I. New Dipthong Album

Some time in June I announced a second Dipthong album under the A+B name. Since then, in between many other projects, some that released, some that hadn't, I've made a bunch of progress on Dipthong 2. It's a Halloween themed album, so expect a little bit of spookiness.

The full name of the album is Phantom of the High School Puppet Theater. so expect a little bit less spookiness.

The whole thing is set around one big theater performance featuring a diverse and unusual sounding "orchestra", the kind where one of the violinists brings a 909, two of the tuba players are ghosts, and the choir boys are generated via ChatGPT. Every single song has their own distinct personality.

So far, half of the songs are already complete, and a few more are already in production. Since making these tracks, I've managed to get my hands on FL Studio, so I'll be using that in the later stages of production.

Here's a small sample of what's already released on Newgrounds.

Phantom of the High School Puppet Theater is set to release some time in late October.

II. Tankman Triweekly

The July 2023 issue contains a review of the best movies of June 2023, and I only ended up reviewing half of them. I wanted to review the rest earlier this month, but never got around to it. Or the rest of the issue.

There's also a bunch of stuff that I wanted to report on, but for various reasons, I had to cut them out.

Seems to be impossible these days to publish 100% factual news without causing at least some divide.

So far it's a low priority for me.

III. New Animation

This is something I've seriously struggled with in 2023. Outside of collaborative works, nothing I have publicly released represents my current skill level. I expect this to change some-time in the near future.

Out of three animations I'm currently working on, my focus is now on a Madness Day animation.

I originally started this project in July, but didn't really make any progress until after Clock Day.

I've settled on @50Steaks's song Nevada as the primary musical score. It may already be over a year old, but it's still a perfect fit for what I'm going for.

Do check out the rest of his music here, such as music based on the other 49 states of America.

The animation might be a little unpolished, but I'd like to focus more on lighting + staging as opposed to trying to get the cleanest lines or the smoothest movement.

Special thanks to @CartoonChill for giving a little bit of insight regarding finishing animations under tight deadlines, and their experience making Legend Of The Ancient Relic, a 5 minute short film, in 1 month. Let's just say I'm now in a similar situation.

You can check their video out here:

IV. Free Downloads

I also want to remind everyone here that my entire catalogue of solo work, whether it's through Newgrounds, Bandcamp, directly off Google Drive, or shared by someone else, are free to download for everyone. No need to torrent or charge $5 for early access or none of that shit. Just add it to your computer or put in your own projects.

Do note, if you do use it in a music video or something like that, do let me know. I want to see it.

If you have any questions, or would like to chat, etc. you might want to put that on hold, as I can only afford 5 seconds of your time until further notice.