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AngusMcTavish is a character designer.  His versions of the TTS characters can be seen in YouTube videos by several different uploaders, all of which give credit for his designs, and are listed below in Works.  He has also submitted other pictures, often made from MS Paint, for DeviantART since July 14, 2008.  Some of these can be seen as slideshows on his YouTube channel, AngusArt Entertainment.
AngusMcTavish is the username of a character designer on DeviantART, his YouTube name being AngusArt Entertainment.
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Biography
  
Birth state: Ohio
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Born in Ohio, currently in Washington State. His versions of MS Sam and others can be seen in a few videos on his own YouTube page, as well as by others who have used his images and credited him for the designs.
Current state: Washington
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Works
Birthday: March 31
 
  
With MS Paint his primary tool, Angus has been part of DeviantART since 2008 and posted his first YouTube video the following year. Most of his videos consisted of images from dA based on fan art, memes or art summaries, the latter becoming an annual staple on his page. Most of these early collections didn't get a lot of views, with the exception of multiple images created from a self-made template based on the DEUUEAUGH meme from SpongeBob. Despite being heavily down-voted, the two installments' combined 36,000 views as of February, 2019, seemed like a personal achievement.
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On DeviantART.com, he had submitted his own versions of MS Sam and others, most of which were inspired by davemadson's Looney Tunes Intro Bloopers video series. This Sam's YouTube debuted in a short video, "Silent Sam and the Logo Spoof" (September 24, 2013), which used captions instead of the usual voice programs.
  
While at it, though, Angus discovered the early video experiments by davemadson, and while originally watching for the logo spoofs and bloopers, he became more interested in the text-to-speech voices that would accompany Dave's series, including Looney Tunes Intro Bloopers.  This series gave Angus the idea to make a slideshow of his own "Looney Tunes Logo Spoofs" (2012), which not only met with moderate success, but was also praised by Dave (under his old account)!  Two other compilations and other single themed spoofs have also been featured since then.
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Sam and a select few characters had since been used in the Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers series by Shawn Wooten (originally by Guyisbackable), making their first visual appearance there on March 23, 2015.
  
To change up the theme, Angus unleashed another compilation, this one for "PBS 1971 Logo Spoofs" (2013). This time, more notice was taken. While not exactly going close to "viral," the first of these slideshows became the most-watched video on his channel, accumulating over 85,000 views as of February, 2019.  Soon after this, his YouTube page underwent an update, becoming AngusArt Entertainment, replacing his original, well-obsolete name, IJustWatchEm71.
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On December 17, 2016, Sam made an appearance, voice and all, narrating Angus' 2016 DeviantART Summary. Sam's whole narration was done in one file on Balabolka, and the images selected for the slideshow were stretched to try and keep in time with the voice. The video ran at nearly 11 minutes, it is also Angus' 50th YouTube video, and even celebrates having gotten 200 subscribers during the year.
  
By this time, Angus had started to become more and more inspired by Dave's videos and the faces given to the voices, inspiring him to create his own renditions of the characters.  Some resembled Dave's versions in certain ways, like with Microsoft Mike or Radar Overseer Scotty, while Microsoft Sam and Sidney became examples of more original compositions (In the case of Sidney, Angus submitted his take on the character before the davemadson version was even introduced to the public!).
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In 2017, two other YouTube users have worked Angus' style of characters into their videos. Falcon Lord Productions incorporated them into his one episode of Lionsgate Logo Bloopers, as well as a pilot video for a series of bloopers based on the MGM logo. At this time, he is still looking for ideas for bloopers to continue his series.
  
With no tools for trying voices at the time, some early experiments were made with his own renditions, including a "Silent Sam" blooper on September 24, 2013, a single outtake that ran nearly 30 seconds.  This led to a video that would introduce other characters in a proposed Silent Sam series, which ended up scrapped.
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The other user, Matt Crowley, has also worked with these characters for his Magic Window Logo Bloopers, starting with Episode 2.
  
But others took notice.  The first to use these renditions for TTS videos was Shawn Wooten, who was continuing the series of Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers after Guyisbackable's first two episodes. Episode 3 debuted a few of these characters on March 23, 2015, and Angus was duly credited for these designs for the first time. Other YouTube uploaders to use these designs since then include Falcon Lord Productions and Matt Crowley.
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On December 27, 2017, Sam was joined by many other characters for Angus' new DeviantART Summary video. Each character presented one of Angus' selections for each month. With the intro, end credits, and additional dialogue, it made this video even longer than the previous year's, clocking in at 18 minutes, 35 seconds. It also celebrates 300 subscribers, the milestone reached during December.
  
By 2016, Angus finally got a hold of some tools for making his own TTS videos, including Balabolka. Already using Windows Movie Maker for videos, he gave Microsoft Sam his first speaking part on his own channel by hosting his end-of-year DeviantART summary.  It is here that Angus learned the big difference between formats. When he would put reasons for his selections in the video descriptions, these ran anywhere from two to four and a half minutes.  Having a voice narrate each monthly selection, as well as providing a trivia question and other information, pushes the time frame further, and the 2016 summary ran nearly eleven minutes. On a side note, Sam's lines were done on one whole voice file!
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On September 25, 2018, Angus was approached for the idea of making angel incarnations out of his versions of Hank, Jimmy and Sidney, in response to Episode 144 of davemadson's Looney Tunes Bloopers, Off Limits to Bloopers. In response, a special video was posted on YouTube to inform TTS fans and video makers alike that even though it's great to have someone as inspiration to help make your stories possible, you don't necessarily have to follow the same path. Originality helps as well. Speaking of originality, a new character is introduced in the video, Janitor Jack, an elderly custodian that uses Speakonia Male #8, perhaps as a replacement to any bosses should any new projects be made on his own accord.
  
As 2017 wound to a close, it was time for another art summary video, and this time, more voices joined in, with a different character presenting selections for each month. This also made room for additional dialogue among the voices, and the video ran a good 18 1/2 minutes as a result.
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For October, a short, 30-second video greeting card was issued featuring new images of Sam and Mike. It started with a Halloween greeting on DeviantART, where every year, two different aspects are crossed over for costumed characters. This time, Sam and Mike were donning "less than perfect" costumes to represent Ace Attorney roles, with Sam as defense attorney Phoenix Wright, and Mike portraying prosecutor Miles Edgeworth. Sam throws his own "Objection!" to how Mike can't seem to wear his wig properly, while Mike mocks Sam in return for not dying his hair to match his own wig. The narrative is by Robosoft 3 (Cymon), saying that "even if your costume isn't perfect, it doesn't mean your Halloween shouldn't be."
  
Angus spent some of 2018 experimenting with other ideas for the voices. On September 25, after three characters were killed off in Dave's "Looney Tunes Bloopers 144: Off Limits to Bloopers," fans approached Angus for angelic versions of Hank, Jimmy and Sidney.  But Angus felt like maybe it was time to inform others that while it is good to have inspiration, sometimes it's best to make your own path, not relying so much on the same story arcs.  He did this via a special "PSA" video with Microsoft Sam & Co., the group name he gave them in late 2017.
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Angus' 2018 DeviantART Summary video Premiered on Friday, December 14th. Two teaser trailers were made for the event. The feature ran even longer than the 2017 summary, a total of 29 minutes. Key notes on this video include multiple images to help explain monthly selections, the first appearance of the McEvils (as silhouettes) in Angus' own videos, and an announcement of a character getting a different voice file so he can be heard better.
  
He would follow it up with a short, 30-second Halloween "greeting card" video, in which Sam and Mike argue over sloppy costume ideas based on Ace Attorney (Sam as Phoenix Wright, Mike as Miles Edgeworth).
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On January 22, 2019, a Windows Error short video was made, but not in the usual manner as others (Thunderbirds101 and so on). The "error" that Sam reads talks of the Baseball Hall of Fame and how the long wait was over for them to induct Edgar Martinez, the long-time designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners. The only thing error-worthy, as Sam points out, is that it took until his tenth and final year of eligibility to reach the 75% of votes needed to get in (he got 85.4%, up nearly 15 points from the 2018 voting).
  
Figuring that his next project may exceed the time of his previous one, Angus advertised with two teaser trailers before Premiering his 2018 dA summary. With the monthly selections, trivia question and answer, and additional conflict, the video reached an epic 29 minutes in length!
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PBS 1971 Logo Spoofs 3 is the first installment in Angus' most-watched video series to feature TTS voices. Premiering on February 1, 2019, it strayed from the usual "blooper" formula as Sam was okay with the idea of spoofed logos, rather than getting impatient with Scotty. The video is also considered a "400 Subscriber Special," the channel having reached that milestone earlier in the week.
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Trivia
  
For 2019, Sam had a short video to congratulate former Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez for making it to the Baseball Hall of Fame via Windows Error, but this also gave way to the characters giving voice to "PBS 1971 Logo Bloopers 3," the first time the slideshow got the TTS treatment.
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Other videos on AngusArt Entertainment consist of slideshows showcasing his other projects, either done in MS Paint or Garry's Mod scenes.
  
Other YouTube uploaders with Angus' designs:
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The logo bloopers series from davemadson also inspired Angus to create his own series of "Logo Spoofs" for YouTube slideshows. As of February, 2019, he has three videos for Looney Tunes Logo Spoofs and three for PBS 1971 Logo Spoofs, with most of the featured works also on display on his DeviantART page. His templates for the Looney Tunes variants have also been used for the Project Take Two series by Project Nick.
Shawn Wooten - Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers, starting with Episode 3: Even More Bloopers
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Falcon Lord Productions - Lionsgate Logo Bloopers, MGM Home Video Logo Bloopers
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The YouTube video makers that have used Angus' character designs for their own videos:
Matt Crowley - Magic Window Logo Bloopers, starting with Episode 2
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Abomagoonios Entertainment - using the version of Matt Crowley for Merrie Melodies Intro Bloopers (starting Episode 34) and Star Wars Intro Bloopers.
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- Shawn Wooten, Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers (starting Episode 3: Even More Bloopers).
Timothy Ly - His own persona was designed for his 20th Century Fox Bloopers videos, starting with episode 12, The Plan.
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- Falcon Lord Productions, Lionsgate Logo Bloopers, MGM Home Video Logo Bloopers.
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- Matt Crowley, Magic Window Logo Bloopers (starting Episode 2).
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- Abomagoonios Entertainment, using the version of Matt Crowley for Merrie Melodies Intro Bloopers (starting Episode 34) and Star Wars Intro Bloopers.
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- Timothy Ly. His own persona was designed for his 20th Century Fox Bloopers videos, starting with episode 12, The Plan.

Revision as of 20:01, 22 February 2019

AngusMcTavish is a character designer. His versions of the TTS characters can be seen in YouTube videos by several different uploaders, all of which give credit for his designs, and are listed below in Works. He has also submitted other pictures, often made from MS Paint, for DeviantART since July 14, 2008. Some of these can be seen as slideshows on his YouTube channel, AngusArt Entertainment. Biography

Born in Ohio, currently in Washington State. His versions of MS Sam and others can be seen in a few videos on his own YouTube page, as well as by others who have used his images and credited him for the designs. Works

On DeviantART.com, he had submitted his own versions of MS Sam and others, most of which were inspired by davemadson's Looney Tunes Intro Bloopers video series. This Sam's YouTube debuted in a short video, "Silent Sam and the Logo Spoof" (September 24, 2013), which used captions instead of the usual voice programs.

Sam and a select few characters had since been used in the Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers series by Shawn Wooten (originally by Guyisbackable), making their first visual appearance there on March 23, 2015.

On December 17, 2016, Sam made an appearance, voice and all, narrating Angus' 2016 DeviantART Summary. Sam's whole narration was done in one file on Balabolka, and the images selected for the slideshow were stretched to try and keep in time with the voice. The video ran at nearly 11 minutes, it is also Angus' 50th YouTube video, and even celebrates having gotten 200 subscribers during the year.

In 2017, two other YouTube users have worked Angus' style of characters into their videos. Falcon Lord Productions incorporated them into his one episode of Lionsgate Logo Bloopers, as well as a pilot video for a series of bloopers based on the MGM logo. At this time, he is still looking for ideas for bloopers to continue his series.

The other user, Matt Crowley, has also worked with these characters for his Magic Window Logo Bloopers, starting with Episode 2.

On December 27, 2017, Sam was joined by many other characters for Angus' new DeviantART Summary video. Each character presented one of Angus' selections for each month. With the intro, end credits, and additional dialogue, it made this video even longer than the previous year's, clocking in at 18 minutes, 35 seconds. It also celebrates 300 subscribers, the milestone reached during December.

On September 25, 2018, Angus was approached for the idea of making angel incarnations out of his versions of Hank, Jimmy and Sidney, in response to Episode 144 of davemadson's Looney Tunes Bloopers, Off Limits to Bloopers. In response, a special video was posted on YouTube to inform TTS fans and video makers alike that even though it's great to have someone as inspiration to help make your stories possible, you don't necessarily have to follow the same path. Originality helps as well. Speaking of originality, a new character is introduced in the video, Janitor Jack, an elderly custodian that uses Speakonia Male #8, perhaps as a replacement to any bosses should any new projects be made on his own accord.

For October, a short, 30-second video greeting card was issued featuring new images of Sam and Mike. It started with a Halloween greeting on DeviantART, where every year, two different aspects are crossed over for costumed characters. This time, Sam and Mike were donning "less than perfect" costumes to represent Ace Attorney roles, with Sam as defense attorney Phoenix Wright, and Mike portraying prosecutor Miles Edgeworth. Sam throws his own "Objection!" to how Mike can't seem to wear his wig properly, while Mike mocks Sam in return for not dying his hair to match his own wig. The narrative is by Robosoft 3 (Cymon), saying that "even if your costume isn't perfect, it doesn't mean your Halloween shouldn't be."

Angus' 2018 DeviantART Summary video Premiered on Friday, December 14th. Two teaser trailers were made for the event. The feature ran even longer than the 2017 summary, a total of 29 minutes. Key notes on this video include multiple images to help explain monthly selections, the first appearance of the McEvils (as silhouettes) in Angus' own videos, and an announcement of a character getting a different voice file so he can be heard better.

On January 22, 2019, a Windows Error short video was made, but not in the usual manner as others (Thunderbirds101 and so on). The "error" that Sam reads talks of the Baseball Hall of Fame and how the long wait was over for them to induct Edgar Martinez, the long-time designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners. The only thing error-worthy, as Sam points out, is that it took until his tenth and final year of eligibility to reach the 75% of votes needed to get in (he got 85.4%, up nearly 15 points from the 2018 voting).

PBS 1971 Logo Spoofs 3 is the first installment in Angus' most-watched video series to feature TTS voices. Premiering on February 1, 2019, it strayed from the usual "blooper" formula as Sam was okay with the idea of spoofed logos, rather than getting impatient with Scotty. The video is also considered a "400 Subscriber Special," the channel having reached that milestone earlier in the week. Trivia

Other videos on AngusArt Entertainment consist of slideshows showcasing his other projects, either done in MS Paint or Garry's Mod scenes.

The logo bloopers series from davemadson also inspired Angus to create his own series of "Logo Spoofs" for YouTube slideshows. As of February, 2019, he has three videos for Looney Tunes Logo Spoofs and three for PBS 1971 Logo Spoofs, with most of the featured works also on display on his DeviantART page. His templates for the Looney Tunes variants have also been used for the Project Take Two series by Project Nick.

The YouTube video makers that have used Angus' character designs for their own videos:

- Shawn Wooten, Walt Disney Home Video Logo Bloopers (starting Episode 3: Even More Bloopers).

- Falcon Lord Productions, Lionsgate Logo Bloopers, MGM Home Video Logo Bloopers.

- Matt Crowley, Magic Window Logo Bloopers (starting Episode 2).

- Abomagoonios Entertainment, using the version of Matt Crowley for Merrie Melodies Intro Bloopers (starting Episode 34) and Star Wars Intro Bloopers.

- Timothy Ly. His own persona was designed for his 20th Century Fox Bloopers videos, starting with episode 12, The Plan.