So sorry to hear that, sounds like a very painful experience. Take as much time as you need, you'll definitely want to distance yourself more to be able to enjoy the creative process again with Tarboy... we'll be waiting. ;)
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Woah, I wasn't aware of all those troubles behind Tarboy's projections, huge enough reasons to get burned out about it... That said, it's great to know you're working towards a new path in the world of animation.
Tarboy had such a great aesthetic, and fantastic sound work. Sad to hear that third party incompetence dashed game hopes. It would have rocked!
Hopefully your creative block dissipates so you can make more wonderful things! I'm rooting for you!
Hmm. Mildly irked, but I am not too pleased with the fact that I very much understand a large chunk of your problem with the series.
Take your time. Do what you would like to do. Try(and fail, and succeed, and fail) to have fun. You still have my support.
I am not really waiting for a tarboy 2 the only thing that I really miss is your creepy in a cool way stuff!
You can't rush art or a game even if it takes 10 years or longer. So your still gonna be super successful keep going!
Those expressions of the young robot XD
I am quite happy just to know you're still around and following your bliss.
If we get more stuff (whether it's tarboy or something else) then that's a bonus.
Stay awesome and keep up the good work.
dude Overwatch Noir is fucking INSANELY good. I'm not even that into Overwatch and at this point I'm way past sick of seeing art and animation inspired by it, but, like, HOLY SHIT. I've watched yours so many times now and I cannot believe how great it is. People might be invested in the Tarboy name but clearly anything you put some time into is going to be phenomenal.
Well thanks for the update on it, been anxiously waiting for a tarboy 2 and given up hope after a while.
Good to know that your still alive and kicking though, and its awesome to hear that you got the rights back instead of it rotting away.
Hope you find your steam, man. I really enjoyed Tarboy and still show it to new friends, if I'm recommending them good, short animations. When I'm feeling uninspired, sometimes I put it on and it reinvigorates me.
Semi-related question: would you consider delegating work to other animators?
Also, just caught bits of your new toon. Your lighting effects are dope. A sequel, whenever it comes, is bound to look amazing.
Your name reminds me of a comic book artist, Jim Lee. He did a some of batman comics and uncanny x-men. When I saw a bunch of your art work and animation, I thought you might have alot in common
Man, it doesn't matter when the sequel of Tarboy will be done.
The thing is we all just want to be sure that this moment will come someday.
Still, I want to thank you for this information. It's really important to all of us to know that Tarboy 2 is not forgotten. I'm sure someday it stop to be so much pain in the ass because of all this Tarboy-game stuff.
Credit Twist song from the first Tarboy is still set as a ringtone on my phone)
Every time someone calls me I remember about the first part and hope that someday I'll see the sequel.
I hear so many instances of how hiring a game dev team fails, that I wonder how anyone finishes a game collaboratively.
So dose "I need to detach from the bad history surrounding Tarboy. I plan to focus exclusively on other projects." mean you have abandoned Tarboy2 all together and have no plans to finish it. The artist behind Leo&Satan did the same thing when people kept asking for more.
Oh I still remembered my NG user/pass. Cool!
As bad as your story sounds I'm also happy to see this post since last post I read about Tarboy 2 had left an unknown absence for the project.
I can't identify myself as a hardcore fan obsessing about a sequal. Still I'm just amazed as you are about the impact of the smallest parts of the original animation from almost a decade ago. Every year or two I still remember some particularly good part of artwork from it and still come back to feel it. Any news about Tarboy staying on drawing board more or less are good news instead of the project being totally dismissed (which would be totally understandable after such hardship)
Thank you for keeping your integrity and not taking any easy roads for Tarboy. I hope you can take this as a learning experience (as frustrating as it is). All good thoughts to you.
-Lego
I would like to see more of tarboy,
don't worry bro it's ok if you don't want to keep making tarboy animations it's ok don't worry mate but if you want to keep making tarboy 2 animations that will be very good
yeahha
I must ask, was this game suppose to be a flash game or more of an indie steam game? Sad that it had to go down like that. :( Even sadder when something you have passion for becomes something semi negative in your mind, hope you do overcome it though, I know im not the only one who wants more of Tarboy.
JamesLee
It is a bummer, but turned in to a massive learning experience early in my career. It was going to be for console