Tae Kwon Donkey - Issue 1
kevindunlapvoa for Voice Actor - Tae Kwon Donkey
LEAD ROLE
Tae Kwon Donkey is the reluctant protagonist of the Tae Kwon Donkey Universe...a martial arts comic series blending absurd anthropomorphic action with emotional mythology, philosophy, and consequence.
Despite the ridiculous surface appearance of the world, Tae is emotionally sincere, introspective, conflicted, and spiritually exhausted. He is not a traditional heroic protagonist.
The ideal performance should balance:
- quiet emotional weight
- subtle humor
- uncertainty
- restrained intensity
- philosophical conflict
This role should NOT sound:
- overly cartoonish
- overly deep/trailer-like
- overly confident/anime-protagonist
Think:“A reluctant martial artist trapped inside an absurd mythological world.”
This is a recurring lead role with future trailer, motion comic, and promotional potential.
- english
- male young adult
- Avoid overly cartoonish overly deep or overly heroic/anime-protagonist performances
- restrained but capable of explosive emotional intensity
- Repressed Donkey Energy
- emotionally conflicted
- Grounded
- Think like he has been holding back a Hee-Haw for a very very long time due to a bit of depression that he masks with sarcasm
- Neutral / General American
- Slightly weary
- subtly sarcastic
- introspective
- Any professional or semi-professional recording/editing software capable of delivering clean WAV or high-quality MP3 audio
- Good quality condenser microphone with clean audio and minimal background noise preferred
- Voice Acting Character Acting Emotional Acting Naturalistic Dialogue Dramatic Performance Animation Voice Acting Comic/Motion Comic Performance
“Even if I fight every fight and win… we’ve already lost… what we’ve already lost.” (Introspective - recurring theme line for Tae Kwon Donkey)
“Speaking of saving it… how exactly are we supposed to stop the Claw and Order with a bunch of useless art? …So now we’re gonna kill them with poems?” (Demonstrating his sarcasm, quippiness, and reluctant energy)
“You are right, Crab… I’m just a lazy ass… and when I say ‘ass’… I mean… DONKEY!!!” (Beaten to a pulp...his come back moment...breaking out of his nature and finally having a big hero moment)
Hey Kevin! I appreciate you taking the time. The voice quality is good. I particularly like your second delivery of the "A" line. That was spot on what I was thinking for "Donkey". The climactic battle against the crab wasn't bad - but I do think it could have a bit more drama and dynamics to properly go from zero to hero to give it that proper comeback energy. As far as the sarcastic...he isn't as "pissed off" as his burnt out "Ass" like nature may imply. So I do think the take is making him much more aggressive than the character is intended to be. That being said. Feel free to submit again. Thanks for taking the time!
Thank you for the notes, I would be happy to work with you and perfect to this role. I’m unfortunately going out of town this week so I don’t know that I’ll have time to audition but depending on when you’re looking to move forward, I will when I get back next week :-)