Name: Peter Huu Nguyen

Occupation: Graphic Designer
Real Job: Asbestos Installation
Hobbies: Gaming
Fav Artist: Y. Sadamoto
Fav Music: Blaqk Audio
Fav Movie: The Godfather

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The Saturday Afternoon Post: Terror In Asukanistan!

09 January 2010

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Where were you, the day that music died?


What's going on, PHNdamentalists? Today, another guest spot, by that underclassman from overseas, Azuma Takeshi! It's one of the penultimate pages from his magnum opus, Re-Take! Well, that's not entirely fair, he is working dilligently on his manga, currently being serialized nowhere here in the continental United States. It's kind of like that elementary school who put up a memorial plaque in my honor: it was a nice gesture, but I wasn't thrilled about them estimating the time of my death.


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It was a beautiful ceremony.


So what's going on here? Basically, Shinji went over to Germany and saved Asuka from the Nazi menace, ever vigilant in trying to clone Hitler to bring about the end of Tokyo-3! He gives Asuka the Ring of Power, the item she needs to muster the courage within to fight the Giant Stalindroid. But little does she know, the magic was never in the ring, rather, it was in her all along. All she needed to do was believe in herself....


...ok, that's not nearly what happens. But that's why I'm not writing books any time soon, now is it? But to make a long winded post short, here's the video. I know I usually make you wait till Tuesday for these, but since you guys have been waiting long enough for an update, I'll give this to you this one time for free. Don't tell no mandy!

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A Barely Wednesday Post, Creating the New Animated Intro

10 December 2009

Hey Blogbrethren! PHN here, with an impromptu posting just to remind everyone that, despite the rumors going around, I have not died of Malaria contracted after being bitten by a Spaniard. It was, however, a close call and I'd like to thank everyone for their prayers and their donations. I'm saying I'd "like to" because none of you donated a goddamn thing.

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I was in real danger, and none of you cared.

Now, for today, I'd like to share a special little featurette: the creation of the animated bumper card for generation 3 of the coloring vidjas. This is a tale mostly told through picture, video, and some text. So, in other words, it's not really that different from any other post. But anyway, here's step one: Draw lots of pictures.

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Step 1 is the biggest step. To sum up the rest of the steps, I've prepared for you a special film.


A couple of things about the intro itself. The opening scrawl uses the same sound effect from old Capcom games on the Super Nintendo, and the flaming wipe-out effect where my name fades is the same sound effect as when The Predator's vision mode changes. The rest of the sound effects, like the "dings" and the "booms" are all from various Capcom arcade games, notably Marvel vs. Capcom and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (what can I say, I'm a Capcom junkie). So there you have it. Sorry about the sporadic updates as of late, but you know, in this economy, I've got to spend more time earning money than I can spending it with you guys, the fans. But never fret, PHN hasn't forgotten about you, and your ravenous appetite for new stuff. So keep it locked into The SITE for much further ados! This is PHN, signing out!
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YOUTUBE TUESDAYS! Asuka Re-Takes

17 November 2009

WELCO-WELCOME TO THE ADVENTURE!

Hey there, PHN-o-holics! It's the best Tuesday ever, because it's YOUTUBE Tuesday! Remember what Tuesdays were before Youtube Tuesday? I do, and trust me, you don't want to go back to those dark days. You'll notice a few things about this video: The little interrupt sequence uses SFX from my favorite announcer from a Capcom game (Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter), and the more contemporary music choice. Now, I know what you're thinking: Pete, are you going pop on us? No! Last week was an experiment in abject horror, and the more soulful, jazzy mix today is to indicate that these aren't my pencils. When it's 100% PHN, it's 100% wacky music and fun. When it's some odd fraction, well, the music needs to reflect that.  In theory.

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Many things work in theory.

The music in this case is "A Fine Frenzy," a very talented lady who sings vurry purrty music. I hope you enjoy it, and give her music a listen if you like it. It can't all be the top 10 /w Ryan Seacrest or 80s all the time. Sometimes you need to slow it down with something different, something fresh. But enough of that. Take a gander, have a listen, and keep it easy. This is PHN, signing out!
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Sunday Update: Kimigabuchi

15 November 2009

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So I put my hands up.
They playin' my song.
It's a party in the U.S.A.

Hey blogficianados! PHN here, long overdue to update this shidizzle. Sorry for the lack of updates, it's been sorta crazy for me lately. In a break in the madness, I'm dropping this on you: a guest artwork from one Azuma Takeshi. He's currently publishing his manga book, Super Dreadnaught Girl 4946, a sad but striking tale about a giant girl who is so kawaii desu-ne? in love with some dude. Give it a gander if your fetishes swing anywhere near that set of variables. As for the image, it's Takeshi's pencils/inks, and of course my colorful persuasions peppered about. The scene comes from Azuma's very popular doujinshi series, "Re-Take," which is a "What-if" take on what would happen if Shinji wasn't so chickenshit throughout the ending of the Eva series. Needless to say, that strikes a chord with a lot of people because most EVA fans, deep down, would have killed to be in Shinji's position: babes, piloting a huge mech? A Rambo attitude would have done wonders for Tokyo-3.

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The Squirrel represents Shinji Ikari.
The man represents...I dunno, Boss Tweed and Prohibition.

But enjoy the colors, and take it easy this Sunday. PHN's gonna wrap this up for now. Excelsior!
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YOUTUBE TUESDAYS: Nadia and Copyright Infringment

13 October 2009

You win this round, faceless conglomerate...

Sorry about the late update today. I was actually ready for an EARLY update, until I kept getting slapped with AUDIO DISABLED notices because of the music. I wanted to open today's post with, "Hey guys, today, instead of a hokey 80's song, I'm going with something more contemporary!" Yeah, big fucking mistake. Despite the fact that the perky, pop nature of the song fits perfectly with the flippant nature of the imagery, if I could just not deal with the stupid Music Industry Nazi Menace, I'd prefer it. So, rather than kowtow to the "I can't seem to figure out why music sales are in the tank when we treat our consumer base like crap" RIAA, I was doing research and trying to get around the audio detection. I tried everything from varying the bitrate to resampling the music (to try to get around any byte calculators or whatever they may be using). My guess is that they're using an actual listening program, that unless I can figure out the frequency to get around it, I'm going to have to just fight copyright with fair use. Sorry for the long rant about this, when we should be talking about......you know, fish and water and stuff. But que sara...that's the hand we've been dealt with, isn't it? Just remember that next time, you see that "Warner Music Group" logo on the back of the CD you're thinking about buying, that they're not friends to PHN. This is Peter "Top of Nixon's 'Enemies List' " Nguyen, signing off!
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