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Ep 2 Behind The Scenes Mini Vlog 1 - Tiny Town

Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs co creator Max Lopez explains what we're doing to make the Revoker tower over downtown and our tiny dogs!

It's getting RUFF downtown!

Another animated clip from episode 2 animated by Ferran Salat! According to co creator of Danger Dogs, Sean Malony, the two were very inspired by the recent episodes of One Piece that have been coming out and funneled that inspiration into this shot💥💥🤯

Episode 1 Storyboards/Live Action

The storyboards and live action shots that helped us make the first episode of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs!! It was so much fun putting together both techniques as a guide for us to block out the stop motion animation and puppetry.  It's also especially interesting to look back on this and see what ended up making it into the final version vs what got changed or rearranged (part of the reason wh...

That's a wrap for live action!

And just like that, the live action portions of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs Episode 2 have officially wrapped! We've already jumped right into stop motion and will have a trailer ready to go in the coming weeks. RUFF RUFF!

Feel the WRATH!

Animation for episode 2 is picking back up right where we left off! The Big Bad's wrath will be felt.

✨Behind the scenes things✨

What might be the shortest live action shot on Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs episode 2! What's even funnier is we went into this shot thinking it'd take at least an hour. Max and Aaron certainly had a great time capturing it though 🙌

Ruff Ruff Black's first animation for Ep 2!

The very first time animating our garbage dog for this episode! Animation by our good friend Ferran Salat🖤🐾

The Danger Dogs have been demoted...

...to beans.

Meet Ruff Ruff Black!

Ruff Ruff everyone!

For all our awesome Patrons, it’s time to announce who has been cast as Ruff Ruff Black! (For real this time! No April Fools!) We were blown away by the response of our first open casting call with over 340 submissions and could not be more thankful to everyone who took the time to audition.

That being said, we had to narrow it down to one voice actor. After l...

The first block out of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs episode 2 has started!

Episode 2 script has arrived 🙌

An update in our search of Ruff Ruff Black's voice!

After combing through all 341 auditions as they came in, we finally have the list condensed to a top 25! Over the weekend, we’re going to gather our thoughts before narrowing it down some more next week. We’re one step closer to finding our Ruff Ruff Black!

Animation vs Final Result! Red and Blue's first encounter

Side by side for the start of this one sided beef!

Episode 2 loading...

Starting with getting the sets back up!

Animation vs Final Result! Yellow & Blue Intro

Side by side for the introduction of our strong Yellow and iconic Blue!

March Q&A! + Update for future Q&A's

The tale of how we got Dan Avidan to voice Ruff Ruff Red, real life inspiration counterparts for the characters, and more in this month's Q&A! Join Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs co creators, Max Lopez and Sean Malony, and voice of Ruff Ruff Blue, Cami Kwan, as they answer your questions!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As we've started pre-production on our next episodes, we have deci...

(STROBE WARNING) Red Transformation Animation vs Final Result!

Side by side of our Hugo's magical girl transformation to Ruff Ruff Red, the goodest boy around!

Animation vs Final Result! Ruff Ruff Yellow

Side by side of the animation for Ruff Ruff Yellow's helping hand!

Max Vlogs #1: Onward to the Next Episode!

We have officially started preproduction for Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs Episode 2! Join Max Lopez, co-founder of Apartment D and co-creator of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs, in the first of many production vlogs as he discusses the balance of maintaining a studio while creating its very first original series!

Now accepting questions for March's Q&A!

Comment any questions you have for the team about the Danger Dogs or our creative process below! Deadline to submit questions is March 20th so we can start putting the answer video together.

Disclaimer: Some questions we may not be able to answer if they go into spoiler territory.

February Q&A!

How did we land on the designs for the dogs hero forms? What does the real Hugo think of his newfound fame? Where did Yellow get their boxes? All these and more are answered in this month's Q&A! Join Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs co creators, Max Lopez and Sean Malony, and voice of Ruff Ruff Blue, Cami Kwan, as they answer your questions!

Have any Danger Dogs questions you want them to answer...

Danger Dogs Premiere Night Vlog

How can one night be such an absolute blur of chaos (for Max and Sean at least), but we also remember it like it was yesterday? Lucky for us, amidst all the post production craziness, we made sure to commemorate the moment with this vlog. The Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs Premiere was one of, if not, the most important and chaotic night in Apartment D history. We're so happy to have captured this and a...

Dance Cornchip Dance!

Just wrapped up animating our Ruff Ruff Yellow for a cute animation trend going on. On to post production for rig removal before sharing!

Now accepting questions for February's Q&A!

Comment any questions you have for the team about the Danger Dogs or our creative process below! Deadline to submit questions is February 13th so we can start putting the answer video together.

Disclaimer: Some questions we may not be able to answer if they go into spoiler territory.

Early look of next week's Stop Motion Meme Monday!

Also your annual reminder that Ruff Ruff Red is based off the creator's dog.

January Q&A!

The dust has finally settled at Apartment D and we will be resuming monthly Q&As! We were excited to try a new format for this one so we can get these done in a more efficient and timely manner so let us know what you think! Thank you all for your patience. The February Q&A will open very soon🩷 RUFF RUFF!

Working on some Valentines Day treats!

Some ruff drawings for our Danger Dog Valentines Day cards by our very own Cami Kwan. Finalized version coming soon!

Holiday animation WIP!

A ruff work in progress of post production for one of our holiday posts this year!

🎉DesignerCon Giveaway Winner!🎉

At DesignerCon last month, we hosted a giveaway through Patreon where anyone who joined or was already a member would be able to put their name in the hat for this exclusive shadow box full of props used in our D-Con animation collaboration! And this week, the winner received their prize in the mail.

Congratulations to the winner of the shadowbox giveaway, Tincrash! We're so happy to see...

The First Minute of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs!

Ruff Ruff everyone! We’re in the home stretch of post production on the first episode of Ruff Ruff Danger Dogs. While it’s looking like we’ll need a little more time to add our final details, we’re still on track for our December 13th premiere and you guys will still get to view the first episode early next week. In the meantime, we’re excited to share with you the very first minute o...