Zambolo
It's Zambolo! The crazy little jungle man is back!
Those of you who have been visiting this site for a while may remember that Zambolo was once a permanent fixture here. In a previous incarnation, his drooling visage adorned the bottom of every page, frightening old ladies and small children. It's been ages since I last drew him, but this afternoon I got out the old pen and paper and decided to see if I could still remember what he looked like.
At one point, Zambolo was going to be the protagonist a 2D sidescroller. Along with his trusty elephant Ganesha, he would rampage through the Big City on his way back home to the jungle. Alas, it was not to be, since although I animated an entire library of different walk cycles, run cycles, jump cycles, fall cycles and death cycles for him, I never got very good at animation, and was even worse at designing backgrounds. Add to that the fact that the only way I had of actually putting the whole thing together was a rickety "make your own game" affair called The Games Factory, and you can probably surmise that the project was doomed to failure.
Perhaps the time has come for Zambolo to resurface, maybe in the form of a picture book or a comic. I think he's a pretty cool creation, when all said and done, and he's fun to draw. Unfortunately I feel I have a bit of a Spumco influence going on, which is all well and good in small doses, but when you consider that (a) it seems to be the only influence and (b) I'll never be even a fraction as good as these guys, I think it's fair to say that I need to broaden my horizons a bit and work in some ideas from elsewhere. Watch this space: perhaps I will have more Zambolo drawings for you soon.
3 Comments:
Are the old Zambolo comics still around? They used to be hillarious. "Goliath knows where it hurts!" or however that part went still plays in my head.
By Todd S. Gallows, at 23:13
I've got them somewhere, but last time I looked at them I was pretty embarrassed by them. A lot of the humour felt really lame to me. Still, if I can find them I might scan them and upload them for a laugh.
By Whiggles, at 00:11
Yeah, I know too well what it's like to be embarassed by earlier works. All part of the developmental process of style, I guess.
By Todd S. Gallows, at 01:05
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