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happy #indieanimationday ! 💜💚 here’s a preview of our theme song, written and produced by the great @TheJakeneutron ! full version linked below!

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happy #indieanimationday ! 💜💚 our show is called “hey.” an adult-animation sitcom that could be described as a mix between bob’s burgers and insecure, it’s the story of two people who really love each other trying to learn how to love each other. 🤞🏾 listed below is our cast!

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happy #indieanimationday ! 💜💚 “hey.” is an adult animated sitcom about two people who really love each other trying to learn how to love each other. we like to think of it as insecure meets bob’s burgers. here’s a little preview of what we’ve been working on! 🙏🏾

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that’s what girls do. 🩷💚🩵

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2021 -> 2022 -> 2023 -> 2024 💜💚

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2022 -> 2024 💜🩵

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our urban rangers. 💰💰💰

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some storyboard panels from our pilot. 💜💚

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2022 -> 2024 💜🧡 when you get used to drawing your cast overtime.

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happy #indieanimationday ! 💜💚 adding to a loooong line of animated couples!

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happy #indieanimationday ! 💜💚 thank you so much for the support so far. enjoy this new poster! more series updates soon!

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if i give it a chance, will it wear the weight? 💜💚

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our girls of rock and roll. 💚🩷💙

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2022 -> 2024 💜🩵

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2022 -> 2024 💜🧡 when you get used to drawing your cast overtime.

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some background designs from our pilot, done by the great @stevenhendrxx 💜💚

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this is nae! 💜 voiced by the amazing @peytthagreat here’s a thread about her and her creation, so you all can get to know her a little better! 🧵

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wearing our influences on our sleeves. 💜💚

DEE's WORLD

@DeesW0RLD

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lets try something fun✨✨✨ What 4 pieces of media influence your #indieanimation project the most? We'll start:

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who do you want to be your best friend out of these four? 👀

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Who do you want to be best friends with out of these four?

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Richie Brave 🇬🇾🇬🇾

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Who is your favourite TV/Film Black couple? Mine is Beth and Randall.

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this is marcus! 🤙🏿 voiced by the incomparable @foreignman242 here's a thread about him and his creation so you all can get to know him a little better! 🧵

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veridis joe ( @lighthawkhebi ) is blu!

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🎙️ PAID VOICE ACTING CALL!! 🎙️ we’re currently casting voice actors for our pilot, “hey.” for our lead characters. auditions will be open the entire month of february. details for how to audition/who to audition for, as well as the application, are down below! 👇🏾💰

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we’re on instagram now! 💜💚

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this is blu! 😶‍🌫️ voiced by the GOAT @lighthawkhebii here’s a thread about him and his creation so you all can get to know him a little better! 🧵

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this is bre! 🎨 voiced by the brilliant @Ellie_Rodz here’s a thread about her and her creation so you all can get to know her a little better! 🧵

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since i’ve already included some of my favorite shots of bre from the animatic, here’s one of my favorite jokes with her and mel lol they’re a great pair.

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this is mel! 🩵 voiced by the spectacular @TheEmpressLayla here’s a thread about her and her creation so you all can get to know her a little better! 🧵

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foreign man in a foreign land ( @foreignman242 ) is marcus showers!

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peyton rowe ( @peytthagreat ) is shania “nae” young!

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recording for the show will begin very soon, the script is already written! the writing team for our first episode includes @_vmftv @foreignman242 @FDsignifier cheran rush and @ToonrificTariq ! stay tuned for updates! we cannot wait to share these characters with you all! 💜💚

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thank you all so much! 🥹💜💚

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2023 Most Anticipated Indie Animated Series goes to @theheycartoon !

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empress layla ( @TheEmpressLayla ) is meliyah “mel” young!

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alaya richardson ( @Alaya_Richards ) is cheran carr!

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and this is cheran! 💫 voiced by the outstanding @Alaya_Richards here’s a thread about her and her creation so you all can get to know her a little better! 🧵

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symba luna ( @symbaluna ) is kiona dean!

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ellie rodz ( @Ellie_Rodz ) is breana “bre” leonardo!

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marcus and nae:

Shira

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I want what they have....... a couch.

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this is kiona dean! 💰 voiced by the magnificent @symbaluna here’s a thread about them and their creation so you all can learn a little more about them! 🧵

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much love! 🥹💜💚

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8 months

Did some fanart in anticipation for @theheycartoon , real excited to see this drop!

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wow!! this is soooo good! thank you so much!! 💜💚

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6 months

The curse has been lifted. I have finally drawn fanart for @theheycartoon Keep up the fantastic work on the show 🫶🏻 everyone check them out!

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thank you so much!! it’s actually inspired by whatever happened to robot jones! i always really appreciated that, no matter what movement the characters did, those hatch lines would always move too and make them feel so alive. adds to the human touch!

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@theheycartoon where did the idea for the hatching/shading on the eyes and some of the shadows come from. its very unique. also my answer is D.

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all donations go to the preproduction of the show! 💜💚 paypal: venmo: cashapp: $altariqharris

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Tomorrow 👀

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love love love, wtf. 🥹💜💚

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3 months

So I choreographed a dance to the “Hey.”’s theme song! 💃🏾💜💚 (please forgive the floor creaking! 😭) @ToonrificTariq @theheycartoon

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stay tuned. 🤫💜💚

The Sunflower Club indie animation

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7 months

The next #IndieAnimationDay is November 16th! Join us in celebrating and promoting the Indie Animation Community! Will you be participating?

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when nae was finally designed a year later, it was really important to me that she looked like the girls i knew growing up. even something like proud family had the characters in outfits that i never saw my friends in, i wanted her to wear stuff you could find in your closet.

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the auditions are now closed! thank you so much to everyone who auditioned or even just shared the casting call! we have a looooot of entries to go through, but we will keep you all updated very soon! thank you! 💜💚

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nae is named after a good friend of mine from high school, shania kelly. her last name comes from my best friend of about 15 years and voice of kiki in my last cartoon “power of k”, nikea young.

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because of that thought process, even tho she always loved purple, her original colors were meant to reflect realism. but i realized two things: 1) these colors are great but not really “iconic” and 2) i’m making a cartoon, so who cares lol.

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when the concept of the show first came about, i wrote a script that just had marcus and nae. their friends didn’t exist and not a single drawing was done, just names. even in the earliest drafts, purple was engraved into her character lol.

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my friend @AwestruckVox pitched me the idea of bre being “the voice of chaos” and when the pilot was written, she morphed into this big bombastic personality. and part of that is really attributed to @Ellie_Rodz ’s performance. her reads made me push big expressions on bre.

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you can support the project by donating to the following links! 💜💚 CashApp: $AlTariqHarris

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here’s some of my favorite shots of her from the pilot’s animatic!

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she’s based on characters like squeaky voiced teen or larry from gumball. i wanted to see what it’d be like if the gag character that worked everywhere was actually someone we followed & understood. plus, i worked at walmart so she’s a good vent character lol. (art @BlakeOhBeKay )

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here’s some more early artwork of marcus and nae! the two in the middle are actually the first time they were ever designed and the first one is the first time they were drawn together. 💜💚

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bre might’ve been the first character outside of marcus and nae to be designed. i knew nae needed a best friend but originally, she was really shy, insecure and timid. but because of the fit i gave her, i always knew she was an artist.

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her actual personality is a real melting pot, taking inspiration from myself, my family and anywhere inbetween. her existence is truly an ode to the amazing black women in my life.

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bonus from 2021, the first time bre and nae were drawn together! right after bre was designed. they both came a long way lol. 💜🧡

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i’ve always loved low voiced, dry wit characters but it’s so easy to make them feel cold or emotionless. the task with mel was to find a way to create that kind of character that still felt like she cared about the people around her. @TheEmpressLayla really sold that.

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fun fact: mel’s name was originally drea! ✨ (not sure what it was gonna be short for, tho lol) these are the first sketches i ever did of her, back in 2021.

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back when @BlakeOhBeKay was testing out some colors for the characters, we played around with bre a bit since we wanted something that felt unified with nae’s colors. there’s some things i miss about the baby blue / teal but i do think we made the right decision in the end.

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like nae, marcus existed as just text first. i remember, coming out of that script, fearing that i made him too unlikable. he was stubborn, didn't take things seriously, like every other black male sitcom protagonist lol so we changed that. i'll always miss this joke, tho lol.

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1 year

thank you so much to @IndieIANNetwork for putting our show in this video! 💜💚

Indie Animation Network

@IndieIANNetwork

1 year

Now available on YouTube: From Studio Heartbreak’s ‘THE LOVERS’ to ‘CIRCUS OF WISHES’, we went over & explained the TOP 10 of indie animated shows & films to look forward too! 📣| TOP 20 of indie animated shows & movies will be coming next 💜

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"Hey Yo" (Theme Song to 'hey.') @Jakeneutron

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TOMORROW IS #INDIEANIMATIONDAY !!!! We can’t wait to celebrate indie animation with everyone!! 💛💛💛💛

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you can donate to our production here! 💜💚 (background design by @stevenhendrxx ) CashApp: $AlTariqHarris

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song used: “give it to me” by swv voices in clip: @peytthagreat 💜 @foreignman242 💚

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looooove this! 💜💚 #indietober #indietober2023

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The #indietober #indietober2023 continues! Day 5: @theheycartoon Today is dedicated to "hey!" Anyone can join if they want. Open 🧵for other Thot pieces #artchallenge #octoberchallenge #indietober #indietober2023

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bre’s named after two people. our board artist @breanimator and a high school friend of mine named jose leonardo. i actually don’t think i’ve ever told jose this lol.

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i have a cousin named evie and when we were kids, we kinda grew up like siblings. that’s such a normal black relationship that you don’t see that often in animation so, i wanted to showcase that with nae and mel. she’s probably one of the characters to change the least.

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here's some of my favorite shots of him from the pilot's animatic! third shot boarded by the effortlessly talented @breanimator

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he’s another who’s colors were pretty hard to figure out. i liked the idea of a character named “blu” not wearing a blue hat. but that’s all i knew and @BlakeOhBeKay helped me play with a bunch of cool options.

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i’ve said it before but mel was originally named drea, i’ve always loved that name. but i also had a friend named meliyah in high school and always thought that name was really pretty, so that’s what made me change it.

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here’s some of my favorite shots of her from the pilot’s animatic!

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3 months

check out our theme song, if you haven’t already!

"Hey Yo" (Theme Song to 'hey.') @Jakeneutron

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monday… 👀

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cheran was originally just designed to be nae’s coworker as a swim teacher, hence the swimsuit. she was the last character in the pilot that i came up with. the poses are based on lizzo lol so that’s why they look very specific.

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@theheycartoon

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when designing marcus, i remember being a bit worried that he'd end up looking too much like the avatar i draw for myself in my videos. early sketches of him are real close to that. that's where the durag and his build came in clutch.

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1 year

stay tuned for some updates on #indieanimationday … 👀💜💚

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cheran’s name after cheran rush, a friend of mine from college that actually helped write the pilot and elijah carr, my best friend from high school who i made my first cartoon, “power of k”, with.

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@theheycartoon

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here’s some of my favorite shots of her from the pilot’s animatic!

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the reason cheran has a little gap in her teeth is because marcus originally had one but i took it out. when i showed these drawings to the real cheran, she said she missed that detail. so when i invented a character named after her, i gave her the gap instead lol.

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28 days

kiona dean was another one of those “must have” characters, i knew marcus needed a squad. and i love when there’s someone who characters address by both names. i knew a ton of people like that and thought it’d be a fun way to make them stand out.

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and also! kd was another character who went through multiple palettes by @BlakeOhBeKay to make sure they complimented marcus as much as possible before we… just settled on an updated version of the old ones lol but it was still cool to try stuff out!

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the decision to make him bahamian came from a stream i did with @foreignman242 about caribbean cartoon characters and me realizing that there was no proper representation. after about a week of thinking about it, i reached out to him to help change that.

These Caribbean Cartoons are CURSED

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which of nae’s favorite movies is the hardest? 👀

the lion king 2.

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blu was probably the hardest personality to figure out, i wasn’t sure which direction to go with him. for a while he was a little rougher, he was a know-it-all at one point, i had an idea that he’s secretly be scared of marcus lol but he’s so different now.

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don’t be so sure. 😉

moved to @jarofjellyalt

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@theheycartoon IS IT HAPPENING oh wait it's not for hey...

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marcus may be the only character who's first name doesn't originate from someone that i know but his last name, showers, comes from @BlakeOhBeKay (who did the final color design on the characters and the addition character design for the pilot)

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@theheycartoon

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here’s some of my favorite shots of him from the pilot’s animatic!

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@theheycartoon

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here’s some of my favorite shots of them from the pilot’s animatic!

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blu’s actually named after a fictional character. one of my favorite shows is showtimes’s “flatbush misdemeanors” and there’s a great character on there named blue (in the middle). it’s my way of keeping the spirit of that show alive. and i just thought no e in the name was cool.

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thank you all so much for the toonie nominations! 💜💚

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hey. 🤭

The Three Tomes ( In Pre-production script phase)

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Wow. Is that @ the real @theheycartoon ? By our creator's brother @ the real @ToonrificTariq ?

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like marcus, kd came from a want to add more nuanced representation to the medium. my best friend in college and current roommate is indigenous and every once in a while, we talked about how they have such limited rep. kd is afro-indigenous, which i felt was even more limited.

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give our theme song a listen, if you haven’t already!

"Hey Yo" (Theme Song to 'hey.') @Jakeneutron

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donate to the show to see nae and her friends come to life! 💜💚 $AlTariqHarris

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so many people that i’ve shown the cartoon to so far have said that they really love blu and that he makes them laugh, so i’m excited to see how everyone feels about him when the episode comes out. @lighthawkhebii did great.

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