My Cartoon Series: Xylus & Dexter in Space! Ep 6 - Mirror, Mirror


When we last left Xylus and Dexter they were being shot at with a giant lazer by what they think is the ghost of Phineas Handala.

This episode had little dialog and was more or less just a site gag. My kids just really wanted me to find a way to work a fart joke into the story.

It involved a lot of timing and sound effects and more of a way to learn to time them on my end. But at the  end of the episode it was a means to propel the story into the next act.

By this time I had purchased a Wacom tablet and was "roughly" experimenting with drawing the story boards directly on the computer.
Wacom drawn storyboard
I was still reusing inked elements I had created before using the tablet in the show.

In the next episode I foray into the realm of going all digital with the creation and drawing.

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