Sentient Hat (unreleased 2008 cartoon) (Patreon)
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A deadbeat meets a genius hat.
The year was 2008. I had just finished making a series called Angry Dog for a company called Aniboom. They had an interest in acquiring series ideas and pitching them as TV shows. I pitched this idea to them near the end of their spending spree. Unlike Angry Dog, this one was never released.
I was reminded of it because I need sounds of someone walking in thongs (or flipflops) for Gazza of Penrith and I remembered I'd made some for this project. I hadn't seen it for over 10 years and couldn't remember it well. It's not that bad, lots of unforced mistakes, minimal animation, low energy music, weird colours, bad performance from me and my girlfriend voices 3 separate characters (I didn't know any other women well enough to ask). I didn't phone it in, at the time this was the best I could do.
I think it's ok for me to upload it for you guys to watch if you're interested. I don't own it and although I am a little tempted to upload it publicly (there's a pretty good chance that the people that bought this have completely forgotten about it. I don't even have their e-mail address anymore) I'd want to change some aspects of it and I don't know if it's worth it. The title painting is by Peter Yong.