User blog comment:Bonkilemonster/Total Drama ~Unnamed~: Progress! (No.1)/@comment-2021069-20140803235528

I love that you're planning on making progress blogs for this project! I've always thought about doing that for my writing and art, but I could never get enough stuff together that was completely spoiler-free. Even though Gideon mentioned in the other blog comments that "Total Drama Gone Wild" reminds him of Girls Gone Wild, I actually really like that for the title. It's fun and gimmicky and reminds me of the way that Total Drama World Tour was named, and I think that's what you said you're going for, right?

I might be reading this wrong, but is this project your first time animating something? I'm not an animator myself, but I just know that it's a lot of work, so I hope you know just how much work you're getting yourself into. 14-20 minute episodes is a lot of work (especially since most professional cartoons are 22 minutes long), so maybe it would be better to try to fit everything you want into 10 minute or less episodes? I'm not really sure how much you have planned for each episode, but if you can squeeze it into a shorter amount of time that'll make sure that you're focusing on quality over quantity (not that I'm saying your animation won't be of good quality, it's just it's easier to start with something shorter than dedicate yourself to something longer.)

I really love that snobby guy's rotation! It's a great mix of your own style and the Total Drama style, and I can tell a lot about his personality from his design. I unfortunately have met quite a few kids like him in real life. As for a name, if you want to go with a snootier version of Richard, maybe Reginald or Radcliffe? If you don't want to stick with the R thing, other names I could suggest are Carter, Declan, Alexander, Vincent, or William? I can never make multiple drawings of a character that are consistent enough to make a rotation, but yours is great!

I think Maia has a really fun design too! Her face might just seem off to you because her eyes are a little too large for her head. That happens a lot in cartoons, but it might make her look off when lining her up next to somebody like the popular guy who has dotted eyes that are more proportional. I definitely prefer her newer design to her older one. Simplifying the pants and making her a bit taller definitely helped, and just adding the ear made her hair make a lot more sense!

As for your host situation, I think that's entirely up to you. Using Chris will instantly make it more "Total Drama," but the only major issue I can think of with you using him is that the way you animate is not going to look exactly like Total Drama's. What I mean is that if you try to stick only to high quality pictures of him and just pasting them in, you're probably going to run out of poses to use very fast and won't be able to make any new images of him, not to mention the fact that unless the way you draw your characters matches up exactly with Total Drama's style, his proportions might look a bit odd when he's put next to your contestant. It's really up to your preference though. I've seen plenty of projects with Chris as the host and plenty without, but neither choice really stands out to me as being much better than the other.

Overall, I wish you luck with this project! It seems like it will be a fun result, and I'll try to keep up with commenting on your progress blogs, as I love seeing the process of making a project.