Frankenhole: log cabin

this was the first set i was assigned for frankenhole and can be seen in the john thomas jefferson episode. all of the elements were carved out of soft foam and then glued on to wood. i did the paint job for this set (and the other two i made) as well.




unfortunately this is the only set i took progress pics of. glad i got at least one!






after the set was painted i gave it a dirty wash to give an aged effect.




my favorite part of the set was this little wood burning stove. second favorite would have to be the door which i don't think even got any screen time...? don't quote me on that though, i don't have cable so i can't even watch the show when it airs. but i do know a chunk of the main shot this set was for was cut due to censorship. i'm finding out that happens a lot with these shadow machine shows. just more to look forward to when the dvd comes out! (i hope there will be a dvd!)



final pic is the set on stage. i think the shot was partially animated at this point. production moves so fast i wasn't able to take a glory shot of the set but you get the idea.

props for frankenhole

now that the show is airing i can finally post some of the stuff i worked on! joy! ok, so when i first got to shadow machine i was asked to modify some pre-existing resin casts that would become props for the show. i accomplished that by using a bit of magi-sculpt (a two part sculpting apoxy) and forming it over the pre-existing casts. when the magi-sculpt hardened i went over each piece with some primer and painted them up. so here are a few pictures of that.


the magi-sculpt dries grey so you can tell what parts i sculpted over.











a lot of my time was spent applying this mossy sludge to different forms to be floor covering for swampy sets. we literally went through gallons and gallons of this stuff. i like work where i can get my hands dirty so i had a lot of fun slopping that sludge around. unfortunately i didn't take very many pictures but you see it in just about every outdoor shot in the show.



i also spent a lot of time filling tiny glass jars with colored water...



...painting (SO MANY!) resin cast book spines and little creatures (already sculpted before i got there)...



...that were placed into even more tiny glass jars...



...and then placed on a set. this final picture is kinda crappy but looks kinda cool i think, but it shows a few of those props getting set up. (not my set by the way). there were a lot more props and elements i worked on that i unfortunately didn't manage to take pictures of so this is pretty much all i have for the moment. there were some cool skulls i modified and various other spooky things that went on the walls and shelves (why didn't i take pictures!). but i do have some good pictures of a few sets i made so i'll be posting those soon.

an okay interview

two little clips of animation i did for "an okay place to eat" are up on the okay place blog! there is also a short written interview. check it out here!

thatsright!

another one of these two.

"i'm a bear, bitch!"

surprise!

an okay place to eat

spreading the good word about a new project i'm animating on called "an okay place to eat". the official blog is up so go check it out! okayplace blog

night carnival

a carnival came to the park around the corner from me so i went by one night to take some pictures. i didn't go on any of the rides but it was fun to walk around.


there were a lot of awkward bug themed rides...


mule pouch?


...


ok, so i've seen this ride once before at a carnival in phoenix and i almost peed my pants laughing when i saw it was called "bear affair". so what goes on with bear affair? you sit inside their tummies as they spin around. brilliant!


this funhouse dog mural was the highlight of the carnival for me. it's just so big and ridiculous! you can tell a lot of love and thought went into it.


i mean, just look at it! look!


my new life's goal is to make enough money to purchase this funhouse. i'm not sure what i'll do with it when i have it but i know i want it!

new look

just trying out a new look for my blog. i know white font on black background can get really annoying after a while. orange seemed nice.

no naked poster

so i found out that people just make their own laurels. i was all excited about the philadelphia ones... turns out they were just being nice. mm.

another shirt design

sad and indifferent animals wearing scarves...

my second design (skelepups) is now being featured on the site so i thought i'd throw another one up. the site is so easy to use, it's rather addicting.

i made some shirts!

i made a redbubble account! only two t-shirt designs up so far but it's a start. official no naked shirt to come in the hopefully not too distant future! i'll update when that happens. and i know the redbubble prices are kinda high... the base price for all t-shirts is $20 so i'm making less than $5 on every shirt but they seem to have nice quality stuff. i would have gone with cafe press but they don't offer white on black printing which makes me think all their stuff is iron-on transfer grade. not so hot. also, it seems you can buy my designs as stickers, which is kinda neat.


and in other news no naked will be shown at the san francisco frozen film festival! festival takes place july 1st through the 5th. my little film is gaining some speed, time to submit a few more dvd's!

more film festivals

philadelphia independent film festival and melbourne international animation festival have accepted "no naked!" into their programs. got my first official laurel the other day, just postin it here because i'm super excited and felt like sharing it with the world. although "no naked!" has been in five other festivals so far this is the only laurel i have received. maybe not all festivals are allowed to give out laurels? i have no idea how this all works.

the minotaur seeks a bride

i'm a classy lady

derp.

i think all of these are up on my website but i thought i would derp up my blog a bit. it needed some love. p.s. i'm back at shadow machine, workin on the chicken. good times with he-man and all my other 80's childhood favorites are being had.

flying "T"

another old test i just added sound to. i gots mad wind flute skillz, yo.

angry puppy

YES to youtube embedding capabilities! animated about two or three years ago when i was first learning flash, forgot about it, found it, added some sound and threw it up on the internet. and in case you are wondering, yes, that's me barking. thank you apple internal microphone!

the fuzzy forest begins to take shape

this is just a little tease of what the forest is going to look like. more trees and kitty critters and grassy things to come soon! and less window blinds.

a place for everything and everything in its place

the soft forest project has slowly been taking over the livingroom so i spent a good part of the day rearranging the furniture to give it it's own special area. more progress pics coming soon as i'll be spending the rest of the evening working on it :]

greetings from the phoenix film festival

actually, greetings from the phoenix airport! this was the first film festival i have been able to attend so far. flying is expensive! but the festival was very nice. i don't know how other festivals treat filmmakers but the phoenix festival has a lot of perks. you get two filmmaker passes which gets you in to every screening plus a whole bunch of free crap including a shirt and a punch card for eight free drinks. that is 16 free drinks total! they might as well just hand you a whole 16 pack of beer when you show up. i wish i had more time to really enjoy that punch card, but there is always next year. i will definitely be submitting to this festival in the future.

i didn't get many photographs at the festival but here's some fun art i found. enjoy!

fakey product packaging and logos

did all these in about ten hours total in photoshop.