mike geiger's sketchbook

the original title of this post was "vegetables", until i remembered that it should actually be one vegetable and one fruit.
in case you also felt it odd that a tomato isnt actually considered a vegetable, i found this...

The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut.

still though, i just cant see myself putting any of those in my fruit salad, no matter what "scientists" want to call them.

friends!

its been a busy week of moving, trying to enjoy the sunshine, and working on a new project, so instead of trying to squeeze out a random post about nothing in particular, i thought it might be nice to give an update on some rad projects that some of my friends are working on these days...

if you are in toronto on the 17th, magic pony is hosting a show by jon izen which i can guarantee will be worth a stop in...you can find all the info here.

yo gabba gabba just threw up an animated piece called "listen" by the ever talented lori d as well as a blog post about her cartoon.
no emdedding available, but you can watch the animation here on the yo gabba gabba site if youd like.

the forever on fire mr mirco just snuck up another "sloth in the city"... brilliant as usual.

alright, this is beginning to feel a bit like an animation news blog post, so ill end it here.
hope you all have a great weekend in the sunshine...

new chuck gammage site

chuck gammage recently released their new website in which i am one of the directors.
the studio is run by a great bunch of people and are a company that i am extremely proud to have a relationship with.
they have uploaded quite a bit of work that they have produced over the past few years to the new site, so feel free take a look around if you have a few minutes, there are some real animation gems up there to enjoy.

the county ghost?

for those who have wondered where the latest episode is, ive unfortunately had to put the series on hold for a short time while i attend to some other exciting new projects.
it is by far not over, just in a bit of a hibernation until i can give it my full attention again.

at least its nice to see the farmer happy again with that pesky ghost being m.i.a.
that fella must be on cloud nine...

chicken bone

i was asked to do a comic for a little zine that my friend is making here in vancouver.
so a few questionable ideas and some odd hours later...
out came chicken bone

some older goodies.

i was recently over at bob jaques' blog where he posted a line test from a really great old ren and stimpy sequence that he directed on the original series.
it inspired me to go back and find a few scenes that i animated for him and kelly at carbunkle cartoons on the newer APC series that we did back in 2003.
this is a scene from "ren seeks help" that i believe was layed out by Helder if i remember correctly and animated by myself.

a few shots from another project

ive been suffering a severe case of animation inspiration deprivation over the last few days, so instead of working, i decided to post a few stills of a little project that i had been tinkering with a few weeks back.

if anyone has any weird and wonderful ways that they crawl out of an artistic rut, id love to hear em. my inspiration seems to have gone on vacation and ive spent the majority of the last week just staring at the monitor and scratching my head...

i apologize about posting all of these, but this one just sounded cool...

found a nice little quote about cuddlesticks written up by the detroit metro:

Deep thoughts are second to laughs in bits like Sausage Party, The Mosquito that Gave Up Blood and Artie's Day Off, but all deliver the goods. They all seem tame next to the great-looking but unforgivably vulgar Cuddlesticks, a hilariously nasty bit of business, credited to an obvious total lunatic named Mike Geiger. And just when you've given up all hope for humanity comes a funny little absurdist gem like The Furious Little Cinnamon Bun to remind you why you ever liked twisted cartoons in the first place.

a few cottage sketches

lettuce and tomato