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New music video

Just created the animation for this music video with Jordan Bruner for Warner Brothers artist Brandyn Burnette.

Website

I have a website now.  It can be found at www.gregorylytle.com.  You can go there to see a portfolio selection of my work.  I will keep posting to my blog with any news, sketches, or whatever else seems like a good idea.

A New Short

I have been working on a short film.  It is called "Change."

The Storytelling Animal

I was recently commissioned to create a book trailer for Jonathan Gottschall's new release "The Storytelling Animal" from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This was a lot of fun to make.

The book is now available on Amazon.

God of Tears is Online

God of Tears, the first animation project I ever worked on, is now online. It was beer and skittles helping Max Margulies and Naoko Masuda make this short film.

Bacon Clock on Cartoon Brew

My latest fragment of an animation, "Bacon Clock," was posted on Cartoon Brew's 18th Animated Fragments post.

Thanks Brewsters!

Cheap Extermination

My friend Minka's film, Cheap Extermination, is debuting at SXSW next month. I animated cockroaches for the film, and you can see some in this here trailer.

Sesame Street and OK Go

The Sesame Street short that I got to work on with Al Jarnow and Jessica Polaniecki is going to air this Thursday, February 2! It's all about primary colors, performed by OK Go. I cut and threw (placed) lots of paper along with a few others. If you can't wait until Thursday, here is the video, embedded from Sesame Street's YouTube channel.



Thanks for hooking me up Marty.

Mercury Show on February 11th

Murder Mystery show on 02/11/12. Also playing: Gringo Motel and Cape Wrath. They will be accompanied by interludes from D20 Burlesque dancers, of course.

I made another poster for the best band around and I am utilizing Photoshop like never before.

Figure drawing

Here's a few of my favorite figures from the past 2 months. If Jeff is looking at this, forgive the poor photographs.










I like quick sketches, but I put up a long pose for good measure.

Deap sea sneeze

Someone replaced the air tank with the pepper tank.

Bar Loop

The second of assignments for year number two-ish.

6 legged walk cycle

This was my first assignment in Celia Bullwinkel's Animation workshop class at SVA.

In the last few weeks I have been working on a commissioned animation from the distant land of Germany. I was asked to transform Alison Mathiebe's script into an animation similar to I Am In the Air Right Now.

You can buy the book here if you are so inclined.

Also, a reminder to come out to the big unveiling of Mercury Radio Theater's new album on Saturday at Johnny Brenda's in Philly. My illustrations (slightly animated) will be projected on a big screen during the show. I will be loads of laughs.

New work

I haven't posted for a while. That's because I have been very busy...

My favorite band Mercury Radio Theater is coming out with a new CD and I got the chance to illustrate the final installment in their monster trilogy. It's called Kilroy. Listen to it here.



















I made a poster yesterday for their album release show on September 3. Get tickets now!



I recently animated with Max Margulies and Naoko Masuda on a new project that they are working on. Here is a photo of the main set.



I took a class at SVA with Marty Abrahams. Marty is good people and he got me working for Al Jarnow on a Sesame Street short. I'll post when it is going to air.

Yuppers

Music!

Here's some music I made. There are a few glitches from uploading them to youtube but I didn't have much time to spare. It just adds to the charm.

Horse

I am now learning things at SVA. My first class is "Intro to Animation". I am working on a 40 second-ish final for the class. It will involve horses? Here is a walk cycle I thumbnailed today.


I decided to test it out by scanning it and making a quick animated gif by compositing it in Photoshop. I think this is a good way to see results from paper almost immediately.



















Also, this doesn't hurt. More info than is in the book.

Cards of Hope

My wife, Leann, just made this promotional video for the Through the Eyes of Hope project. I helped out by creating an extremely simple animated logo at the beginning. They teach kids in Rwanda about photography and are now raising funds to build a photo studio for the children in order to make their art and earn money to support themselves and their families.



If you want to help out you can go to their IndieGoGo page and donate $5 or more to receive a handwritten postcard from one of the kids in the program. They are a very small operation and every penny counts.