Mr. Roosevelt’s Wooly Utopia

How long has it been? A year? My mind conjures only a gauzy recollection of the recent past; details are obscured or omitted completely, the dream-like narrative giving way to something even more elusive. Like reading the long-lost autobiography of Franklin D. Roosevelt—Mr. Roosevelt’s Wooly Utopia—I fall easily into sleep from utter boredom and recall something that  might have been forgotten had I not [...]

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Attention! New Portfolio Site! Don’t Delay! Look Out For Flying Exclamation Points!

Well, I’ve finally gone ligit, as the kids say. My portfolio is up and running and ready for the enjoyment of many eyeballs. I’ve got illustrations galore, a sampling of production art from over the years, as well as my updated animation reel with shiny new content. It’s a veritable blitzkrieg of good times!  And for the first 100 viewers, you’ll receive a [...]

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Guns and Gams

This trailer for the Palm Springs International Short Festival has been making the rounds for a couple of months, but for those who haven’t seen it, I would be remiss if I didn’t write even a small blurb about it. Produced by MAKE animation studios, this bit of cartoon noir is so exciting and inspiring to look at, that I [...]

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Does This Frog Have Legs?

OK, so I’ve never spoken about work-related projects on this site, however I thought I would make an exception with today’s release of Disney’s Princess and the Frog, their “return” to 2D (well, at least 2D with some marketing muscle behind it). No, I didn’t work on the movie, however I did work on one of the ubiquitous marketing tie-ins for [...]

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Animation Reel

Well, finally, I’m entering the 21st Century and posting my latest animation reel here, on the Catalogue of Curiosities. I’ve even made a separate page for easier access. What could be better? Hot dogs with relish? I think not!

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My, I Bet You Monsters Lead Interesting Lives…

There were many different Halloween and “horror-themed” shorts in the history of Warner Bros animation, but I thought I would post some brief reflections on three of my favorites. First up are two great shorts from director Chuck Jones. The first is later period Jones, Transylvania 6-5000, which features Jones’ distinct redesign of the Warner [...]

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Ed Benedict, Juggernaut of Design!

I’ve posted a few times about Ed Benedict and his amazing body of work, but I thought I post again because, well, each time a look at more of his designs I become inspired all over again.    

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More Stubbs

Another version of Stubbs the Cat.  

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Backyard Basketball Intro

A few years back I storyboarded the intro to Humongous Entertainment’s first Backyard Basketball PC game. Here is my animatic:   And the final intro:

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Backyard Soccer 2004 Animated Intro

Here’s the intro to Humongous Entertainment’s Backyard Soccer 2004 which I directed. More  specifically I did the storyboards, background layouts, keyframes, ink and paint touch up and edited the entire piece.  

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