Skunk Fu!

New Website

2009-05-15T03:40:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

I don't know if you have seen it but we have a new site for Skunk. You can play games and download ringtones.

still no news on a new season I'm afraid. Even if we did get news it would still take about six months to finish the first new episode. Did you know that it took over a year to make the first 26 episodes of Skunk fu? That's how long animation can take.

So it will be a long wait I'm afraid.

But check out the new site to keep you occupied....

http://www.skunkfu.tv/

Also if you wnat to see some other things our studio has made here in Ireland, have a look at our new site:

www.cartoonsaloon.ie

Also I post more often here now....

Bye,

Paul.

Toys and DVDs available online here..

2009-04-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

If you wanna get your hands on Skunk Fu DVDs and Toys and can't find them in your neighbourhood you can buy them here....

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=skunk+fu&x=0&y=0

Hello Hello

2009-04-02T10:49:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, sorry we have no certain news of a second season or feature yet, so don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia!

Skunk Toys online

2009-01-05T06:53:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys,

The Skunk Fu! games will be coming out soon, check out this site to see all the new Fu Flyerz!

http://www.fuflyerz.com/ This is the UK Site

http://www.flingzgames.com/ This is the US Site

SKUNK TOYS coming soon!!!

2008-12-12T06:02:00.000-08:00

Hello All.

Big news for us, their will be some Skunk Fu based toys in shops in the US and UK in the Spring. There will be action figures to collect and 70 different "flingz" that you can use to play games. They won't be out until late January or February.

Before you ask, not sure where they will be out yet in the US or UK!

There will be a website up soon about these toys so I'll let you know when that is ready.

Coolabula!

Paul.

SKUNK FU! Full theme song here!

2008-10-22T06:01:00.000-07:00

Check it out everyone, the full theme song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21NT9sWbsc

NEW GAME!

2008-09-23T05:27:00.000-07:00

Hey Everybody,

Theres a new game on the skunkfu.tv site:

"Welcoming Monkeys to Your Neighborhood".

Rumor has it that there's a secret level unlocked by "welcoming" ALL the monkeys in the first screen.

Don't forget to press f5 to refresh you browser cache!

Go to www.skunkfu.tv to check it out.

Paul.

Skunk fu! and the future!

2008-08-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hello readers!

This used to be a blog used by the crew on Skunk Fu! Now as we have the show on in the USA we get lot of comments from Skunk Fu Fans from all over the world. thanks to everyone for your great comments and for watching our show, which we really appreciate.

So I think its high time I told you all what is going on with Skunk Fu! as many of you have been asking. We have only made 52 episodes and we can't make any more for a while as we need the nice people in the BBC, Cartoon Network and all the other channels around the world to order more shows.

Cartoon Saloon is just a small studio in Ireland who development and make cartoons. But if you really want to see more Skunk Fu! shows you should send your letters and emails to the Cartoon Network and BBC or to whatever TV station you watch it on, then they might ask us for a new series or more importantly, give us money to make some more shows for you!

My name is Paul and I'm the only one looking after this blog for the time being, so I'll try to post more often with any interesting facts and pictures.

So if you really want to see more of Skunk, the best thing you can do is tell you TV station you want more!

Bye for now,

Paul.

JOBS at Cartoon Saloon

2007-11-14T05:17:00.000-08:00

Cartoon Saloon is accepting applications!

Cartoon saloon is inviting CV's for all studio positions from storyboards, storyboard supervisor, Layout supervisor, BG layouts, character Layouts, 2D animators and production personnel.

Flash series animation experience is preferred but not essential.

Please send your CV, the position you are applying for and a digital or online reel to Jobs-at-cartoonsaloon-dot-ie

SKUNK FU! Blasts Off on the BBC in July!

2007-06-21T11:07:00.000-07:00

The first 26 episodes of Skunk Fu will be tx-ing weekdays at 3.45/3.50 from BBC week 28 (Monday 9th July 2007) on BBC1 and on Saturdays at 6pm on the CBBC Channel, from week 29 (Saturday 14th July 2007). It has already premiered on ABC Australia.

Art of Art Props-before & after

2007-04-12T02:08:00.000-07:00

Cool Props by Jesse Schilperoort

Brunhilde Duck

2007-04-12T01:34:00.000-07:00

It turns out Duck has other talents, besides cooking?!?

Rabbit run

2007-03-22T07:21:00.001-07:00

By Leo Ito

Cool 3D monster action on Ka-Ching

2007-03-22T06:59:00.000-07:00

...click the title to go straight to Ka-Ching

Skunk Fu! Crew 2007

2007-02-23T01:07:00.001-08:00

X Ray Skunk

2007-02-14T09:53:00.000-08:00

Goulish Design for The Art of Initiation
by joost vd Bosch

Sketch Club!!

2007-02-07T13:14:00.000-08:00

So it's finally back! The sketch club is up and running again, under new management. Erik Verkerk and Abel Gongora are now running the show. Hit the title to go straight there!

Skunk Evolution.

2007-01-31T05:04:00.000-08:00

This was the first design of Skunk.
Pretty mad!

What the f... - Baboon's a sailor?!?

2007-01-25T10:19:00.000-08:00

We like .gif's! Click picture for animation.

2007-01-25T07:44:00.000-08:00

Kickin' bug butt!

Dragon Ball Rabbit

2007-01-23T12:59:00.000-08:00

Marco get's his freak on!

2007-01-22T09:36:00.000-08:00

Skunk drinks chili juice and gets a massage. Here's a few out-takes! - very funny sequence by Marco Piersma. Click the link to go to Marco's new blog!

WellWorthWaiting

2007-01-19T03:11:00.000-08:00

What ho,
I got tired of paying for my WellWorthWaiting website, and updating it was beyond me, so I've finally set up a blog.
Oh, the ignominy.
Do pop in for a cup of tea and a biscuit some time
Mr. Harte

Super Panda

2007-01-19T02:17:00.000-08:00

A panel from Leo Ito's latest board - Leo is the latest addition to our storyboard team.

Title Card Bonanza!!!

2007-01-18T08:14:00.000-08:00

These are awesome - by Mick Harrison, Joost van den Bosch, and Aidan Harte I believe.

Title sequence artwork

2007-01-17T03:02:00.000-08:00

Still's by Joost Van den Bosch

Jakob rocks the blog!

2007-01-16T04:29:00.000-08:00

A few panel's Jakob just finished for his latest masterpiece! Click the link to check Jakob's favorite site!

Panda in trouble

2007-01-15T11:41:00.000-08:00

The shit's goin' down in Chris's latest board!

Skunks caught by airport security!

2007-01-12T06:49:00.000-08:00

x-ray skunk by Erik Verkerk

The Salt Water Skunks Man

2007-01-11T02:23:00.000-08:00

Skunk tries to convince Baboon, that a supscribtion to "Salt Water Skunksman" Magazine, is preferable to taking over the Valley!

Fat Panda

2006-12-11T08:26:00.000-08:00

YumYum-Eat like a Panda this Christmas!

Sketch Club

2006-11-29T03:26:00.000-08:00

The latest and greatest from the Cartoon Saloon Sketchclub - hit the link and check it out!
Jack the Ripper by Jesse Schilperoort

Oh Brucee

2006-11-28T01:11:00.000-08:00

Big love to guy who started it all, the guy in the yellow jumpsuit:
Bruce Lee (1940-1973)

Sketch club moved

2006-11-14T06:52:00.000-08:00

It's arrived.
The Cartoon Saloon sketch club is finally arrived.
Hie thee hence.

http://cartoonsaloonsketchclub.blogspot.com/

Jez strikes again

2006-11-13T01:11:00.000-08:00

Jez Hall is doing a board at the moment for "The Art of No lung fu".
He was so happy about finishing the board he threw a party.

We have a winnaar!

2006-11-06T02:10:00.000-08:00

Huzzah! The fezzed ones triumph again.
Congratulations to Erik and Joost for winning an award (with cash Ka-ching!) in the South Holland Design Awards.
In Hollandaise that's "Winnaars in de categorie Visuele communicatie"

I think I heard a shot!

2006-11-03T00:33:00.000-08:00

Posters found in the Ninja training ground. Poor little brainwashed ninjas, they don't know no better.S ing it with me now; Nothin' proper about ya propaganda…Yeah!
Excuse me- you in the back, you're not singing. Oh? Oh really? Well fine, we’ll just sing without you Mr. Fascist pants.

SKUNKZILLA!

2006-10-27T11:44:00.000-07:00

Check out the latest monsters from the upcoming episode "The art of Dream Control!

New cool boards!

2006-10-25T10:00:00.000-07:00

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A couple of drawings from Jezz Hall's latest storyboard - Awesome stuff!

bazdesigns

2006-10-24T02:16:00.000-07:00

Check out the sensational art of Barry Reynolds.
bazdesigns.blogspot.com
Go, go now!

We don't need no steenkeeng badgers!

2006-10-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Today we recieved a limited amount of wonderfilled badges of the Skunk. They are made from specially selected metals favoured by ancient Chinese herbalists as far back as the Wan Hung Lo dynasty (the one with Joan Collins as the tart, not Falcon Crest, no, the other one.. no, you're thinking of Knotts Landing. That was a spin off of Dallas with the man from Atlantis and Sue Ellen whacked off her nut on Goof balls, Screaming yella zonkers and gin). I say there were a limited amount (delivered in a golden taxi) and i kid you not dear reader. as there are many many wonderful people working on the show (all very dear friends of mine i might add) we were required to have a naked fist fight on SuperQuin car park to decide who it was that would get to take home these beautiful items. I of course won one, being the toughest in the studio and all. Some other toothless goons managed to half throttle each other for the remaining few as I stepped on their fingers making my way into town with the intension of impressing the sense out of the lady shop workers in Penneys.

Royal monkey jelly

2006-10-19T04:49:00.000-07:00

The Art of Dream Control:
As a timely homage to last summer's Blockbuster, a Ninja monkey turns into Naomi Watts.

Elephants, Pinkish

2006-10-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

This happy fellow makes a guest apperance in The Art of Luck.

Skunk goes to Canne..with an ipod

2006-10-13T05:23:00.000-07:00

It was only a matter of time, an excellent Adbust by Rick Capistrano of Studio B productions.
Hello to Kevin and all our Canadian Skunkateers in the S to the B.
You guys rock!

It seems to have been a good Week for the little off-smelling muskrat.
It one of the most screened shows, 5th out of 970+ programmes, at Mipcom Jr and got interest from lots of broadcasters. Huzzah.
Mr Wayne Dearing paid us a nice visit too since he was in the neighbour hood. Thanks to all the great animators at Topdrawer for your super work so far.
-
Aidan

Old Man Turtle

2006-10-10T04:57:00.000-07:00

He just keeps rollin' along...

SKUNK FU! at Brand Licensing show 2006 London

2006-10-05T05:19:00.000-07:00

Skunkfeld

2006-10-04T01:24:00.000-07:00

Skunk does standup for a captive audience of Ninjas.
Ensue the comedy already.

StoryBoard Drawings for 'The Art of leaving them Laughing '
by Alessandra Sorrentino

Animation department

2006-10-01T07:03:00.000-07:00

I give up, what 'is' in the basket??

"Arrivederchi"and "how do you do"

2006-09-26T01:33:00.000-07:00

Alas, the wonderful Alessandra Sorrentino and Alfredo Cassano have left Skunk Fu.
To sit in their chairs, two new Skunkateers, Tore Poulsen and Jay Smith have joined our merry brood.
Have a look at Jay's work here:
www.manticorefilms.com

-AH

Baboon walk - animation by Alfredo Cassano

2006-09-20T12:34:00.000-07:00


Baboon walk cycle for the tv series Skunk Fu animation by Alfredo Cassano copyright cartoon saloon 2006

Skunk Walk Cycle

2006-09-20T11:34:00.000-07:00


Skunk Walk Cycle for the tv series Skunk Fu Animation by Alessandra Sorrentino Copyright Cartoon Saloon 2006

Our dear pal Rasmus gives something back.

2006-09-20T04:28:00.000-07:00

As you'd expect it is a high flying world of glamour here at the cartoon saloon making the funny pictures. Not a day goes by without someone getting an exotic disease, like Fijian Lumps, Mauritius neck or everyones favourite, gout. With this in mind our storyboard champion lion wrestler Rasmus thought it would be a hoot to show the world that it isn't all Paris poetry snorting and parties with 'girls'. So he decided to give something back to the 'little people'. In particular the 'little Rasmusis' round and about. The type of Rasmusis (or is it 'Rasmusi') that have never been to a swanky premiere, worn a gold plated vest or been waited on nose and wing by a team of mute mormons. Feel free little Rasmusis to call Rasmus day or night (number witheld) and live vicariously through his decadent tales and exotic ailments.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Skunk

2006-09-19T11:49:00.000-07:00

Abel Gongora(colour) and Jakob Foged's(Drawing) rendition of Skunk as a mutant, pizza eating, ninja freak!

Coming to a Nintendo near you!

2006-09-12T11:20:00.000-07:00

8 bit Skunk by the wonderful Erik Verkerk.
CLICK IT! CLICK IT! CLICK IT!

In the summer a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Canne...

2006-08-25T08:08:00.000-07:00

Once a year the dream factory rolls into a small town in the south of France called Cannes, bringing a little bit of magic and a whole lot of drunken producers.

These are some publicity images for the merry occasion...

AH

Cobra River! No one who has ridden its rapids has lived!

2006-08-23T16:02:00.000-07:00

Background by Abel Gongora and Mick Harrison

Ka Ching!

2006-08-22T06:50:00.000-07:00

Huzzah! The brilliant fez wearing minds behind Ka Ching, Eric Verkerk and Joust Van den Bosch have joined our merry band.
Welcome! Stroopwaffels for everyone.
Check out
www.ka-ching.nl
and
www.ka-chingcartoons.com
They have two websites, that's how great they are!

-AH

Jakob is feeling ill

2006-08-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

One of the excellent Danish fellows working here at the 'Cartoon Saloon pleasure rooms' recently had a nervous breakdown after lunch time today. He is on the mend but had us on the hop for a few hours there as we re-educated him how to interact with humans and brush his own teeth. Whilst in a state of 'blissed outness' and babbling like an idiot he managed to outline a new direction for the show to pursue (possibly chanelling an idiot from another planet.. it is hard to say at this stage). Of that few hours only savage memories and emotional scars remain.... or so we thought until as we shovelled Jakob into his jim jams we found the above sketch clutched in his demented fingers. Possibly with this recovered shred of genius (he ate the rest) we can set about cobbling together the dream that was 'Jakobs nervous breakdown show outline incident'.

Run, cry, do impressions of Michael Jackson when he was good

2006-08-16T10:44:00.001-07:00

'Aha' we said when we had a look at it and we were right too. Here, as you can see is a zombie Skunk made most generously by our pal Nik Holmes (with no 'c'). Go have a look at his site and buy something instead of sitting there playing Quake, or whatever it is people like you get up to.. here is his link... www.zombiedollars.com ... I bought three 13ft lengths of good quality perquacky pipe which i plan on using for the extension over the garage. I know what you're thinking... that's too much perquacky pipe for an extension over a garage... well you're probably right.
Good night sweethearts

Haunted Hens and dowager Ducks

2006-08-15T13:33:00.000-07:00

There's a bizarre sub genre of Horror kung fu films that I want to tip my hat to at one point in the series.
In these films Taoist vampire monks leap like frogs with scant regard for dignity or the hallowed tradition of Hammer horror.
I want to do a cool Halloween episode, really spooky, featuring this mysterious character Mister Rooster.
Rooster is mentioned in another episodes as a tall story. It will be cool to keep him a semi legendary figure in the show, only mentioned occasionally.
Anyway here is a concept, Skunk is making away with the spell that animates him. Chinese Vampires frequently work like voodoo zombies, controlled by evil wizards.

Also an early design for Mrs. Duck... which has to do with Zombies precisely nothing.

Kung Fruit

2006-08-14T01:44:00.000-07:00

Title card for Art of Kung Fruit by Mick Harrison. Animation for this show is almost finished.
So we have two just about in the can. We're doing music for ep 1 now and trying the Skunk Fu sound nailed. The idea is Modern hip hop and lounge with traditional Chinese.
-AH

2006-08-11T03:00:00.000-07:00

here in the skunk foo ossifices we often while away three or twleve hours honing our skills as better dressers and very often brawlers. to this end we hired a pair of likely thugs this last week in the vein of them disney lads with their endless sketches of spotty old dalmation little dogs for that film... pinochio, what a help capturing key moments as our barely legible street bashers gave each other a beating.

Schilperoort Beer

2006-08-10T13:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome Jesse Schilperoort!
Our latest Skunkateer, our latest Jesse (second so far) and our latest Canadian (seven and counting).
Jesse worked in Studio B and Bardel previously and is working on design for the show.
Check out
http://www.pencilpunk.com/

Also, while you are on your lunchbreak, have a look at the very sweet music video our two multi talento Italian crewmembers, Alessandra and Alfredo did. Super kawai!
http://pandaleina.blogspot.com/

-AH

The many faces of skunk...Pt2

2006-08-09T12:21:00.000-07:00

And Skunk drawings from our own personal Freddy Moore; Jez Hall.
Jez's work is a continuing inspiration to the other boarders on the show.
His lively drawings have an amazingly fluid line with tonnes of appeal.

The many faces of skunk...

2006-08-09T09:59:00.000-07:00

...by five story artist's.

Marco

Rasmus

Alessandra

Christian

Jakob

Chickens, grave, rising from.

2006-08-09T04:43:00.000-07:00

Design for a flashback sequence in The Art of Darkness.
Flash back is told by the campfire and relates the sordid history of Master Rooster, a chicken of ill repute.
AH

Coming soon...

2006-08-08T12:04:00.000-07:00

Foxy Fox

2006-08-07T02:30:00.000-07:00

The Art of Hospitality:
When Ninjas invade Rabbit's burrow, his not so secret obsession with Fox is exposed.
Rabbit goes to live with Panda and Skunk. Hilarity ensues...

Be a Skunkateer 2

2006-08-04T07:57:00.000-07:00

I should have mentioned that only EU citizens should apply, unfortunately we can't take persons from the New World.
AH

Be a Skunkateer

2006-08-04T06:33:00.000-07:00

We still need to hire some crew over the next month or two.

We are looking for
Storyboarders, designers, -Background artists, flash animators
(flash and or TV show experience useful)

If you're experienced, interested, and willing to move to Ireland, please write to skunkfurecruiting@yahoo.ie
and say what postition you are applying for in the subject line.
Send CV and a sample or two (but please keep them small).

Thanks
AH

That friday feeling...

2006-08-04T04:18:00.000-07:00

The Great Wall

2006-08-04T01:45:00.000-07:00

Big thanks to Jez hall, Tomm Moore and Donnachada Daly for being so kind as to plug us.
http://knunk.blogspot.com/
http://theblogofkells.blogspot.com/
http://almostdalyblog.blogspot.com/

We've been lucky enough to have a talented Spanish chap Abel Gongora starting this week,
http://curufinwe.blogspot.com/
He's been doing some key background designs and has taken to it like a hot blooded duck to water.

Also, while your at it, check out the weird and wonderful designs of Ian Worrel I recently came across.
ianworrel.blogspot.com

-Aidan

Tiger Trouble

2006-08-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

This is a design for a fantasy sequence in the Art of Kung Fruit.
Tiger, a vain braggart, is reminiscing about his glory days as a freedom fighter.

We're trying to figure out the show title sequence at the moment.
It'll probably maybe possibly look like something this...

Cartoon People

2006-08-02T05:52:00.000-07:00

Some caricatures of Skunk Fu! people.
More to surely follow; as nerves get increasingly frayed, and emotions bubble to such a pitch that can only be vented through funny pictures of each other.
They be as follows:
Aidan Harte (that's me), Hyun-Ho Khang (who I came up with the idea with)
Line Producer Jordan Gaucher aka the J Man aka Dick Jitters.
and artists Gordan McBride & Tony Acworth.
Gordan does Backgrounds, Tony does animation and lots of voices on the show.
Mick Harrison is the Art director.

-AH

Rabbit Bird flipping

2006-08-01T13:10:00.000-07:00

Today an animation frame of Rabbit (bad boy character) amused Skunk Fu's Animation Director Jesse Cote no end.
Here it is so you can share in his happiness.
-AH

Wigged out Pig2

2006-08-01T11:54:00.000-07:00

"A trifle truffled" is the original design of Crazy pig for The Art of Truffles episode.
He looked drunk though so we had to change him. sigh..

This was an original title card, we're doing them in a Zen Painting style now.
Like this one for Art of Touch, designed by Mick Harrison.
-AH

2006-08-01T03:51:00.000-07:00

Pig gone wild!

2006-07-31T04:09:00.000-07:00

This is a design for a board called The Art of Truffling. Pig goes mad when Truffle season starts, madcap hi-jinks ensue.
-AH

...more artwork

2006-07-31T02:17:00.001-07:00

Skunk kicks ninja monkey butt!

Welcome to the Skunk Fu blog!

2006-07-28T10:54:00.000-07:00

Anyone interested in the upcoming flash tv-show, Skunk Fu, keep an eye on our new blog. More production artwork and photos from the studio to come!