporting an obvious piece of headwear.

If you haven't already seen it, check out my new demo reel.

A couple of weeks ago, a few of us animation students were asked to tutor some kids who were visiting the university's animation department. We had a long play with stop motion, wielding some hilarious results, followed by a flash class taught by yours truly. Teaching is certainly a tricky thing, since my pace is much different from everyone elses, not to mentioned having to point with the mouse instead of the finger. Still, it's quite daunting hearing sincere 'Wow's from tweening something. Full details, and a couple of the stop motion dooflips we made can be seen here: http://wonchopmonkeyman.blogspot.com/2 009/06/teacher-for-day.html

Also, I'm still in the progress of deciding what to do for next year's final project (I must say, it's depressing reading all these 'i got my wotsit' journals when I've still got a year to go myself). I've narrowed it down to two main ideas; either do an idea called 'Date for One' or do something with the Wonchop stuff at long last. They can be read up on my blog, so give me an idea of what I should go for (taken into consideration this would be a student film).

Got my little framed certificate from NG in the post yesterday, which judging from the date I assume is from the monthly award for Narwhals. Bit late but it looks nice anyways.

Finally, here's a couple of poops I made.

For those coming here after checking out my new demo reel, hello.

If you're curious about the bits n bobs I've stuck in there, let me give you a lil list, in order of appearance.

Movin'
LL - Rewrite
German Xmas Market
Some fad response
Guide to Celebrity
A Clint Eastwood thing for a Sketch Show that never seemed to happen (hence why there's no motion tracking)
Energy Stoat - A 5 episode series made by Weebl's Stuff coming to E4.com at some point
Melons
Rigged Model Assignment
The Kevin Bishop Show
Profiteroles
What happens to the Hedgehog?
Dracula (university project)
Sonic Shorts Volume 5
Narwhals
I love the Internet
Pico's Bouncy Funtime
Cut the Madness
you WHAAAAT? (animation test)
Guide to Advertising
Four Second Firestorm
Hot Dog Eating Contest
Cancelled part for Sonic Tribute Collab 2
Keep Your Computer Happy
Sonic Shorts Volume 1
Camp Madness
Tidbits
LL - Robots be Fun
Black Hole Sheep
Akira the Don - Hypocrite
ZSL Extravaganzafestathon
Baby Baboon
Bad Guy Falls in Poop
Nene's Sorrow
Hidamari Sketch inspired SheezyID
Rejected segment of Kevin Bishop Show

Woo, that was a long list.
I end with a hilarious video I found of Kyon singing to Cardcaptor Sakura.
(no really, you'll shit yourself when he gets to the chorus)

Due to peer presh from tutors I've gotten myself two things.

One is a Twitter account.
http://twitter.com/wonchopmonkeyma
(stupid nobodies nicking my desired name and stupid 15 character limit)
Thought I might as well get one, as it'd help spread news of NG releases better.

Speaking of which, I hope you remembered Baby Baboon was in the portal right?

Secondly, I've got a blog.
http://wonchopmonkeyman.blogspot.com
I'll be primarily using this to post about university projects. If I can figure out how to incorporate it with my site I'll use it for whorings as well.

Hopefully, these will become tools to spread me out a bit more over the web. Like extra mayonnaise on tuna.
Yum yum.

In other news, I've booked my hotel for Comic-con (where I'll be attending the first 2 days) so I'll be looking forward to that.
I've also drawn my entry for this year's NG Sketchbook Tour. I just need to get off my arse and post it.

Well, they finally released the Street Fighter Collab but sadly my small part is absent. The logical reason being that there were multiple shorts that followed the 'doesn't this special move sound like' format, and Egoraptor's stood out as having the most effort in the animation (though personally, I question how universally known pound cake is. We don't get it in the UK that's for sure.)
Since it's length and general rushedness (I had a lot of things going but wanted to contribute anyhow) isn't really suited for a single Portal release, I'll just stick ye olde Youtube vid below so you can marvel at how I seamlessly switch pronunciations of 'Ryu'.

In other news, I'm working on a new Weebl toon, which should be up on the site by Thursday, with the Portal release possibly coming a little later.

Also, can anyone going to Comic Con reccomend me some affordable hotels I can go to?

K, a quick update on things.

In case you missed it, here's me Pico Day submission from the other week. I forgot to post it about it once I got my FP post back. It's just a little loop this time, since I got very busy finishing other stuff up over the easter holidays.

We're almost up to date with Cat Face episodes, soon as Weebl can get round to uploading episode 13. I don't generally post about Cat Face releases, since they don't particularly represent my animation skills too much, although I'm pretty pleased with one of the few characters I get to design myself, the Spiv from Cat Face 12.
(Just so we're clear, I fully started animating Cat Face from episode 8 (not counting some of the premade animations like Cat Face's floatiness), whilst 7 just involved lip sync and some small head movements.)

Speaking of Weebl, fans of his music tracks can now purchase full tracks of his earlier toons from iTunes.

I'm currently working on some pixelly stuff for a commission, which should be fun.

For fans of Sonic Shorts (god rest your souls), here's some silly thing that I made.

Oh, and it's my 23rd birthday on Monday, and I don't have a clue what I want. ><

That is all.

I get really bored sometimes. For example, one day, I randomly decided to play the Munchy Monk minigame on Rhythm Tengoku Gold (/Heaven/Paradise) using my oh so hairy chin. I somehow transformed into a posh accent early on in the vid too.

Then about a week later, since I noticed a couple of gaming sites picking up on it, I decided to record another, doing the much harder 10th Remix (sans the accent).

So yeah, sad muppet right here.

In other news. I'm contemplating what to do conwise at the Summer, with a question mark still looming over this year's Anime Expo, but I've got tickets for the Thursday and Friday of Comic Con days (I was slow so I missed out on 4day and Saturday passes.) If someone can convince me Sunday will be interesting, I might get a ticket for that day too and spend Saturday at like the zoo or something.

Flash wise, I've spent the majority of the month doing the ol' worky type stuff. I want to get a new demo reel together at some point, which would incorporate some 3D, stop motion and After Effects into the mix, as well as my Flash stuffs.

Might see if I can make something for Pico Day, but no promises, as I'm a busy/lazy bee sometimes.

I end this journal with a MrSimon facepalm.

So today's, I went over to London to check out UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 09. It was maybe a little silly of me to attend a webcomic convention, since the only two stands I actually knew of were Eddsworld and Eddache, and I hung around them more than pottering about the place. I also met the rest of the Eddsworld crew including Tom, Matt, as well other people I forgot (to ask) the names of. I spent a lot of the afternoon sitting as Eddache's stand hoping someone will buy a sketch from me, but to no avail. D=
Later on, Happy Harry (who provided voices for Keep Your Computer Happy in case you missed it) came by, and even laterer on so did Weebl. There was much lolness in watching Weebl attempt to find Harry who was right behind him and failing badly (took him another 15 minutes to actually see him. XD)
I ended up buying a couple of badges. My favourite is the one by Eddache that reads "I'm so hungry I could RAPE a horse."
Afterwards we went to the nearest JD Wetherspoons where we had booze, cocktails, and numerous plates of chips bought with a mysterious tenner. One of the amusing highlights was a pass along comic Eddache started which involved drawing a frame of a comic following on from the previous frame and passing it along. I won't spoil til Eddache posts it online, but needless to say, it got fucked up pretty quickly.
All in all, it was a warm reminder of the recent NG London Meet and just how fun it is to booze it up and socialize with internet peoples without a mass of e-drama to follow up. Lovely.

I leave you with pics of Tom loving himself a bit too much.