Pew pew pew - 07/08/2010

Well looky here, new stuff! First of all, This and That 3 got me first place in Animation10 (the followup to the competition I won last year with Homework Dash) so I now have a kickass new laptop!
Next up, I got offers from two Universities so depending on my results from my A2 courses, I'll be studying at either Leeds or Lincoln to do animation! Woop! Here's the showreel I used
Last of all, I'm out of college now so I'll be doing some more animation work, I've got quite a few things that I need to catch up on before I can actually do toons I LIKE (curse you requests!)
Second last point, commissions are now open again, check them out here
Third last point, my DeviantArt is over 10k pageviews now!
Tis all for this update!

KrEid
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Hello - 07/08/2010

*hey guys, what's going on, you sound? fuck you. In the land of Skippy you can expect to see some new videos coming soon, more stunt-based than animation, as I'm still minus Flash as we speak. I don't want to ruin any of the suprises cooked up, but we have one little game over at Racist Panda Inc. underway called "Pee Pee Roulette", we'll let you do the guessing. LittleBigPlanet levels are on hold awaiting LBP 2 also, and in terms of "Literature", Chris and David III is still being written. Other than that it's all pretty much gaming and parties. Sorry.

Skippy

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Proof of my existance - 06/07/2010

So, new update, first of all I'm now featured on Albino Blacksheep.com, go there and comment on some of my toons!
Next, I'm working on something new for TOFA, but I'm also planning to rethink my animations after the tournament, so expect some changes, hopefully for the best.
Finally, comic very soon, it'll be unrelated to the Clayos Crew, but I'm writing up stuff for it!
Final thing, Backwards got Daily 5th on Newgrounds, weyheyy! Thanks for voting!

KrEid
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BACK!(wards) - 26/06/2010

So, after my laptop chargr decides to explode just as I finish my TOFA entry and I can't submit it, I missed the damn deadline, but anyway, here's what would have been my entry for the open round, Backwards
Also, the comic should be back soon, apologies for the epic delays on it...

KrEid
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No more Matt - 10/06/2010

Those with an IQ above that of a pencil will realise that Matt is now a brain in a pickle jar. Yup, the sound guy's done a runner from the site, wonderful! So now we won't have any funky background music...
As a memorial, I'd like to share this incredibly crappy animation, R.I.P. Matt...

Matt
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Grout: We had a sound guy?

TOFA 2010 - 05/06/2010

Not only have I got my final exam coming up, there's also TOFA in two days, so I'll be occupied on those.
I'll be back on my animatin' feet in like, August, sorry!
I'll try and squeeze in some stuff inbetween gaps though!

TOFA

KrEid
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Facebook! - 30/05/2010

As much as I may winge about it, the site's finally become useful, you can now "like" Clayos on Facebook for updates, links to new toons and what not. See the contact page for the link, or click here
That's all for now!
- Tek

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Commissions officially open! - 27/05/2010

Ok, PayPal sorted, commissions need I say more? Check them out!
Also, the Clayos weekly comic has started, it should be updated every Sunday with a few new panels, or you can read each week seperately. Check it out here. Also, word of warning, it has bad, bad words.
KrEid
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Commission Info (Bye bye text wall) - 23/05/2010

Okay, to get rid of a HUGE text wall from the news page, I've made the new "buy" page and shifted the links to the random page. Info on commissions is on the new page, so be sure to read that!
I've also rearranged and renamed the "fans" page to look more like this page and generally a lot easier to look at, so look at that too and remember we're always open to fan-art and mail!

KrEid
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New Crew - Kyra - 15/05/2010
Konnichiwa!
So I’m the newbie in the Clayos Crew, name’s Kyra, I’ll be looking out for bugs and what not (guess that makes me some kind of Exterminator :-O) so my eye will be watching! Hope I can keep up the current standard and enhance your experience at Clayos ^^
I happen to be a raving cosplayer, who spends countless hours on the net etc :D NarutoFTW! :P
I also dabble in a bit of art and literature ^^
Anywho,
Catch ya later! :D

Kyra
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Grout: Wonderful, more office space taken up, more work for Grout -_-
   ∟Tek: It's hardly an "office" Grout, why not get off your butt and get us a real place to work?
            ∟Grout:lusafilaolaighbblsdagblsdiga
Completed commission: Cheapsnowboards4u - 14/05/2010
Sooo, my first commission is finished, check it out on this site. I'm now open for other commissions but still a bit unsure about prices but bear with me. Matt's returned from Australia where he was filming this toon and I'm back from the USA, college is now getting out of the way too, so yeah, lots of time for job and commission hunting, as well as some new toons and comics.
Tis all for now, keep an eye out for new stuff!
KrEid
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Cheapsnowboards4u: Great communication through out the project and I am very pleased with the style and art work of clayos.

So... 07/05/2010
Well, my art and ICT courses officially finished today, so I have a LOT more free time so until I manage to find a job, I'll have a lot more free time to, well, look for jobs and also do some more Flash stuff. Matt's no longer a physical person as I doubt I'll see much of him outside college, but you'll still see him in the comics and some toons, as well as whatever he contributes to the podcasts. So yeah, after the big emotional parting with my art sketchbook (seriously) I realised how much it's helped me with my toons, so keep an eye out for some luuurvely animations and the should-be-weekly comic!
I'll also keep you up to date with the Animation10 results :)

Now for the second part of this pretty big update, commissions. I posted on Deviant Art that I'll soon be open for commisisons so as soon as I get a price range sorted (I'm honestly clueless at the moment) I'll be open for animation commissions! I need to try and save money for Uni, so any commissions will help, as well as expanding my portfolio and you'll also have a nice toon to add to your shelf (somehow). Oh also, you can comment on stuff now thanks to Tek, any I like will be added to the post, so include a name.

That's all for now! - KrEid

KrEid
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Tek: Comments go like this, Grout is too cheap to pay for a proper comment system, what a "manager"...
   ∟Grout: Well maybe the commissions will help get us some moneys, I need a puppeh!
            ∟Tek: Remind me again why you're part of the team Grout...
KrEid: I miss my books :'(
Animation10 - 30/4/2010
Well, This and That have just been told they have a winning place in the Animation10 competition (the followup to the one I won last year, Animation09) so I'll be off to Manchester again to the awards ceremony :D
I didn't even expect to make it to the finals 2 years in a row, so I'm really happy about it!
Now let's see how well I did, I'll keep you updated...
KrEid
New commission: Cheapsnowboards4u - 29/4/2010
Hello, I'm in Australia at the moment filming for an advert for cheap snowboards 4 u. The filming is going great! In the mean time, why not visit their site.
Thanks
- Matt
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New mini: Grout's crazeh skills - 28/4/2010
Hey there bloodlusters! I just got back from my shoot for a new video showing off my awesome new dance moves.
Check it out here!
Now, I'm slowly getting the team together, so expect some new stuff from us soon!
Grout out!

Grout
New Page: Bios - 24/4/2010
There's a new page to replace the art one I hated. In it's place, there's a bios page where you can find out about the Clayos crew. I've also been put in charge of maintaining the site, so any updates regarding the site will come from me. Anyone who wants to see KrEid's art, use his Deviant Art link on the home page...
- Tek
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New to the crew! Skippy! 19/4/2010
Ok, so meet the newest addition to the Clayos crew, Skippy, who will be helping out with the next podcast, enough said, I think I'll leave the introduction to him...
Good morning Krusty Krew, my name is Skippy, and I am your new online best friend, minus the wanting to meet up down by the docks at midnight. I am new to the staff of Clayos and Sons Est., and I am hoping you will all accept me, in the same way I accepted my accident of a step sister. Oh wait I don’t accept her, ignore that last bit. I am a humanoid, and my most recent achievement was kicking a dead badger. They’re meant to be hard, obviously not if they can’t badger the Reaper. True story. I shall leave you be now, and hope to be back another day.
Stay crunchy,
Skippy McSkip

KrEid
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Chat Room! 11/04/2010
Yup, the FormSpring on the contact page has been taken down and replaced with a chatroom. If this goes well, I'll keep it there :) I should be connected to it most of the time when I'm online, so check it out!
KrEid
Where's Matt? 11/04/2010
No, this isn't a post by Matt, but more of a sad post about Matt. He's gone missing! No phone whether his nor family answered and no email read, Matt very well may have been abducted by aliens, or suffered an even worse fate, being stuck in the depths of his room, forever. Yeah, I know this isn't a proper post, I's just bothered that we didn't get to record the podcast -_- You'll all have to wait until he's recovered and reassembled.
Matt
Easter Aftermath - 05/04/2010
Well, easter is over, and we have our winners!
First place was VidGameDude, check out his Newgrounds
Runners up were Skippy and Kyrawolf, be sure to visit their sites too!

Thanks to everyone else who entered!Now back to eating my eggs...
KrEid

It's like I was never gone! - 31/03/2010

Ok the updates are flying thick and fast!

First of all, This and That 3 got daily 5th place on Newgrounds, which is my first NG award :)
Secondly, the toon has finally been submitted to Animation10 with just 24 hours to spare before the deadline!
Finally, I've added a new link to the links section, and this one's pretty useful, it's a search engine for program icons, it's got some pretty cool stuff, especially if, like me, you like to make sure everything on your menu looks badass, so check that out, http://findicons.com/

And that's it for this post, so wish me luck for Animation10, and enjoy the new toons :)

KrEid

A whole stash of Clayosy goodness! - 30/3/2010

Well well, don't we have news for you today...
First of all, I've put two new toons up on the site, one of them has been lurking around on newgrounds since the start of the month, and the other is brand spanking new, and my entry for Animation10.

I've also expanded the comic page to make room for the second running comic, simply titled Clayos the comic, with episode one solving a well known rumour for you all. I'll hopefully get these released once a week once I've finished my college courses, the same applies to The Chronicles.

Third thing to mention, I finally got scouted on the Newgrounds Art Portal, so be sure to vote on my art! Whilst on the topic of art, I've also been doing a lot more drawing, which you can have a peek at on my Deviant Art.

And finally, the first proper podcast should be done soon, it'll guest star Matt and Skippy and I've also got permission from the top new band of 2009, Violent Deception to use one of their tracks in the podcast too!

I think I'll wrap up here by saying, there's a lot of new things to come, so keep an eye out!

KrEid

Clayos Podcast Episode 0.5 - 20/3/2010

Well, the test podcast is released now, so click on the podcast link on the homepage to listen to it. Please use the contact page to give feedback ideas and things you'd like to hear in the future, it would really help!

Clayos now has an RSS feed too, so please subscribe to that, and also check out the podcast on itunes! I know it wasn't anything spectacular for the first podcast, but that's why we need all the feedback we can get :)

KrEid

Podcasting - 16/3/2010

So... Podcasting is the next lil' side project that I want to try out, and the partner in crime for this will eb the shadowy Mr. Holliday. We're running through ideas lately, but have one question, what would YOU like to hear about? We want to just do a relaxed random jibberish chat about anything really, I'm not one for a huge structured broadcast, but any suggestions that you want us to pinch into the cast, please email to me using the contact page, or send a messege to my formspring!
We should start recording soon, it's just a matter of thinking up content and funky jingles!
Also, be sure to check out my newest animation, Dr KrEid

KrEid

Blue Water - 28/2/2010
Well, Flint is finally complete, and Im not too pleased with it in all honesty, I feel as if I spent too much time fiddling with the story and making it impossible to understand and not enough time on the actual animation side of it, as such, I doubt I'll continue with the series, sorry guys, I wanna keep things simple. As a redemption I'm hoping Blue Water will have some of my best animation yet and win Animation10.

KrEid
Flintlock Episode 1 Update - 3/2/2010
Flintlock Episode 1 should be ready for release soon, but due to exporting problems in Flash it's gunna have to be split into two seperate files, both roughly three minutes each. The story follows the infamous Julian Specter as he escapes from the murder of his parents and must now live a life among his worst nightmare... the poor!
KrEid

Bloody Popular! - 3/2/2010
Well, blood is now by far my most popular animation of all time, getting 20 000 views on Weebls-Stuff alone, which counts as oner 20% of my total views of all time, which is nearing 100 000. Thanks to everyone for all the support and sharing of the video! Not only that, but in the past few months, I've gone from getting about 1000 views a month up to around 10000 a month!

KrEid
Animation10 - 3/2/2010
Wow, first update to the site in over half a year! Oops!
Remember Animation09 last year when I got first place in the Uk 16+ with my animation Homework Dash? Well I'm entered into it this year too! So hopefully I'll do just as well! If you wanna know what you've missed, read my journal on DeviantArt.
KrEid
ANIMATION 09 - Mid 2009

Ok so those of you who have stuck to Clayos will have probably heard a lot about Homework Dash.
Now time for the best news Clayos has had so far...
I went to the awards ceremony at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and found out that Homweork Dash had won first place in the 16+ League! (Definately worth waking up at 6am for!)The competition was amazing and I still can't believe how I managed to win it, but this will definately help Clayos move forward.And another good thing, in the past month there hasnt been any new additions to Newgrounds BUT I still have an extra 1000+ views which means that people are starting to look for me...

Anyway, here are some pictures from the awards ceremony :)
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Again, Id like to thank everyone for the support while i made this film, and as a reward, here's a celebration film I made... CLICK HERE :D

KrEid

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