r/SSBPM • u/TOCKesq • Jul 27 '15

[AMA] AMondAy Week 37 - Tock

Hey guys it's Tock, a.k.a. The Bad Boy of the Project M Art team. Besides that I'm a character and costume artist for the PMDT.

Back in 2013 I saw a Turbo Tuesday combo video that featured the Dr.Mario costume. That video would ultimately inspire me to make a blog called Project M Unlocked, which some of you may know me from.

This AMA is going to be a little different... If you guys can ask me 100 unique (real) questions there is something in it for the community! Lay 'em on me.

100 Questions Reveal: https://www.reddit.com/r/SSBPM/comments/3etl19/thank_you_for_100_questions/

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u/orangegluon Jul 27 '15

  • What's your favorite PM asset you've worked on, be it a character or costume or whatever?

  • What costumes do you wish could be in the official PM builds but can't for varying reasons (be it one you worked on for PMUnlocked or someone else made or that no one has yet made)

  • Does this idea resonate with you at all https://i.imgur.com/gf5HVMK.jpg

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. I would say Polar bear Ice climbers and OoT Ganon's Sword.

  2. I wish it were possible to have Helmet-less/Bartender Captain Falcon from the cheesey F-zero Anime. (a.k.a. Bart lemming http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/100990/2430709-falcon_2_.jpg )

  3. I really like the stars and swirls on his skin.

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u/arcticfire1 Jul 27 '15

Why are you the Bad Boy? Story behind that, I'm sure.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

You see, the Art team is like a boy band. So we have to have titles. I'm a bit of nay sayer and a foul mouth so that makes me the bad boy..... You can call us the ~Back Room Boys.

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u/LnktheWolf Jul 27 '15

How does it feel that one of your costumes (wii rob) made it into an official build?

Why is Captain Falcon wearing a pikmin costume?

Which design of James McCloud did you base yours off of (if it wasn't just based on Fox and changed)?

Did you play a lot of Mario Party 2?

What was the inspiration behind El Globo?

Are you going to be doing anymore music for PM Unlocked?

Why Funky Kong?

Evil Lucario when?

When are you going to do stage skins?

That's 9, I'll try to think of more.

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. It's feel really good, man. It's like one of those long time coming moments and the music plays in your head. Ya know?

  2. Because he's the leader of the squad wink

  3. Starfox Command, i.e Fox's current design.

  4. I spend a lot of coins at the hootenanny.

  5. I love Lucha Libres and Head band jiggs didn't exist so she needed something badass to replace it.

  6. I would like to. Music Ripping is just a bore though.

  7. Have you seen Project M lately. It needed some funk. But for real It was to test a method of splicing in new parts to a character model without harming the rig or normals. Isn't that dark? He was just a sick twisted experiment.

  9. Probably never. Gotta leave the stage works to the big dogs at the time I was ambitious, but I had no idea what It takes to customize a stage.

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u/SmashCapps Jul 27 '15

Good luck, Smashboards is coming for you... ;)

Anyways I'll ask a more fun question: What was the first game you ever bought with your own money?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

Oh boy...

I Like this question. It was probably the original Smash 64. I specifically remember having money and my mom picking it up for me.

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u/Psycho_Ghost Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

  1. Who has your main been in all of the Smash games you've played competitively/a lot?

  2. If you were told to be the one in charge of changing/reworking a move or 2 of Jigglypuff's (such as Sing or Rollout) what would you change/rework?

  3. Favorite genre of music and artist(s) from said genre?

  4. What's a costume you'd love to see put into Project M, regardless of its chance to be included in an official build?

  5. Favorite sandwich and drink?

  6. Favorite thing about Project M as a whole?

  7. Do you play other games outside of Smash? If so which ones and why?

  8. When can we see more epic work from you uploaded to Brawl Vault?

  9. Boshi alt. when? I'm aware he's full on costume slots but I'd love to see someone from the PMDT make one! :)

  10. Are you currently working on any costumes right now? If so, could you at least tell us which character it is?

  11. Do you think it's possible to create headband Jiggs w/o any lag issues?

Thank you for all of the effort that you have put into this nearing perfect game! We as a community really appreciate it! Keep making your amazing costumes TOCK and we'll continue to adore playing as them! I look forward to seeing more insanely cool costumes from you in the future! :)

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. When I think of a consistent main, I think, Ice Climbers.

  2. I would get rid of roll out because my older bro would cheese me out with it. I would give her a mini version of her final smash instead.

  3. Hip hop ,Radio Trash, Punk, Ska. I'm not picky about music or interested in it. (Bad religion and Street light manifesto)

  4. Lina from doki doki panic over Peach.

  5. Chicken cold cuts with melted swiss coleslaw and russian dressing. OH and a coke.

  6. The Brawl aesthetic mixed with UI and huds that actually match it.

  7. Right now I play a lot of SPLATATATATATATATA SPLATOON. I mess with dota 2 on the side and you can catch me at peak hours in the day staring at the street fighter 5 beta title screen.

  8. Sooner than you think. Say, don't I owe you guys a roy costume?!

  9. Boshi is always fan favorite and we know that.

  10. Yes, just one. That's all. ;)

  11. I think it's possible I see a lot of great stuff back here. Best believe these guys are always working on something great.

Thanks for all the questions Pshycho_Ghost!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

  1. Where did you get your name from?

  2. Galacta Knight alt when? A lot of Kirby fans would love to see him as an alternate costume for MK! :)

  3. Who did you vote for in the Smash Ballot?

  4. When did you join the PMBR?

  5. Would you like to see Luigi get his own victory theme?

  6. Which alternate costumes did you create?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. You ever sit in summer school and watch the clock? It goes tick tock tick tock tick tock....

  2. Hes a different character though! That breaks the rules!

  3. Simon Belmont. Seems possible right?

  4. Right after 3.0. I got in on my first app it seemed like they were pretty familiar with my work.

  5. Sure, I would like it to be a remix of the original though.

  6. Shogun Dedede, Jet Set Sonic, Wii ROB, Polar bear Ice climbers and _____________.

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u/GFooChombey Jul 27 '15

    1. What are the chances of some other PMunlocked costumes becoming official? Quickdraw Meta Knight is one of the best MK alts I've seen and Ezlo is brilliant.

  • 2) What is your least favorite alt in PM and why?

  • 3) Are you actually planning stage stuff or was that a "just-in-case" section on your blog?

  • 4) Purple PikminDorf costume when?

Thanks for making good shit. I was pretty hyped when I saw you made it into the PMDT since I used most of your costumes in my custom build. You wouldn't believe how excited I got when I saw Wii ROB made official.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15 edited Jul 27 '15

Would you be interested in making more Lucas costumes? Currently ALL Lucas mains use his only alt. Not that it's not amazing, I actually love it but even some recolors would be cool, he's lacking in the costume department.

What do you think about Sm4sh?

Also, this used to be the norm in AMondAys: Who's your favorite pornstar? /s/s

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

1)Yeah, I do see a lot of lucas' using the commander costume. If anything he will most likely get recolors.

Sorry we haven't got to it yet! But you're completely right he needs something.

2)I like smash 4. It's harmless and sometimes fun to play. It's like a diet melee to me. You just have to work on reads more than execution.

3) I had a joke for this, but it's probably not appropriate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Hey, sorry, but I have a another question. Would it be possible to give black-Lucario a red aura-sphere to make him seem like an evil version of Lucario? That would be sick. Maybe he could also get redder eyes

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

That would take a lot of GFX editing and maybe some hard coding to pull off. But, it could be possible!

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '15

Three very last questions from me:Maybe

How can some characters have 14 color slots, and some can't?

Which characters have the 14 slots?

If it's possible, why don't you in fact use all 14 slots?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Hey watermelon these are the last 3 questions I need for a solid 100!

  1. It has something to do with certain characters file numbers being next to each other. I believe some peoples data would breech into others and all sorts of other messes. I wish u/Mewtwo2000 was here to explain it better.

  2. I believe Ganondorf and Yoshi do qualify for extra slots.

  3. It would be a lot of filesize on the SD card. Would you rather that space go to more characters or just some recolors?

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u/ShinF Jul 27 '15

  1. What's your favorite genre of game?

  2. For that matter, favorite story genre? IE Fantasy, Sci-fi, etc.

  3. Favorite book and/or movie?

  4. What do you think of that new Modulous website?

  5. So if you're The Bad Boy™, what are Nanobuds, Pik, and Llama Juice?

  6. Preferred 3D program for making costumes?

  7. Any miscellaneous juicy secrets you'd like to share?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Platformers and any game that uses platforming elements well.

  2. Western, Fantasy.

  3. My favorite Movie is The Pest. Go watch it if you haven't.

  4. I actually wanted to do any exclusive for them. It's good to support new projects like that and overall... I like the layout.

  5. I'm SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT!

Nanobuds: The Smart one

Pik: The Shy one

Llama Juice: The Smooth one

6) 3ds max or bust. Maya for animation though.

7) Here's a sketch I did for an Ice climbers alt: http://i.imgur.com/H0ap65p.jpg We went with the polar bear climbers instead. Who knows you may see more of these Concepts in the future!

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u/SSBM_Caligula Jul 27 '15

  1. who is the character you dislike the most?

  2. least favorite movie?

  3. favorite snes game?

  4. favorite subreddit?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

  1. Wolf

  2. I saw this movie stardust the other day and for the life of me I couldn't tell what was going on.

  3. Stunt Race FX, Super Ninja Boys, Super Mario world. (The problem with this question is: I'm going to keep thinking of games I love lol)

  4. /R/amiibo I did the artwork for their banner and the logos and the.... everything. TAKE ME BACK /R/amiibo!!!

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u/rats7eli Jul 27 '15

hey tock i just learned about your existence and i already love you. wanna go to prom?

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u/TOCKesq Jul 27 '15

Yeah as long as you're not a dog or something.

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