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Happy one year anniversary to my Over the Garden Wall VHS tape project!

I made it in both orange and black. I like black more, but orange really feels more in the spirit of the season. I used the shell from a VHS copy of the Rugrats movie.

I made the box art using various screenshots from the show, as well as some promo art. The description was taken from the DVD release, and the description title “will you take a peek?” was the tagline during the promotion of the show.

The back also has a fun little easter egg: the barcode is for candy corn!

What’s more is the tape has a special cut of the series that I made myself. I cropped every single scene in every single episode to make sure it naturally fit in a 4:3 aspect ratio, and I edited the episodes together to flow as if it were one movie (the pacing is a little like Babe). Additionally, I added trailers for movies that give me the same nostalgic vibes (The Last Unicorn, Princess Mononoke, Steven Universe: The Movie, and The Iron Giant). I also added the Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network title cards.

I printed this cut into the tape by integrating a VCR into my PC setup. If you want to see more about this project, I have a few videos about it on my TikTok @MooseGBT, or you can check out the main one right here!

The video has an earlier version of the tape, which is why the actual tape doesn’t have a real label (it’s kind of just a piece of paper slapped on upside down with tape). The content on the tape, however, is the same.

This was a really fun project, and I’ve already started working on a VHS cut of Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Steven Universe: The Movie, the Star Wars Sequel trilogy (I have 1-6 on VHS, and I also want 7-9), and the other Star Wars movies (the Christmas Special, the Clone Wars, Solo, Kenobi, and Rogue One). I also have plans to begin editing and printing the FNAF movie, the spiderverse trilogy (once ATSV pt 2 comes out), and Don’t Hug me I’m Scared.

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Nobody:

Elon Musk for some fucking reason:

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The Aperture Science Enrichment Center reminds you that no matter who you are, you are a trusted friend in science.

Happy Pride Month! For the past few years, I have been selling my Pride Companion Cube's design on RedBubble (with Valve's permission). They are available as stickers, hats, shirts, hoodies, and a bunch of other stuff. I also have them available for free as icons if you would like to add them to your Discord server or subreddit!

Here's the best part: This year, ALL of the profit will be donated to the Trevor Project!

This isn't just limited to Pride month. Every single cent of profit from items in the collection will be donated to the Trevor project!

You can find them here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MooseGBT/shop?asc=u

Happy Pride! - Moose

Details:

By "This year," I do not mean that the profit will not be donated to the Trevor Project in 2025, I mean that I may choose another charity for in 2025.

RedBubble does not have a system in place for profit to be donated directly to a foundation, so I will have to manually make a donation. This is clearly way too big of a thing to leave to the honour system, so I will be as transparent as possible with the profit and donations (without releasing any personal information of those who contributed). You can find constant receipt updates here.

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Steven Universe: The Movie VHS

Here's a render of my box art draft! It's coming along pretty well, and I put some pretty neat Easter eggs in this one.

Unlike my Over the Garden Wall tape, I'm deciding to go for a partial wrap around design. The front, top, and side are all part of the same image, with the back being reserved for a scenic shot of Beach City.

I got in trouble (permanently banned, actually) for using the FBI warning logo in my art when trying to print OtGW at a print shop, so this time I'm replacing it with the age rating.

If you look closely, the number on the side is the last 4 digits of the mysterious girl's phone number from season 4 episode 6 Last One Out of Beach City.

Additionally, the bar code is the bar code for a GameCube! I thought this was fitting since Steven owns a GC and he plays it constantly. It is also just a super nostalgic console for me, and I can't be the only one who related to Steven a little extra because of his console choice.

The most difficult part of creating this physically is definitely going to be finding a pink VHS tape. I haven't been able to find the specific shade of pink that I want, but I've come pretty close with some VHS releases of Sky Dancers “The Sky’s The Limit” “On Wings Of Song.”

Unfortunately this leans more hot-pink purpleish, and looking for the exact shade is a little hard because I've got Finn the Human syndrome (just a little colour blind). Worst case scenario, I find an off-coloured (lol) tape and I treat it a little bit with bleach or something.

And now to the pan and scan part of the project:

Editing this movie is hard. Really hard. This movie has a very stylized intro credits, most of which are formatted specifically for a 16:9 screen. I'm honestly considering reverse engineering the entire opening credits and just building it from the ground up for a 4:3 aspect ratio.

As for opening ads/title cards, I'm absolutely going to put an Over the Garden Wall trailer. I might just make an MCU type deal where all my tapes reference each other. That would be funny I think.

Anyway follow for more updates or to see silly little guys I make in blender every tuesday!

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Trying out short-form comics for a bit with some OCs, thought I'd start out with a Trans Visibility Day strip

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I got a C on this coding assignment, which is absolutely ridiculous. I should have gotten at least a C++.

In all seriousness, I now have explicit personal beef with Professor John Hennessy of Stanford University.

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took a comedy class last semester and this was my final

the prompt was "just be funny for one minute"

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Here's a render of my FNAF VHS box art and tape design! I'm still working on the overall design, but its coming along great. The big hurdle right now is the pan and scan editing.

I opted for a white VHS for a very specific reason. White is usually reserved for young children's media such as Barney, Hello Kitty, or Sesame Street. Because of FNAF's connection to young children's media (Chuck E. Cheese), I believe a white tape looks best.

I feel the need to pack this tape full of Easter eggs. So far, I have only put 1987 as the tape code. Ideally, I would like to add a bunch of secret messages in invisible ink when I actually print this.

The back took a bit of photoshop work, but I think it looks really good overall. I decided to put the "can you survive?" tagline on the back. The barcode is carried over from one of my last projects, but next time I go to the grocery store I'm going to look for some exotic butters and use that bar code. Or maybe I could use a bar code from an old Chuck E Cheese receipt.

As for opening trailers, I'm looking for classic horror movies. So far, I am using a trailer for Twilight Zone The Movie (1983) and The Lost Boys (1987) as a nod to the bite of '83 and the bite of '87. Other than that, I am completely stumped for 80s-90s horror movies that fir the FNAF vibe. If you have any trailer ideas, please lmk!