moving animation backgrounds: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

RIO Animation Reel & Design Portfolio

Sorry for the lack of updates ! I recently moved out of my apt in White Plains and packed up my comp/cintiq etc, and am currently animating away on Ice Age 4. Speaking of which, Rio finally came out on DVD so I could finally share some of the work I did on this film! I worked on this film from about Nov 2009 to about Dec (ish) 2010. So the reel includes an early animation test, production shots, as well as a bit of marketing work. It was an awesome first film to have worked on and I'm forever grateful for the experience. Amazingly (intimidatingly) talented team & a Supe who's the best in the business.

Also I had updated my design portfolio. Check it out!

RIO Animation Reel

Design Portfolio

Monday, August 29, 2011

Guys with Pencils Podcast

Andrew Murray and Adam Hines are two Sheridan graduates who have a podcast talking about what it's like to be starting out in the animation business. You can find all their podcasts here.

I'm their guest in episode 22, talking a bit about my career and a whole lot about creator rights.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Jack Kirby's 94th Birthday

August 28 would have been Jack Kirby's 94th birthday. Mark Evanier, who worked with Kirby, has his birthday tribute here, including an embedded documentary on Kirby made for the DVD release of one of the Fantastic Four movies. Tom Spurgeon prints a great gallery of Kirby artwork and Mark Seifert has a gallery of Kirby originals to enjoy.

I wish that we could be celebrating the success of the Kirby estate's attempt to recover copyrights, but the recent court decision that went against the Kirby estate is now being appealed. Perhaps there will be better news for Kirby's next birthday.