A Little Hitch

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present my short film from Laguna College of Art & Design, A Little Hitch.


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The Legend of Zelda: The Movie!

Been a while, hasn't it?  Whoof.

I'm keeping busy with storyboard projects -- especially a big fat animatic starring two of my marquee jerks characters.  I hope you'll see that soon!  In the meantime, looka this brain fart that happened one sleepless night.



Isn't he heroic?

In case you forgot...

LCAD films are screening tomorrow. 10am. Laguna South Coast Cinemas.
Be there, or feel like this.

Coming May 18

My long-gestating, soon-to-be-fully-colored senior film, A Little Hitch, will be screening with a bunch of other excellent films by my friends and colleagues at LCAD next month, at the LCAD Animated Film Festival (LAFF).  That will be at the AMC South Coast Cinema in Laguna Beach, Saturday, May 18, at 10AM.  Hope y'all can make it!

Happy Birthday, Milt Kahl!

I'd hardly know it without Andreas Deja's exhaustive blog, but still.  Here's an affectionate poke at one of the greatest animators who ever lived.

Hump-day hijinks

Below: Baby's first Flash animation.

Lil' Hitch

All right, kiddies...if you must know what's really been taking up my time while the wee hours are spent on pinups and such (I admit it takes the edge off), look no further.  Presenting the first 15 seconds of "Lil' Hitch."

The first pass has some technical issues, although I'm mostly pleased with the character animation.  More importantly, the story as a whole has many ridiculous twists and turns I am loath to spoil before it's ready to screen for an audience.  Those of you from LCAD likely know how it goes already, but I'm dangling this carrot to whet your appetite for the final carrot cake of a film -- which, in an extremely optimistic situation, will be fully baked this December.

Cheesy metaphor is futile.  Back to work!

Happy Birthday Michelle!

I'm two hours early, but here's an animated birthday card and warm birthday wishes for an awesome girl who draws way better than me.  If you haven't seen her gallery...well, do it!

Legend of Zelda copyright Nintendo.  Did you suspect Sony?

And for my next trick...

My 3D Computer Animation final! I got cozy with the Norman rig (no, not like that) and did my best to show how he'd react to seeing something inside a box. I was surprised how closely I could match Norman's poses to my original drawings.

One more semester gone. On to my senior film with a vengeance! Merry Christmas folks!

Runnin' Hoss

For my Animal Drawing final!

The tail's a little weird but I know how to fix it. In the meantime, enjoy.

Animated this from Steve Buscemi mouthing off in Desperado, for whoever wants to know.

Enter, Look, Take, and Leave

Sigh... posted a week later than I intended to, and none the better for it. Chiefly, the overlap on this quickie exercise needs work. Hope you enjoy this anyway!