User blog:Bonkilemonster/Total Drama Gone Wild: Progress! (No.2)

Hello :D It's Jake (again) and it's time for another progress blog for "Total Drama Gone Wild", a show that I'll animate in Adobe Flash in the style of Total Drama (: Shall we start?

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General
Last week problems solutions: So last week I showed a few problems that I had with my progress, so thanks to YOU commenting and helping, I've found solutions to those problems. Total Drama Gone Wild is decided to be the title for this project, hope you like it! Next is the "Popular Dude" name, which is decided to be Chad, yes, it's not exactly a name you suggested, but a-lot of other people suggested that name (not on this wiki), and it's kind of a reference to the (funny) snobby, annoying Chad Dylan Cooper from 'Sonny with a Chance' - an amazing show I used to watch. Though, I have to say the names you suggested were perfect for the character, and one of them was almost chosen to be the final name. Well, one of them IS his final name, because... You'll see (: And Finally, "The host with the most" problem hasn't been solved yet. It's a really hard decision for me. somehow.

Another general progress I've made this week is almost finishing all the character's plots, labels and names, 16 out of 19 contestants are made - some are finished (Maia, Chad, and another character that I'll show today), Some need a re-design, some don't have concept design and a name and some even not 100% sure that they will appear on the show. I've made up a lot more plots, challenges, relationships and ideas... I know it's sounds pretty boring by now but more better stuff will come in the next paragraphs (:

Fast recap:
The name for the series is now "Total Drama Gone Wild", the unnamed character from last week's blog has been decided to be named 'Chad', and just some more 'plot-wise' progress that has been writing (:

The Deadly Parrots VS The Brutish Buffalos!
As the title reveals, the teams names are now "The Brutish Buffalos" and "The Deadly Parrots". I love parrots (and I have one) and buffalos are just beautiful <3

Design: Starting with the red team, we have a cute red parrot, pretty normal. Next, the green team, we've a green buffalo, a cuter version of a buffalo, cause a normal buffalo isn't the most appealing animal to watch in every episode...

Also, I've animated the little "rotation" of the teams' symbol that appears in confessionals, I chose who  will be in which team - Maia will be on the The Brutish Buffalos (along with Daniel, Nicole, Brandon and more...) and Chad will be on The Deadly Parrots (along with Jade, Nate and more...) Which team do you think will be a more successful team?

Fast recap:
The Deadly Parrots and The Brutish Buffalos are the teams names. On the red team will be Chad, Jade, Nate and more, and on the green team will be Maia, Brandon, Nicole, Daniel and more... What do you think on the names and symbols of the teams?

"The Popular Girl" - Jade
In the previous blog, I said there's a look-a-like female partner for Chad, and here she is! Please welcome Jade!

General info: Jade is the rich, popular snobby and annoying girl in high school, her label is "The Popular Girl". She's always near Chad, and, like Chad, hates the other non-popular kids in class. Oh, and don't think she's Chad's side-kick, they are both kind of on the same level... (:

Design: unlike Chad and Maia, she only has 5 positions in her rotation, because she's symmetric on her left and right side, so there's no need to make both sided of her. She has many similarities to Chad's Design. She has blond hair, with a stripe on the sides that are slightly darker colored, she has a white short dress, similar to a school uniform. A white top, rolled light-blue sleeves and a blue strip on the bottom of her dress, to resemble Chad's blue pants. She has a red tie and a couple of red shows. Don't let her long legs trick you and think she's tall, she's tiny in comparison to chad - But, her size doesn't keep her from being the cruel person that she is.

Actually, this is the first character to have no problems. Yes, I know, the side position looks TERRIBLE, but that's how it goes every time I try to do a side position... What are your opinions on Jade? What do you dislike and like about her? (:

Fast recap:
Meet Jade, she's Chad look-a-like female partner, a blond pretty girl with a lot of similarities to Chad's personality and looks. What do you think about Jade? Who do you think seems crueler - 'the heartless' Jade or or 'the cold soul' Chad?

"The Shy Guy" - Nate
Meet Nate, as his label states, he's the shy one in the group. Now, don't understand that wrong, he's not going to be a B (from TDROTI) duplicate and not talk for all of his appearances, he's going to talk. I didn't forget about the romance, Nate will be in one of the couples of this show (:

Re-design and problems: You can see his design is pretty bad... I mean, he doesn't have an ear, his palms are creepy, his pants color decision is not good and those weird shoes are the worst... Like Maia, he is going to have a re-design BUT - here's the major problem: on the right, we see him without a cover for his neck, it looks pretty awful to me. on the left, we've the same design with his neck cover. Now if you don't get what is is, it's a neck-warmer, and it looks pretty bad. On one side, the neck warmer is not the best look even if I'll try to re-design it, though it gives a very unique look to the character, and on the other side the exposed neck option looks weird and unnatural. Options: *go with the neck warmer, *give up on the neck warmer and stay with an exposed neck, *change the neck. What do you think about Nate? What solution you suggest? :D

Fast recap:
Meet Nate, The Shy Guy - he's not 100% shy, but he has his moments especially with his love issues. This isn't his finale design, those are two options of his design (with and without the neck warmer). On one side, the neck warmer is not the best look even if I'll try to re-design it, though it gives a very unique look to the character, and on the other side the exposed neck option looks weird and unnatural. What is your best solution? (:

One last thing I wanted to mention (but didn't make it a new subject because it'll too much to read) is a character concept I thought about - An artist. Here's the problem: this label or concept was done so many in fanfictions about Total Drama, and it seems boring to make another one of these. What do you think, should I add an artist or it's too boring and overdone? (:

'''That's it! :D That's most of the progress I did this week, hope to see you next week (: Don't forget to comment, it is veryyyyyy helpful and meaningful to me :D '''

'''Have a sparkling day! :D'''