annecy screenings

its a busy little weekend for my films
cuddle sticks will be playing 7 times over the next few days with 3 different venues in annecy as part of the politically incorrect program, the spike and mike program, and the animation film party, and the county ghost episodes 1 -4 will also be playing back to back to back to back at the le comptoir de la folie ordinaire on saturday night.
hot holler!

supa rain

my friend jamie aka "hobo divive" designed a character called "supa rain" and has suggested downloading it and using him in your own way...
so here is my version

if anyone else has a few spare minutes in their day,
i would urge you to pop over to jamies blog and try one yourself!
no drawing needed!

just another day in animation

so i recently got an e-mail from a skateboard company that i did an animation for in the past who asked if it was cool if they posted my new animation on their site.
obviously not understanding, I said "sure, but what new animation?"

as turns out, someone had done another animated short and posted it on newgrounds based on the same character, and "inspired" by mine.
and by "inspired", i mean traced "or possibly trace bitmapped i cant tell" frame for frame my walk cycles and poses.

which, to be honest didnt really bother me that much.
the character isnt mine, and im all for fan art style projects.
but with the world being the fair and just place that it is,
this fellow has pulled in 133000 hits and was posted on the main page of newgrounds with 350 comments about how great his animated short is that he just traced off of my work,
while my original animation, is sitting on youtube with about 3000 views.

well BRS from Whales....
alls i can say is,
youre f*%#king welcome.

two more from yester...i mean a few years ago...

a little interview over on the VFS site

a little interview i did over on the v.f.s. site where i pretend to know what im talking about...

me cameos...

here are some screen shots of a few of my 15 minutes of fame when some designers decided to add me into the background of their shows.

the first one is from a show called olliver's adventures (im the fella in the grey hoodie looking mesmerized by the fancy juggling) which i believe was drawn by curtis carey.

and the second is from an episode of yamroll (id be the sushi on the right with the larger size headphones) designed by ariel villaverde.

both stunningly flattering of coarse.

some mouth comps for those dudes

hellfire and rain

since ive been having so much trouble with color lately, i thought it justifiable to make a character out of a rainbow.

i hate color

so, ive been doing pre-production of my new project for the past 4 or 5 weeks now.
script done, models done, rotations done, props done, bg locations done, and now voice records done.
so today is the first day of "color", and i gotta admit, i havent felt as lost as i am right now in a long time. if you ever noticed, i like to stick to a few colors that i am comfortable with and pretty much hang out in the same area of the color palette no matter what im working on. unfortunately this project takes place in a bright sunny atmosphere with white clouds and beaches, which is a drastic change from the normal browny darkness that im used to.
so i am feeling kinda completely out of my element here, and am realizing that where in the past, i would mix in darker tones to add depth, adding white doesnt work oppositely to make something brighter. it just washes out the color that you originally had.
this is messed up!

earth science

here is a little animated intro i did for a friend of mine who asked if i would help make something for his clothing line called earth science that he is doing in conjunction with a shop called livestock (which is a canadian sneaker store if you are unfamiliar).

a little bit different than my normal cartoonery, but a fun change of pace.

H is for HUH????

a few more from a random notebook i found...

some of my work at various venues

a few of my films will be playing at the following festivals and events over the next few weeks. it doesnt look like i will be able to attend any of them, but would still be happy to have you show up and support some great animation celebrations.

annecy animation festival june 8 - 12th in annecy france


the red sticks animation festival in baton rouge april 22nd - 25th.


the melbourne animation festival june 22nd - june 28th


animation industry night next thursday the 23rd in toronto


in portland may 1st as part of the spike and mike festival


comic con 2009 as part of the spike and mike program july 23rd - 26th


also, one of my cartoons was the 5th most watched on the 4mations site last month, which means i won an award!