IAMA Hi, I'm Oney/Chris O'Neill, youtube famous animator. AMA.

Favorite Porno Genre? EDIT: I was expecting something really violent.

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Can you make more videos like "Best Pals?" I love seeing the shit that goes down between you Zach and Stamper

I'd love to but I think everyone would unsubscribe.

You said, a long time ago, that you were offered a deal to get Leo & Satan on TV. How'd that work out? I mean, it's not on TV and not on youtube. What's going on, where the bloody devil?

It's gonna be on a sketch comedy show very soon, nothing huge but still :>

How exactly do you know Psychicpebbles?

I met him at a bar and we fucked out back.

If there's one joke you wish that you had never put into your animations, what would it be?

Egoraptor's got his "I MEAN VENASAUR", but what about you? I'm guessing you're not tired of "Leviosaaah" yet.

that's a good question. I don't think anything has pissed me off yet but I get tired of people quoting DBZPP in random vids on youtube.

Have any youtube bloggers ever responded to your video?

meekakitty blocked both me and zach. HEHEE

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I just don't know.

Have you ever had an idea for a animation that has just been too odd/creepy to animate?

me and harry made the assumption song 2 once... it got deleted off NG in 2 minutes, it was THAT offensive.

Can you please upload the file for that somewhere, or release it as "The Lost Episode"

we dunno where it is, it was on a very old harddrive and got deleted i think

What inspired the tiny faces?

When zach made pikamon I thought the tiny face was the cutest shit ever so I told him to make HB like that, he didn't want to but I FUCKING MADE HIM and now look, everyone likes em :3

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Anywho, nice to see you here, been a fan of yours for a while now, along with several other animators from Newgrounds. My main question is what is your opinion of your typical admirer, and how do you generally feel when you see something made by you quoted around the net and in the real world?

I think it's great when people quote my videos, I just wish they knew when to stop. :P I could be on a documentary on abortion on youtube and see people in the comments with the dragonball icons quoting the whole of dragonzball p and I'm like CMON.

how do you feel about Obama?

He's pretty black I guess.

I heard you're making the switch over to ToonBoom. How do you like it so far (compared to Flash)?

It's a thousand times better, I fucking love it.

What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?

Rugrats for sure.

You and Stamper. ...What sort of relationship is happening there, because I sort of like it.

I also obsessively stalk you guys. Just saying. o_o

We're BEST PALS LOL

where about in Ireland did you grow up?

Wexford.

Do you perform all of the voices in your cartoons? If not, who helps you?

It seriously varies, I'd be here all day if I remembered em all but the main people that do em when I can't would be Stamper, Ricepirate, Hans, Zach and HappyHarry.

Will you be doing more Live Action videos? They're great.

P.S Your music is also fantastic, particularly the ones from Hellbenders.

yeah I love doing live action,only problem is its hard to have everyone in the same mood to do it.

Out of all the videos you have ever made, which one is your personal favourite? And which one is your least favourite?

Hellbenders Applooza is my favorite. Kids these days is my least favorite as it was commissioned by RTÉ, the most braindead clueless company in the world.

Does Zach Hadel actually have a face or is he just some alter ego one of you fags made up?

oh he's very real, disgustingly real.

Do you ever get the least bit fed up of all the people who use things from your video to get laughs? I don't know if you wanna call it "stealing" your humor, but I mean in games especially I constantly hear sayings from whatever your most current video is.

TL;DR does it annoy you that people sometimes run your humor into the ground?

on the internet, all humor is run into the ground... it's just something you gotta get used to.

What's Stamper like in person?

A complete bro xxxxxx

What are some of your upcoming animations?

I have no idea, hellbenders maybe :D

Hi Oney,

Love your cartoons man, very funny. Do you ever overhear fans quoting your stuff and just sort of smile? I've always wondered how you animator types react to people doing impressions ad nauseum until the joke has been killed, buried, and covered with cement to prevent it from rising from the grave.

Are you annoyed or kind of proud?

something cool that happened once was when I was at magfest and riding the elevator packed full of people. someone started saying 'ONEY CARTOONS YEEEEE' and then everyone was doing it, no one even noticed me :D

Will we ever see the return of Wingardium Levious as the second one was taken down for being too "edgy" if you like, does things like that stop you?

Also your Harry Potter videos have me and my friends crying with laughter even after watching them for the 10th time that day so thanks for that. :)

it's on leviosaaa.com

How wet are your farts, normally.? scale of whatever kinda scale you want.

depends, on the morning after a pizza i sweat and squirm as i give disgusting ass birth.

Do you remember commenting on this picture during one of your first Skype fan chat dealies? Also is Sean dead?

woah yeah, and yeah he is 10ft under

Are you actually living together with Stamper? If so, what's that like?

I live with him for 6 months outta the year, the house is very creative.

Is there a reason you stopped posting to Newgrounds, aside from obviously Youtube being more popular?

Uploading videos never fucking works for me.

Stamper did some voice acting for Battleblock theater. Have you gotten any similar job offers?

nope, i'm too ugly.

What happened to the mouse?

it escaped and the cat ate it :<

What are your favorite games of all time?

FF7, Dark Souls, Demon Souls, Metroid Zero Mission, CTR, Pokemon Yellow.

a) What is your advice for up and coming voice actors like myself? b) Are you really Irish?

I love your videos, and they motivate me to find my still-hidden talent. Keep doing what you do!

I dunno why people ask me for voice acting advice, at least I don't know what to say cos I consider myself bad for the most part. I guess just speak how you think people sound... people always try too hard to act and shit but speak how you figure that character would speak in that given situation. And ya I'm really Irish.

Did drawing come naturally to you? Did you take lessons or anything?

23 years of practice... I still struggle with it alot.

What inspired you to start animating?

Also, what music program do you use, and how do you make it sound so good?

I was inspired to start animating when my dad showed me a flipbook he made when I was very young. I use alot of Kontakt libraries within fruity loops. The main ones would be Spitfire Albion 1, 2 and 3, Spitfire Solostrings, Spitfire Grand Piano, Cinematic Strings 2, Cinebrass and Ministry of Rock by eastwest. (But I'd recommend never buying anything eastwest, I've had nothing but trouble.)

It's made pretty clear animating is your priority but how far would you like to take your voice-acting work?

If i ever got asked to do a voice for something I'd do it. I just don't have a very good vocal range so I'm limited to retarded kids.

Hi Chris, love all your content my question is. What do you enjoy more creating music or doing voice over work.

Music is relaxing, voice work drives me insane.

If I recall correctly your home used to be an old Art Gallery. I saw in the best pals video there is writing on the ground. Can you tell me what most of the writing is?

It's some poem from the bible called footprints. for some reason my feet always burn when i walk on it.

What is your opinion on people trying to be random and do silly voices like you mostly do?

If they're good at it, hell yeah. If they're bad, stop.

Any more Leo and Satan or is that on hold for Hellbenders?

Leo and Satan is undergoing a small transition to TV... It's gonna be on a sketch comedy show so I haven't touched it for a while whilst contracts are being written.

Any other animator you want to work with that you haven't worked with yet?

not really : >

What software do you use to create music?Also are you musically trained? (because your stuff is great,Im not musically trained i just wanna sound fancy)

I'm not musically trained but I've been learning everything myself as much as I can for the last 3 years.

Hey Chris, long time fan and really happy you are doing this. I remember watching The Story of Eddsworld awhile ago so my question is, how close were you to Edd and the Eddsworld gang and how did his passing affect you?

Out of the Edd gang I was friends with edd.

Have you ever had a really bad interaction with a fan? I know there was that one guy a while back who made a video about finding out what Zach looked like through creepy facebook stalking...

Not really, though one time I was in a Japan Shop in LA looking at hentai statues and a fan came over and was super weird.

Will you do more tutorial videos? I don't care to learn about animating, they were just hilarious.

I will if you guys have suggestions.

The difference in tone between your animation and music is really amazing, which do you prefer more animating or making music? And which do you think you will still be making animations 10 years time or will you focus more on music? Thanks!

I think making music is very easy going and relaxing, where animation can be a chore sometimes, when I'm sick of animating I go make music for a while. Then I come back to it. I have no idea what I'll be doing in 10 years time, hopefully producing.

So how does your process go for your less detailed videos like Zoinks? Do you do the following:

Write/Storyboard

Work in Flash

Record Audio/Add Sound Effects

Finish the rest in post.

Do you catch my drift? I'm just curious how you get things done and what process you do like basically do you record your audio first before you animate?

zionks literally took me like 3 hours. didnt write it, didnt story board, i didn't even bother to use a pop filter on the MIC.

How original do you think most new flash animators are nowadays?

I dunno, some are bad, some are good?

Why Oney? Why that name? :|

kinda sounds like o'neill... sorry :<

What do you think of the majority of your fan base?

They are just darling. xxxx

Hey Chris! I have a friend that is completely lost when it comes to career choices. She's a really creative person and has been through so many CAO courses and all that shite. She finally took an interest in animation but when she sees a tutorial or downloads something like flash she gets really intimidated by how complex it is. So my question is what is a good program to introduce animation to her?

flash cs3 - cs6 are all the most simple ones i've used. it is very complicated to begin with, and from the sounds of it, it doesn't seem like she would want to do it long time if she doesn't want to watch a few tutorials. If she's passionate tell her to stick with it, I have a few easy to understand tutorials on my youtube.

Do you reckon that long, drawn out ('scuse the pun) and dramatic Flash cartoons are generally less popular than the short, cheeky ones?

Is it a reflection of the internet, where the quick access to anything lowers patience?

Yeah, people like clicking onto something, and moving on fast.

Hey Chris! Keep up the great work, man. May I ask, between your animating and creating music, which do you think is more valuable to you? What are the benefits and downsides of each?

animation is definitely what makes me my living, making music is what keeps me sane.

Who were those people on the picture in this article about you? Did you ever respond to the newspaper and tell them that it wasn't you?

2 lame vloggers of course. no, i wasn't bothered!

Will there ever be a feature film exclusively starring youtube stars?

hopefully not.

How Newgrounds affected your early career?

Alot, it got me the first initial boost of subscribers from putting links to my page at the end of my NG videos.

Hi, can you please advice some good books/literature on animation subject?

animator's survival kit

I just love your music, Chris, you are really talented! Say, do you have any tips/tutorials for a young student who wants to start making orchestal music like you?

save up alot of money... the libraries I use are fucking pricey. But you don't need good libraries to make good music. Get an NES soundfont and learn the theory first. Some of my favorite music is shitty 8bit but its the actual music that matters.

Listen to alot of orchestra music, try to listen to the instruments individually so you can learn what moods and tones theyd suit.

How do you feel about Egoraptor?

he's my good pal

A year ago when my sister was pregnant she wanted Leo to be the name of her baby boy. Then, I showed her Leo and Satan. His name is now Henry because of that. Not a question just a story I thought you might get a chuckle out of.

hahahaa thats badass

Would you answer this comment, so I can brag to my friends about talking to you?

sure man

Hey Oney. You looking forward to Arcadecon this year?

ya should be a fun time

Didn't you post a vocaroo link in that thread on /b/ a little while ago when that guy was asking for some help with some voice acting of people calling in to a fictional character named Dr. Phils Goodman?

...no?

Do you have any future plans for your career in Animating?

Not really, just going with the flow for now.

what part of ireland you from??

wexford!

Chris, I love you, massive fan, since forever, seriously. some questions:

1) Was there any one (or more) early internet flash animation sites, or individual animations, that inspired you to create your own in the beginning?

2) How do you feel about Newgrounds of late? Yours and fellow legendary animators sustained absences from it recently have left it a little empty. What's the deal?

3) When you were climbing the internet ladder (so-to-speak), how did you stay committed to improving yourself as an animator? What were you're motivations/inspirations?

4) Recently you have ventured into live action content, where do you see this leading?

5) When the fuck are you going to get the final Leo & Satan out?

6) Could you ever see yourself being at the forefront of some kind of British animated television revolt? Is this something that is even seriously possible, or something that you would never want to happen?

retarded animals babies and legendary frog LOL

Have you ever been recognized publicly? If so, what was your reaction?

yeah a few times, usually nice experiences, sometimes theyre very creepy.

According to my friend, he has met you on two separate occasions, please confirm or deny this

his name is Nick Bridges and is lanky ass white kid, would give more details but this is reddit, so yeah

i dunno, maybe

What memories do you have of the lovely Leaving Cert?

literally changed me as a person. I never relaxed properly since it.

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that's not a question you godamn