Long Live The Royals

The short I made at Cartoon Network is is online for a short time. Go watch Log Live The Royals!

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/cartoon-network-videos/video/index.html

Stussy/Marvel

Hey check out this animated video I worked on with some friends for Stussy. I animated Captain America.

Stussy x Marvel - The Ultimate Teamup from Stussy on Vimeo.

New Year New Post

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Happy New Year! One of my resolutions is to get this blog back up and running. I've been pretty busy lately working on the awesome El Tigre, and we're not slowing down anytime soon. But hopefully I can devote more time this year to working on my personal projects as well. In the meantime...

Here's another commercial I worked on for ACME Filmworks. It was again directed by Dave Wasson, and story boarded by Gabe Swarr. I did layouts, color, and all of the animation. Color gave us the most headache because of what the client wanted. They wanted to add a bunch of yellow, which Dave and I thought detracted from the characters and the crackers and vegetables. The end result isn't bad, but I'm more fond of my original color choices. Most of it flys by so fast anyways. Here are some stills of the original colors.

Here's a bit of rough animation for your enjoyment.

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Shh! It's a Secret Commercial

Here's the first commercial I worked on, again produced through ACME Filmworks. It's from about a year and a half ago in Feb. '05. It was directed by Dave Wasson, storyboarded by Gabe Swarr, with animation by me, Aaron Horvath, Tony Mora, and Pong Carlos. I forget who did the layouts, so if anyone knows, lemme know. I animated the last two sections, Tropical and Vanilla, as well as comping the whole piece together and adding transitions and titles and whatnot. Aaron Horvath animated the first part, Rose. Tony Mora animated the second part, Peach. And I forget what Pong Carlos animated. The end dancing maybe? Or maybe that was Aaron too. I was quite a lot of work to be doing on top of a fulltime job. Getting the sparkles right was a feat in itself. But I think it turned out pretty good. Also, I was a nerd and made all the stars in the beginning shots accent to the beat of the bassline in the song. You gotta look closely for that though. Oh yeah, and the dialouge audio is scratch and not the final. We did some 15 sec. spots as well, which I'll post soon.

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Commercial Animation

Here's a Wheat Thins commercial I worked on at the beginning of the year. It was directed by Dave Wasson, with layouts by Shag, and animation and everything else by me. It's a pretty simple piece, but it was fun to make. This was produced through ACME Filmworks, and they were great. But, as I usually found working on commercials, the Ad agency who hired ACME was a different story. The Wheat Thins box is yellow, and yet they demanded that the thought cloud be yellow as well. Now you can't even see the box, and the girl's skin color gets lost as well. But, I've learned that you have to pick your battles. Dave and I actually had to cut his spot in half and make a 15 sec. version, which is the one that aired. But we like this version way better. Oh yeah, Dave voices the guy, and Brooke Cadorette is the narrator. More commercial posts coming soon!

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Quick Animation Test

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Here's a quick run cycle I did, just for fun. It aint perfect, but good enough for now. I'm probably going to do some more tests to see how the characters move and such. Enjoy!