Another Old Drawing from the 70's

Don't know when this was done. I drew with much more gusto back then.

Old Xmas drawing found in attic

When did I do this? Middle school? I must have done it in the 1970's. It was inspired by the old Mr. Magoo version of a Christmas carol. I always wanted to do this by scanning something from my parent's house. Now I have the training to use the technology. Thank God for little joys.

Camp Ronald McDonald

Animation Artists volunteer to draw for the kids! Organized by Art Leonardi. This was my only snapshot as I had to leave early. This is to help families with children dealing with cancer. I forget to count my blessings some days.

Animation Guild Holiday Open House poster

Thanks again to all the guest speakers we had for 2007. This poster wasn't as detailed as last year's, but I think it was clearer and easier to read. I'm grateful to everyone who volunteered their time.

Happy New Year group!

KR

Troy!

The dinosaur part of my brain was over-stimulated by this movie...

Goo'night.

Music for Herman Bear

Herman Bear had always been bouncing around inside of my head, but I was having trouble coming up with a setting, and a story arc that would have broader appeal than just doing a black and white comic. "The road to Utopia" inspired me. Todd Rundgren and his band Utopia put out this album in 1980, according to the web. I'm working on an animated trailer. Think of "Pogo Possum" meets "Wizard of Oz", with some Star Wars thrown in. And done in a Disney/Marvel Comics style. Woo-Hoo!

I just remember the songs "The road to Utopia" and sometimes "Caravan" being played quite a bit on WMMS or M 105 back in Cleveland. Ahhh, who says culture doesn't come to the Midwest. Those tunes were always in the back of my head, and they have subtly influenced my story, along with maybe..."Shazzan". Who knows? Maybe Todd Rundgren would let me use them. For a reasonable fee at least.

I was using Stewart Copeland's "Love Lessons" from his "Klark Kent" solo album as a scratch track for the trailer, but I dropped it out because of YouTube's copyright rules. If you know the track I mean, I think it really cooks with my trailer. The Utopia tracks are too long, but the images from the songs sort of relate to my project.

It would be cooler with the music.

Quick n Dirty Halloween

To everyone who wanted my head on a platter, dig in!

Boo!

Dealing with trouble...

How I wish I had a band of heroes to help me deal with all the nut-cases in this world.

This is just a first pass in Photoshop from a quick sketch I did at the coffee-house.

Summer's over...

Time marches on, my sister said there's Christmas stuff in Wal-Mart already.

Ugh.

Women In Animation storyboard pitch nite 9-11-2007

This is not the right way to observe the results of the Bush administration's failures here and abroad, but I'm going to do it anyway. We are still lucky enough to be alive in a world where we have privileges like this:

The Women In Animation storyboard pitch nite was a great experience this summer. I hope to get back there again.

http://wiapitchnight.blogspot.com/2007/08/hot-august-nights.html

hermanbear.com

Here it is. Let this be the soil for the bear and his family to grow.

www.hermanbear.com

Pandora's Box on Summer Vacation!

Here's a snapshot of the "Pandora's Box" crew partying near Parry Sound, Ontario.
Even cartoon characters need a break.

Siggraph 2007

Trip to Canada, then to Siggraph. Just glad to get home in one piece.

Pandora's Box Rough Animatic

Still here. Summer is going by fast. I've been doing work, but its still really rough.




Had my storyboard gone over by the Women In Animation a few weeks ago, but it was so big, we couldn't show it all.

A bear and a ketchup bottle...

Or is it "catsup"? Don't you hate it when it won't come out?

War of the Worlds!

Or war of the time and budget worlds that is. Anyway, here's a trailer for our trailer!

47 times around the sun for me today. Yowza!

Rough Maquettes, Pandora's Box

Still chugging away on Pandora's Box. Carved these guys out styrofoam that would have wound up in a landfill.

Brentwood Television Funnies Logo Animation

Redid this for Tom T animation.

Pandora, before she gets Pandora's Box.

Maya 7.0 with Toonshader, and Voila', she's a tough cookie, smart as a whip, and ready to make trouble!

Its been awhile since I posted anything. Feb was a tuff month.

Back on the Road to Utopia!

From my storyboard Pandora's Box",I had to go beyond cleaning up the thumbnail sketch in Photoshop, virtually had to redraw it.

Here's the airport tavern where the Bear from the blimp meets the locals.

(And he thought he was walking into an "Appleby's"!)

Young frankenstein

Its Gene Wilder's voice, I hope he doesn't mind me using it with this character.