B-Town Blog Intern Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School

BTB Intern Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School, has been very busy lately, working ‘nose-down,’ grinding out original stories and jokes through the tough process known as animation, to create some new ’3 Frog. Bros.’ cartoons and comics.

First, here’s his intro to his latest episode:

“Welcome everybody to the next amazing adventure in the Frog Bros’ Series!

Our hero Green discovers a problem with his talking nintendo Wii and has it reset, only to discover that the date he reset it to is the same date as when it was evil:”

Click here to view the embedded video.

“So the frog bros must battle their most fearsome enemy all over again and this time it’ll be even harder!”

Here’s Bryan’s most recent ’3 Frog Bros.’ comic saga (also available here) – click images to see larger versions:

To see more of Bryan’s work, click here.

We’re big fans of Bryan, mostly because we have seen his artistic and comedic talents grow over the last school year, maturing from a ‘once-in-a-while, oh that’s kinda funny’ response to a more ‘man, your comedic pacing has really improved – might you be the next Matt Groening?!’ one.

Here’s his latest animation, which we consider by far his best work. It features a new character named Liam R. Frogensten, a hyperactive Doppelganger who happens to be from England, with a very silly accent voiced by Bryan, in the setup to a classic ‘switcheroo’ plotline:

Click here to view the embedded video.

If we were to grade Bryan on this new animation, we’d give him a solid A, and here’s why:

• The comedic pacing is very strong.
• The voiceover work is excellent. We especially like Liam’s voice.
• The plot is funny, and some of the gags in this bit are hilarious, like the windshield wiper/clock scene.
• The animation is really good – we could see no mistakes.
• The audio sweetening is good.
• Liam is a very funny character and we want to see more of him! (perhaps a spin-off Bryan…?)

Intern Bryan Charles shows off his self portrait caricature.

Of course, comedy is very subjective, so what’s funny to us may not be funny to you (please remember that if you leave a Comment).

On a personal note, as a former TV comedy writer, we’ve tried writing humor for well over 25 years, and while it can be the most fun job in the world, it’s tough to be consistent and always produce ‘A’ material. We know, because we have failed numerous times.

Combine the difficulty of writing good comedy with the slow, intense time-suck that producing quality animation in Flash can be and perhaps you get an idea of what it takes to create a funny, original cartoon.

This animation is consistent, and qualifies as ‘A’ material to us – way to go Bryan! Now get back to work rendering that 3D epic feature-length film!

If you’re not familiar with Big Picture High School, here’s some info from their website:

At Big Picture, we believe we are doing our best work when each student is an active participant in his or her education, when his or her course of study is personalized by teachers, parents and mentors who know him or her well, and when school-based learning is blended with outside experiences that heighten the student’s interest.

By these means we help students take responsibility for their own learning and prepare for success in college and beyond.

To see more of Bryan’s ’3 Frog Bros.,’ check out his YouTube Channel here.

Like The Simpsons’ annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween episodes, this one’s sure to go down in history as both scary, humorous and animated.

The plotline is simple, and involves scary neighbors, three frog brothers, a talking Wii, and of course, ZOMBIES!:

“After Green Finds a mysterious book, all heck breaks loose…”

Here’s his animation, which runs 6-minutes and 39-seconds:

To see Bryan’s previous animation, which includes his soon-to-be-famous “3 Frog Bros.” series, click here.

To learn more about the innovative Big Picture High School, click here.

He interviewed himself.

As a Cartoon.

Which we present to you now in all its animated glory:

To see Bryan’s previous animation, which includes his soon-to-be-famous “3 Frog Bros.” series, click here.

To learn more about the innovative Big Picture High School, click here.

Our intern, Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School, has created another Flash-animated cartoon in his “3 Frog Bros.” series.

As we mentioned before, Bryan is a budding young artist, has a passion for comics, cartoons and humor, and his Flash skills are growing quite rapidly.

Here’s what he has to say about this week’s “3 Frog Bros.,“:

“Good news from the Frog Brothers universe!!

After a recent hard drive failure, lots of animation is being redone, this however does mean quality is at a minimal compared to the originals, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be as awesomely funny and epic, so to show you what I’ve recently achieved, here is a preview of the 3 Frog Brothers Movie in high definition!!”

- Bryan Charles
Writer/Animator/Actor

Our intern, Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School has created another cartoon in his “3 Frog Bros.” series.

As we mentioned before, Bryan is a budding young artist, and has a passion for comics, cartoons and even creating his own Flash animations (some of which you’ll be seeing here very soon).

He also has a twisted sense of humor and a sharp observational eye, and here’s this week’s “3 Frog Bros.,“:

To see more of Bryan’s work, click here.

We’re proud of our latest Intern, Bryan Charles of Big Picture High School, who’s not only learning new things about storytelling, but has been teaching himself Flash and making numerous animations, all based around his original “3 Frog Bros” cartoon.

Here’s his latest creation, “3 Frog Bros Episode 5” in which the Frog Bros have a close encounter of the strange, and oftentimes funny, kind (keep in mind that he drew and animated this entire thing himself, with the only help coming from friends doing voices):

Click here to view the embedded video.

Have a cartoon idea for Bryan? Email him here!

Our intern, Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School has created a cartoon just for today – “Black Friday”!

As we mentioned before, Bryan is a budding young artist, and has a passion for comics, cartoons and even creating his own Flash animations (some of which you’ll be seeing here very soon).

He also has a twisted sense of humor and a sharp observational eye, and here’s this week’s “3 Frog Bros.,“:

Have a cartoon idea for Bryan? Email him here!

Please welcome the latest addition to The B-Town Blog – our newest intern, Bryan Charles, of Big Picture High School!

Bryan is a budding artist, and has a passion for comics, cartoons and even creating his own Flash animations.

We’re very happy to have him on board, so be sure to look for more of his work soon.

In the meantime, here’s his debut comic “3 Frog Bros.,“, perfect for this Election Day:

This is our second year serving as mentors to a student from Big Picture High School, part of the Highline School District, and described as such on their website:

At Big Picture, we believe we are doing our best work when each student is an active participant in his or her education, when his or her course of study is personalized by teachers, parents and mentors who know him or her well, and when school-based learning is blended with outside experiences that heighten the student’s interest.

By these means we help students take responsibility for their own learning and prepare for success in college and beyond.