#indieanimationday

[luximus]

Allister & Melody sneak peak! Youtube - https://youtu.be/0Gh81N-1Trk Twitter - https://x.com/Allister_Melody/status/1758536723573645443?s=20 Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@luximus17/video/7336245742203309354 Website - https://allistermelody.com/

[saveraedae]

What is The Mark Side?

★ THE MARK SIDE follows the life of MARK REED— an unconventional and flawed protagonist navigating a drama-filled life while pushing everyone to their limits in the meantime!

Filled with angst, complex relationship dynamics, LGBT characters, and comedy! A story with a deeper meaning than you'd think!

Throughout the show, I aim to tackle a lot of serious issues like mental health and abuse with morally grey characters.

Here's a new and improved TMS introduction thread!

Featuring some new information for TMS's returning audience! ★ Happy Indie Animation Day! Make sure to follow me for updates on the show and fun community stuff! Go to @ask-tms for fun ask blog shenanigans and check out themarkside.com for more!

Help boost by reblogging to support the show. :)

See below the cut for more!

Show premise:

The Mark Side centers around titular character Mark's strained relationship with his childhood best friend Benjamin, who due to years of communication issues now absolutely despises him. Mark however, seems blind to the obvious deterioration their relationship has had, as he harbors major unrequited romantic feelings towards him.

Mirroring the two are Jonathon and Kenny, the other half of the friend group who through their years of knowing each other have communicated and helped each other through hardships, presenting as a strong, healthy couple today because of it.

After a summer of not being on speaking terms, Mark manages to wiggle his way back into the friend group again only to find a new guy has 'replaced him'— Ash, Benjamin's new boyfriend.

It takes place in the fictional town of Ohwell, Texas in the late 2010's!

Season 1 will showcase the arc of Mark struggling to maintain his place in the friend group despite his jealousy whilst also dealing with a plethora of emotional and complex family issues.

The main takeaway theme is that most scenarios are less black and white than one may assume at first glance, showcased by the characters being the antagonists of themselves instead of portraying one character as the villain.

All while maintaining a good balance of humor through an expressive and cartoony style! Humor and style draws lots of inspiration from 2000's Cartoon Network and Disney XD shows!

★★★★

The characters:

Mark Reed —

Master of chaos and making people hate him! He is voiced by Collin Weiler!

Benjamin Washington —

Mark’s aggressive former bestie who’s not afraid to speak his mind! He is voiced by Andre Grandpierre!

Jonathon Washington —

He thinks everyone deserves a second chance… Even Mark! He is voiced by Kruyo!

Kenny Peterson —

He navigates life with a smile even amidst his friends' chaos! He is voiced by XephThePanda!

And much to Mark's dismay...

ASH POWYRS —

Benjamin's boyfriend! ...May or may not be Mark's replacement! He is voiced by Jaden!

Wanna read about Mark's family?

They'll get character sheets soon, don't worry! I'll update this post when they get them!

But for now, you can read about them on the website! Darcy is voiced by Katherine Black, Boss is voiced by Josh Portillo, and Leon is voiced by DarkMage!

And that does it for season 1 info!

If you want EVEN MORE info, and to learn the extensive history and development of the series, give the wiki a look!

Beware of both spoilers and outdated content!

★★★★

YOU MADE IT TO THE END!

Thank you sooo much for reading to the end! You're a real one!! Again, follow me, the series' showrunner and creator for updates and information regarding the series, and follow @ask-tms to get involved YOURSELF by submitting to the character ask blog!

The merch store and support tiers will launch sometime soon! For now, the best way you can support the series is by GETTING THE WORD OUT! SPREAD THE WORD! HYPE IT UP!

WE HAVE SO MUCH PLANNED FOR THE MARK SIDE AND CANNOT WAIT TO SHOW EVERYONE WHAT'S IN STORE!

[berylallee]

I can’t believe how much my film is blowing up on YouTube, I’ve never seen this much interest in my work before, thanks everyone for watching! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out in the link below. Happy Indie Animation Day!

https://youtu.be/-Y8BPw4GGc0

[the-sunflower-club]

The first #IndieAnimationDay is on February 16th! If you love indie animation or create indie animated projects, definitely join in and support this online hashtag event! Can we grow IAD on Tumblr this year?

[thornforgestudios]

Happy Indie animation day!! Check out what we've been brewing in the studio!!

[micmorty]

Hello! A little while for Indieanimationday. I announced a small little passion project I started called ARKACDE! Which focuses on the roots of fighting game tournaments and their culture.

I'm so happy to start working more on this throughout the year, and I hope to keep updating it. Here are some really early boards and designs.

Grab your stick, slam them buttons, and let's get ready for the next battle!

[shorter2243]

It's Indie Animation Day, so um...HERE'S GANG FOR RENT:

Hi, I'm Shorter, and I'm working on GANG FOR RENT which is an adult animated series about daily, disastrous shenanigans of a small gang and their unhindged leader who dreams of being a big shot in the underworld but fails miserably!

In the Norwegian town of Morkland which is overflowing with the worst kind of living garbage, Sziliana, a mentally unstable leader of an equally low-life gang “38 Boys”, while dreaming of eternal fame as a king of gangsters came up with unusual business for her group - They can basically do anything as long as you pay them for it! If anything illegal comes to play, these five got ya covered. Well, unfortunately finds out it's easier said than done, especially since one of the conditions of getting rich and famous is not dying like an idiot and exploding everything in the process.

Each episode will show the gang dealing with the most insane and random tasks. Some brought by their "clients" and some by their own not very well thought out ideas.

WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR NOW?

For now my biggest goal is to gain enough funds to make ~10 minute pilot episode. The script is ready, but the cost of voice actors, bg artist, animators, clean-up artists and storyboarders is not little, so it might take a while before I can truly work on the project. So if you want to support the show follow me on my social medias and share them around! HERE ARE ALL MY SOCIALS

WHY AM I MAKING THIS SHOW?

I wanted to make cartoons since I was 9. I made these characters when I was still a beginner artist, but I managed to keep them for over 7 years now and I think that just shows how much dedication I have for this show. I know there is audience for hot gangsta boys out there, so I hope some people could enjoy these little goobers as much as I do!

VISIT GFR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO:

[toonpostzone]

Happy #IndieAnimationDay Everyone, I'm sure I can do one Big Toon house Real Episode of the first series.

and i'm still hype for the Burbank: Become animated, Murder Drones, The Amazing Digital Circus, Boot-up, CRiTORA, and tornado siren madness Stuff

[kolormixstudios]

SPECIAL DAY! FIRST TEASER LOOK AT CATCHER AFTER YEARS IN DEVELOPMENT!

[mellsiebeesie]

AYYY ITS #indieanimationday so I'm taking it as a chance to FINALLY announce two projects that I've been working on for some time now! 🥳🥳🥳

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The original project of course being the pilot for an adult cartoon called Glory Hill ( about a naughty turnip and her big brother-like goat)!

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And the second being an indie web series ( that I'm aiming to keep doing on my own, as a personal project) called Heaven's Defenders, about a newbie angel trying to learn how to fight demons!

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The second show being probably aimed a little bit more for teens I'm thinking 🤔 but definitely Glory Hill being a full adult cartoon with all the fun that comes with that!

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Anyway thank you to everyone who's been helpful and supportive so far 🥺🥺🥺

Hopefully things can work out in my life where I could take these projects a lot further than just the small pieces of development I managed to do for them right now! 🤌🙏🛐🥰 Woo!

[cartooncorgi]

Hey there!! It’s Indie Animation Day on Twitter!! 🩵

💀Join Shelly & Binx in their adventure, and uncover the mysteries that plague the Skobeloff Forest.🩵

Skobeloff Forest is a Horror/Comedy show that is currently in development!

[kornyea-broth]

#IndieAnimationDay I really hope I'm not too late for this. It's not really considered animated (yet), but I have been having this idea for a couple years, It's still a working title but I'm really wanting to make this a reality.

[bossbugkc]

Wednesday, August 16th, at 12 PT /3 ET

[zeddyzi]

OH SHIT ITS #IndieAnimationDay 

 Here's Ramshackle- a series where 3 street rats try to thrive in their shitass town 🍺

In the animated pilot, they find a baby in a garbage can and have to figure out what to do with it. Like Tokyo Godfathers but worse. SUPPORT RAMSHACKLE ON PATREON

Rough animation: Max Grohovaz 

Cleanup: Louise Wong 

BG: Me

[spookulele]

The sketch I did for that indie animation day poster! @frodo-a-gogo did the final color, which you can find on this blog also. I was really inspired by 1920's advertisements for beverages and jazz shows

[thestreamingguy-75700]

Happy IndieAnimationDay!