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.

LoopdeLoop

Here is a still from a new animated loop that I did this week. It was created for a fun project called LoopdeLoop, centered around animation cycles.

This is my first animation done in flash.