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Interview with Kel-Chan

Posted by Asandir - June 29th, 2014


Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users

This week's interview features the user Kel-chan.

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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username Kel-chan?

Kel-chan:

"Originally back in 2004 in college. My roomie introduced me to NG. I wasn't active but watched a couple flashes I think and that was it. The site back then was too pornography oriented but it did have some funny stuff. It was just and oddity at the time and I didn't really spend alot of time on NG as I had alot of real world stuff to mess with. Incidently that's about the same time I started watching Anime on toonami like a fiend. Also Adult swim was pretty good then and that's when I first found out about it. Probably the only good thing about my college experience. Adult Swim, anime and NG.

At first my username  was 2030films I think. Then I had Wade change it to Kel-chan since I was making a bunch of animation things and Kel-chan is easier to remember than 2030films."

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Do you think that you changed over the time you were here, as user, or also in real life?

Kel-chan:

"Nope. Still the same except more addicted to making stuff I guess. I was only on NG I think since 2011. I wasn't on NG between 2004 and 2011."

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Are there any other users that you like, and how do they affect you?

Kel-chan:

"Sexual-Lobster.....Gawd. He's amazing. Hikarian is always inspirational, her stuff reminds me of Miyazaki. She's a real artist."

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What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer? And is there another user that you want to see getting interviewed by me?

Kel-chan:

"Ugh the forums. I try to stay away actually and only started posting on them more when the NG chat went away. I used to post in Politics from time to time but it's terrible there. The general is great for posting BS and reading silly things. I don't really know anyone on the forums to interview though."

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The last redesign happened 2012. Tell me what you think about it. What do you like and what is not so good?

Kel-chan:

"I guess the best things are the updates to the Portal and Project Management system. That Project Management system really is great to organize big collabs n junk. Before there were some issues editing videos if you made a mistake or something. Though it didn't really matter much, because my submissions were basically crap at the time and most of them still are."

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You have won a handful of awards, with Shinobi Noir- Ch 1 being the first. How did you feel back then about winning your first award?

Kel-chan:

"I guess I was happy for 5 seconds. But the only reason I've won awards is because I release things at odd times most of the time when the big animators don't put anything else. So it's like a contest of crappy animations so it's easy to get an award when you compare something I made to stick figures or really terrible animations. It's the best of the worst. Which is fine to me."

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You started the succesful Shinobi Noir series back in 2011 and submitted a trailer in 2013. Can we expect to see more parts of this series in the near future?

Kel-chan:

"Shinobi Noir is weird. Originally the series took place in ancient Japan and was like a Samurai Spaghetti Western. I basically wanted to make it like a Kurosawa film but the art sucked. Also I was using a program called Anime Studio that was terrible for frame by frame animation. I didn't start using Adobe flash until the GPS series when I got a tablet. The old Shinobi Noir was all done with the mouse and it was really annoying.

As for the New Shinobi Noir, that was a short trailer thing for the Machinima film festival. They wanted an actiony thing and I made that trailer in like 2 weeks. It was really annoying because the Machinima film festival was something that people have like a year to make a movie for and I had 2 weeks notice from machinima.com. I should have refused because that amount of time is ridiculous but I did it anyways. I wouldn't have gotten it done if it wasn't for Filarius and Phenomenally. They helped me alot with coloring the frames.

For that series I decided to make it more modern and wanted to make it more like a Ghost in the Shell cyberpunk thing. I also started a brief manga on it but scrapped that to work on something else.

If I redo it, I want to try it as a CGI movie instead of an anime. There's just so much I want to do with it but it's impossible to do solo in 2D. It would takes months to make an episode the way I want with the camera angles and 3D effects. I might make it a 3D anime once I understand this 3D program and get a better camera to do mocap with. I dunno."

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One thing that is very apparent is your steady improvement when it comes to your animating skills. What tips can you give other aspiring animators to keep on track and find their own style? Likewise, were/are there other animators that give/gave you tips?

Kel-chan:

"Well I'm a terrible animator really. I didn't go to school for animation and only started drawing more seriously in 2008 or so. But I guess the best idea is to just draw alot. Learn to draw the human form. Don't be afraid to use references but try not to depend on them too much. I have alot of problems with this. Have alot of patience if you want to animate.

The biggest person that gave me tips was Sacros on the NG chat. He's not even an animator. Well not seriously at least but I used to go on the chat and monopolize it asking Sacros how to "make teh animays". Everything elseI found out from tutorials and forums and junk and experimentation. It still sucks because I can't make what I want. I'm terrible at coloring and shading so I can't achieve the look I want as far as 2D stuff goes. It looks so crappy and amateurish it's really annoying. I think I need to learn photoshop more and after effects.

TechLeSSWaYz is really cool too. I learned alot just watching his sprite animations and fights. He's a great fight choreographer."

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Parodies seems to be something you enjoy creating. We already saw Goku and Superman fighting off and a mix of Dragon Ball and Pokémon. In your opinion, what does a parody need to be a good one? What kind of parodies and possible mix-ups of different Anime worlds would you like to create in the future?

Kel-chan:

"Actually I hate parodies. I don't want to make them. I could probably be more successful if that's all I did. I could almost guarantee if I made parodies of animes I would have 3x the subscribers and a bunch of frontpage stuff but I'm tired of that. I think parodies need to die on NG. We need more original content. Even if its a fan-fiction story. The problem is parodies are quick and surefire hits if they're even moderately funny because everybody will click on the Mario, or Pokémon, or Sonic or DBZ icon if they see it.

I've thought of things I want to make in the future but until I figure out how exactly to make them it probably won't happen."

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You recently started your very own manga Aries Sky. Tell my readers what Aries Sky is all about. Which mangas inspired you to create your own one? Which aspects of creating a manga did you find difficult to get right when you first started ( I am not an expert, but what I mean is like making scenes clear, placements of the bubbles and how the panels are placed on each site to create a good flow)?

Kel-chan:

"Ugh. Aries Sky came up when bocodamondo and I were chatting on Steam and he was bored of doing DBZ multiverse and wanted to make a project together. So we thought up that series. Well the characters atleast. Afterwards though he decided to go make DBZ multiverse and is busy with that so I started the manga just as a storyboard really for yet another animation. It turned into a manga, i dunno why. Its not particularly good or novel.

Aries Sky is basically every average anime/manga story ever. All of the tropes and 'isms atleast. I have a vague idea of what I want to do but its not really interesting to me. I'll probably put some twists in, some character growth and progression so its interesting but I can't say I really think about it. Its a side project.

As for mangas. I only read two mangas. Ranma 1/2 waaaay back in the day and Attack on Titan up to chapter 50 or so. I don't really care for graphic novels or mangas. As for paneling- I don't know anything about that. I just use a bunch of templates for pages that I found online and customize them as the page needs. Dunno anything about flow or page design either. I guess if it looks like a manga that's good enough for me but I basically slap it together any old way.

I have no training or anything with art or animation really. I just watch Youtube tutorials and copy other peoples setups and stuff."

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Your most recent work is the LOTOE Trailer. What do you like about the Star Wars universe and what inspired you to create your own, dark version of it?

Kel-chan:

"I have a really bad memory, so I don't even remember why I started making a Star Wars thing. I think it was because I was playing the SWTOR MMO and saw Bioware's CGI cutscenes and wanted to do something like that. I dunno. It probably won't turn out that well, things never do and I'm new to making this 3D junk. As for liking Star Wars, it's just like everything else. Cool lightsaber fights and acrobatics. I could do that with other series like Shinobi Noir, the only difference is that in Star Wars the swords glow."

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Aside from great animations, you also ventured into making music. When did you start making music and which programs do you use?

Kel-chan:

"I made those songs back in 2004-2006. I used to play guitar alot but stopped around 2007-2008. I don't really remember what program those songs were made with."

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Every person has secrets. Can you tell one of yours or something else that we didn't know about you yet?

Kel-chan:

"I went to college for 2 semesters, a summer and fall semester at Penn State main campus in 2004. But. I never went to class. Not once. I roamed around the campus, sat on the bus and made the loop. Wandered around like a homeless bum and fed the pigeons and squirrels and never set food in a classroom or bought a textbook. Affirmative action for you.

I did get a job during that time, as that was what I wanted to do after graduating HS. I hated school. Still hate schools. Always will hate schools."

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What can we expect from you in the future, Kel-chan?

Kel-chan:

"Ugh...Probably going to finish a Star Wars 3D vignette. Galaxy Police Squad 5 voices are recorded so I can do that. Also Jay and I worked on a series thats about 75% done and just has to be colored in. Maybe I'll do a police cops 2 in the future.Too many projects and I hate all of them. Anyways thats enough stuff to end out the year."

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Now you are filled with more knowledge about Kel-chan, dear reader.Feel free to leave a comment here, saying what you think about the interview, requesting users to get interviews is also appreciated. Tune in next week :3

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Comments

I kinda figured she was an older person, definitely a solid personality, and my God so driven, even if she does use the shoulder and sidewalk to expel those creative urges.

Newgrounds - New stuff by old people ;3

Very glad you did an interview with Kelsey!
She's such a laid-back, talented person. I personally love her work (even if she herself doesn't like them at times); I hope she can come to love all of her work too!

I hope so too! Glad that you like the interview :)

The more you know!

The More You Know♒★

Yay, I finally get to know more off my favorite animatress as of recent.
I'm glad she took the interview request. Just by reading her backstory you can tell that sheer dedication can bring you far.

- To @Kel-chan
Don't be so hard on yourself. I think you do great on what you're doing and should be proud on what you've achieved. Praise (and awards) doesn't come just like that. You earn them and you certainly did.

Now I am filled with knowledge about Kel-chan, one of the great creatives of this site, apparently a prime example of the practice-makes-perfect preachings and that you can do anything you set your mind to! Never woulda guessed she didn't have a more formal education with that huge repertoire of awesome anime. Great interview.

Agree with everything and thanks :3