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Dean Dodrill

2012-08-19T13:47:58Z

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'''Dean Dodrill''' (also known as '''Noogy''') is a professional animation [[artist]]. He lives in [[wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]], and is married to [[Elizabeth Dodrill|Elizabeth]], since early-September 2000.

Dean's dream of becoming an animator started during his time of junior-high/high school, inspired by the [[Foxglove]] [[bat]]-[[character]], from one episode of [[wikipedia:Walt_Disney_Television_Animation|Disney's]] ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' TV animation series.

He began drawing up fan art of Foxglove, creating his own characters, such as [[Leddinger]], a [[flying squirrel]], and [[Bonnie]], a [[mouse]]-girl (created after his own blood-heritage as half-[[wikipedia:Korea|Korean]]).

Together, these characters were developed in various film-shorts, such as ''[[Living On A Prayer]]''. The characters were initially created as short-bodied [[rodent]]s. Since then, Dean has evolved his characters to have larger, more [[human]]-like [[anatomy]].
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==The Jazz Jackrabbit games==

During this time he landed a short-lived job at [[Jagged Edge Studios]](Actually he and his brother created/owned the company Jagged Edge Studios) in conjunction with [[Wikipedia:Epic MegaGames|Epic MegaGames]], where he did animation for the [[Jazz Jackrabbit]] video games. Then when it came to doing ''[[Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files]]'', he created [[Lori Jackrabbit]], a yellow athletic femme-[[rabbit|jackrabbit]], being Jazz and [[Spaz Jackrabbit|Spaz]]'s sister. Though those characters live on through fans, Epic ended up failing to balance their books and were forced to lay off Dean.

A third installment of the game, [[Jazz Jackrabbit 3]] (also known as '''Jazz Jackrabbit 3D''' and '''Jazz3D''',) in which Dean worked on the game's artwork and level design, never came to be due to Epic's failure to funding for the project. It would have been developed using the [[wikipedia:Unreal_Engine|Unreal engine]] technology.

==Elysian Tail==
<div style="float:right">{{#ev:youtube|GumIlPK5hLM|425|270}}<br />''Elysian Tail: Dust'' teaser - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7vE6l1MN0 followup]</div>
Shortly afterward, Dean got his well-deserved break at slowly starting to animate his dream-film, ''[[Elysian Tail]]'' (originally titled ''Elysium Tail''), with Elizabeth and himself producing, directing, animating, and voicing the featured characters Bonnie, Leddinger, and [[Tika]]. Many of their fans/friends are impressed by the entire concept of animating this film, not to mention how heroic the characters ought to be.

As Dean continues to tackle ''Elysian Tail'', he has withdrawn from online activities. He plans an online comeback once his current projects are completed.

Dean first release, a video game entitled ''Elysian Tail: Dust'' written in [[Wikipedia:Microsoft XNA|XNA]] was released on Xbox Live Arcade on August 15, 2012 to general acclaim. The game [[News:Elysian Tail game wins $40,000 prize in XNA Dream-Build-Play competition|won the $40,000 grand prize in Microsoft's Dream-Build-Play competition]].

==Bonnie==

'''Bonnie''' is a femme fatale [[mouse]] [[character]], created by Dean Dodrill. Without a doubt, she is his pride and joy and his baby! Created somewhat after Dean himself, Bonnie is half-Korean. Her fur is two different tones of tan, and she has long ultramarine blue hair. Wardrobe-wise, she wears a pale-light turquoise-blue two-piece warrioress ensemble.

Bonnie was officially born on November 1st, 1993. Quite unlike the mouses' character, she's grown and evolved. She started small (more rodent-like) in a few rare animation experiments, one of which is ''[[Living On A Prayer]]'' (featuring that song of the same name). Another is ''[[Morning Bonnie]]'', where she's awakened by her "blob-puppy" [[Bopo]].

Since then, has Bonnie evolved into having a more [[human]]-like body. As Dean continued to experiment, he decided it was time to make a more exciting character in Bonnie...as the big heroine for his dream-film project ''[[Elysian Tail]]''. In it, Bonnie must put her sword-wielding skills to the ultimate plot-test when the unthinkable happens in her home-community, also involving her trainer/mentor [[Leddinger]], and his young daughter [[Tika]], who she's like like a big sister to.
== External links ==

* [http://noogy.com/ NoogyLand]
* [http://www.elysiantail.com/ Elysian Tail] official page
*[http://www.snowbuni.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1103659416 "Noogy.com Gone Offline"] message board thread from ''[http://www.snowbuni.com/ SnowBuni.com]''

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Dust: An Elysian Tail

2012-08-19T13:46:26Z

173.74.127.146:

{{merge|Dean Dodrill}}
'''''Elysian Tail''''' is a story universe created through the works of [[Dean Dodrill]]. It consists of both an animated film (of the same name, formerly titled ''Elysium Tail'') and a side-scrolling video game (''Dust: an Elysian Tail''). The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade August 15, 2012 while the film is currently in-production. Both Dodrill and his wife, [[Elizabeth Dodrill|Elizabeth]], are the primary participants and funders in the animating, producing, directing and voice casting of both works.

==Universe==
The main characters in the story universe are Dust (the main character of the inaugural game), [[Bonnie]], Leddinger, Tika and Fidget (the fox sidekick of Dust).
{{WikiFurNews|Elysian Tail game wins $40,000 prize in XNA Dream-Build-Play competition}}
===Video game===
The ''Dust'' game revolves around Dust saving a village from oppression with the help of an ancient sword, accompanied by miniature flying fox sidekick Fidget.

==Production==
<div style="float:right">{{#ev:youtube|GumIlPK5hLM|425|270}}<br />''Elysian Tail: Dust'' teaser - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7vE6l1MN0 followup]</div>
While the film, which began production in or after 2000, is far from complete due to budget and time constraints, the video game has gradually inched closer to completion (despite Dodrill having only learned object-oriented programming in early 2009), with a teaser of the pre-alpha build being released on YouTube in May 2009. Furthermore, a more advanced build of the game won a $40,000 grand prize at the September 2009 Microsoft XNA Dream-Build-Play competition, and was released to general acclaim on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] on August 15, 2012. The game makes an appearance at PAX East expo in Boston.

==External Links==
* [http://www.elysiantail.com Elysian Tail]

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Dust: An Elysian Tail

2012-08-19T13:45:42Z

173.74.127.146: Updating dust release. Someone link to the metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dust-an-elysian-tail

{{merge|Dean Dodrill}}
'''''Elysian Tail''''' is a story universe created through the works of [[Dean Dodrill]]. It consists of both an animated film (of the same name, formerly titled ''Elysium Tail'') and a side-scrolling video game (''Dust: an Elysian Tail''). The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade August 15, 2012 while the film is currently in-production. Both Dodrill and his wife, [[Elizabeth Dodrill|Elizabeth]], are the primary participants and funders in the animating, producing, directing and voice casting of both works.

==Universe==
The main characters in the story universe are Dust (the main character of the inaugural game), [[Bonnie]], Leddinger, Tika and Fidget (the fox sidekick of Dust).
{{WikiFurNews|Elysian Tail game wins $40,000 prize in XNA Dream-Build-Play competition}}
===Video game===
The ''Dust'' game revolves around Dust saving a village from oppression with the help of an ancient sword, accompanied by miniature flying fox sidekick Fidget.

==Production==
<div style="float:right">{{#ev:youtube|GumIlPK5hLM|425|270}}<br />''Elysian Tail: Dust'' teaser - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7vE6l1MN0 followup]</div>
While the film, which began production in or after 2000, is far from complete due to budget and time constraints, the video game has gradually inched closer to completion (despite Dodrill having only learned object-oriented programming in early 2009), with a teaser of the pre-alpha build being released on YouTube in May 2009. Furthermore, a more advanced build of the game won a $40,000 grand prize at the September 2009 Microsoft XNA Dream-Build-Play competition, and was released to general acclaim on [[wikipedia:Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live Arcade]] in August, 2012. The game makes an appearance at PAX East expo in Boston.

==External Links==
* [http://www.elysiantail.com Elysian Tail]

[[Category:Video games]]
[[Category:Story worlds]]
[[Category:Movies]]