THE TOPANGA MONSTER

[dozgun35]

fantastic!!

[StefanGBucher]

@dozgun35 Thank you so much! :^)

[paper2dreams]

Poor Topanga Monster! Getting chased like that...

[StefanGBucher]

@paper2dreams I know... what's it ever done to anybody? :^)

[2PainGah]

my name is Topanga...so if i were a monster...i would look like this0.o

[StefanGBucher]

@2PainGah I like it! And I like your re-spelling of 2PainGah! Nice!

[ChaosP3ngu1n]

Your work is always amazing =D. This is one of my favorites.

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, ChaosP3ngu1n. I'm glad you like this one. I'm proud of the way it came out. :^)

[ChaosP3ngu1n]

Do you archive all of these? I mean, do you date them and put them all in a portfolio? Or do you end up scanning them to a site ( like deviantart or your own website ) and selling the physical copy?

[StefanGBucher]

All the drawings I date to the minute. The first 100 are in the book "100 Days of Monsters," complete with stories from the site. Prints of those first 100 are also on sale at store344 dt com. The originals I keep. :^)

[dragonjiggy]

lol, Genius. Loved the ending :P

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you, dragonjiggy. I'm glad you like it. :^)

[333CreativeGirl]

Super Cool!!!

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, 333CreativeGirl. :^)

[FulMetl]

you have the BEST imagination EVER!!!!

that was awesome!!!!

[StefanGBucher]

Ha! Thank you, FulMetl. It's a mixed blessing -- the overactive imagination -- but it does have its uses. :^D

[CasaDeCucaracha]

This was amazing!

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, CasaDeCucaracha. I'm glad you like it. :^)

[groundzero73]

Alles klar. Daniel Gahleithner here, BTW. ;-)

[StefanGBucher]

Ha! Grüß Dich, Daniel!

[groundzero73]

:-)

[groundzero73]

Haha, sehr cool. Das arme kleine Monsterchen, ich hoffe der üble Sack mit dem Eis traut sich nicht ins Kino!

[StefanGBucher]

Grüß Dich, groundzero73. Freut mich, daß Dir der Clip gefällt. Und Kinos sind Heiliger Grund -- so wie die Kirchen in Highlander. :^)

[snowey1337]

This is great art. But where do you get the inspiration?

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you for the compliment, snowey1337. The inspiration really comes out of the ink blot, and then the inspiration for the animation comes from the Monster itself. They always seem to want to do particular things. My main job is to keep tethered to my desk and do the work. :^)

[BiasBomb23]

Hahahhhhh! It's always a good laugh to see a new one of your videos. My favorite part is to assume how you'll go off of your original ink spatter, totally fooled me on this one=']]

[StefanGBucher]

Ah, thank you very much, BiasBomb23. I try to find the unexpected shapes in the ink. I'm glad it worked on this one. :^)

[mirroredwater]

ah ha XD that was really cool ! i didnt see it comeing, it was great !!! what pens are those that you use?

[StefanGBucher]

Glad you like it, mirroredwater. Thank you. I use Faber-Castell PITT artist pens, Staedtler pigment liners, Tombow ABT pens, Sharpies (fine point and wedge tip), and Yasutomo Sumi ink on regular old uncoated bond paper.

[klickfilm]

Mal wieder grandios Stefan!

Was sagst du denn zu meinem letzten Video???

[StefanGBucher]

Schön, daß es Dir gefällt, klickfilm. Dein neuer Clip is schön. Die Billboards und aufsprießenden Hochhäuser gefallen mir gut. :^)

[dhruvasagar]

that was really cool :)

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, dhruvasagar. :^)

[bloknotedotnl]

I allways love it when your monsters come alive!

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, bloknotedotnl. I try to get them to stay put, but they just won't! :^)

[slyzers]

i realy like all your drawings, one thing i noticed they always have the same 70's kind of shoe, whats with that?

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you, slyzers. I'm glad you like the drawings. As for the shoes, very few stores cater to the unique arch support needed by today's Monster on the go, while still providing the necessary glamor. (Also, those shoes are really fun to draw. :^)

[commenter12345]

freakin amazin!!

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, commenter12345. :^)

[Terry666Craig]

hahah, niiice :D

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you, Terry666Craig. Glad you dig it. :^)

[Roman500]

that was amazing, thanks! :D

[StefanGBucher]

My pleasure! Thank you for checking it out, Roman500. :^)

[OriMedian]

1 word ,WHoah...

Nice animating skills and this monster is truly my favorite :)

I luf uuuuuuu :D

[StefanGBucher]

You are a nice person, OriMedian. Yes, indeed. You I like. Thank you for the kind comment. :^)

[OriMedian]

Gosh... No one has ever said that to me before O.O

But really i just like this monster :P

[StefanGBucher]

:^)

[WildNOut129011]

Awesome monster! ^^

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, W&O. :^)

[WildNOut129011]

You're very welcome! ^^

Will you be doing any more Daily Monsters? ^^

[StefanGBucher]

Not for a while, W&O. I've got a few other plan for the Monsters, and because I work alone it's always one or the other sadly. But there's fun stuff on the way. :^)

[WildNOut129011]

Oh cool ^^

[liamhcarson]

What a refreshing new adaption of Daily Monster! I love the animation and music - and of course, as always, the monster is very unique. Keep up the good work.

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much for your kind note, Liam. I appreciate it. As always, more to come! :^)

[marniespeaks]

delightful! so many monster so many stories to tell

you have your work cut out

[StefanGBucher]

Oh yes, I always do, marniespeaks. I'm glad you like the latest addition to the menagerie. :^)

[squeakyevil4]

:o great monster, i love his face, reminds me of an newt. But personally i would like more great monsters that the cool, long animations.

What happened to the monster?? did he get Pwn3d?

[StefanGBucher]

Hello squeakyevil4. I'm glad you like the new guy. :^) Just ding a whole stash of drawings is alwaus fun (and they do pop up -- drawing only -- on my blog now and then, and also on sharesomecandy, but I'm also having fun learning the animation part, so it's a constant back and forth. What happened to this one? You tell me! (Also, what's Pwn3d? I'm old.)

[Modularized]

Pwn is a leetspeak slang term, derived from the verb "own", as meaning to appropriate or to conquer to gain ownership. The term implies domination or humiliation of a rival, used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent who has just been soundly defeated. It was popular among Counter-Strike gamers before spreading through the more general Internet world. The past tense may also be spelled: pwnd, pwn'd pwn3d, pwnt or powned.

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, Modularized. You're kind to explain this to a non-gamer. (If I started, I'd never stop. My three weeks of living without sunlight and on only carrots, dip, and Mountain Dew taught me that back in 1994. Thank you, Sim City. :^) Did this Monster get pwn3d? I'd imagine a movie theater to be safe harbor, but it's not for me to say. :^)

[Modularized]

No problem. You don't know what you're missing. :P

[squeakyevil4]

looks like i was 2 late to reply :3

[StefanGBucher]

Not at all, squeakyevil4. I think it just went to the second or third page of comments. But now you're right back on top. :^)

[artcrazed]

I'm so glad to have this video, I haven't seen one for a while. You do such interesting things that inspire me. Wonderful work!

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you, artcrazed. I'm glad you like it. Yeah, the Daily Monsters have become Highly Intermittent Monsters, mostly because I'm trying to push what I do with them beyond the initial drawing. Once they go beyond blinking or waving at you things suddenly get extremely time-intensive. Especially when you're learning everything from scratch. :^D

[guitaristunknow]

hey this is really good

=]

[StefanGBucher]

Thank you very much, guitaristunknown. :^)