Kitty Wrestling

Here is the "Monster on Vacation" series I did for the Aurora Coffee art show. I took photographs from my recent travels to Arizona, California, and Hawaii and drew a monster in them. I printed them 22"X12" on 1/2" foam board. They turned out pretty good. I'm selling them for $50 each, so if you're in the ATL area this month you can stop by Aurora Cofee in Virginia Highlands and pick one up.

I already sold this first one.



This one is the beach where they shoot "Lost." This was very exciting. Nearby is where they shoot the survivor's camp and Mr. Ecco's church is still there.

My little brother Andre is curating an art show. The last one he put together was really good, and this time a series I'm working on will be on display, "Monster on Vacation."

The piece above is titled "Superstition Mountain, Arizona." You can buy your very own copy of it at the show without all the words on.

NEW MR. CHILDREN-FOR HANDS

IT IS SAID THAT WHEN RENDERING FROM AFTER EFFECTS YOU SHOULD INITIATE CAPS LOCK TO MAKE THE RENDER GO FASTER. I HAVE NINE MINUTES LEFT OF RENDERING BEFORE I CAN NO LONGER WRITE ON MY BLOG.


HERE IS MY IDEA:

A SHOW ABOUT TWO BILLIONAIRE TYCOONS WHO OWN A YACHT. BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY YACHT, IT'S A TIME-TRAVELING HOVER YACHT THAT TALKS IN A SASSY VOICE. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ASSIGNED ONE OF IT'S BEST (AND HOTTEST) AGENTS TO WORK UNDERCOVER AS IT'S JANITOR. SO WHEN BADGUYS COME TO HANG OUT ON THE YACHT, SHE ASKS THEM POLITELY TO LEAVE, AND THEY USUALLY DO BECAUSE SHE'S HIGHLY TRAINED AT DEALING WITH BADGUYS.

MOST OF THE SHOW WILL REVOLVE AROUND THE LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO BILLIONAIRES AND THE AGENT WHO THEY DON'T KNOW IS AN AGENT. SHE'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE, MOSTLY BY REMINDING THEM TO NOT DRINK TOO MUCH, OR TO WEAR A LIFE VEST WHEN WATER SKIING. THEY TIME TRAVEL OCCASIONALLY, BUT USUALLY JUST TO A COUPLE DAYS AGO SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR CREDIT CARD BILLS ON TIME. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW RICH PEOPLE STAY OUT OF DEBT, TIME TRAVELING BACKWARDS TO AVOID LATE FEES.

AND THE YACHT WILL SAY SASSY THINGS FROM TIME TO TIME, LIKE "NO WAY," OR "I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING."

THE NAME OF THE SHOW WILL BE "THE LOVE HOVER TIME YACHT."

SOMEHOW MY RENDER HAS GONE UP TO 16 MINUTES. I DON'T TRUST THIS CAPS LOCK TRICK.

This my company's entry into the International 48 Hour Film Competition. I directed it with Layne, the Senior Designer here. It was a lot of fun, but it was brutal making a cartoon in three days. We got the genre, prop, line of dialogue, and character we had to use friday night at 7pm, and had to mail it off by Monday (yes, not actually 48 hours). So at least 3 days of 19 straight work hours, and then one of only about 14.

And you can watch it in HD at the vimeo site if you want.

We made a cartoon last weekend as part of the International 48 Hour Filmmaking competition. It's sort of the style from this image, but with handheld video footage. Three days of shooting and animating and editing and making music and SFX. It was exciting, but I'm still kind of tired from it (and from working all weeek). I'll post it online soon.

Also, the new Mr. Children-for-Hands will be done very soon. Hopefully this week. It just needs some audio mixing and color correcting. I think I even like how it's turned out.

The Bark-Bark Outer Space Friends Holiday Movie Adventure Spectacular is here!


(click the image to link to the movie)

I'd like to thank Mollie Brock for her brilliant voice acting and the exceptional cello and cinematography of Geoff Bremner, as well as the collaborative input of the many clever people at the office, and my boss for paying me money to do this for almost a week and a half.

You can print out the characters and make a movie with them yourself. And you can check out other projects we've done (mostly commercials) at www.bark-bark.com.

(it's back up! click and watch enjoy!)