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Xylus and Dexter in Space! "Finder's Creeper" Episode 4 - Cartoon animation

November 30, 2021 by Tom Ray blog

Episode 4 -
of my animated cartoon series Xylus and Dexter in Space!

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Xylus and Dexter in Space! "Finder's Creeper" Episode 4 - Cartoon animation

Here is another episode of my animated cartoon Xylus and Dexter in Space!

Concept

In this episode: The boys explore what they think is an abandoned castle.

(Related post: Xylus and Dexter in Space! "Castle Clause" Episode 3 - Cartoon animation)

Art

In this cartoon after the alien covered himself with powder, I kinda thought that he looked like Jack Nicholson as The Joker from Tim Burton's Batman.

So I actually created a little scene that was a reference to a scene from that movie. 

The part where right after he says the famous line "Wait'll they get a load'a me." and then for some reason the camera lingers there he starts going "woop... woop..." and looks around.

animation of man as joker
Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton's Batman


<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;">animated illustration of alien</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phineus Handala copying the Joker</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Animation</h2><p>For the flying animation of the alien Phineas Handala I tried to do something like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones and made stars and other shapes appear in its wake.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;">animation illustration two men and flying alien</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Great Gazoo Flying - Flintstones</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;">animated illustration bottles on counter and alien flying</td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phineas Handala flying with shapes behind</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Audio</h2><p>I also started digging into the sound effect archives a lot for this one - Jetpack sounds, shaker, and bottles jiggling when Phineas hits the ground.</p><p>Next time: Watch episode 5 “Laser tag”</p><p>Check out the previous episode 3 “Castle Clause” here - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com/2021/11/xylus-and-dexter-in-space-castle-clause.html</p><p>
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