August 05, 2006

Great Making of a Stop Motion Animated Video

ESPN put out an animated commercial a couple of months ago. Here is a great "Behind the Scenes" video of the processes and work that goes behind a project of that caliber.

August 04, 2006

The Feline Ultimate Fighting Championships

We have grappling, reverse choke holds, throw downs, kicks to the face and guillotines, all part of the FUFC!

Pics of our new cat









August 02, 2006

Chef #1

Dark Crystal


Power of the Dark Crystal promotional clip shot at Comic-Con 2006.

It is mostly commentary, with a couple of concept designs and storyboards.

Help me Obe Won Kenobi...

In ten years, this migh be affordable, kinda useless, but definitely cool. Check out the makers of this new technology at:

http://www.io2technology.com/


Another rather creepy high-tech invention is a computer program that can animate a portrait into a fully animated, rendered 3D character. The news article is in another language but the clip certainly speaks for itself in regards to the manipulative, and realistic properties associated with the program.

July 26, 2006

Basement Beasties

Three years ago Rachel and I had the spontaneous idea of doing a Michel Gagne style children's book. Like many self-motivated little side-projects it never got complete. Tasks like adjusting all the page layouts, making backgrounds, and adding textures to all the creatures never got done. Once the down-time in the studio was over it was put on the back burner, we got very busy with other projects and it was never thought of again. Ben Jeddrie supplied the wonderful writing, Rachel Morrison did all the beastly sketches, and I provided the book cover and creature colors. I've recently uncovered these while going through old back-up CDs, here's some samples.











July 23, 2006

The Amazing Screw-On Head

Head over to Sci-Fi's site and check out the pilot episode for Mike Mignola's The Amazing Screw-On Head animated series. Beautifully animated and looks as if each frame was drawn by Mignola himself.

Simpsons

Someone built and painted their own version
of the Simposons houshold, take a look:



For anyone who missed their live action
intro on TV a few months ago, here it is:

You Tube Gold!

Disney Documentaries Collection on
Marc Davis, Ward Kimball, and Frank Thomas:

The very rare Thief & The Cobbler Workprint, restored & digitized:

Mustache

A great Flash short!