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Notice something different? MyToons has been redesigned and is now the first global animation community to offer you the ability to upload and view your animation in High Definition – the top of the line, all digital format for broadcasting, streaming and viewing video. Consider this the new age “black and white to color” transition – and it’s all at your fingertips. Find out more about HD here.

MyToons is here to make your life fun and easy – check out our other new features!

• Channels: Watch up to 19 different animation channels, add animation tags, and share with your friends – all without leaving the homepage!

• Filter Feature: Play the animations, artwork, and games you’re craving with our new filtering feature – just organize by “Time,” “Sorting,” “Category,” and “Style.”

• Rating System: Rate animation, artwork, and games on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Gold Star or No Star? Let ‘em know what you think!

• Start Page: Get a fresh start with our new, one-stop control board! Manage, edit, and personalize your stuff – all from the “My Start Page” button on the homepage!

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Let it all sink in.

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The new filter is designed to sift through the myriad of content on MyToons, so you can easily find exactly what you’re looking for. This works by assigning categories to all content so that results match your filter preferences. You should have no problem filtering through Animations; however, Artwork and Games are still being categorized, so your filter results for these may vary. We appreciate your patience as we work to categorize and optimize your results. If you want your content to appear in users’ filter results faster, you can choose to edit the category on your animations, artwork, and games by going to “My Start Page.” For new uploads, you’re required to pick a category for your work – this way, categorized content will grow, and you’ll get more precise filter results.

It’s time to make some art noise! This Saturday, June 7^th, join the world in meeting the goal of 1 million drawings on Drawing Day – a day to celebrate the first time you put pencil to paper and created! Take a moment to wax nostalgic on your childhood Crayola doodles…then create for the sake of art! The most important part is sharing your art with the world – so don’t forget to upload your work to MyToons! For more details on how you can spread the word (and love) of Drawing day, visit www.drawingday.org.

This time around, I’m going to share with you some of my sketches. These come from all sorts of places and different times. Sketching is one of the fundamental elements needed for an artist to improve their abilities.

I always take a sketchbook with me on trips, and depending upon the situation, I might bring some sort of color tools with me. Anything from a simple pencil to color markers can give you the opportunity to jot some of your observations down. Or perhaps it’s a new idea you have for an animation.

My sketchbooks are very eclectic where you will find a detailed realistic sort of drawing on the same page as a cartoon character. My sketchbooks are my journals. Sometimes there is a particular person or object I want to remember for possible future reference. Often I am sketching just to quickly get a pose down that I find interesting. During one of my times working at Disney, I was taking the train to work and that made a perfect place to observe people both on and off the train. It also gave me time to work out ideas.

The nice thing about sketching is that it only costs the price of a sketchbook and pencil. There are all kinds of places you can go to find interesting people, animals, and things to draw. Going to the zoo is a great place to sketch. It can give you the opportunity to draw some animals that you may never get to see in the wild. The local park and even the mall are great places. I like to take a sketchbook with me on my trips when I am flying because the airport can give you some great personalities.

SketchCrawls are groups of people who get together at a particular place just to sketch. The cool thing is that several people might sketch the same person or object, but the results give you a different perspective of the same thing.

So now that the weather is heading towards warmer times, it’s a perfect opportunity to dust off that sketchbook and go out sketching!

Boban’s "Summer 2007 Reel" had that lazy summery feel that felt just perfect for the Memorial Day/Spring Bank Holiday weekend - sit back, relax, and enjoy your holiday!