Rick and Morty Exceed Exclusive variant cover designed by me!

Hey all! During my brief time on Rick and Morty season two, I was given the opportunity to design a variant cover for Oni Press' Rick and Morty comic. The cover was selected to be an Exceed Exclusive, and it is now available to purchase in the link below!

http://exceedexclusives.com/products/rick-and-morty-number-12-exceed-exclusives-cover

Animals. - New HBO show that I worked on!

Hey all! Just wanted to take a second to shout out Animals. - the new show from the Duplass Brothers and comedic geniuses Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano. This was the first show that I got to be a full time animator throughout the whole season, and it was an amazing experience. I highly recommend you check it out any way you can, it's available now on HBO Go a day earlier than it airs on TV, check it out, you won't regret it. Probably.

Also check out this sweet gif that got made out of one of my shots where a cat plays air guitar to White Zombie.
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Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes - Something big is coming...

Hi friends! To show you all once again that I am not dead, I have a little snippet of finished Rhinestone Eyes footage to bestow upon you all (in crappy low res gif form). Don't get greedy or anything because who knows when the next second or two will be available.

What I have been up to

Hello all!

Just thought I would share what I have been doing with myself for the last 6 months. I have finally been able to take the Animation Mentor program, which I have wanted to do since I heard about it back in 2005! It's an online school for CG character animation, and its super cool!

This is my progress reel for the first 2 classes and I thought I would share it with you, my avid readers, by way of an explanation for the lack of Gorillaz updates (sorry).

I have another year to go on this course (sorry) but if you have any questions about the program or are considering taking it, give me a shout and I would be happy to add my perspective! (hint, it's awesome).

Rhinestone Eyes updates coming...some day... I promise.

Gorillaz Small Update

Hey avid Gorillaz fans! I thought I would share a small update with you all that I have been wanting to announce for a little while. Many of you already know that I have been up till this point creating my Rhinestone Eyes video using a multitude of software packages, but for the primary 2D animation, using Flash. Well having purchased a license for Toon Boom Harmony in order to do some freelance work, I fell in love with the software and quickly realized that part of the reason why the quality of the animation was taking me so long to achieve was that Flash really isn't animation software. Toon Boom Harmony however, is. So hence forth I am switching over to creating the remainder of the video using Toon Boom Harmony, and I just know that this is going to bring an extra layer of polish, and hopefully shave off some working time, from the remainder of the video, allowing me to bring you the finest quality product, faster. Thats it! I will be sharing some new scenes as soon as I can that have been done in the software and hopefully you will all agree, it was a wise move!

Rick and Morty Couch Gag on The Simpsons

Hey avid readers! It's been a busy few months, and I have a few minor updates on Gorillaz, and what else I have been up to.

Since 2008 I have wanted to take the Animation Mentor - the intensive, focused, character animation school, and this year I was able to join the Animation Guild, and with the aid of the wonderful educational grants available, was finally able to enroll in the school. My wife an I both in fact. We are deep into the first semester and I will be posting updates of my progress as I complete each stage of the program.

The next exciting thing was that I was lucky enough to be able to contribute some work to a couch gag on The Simpsons, a lifelong goal and now one less item on my bucket list! Check out the clip below!



Finally, on Rhinstone Eyes, I have been doing a lot of intense maya work lately, both with the video and with Animation Mentor (since their whole program is taught using Maya). I have been doing a lot of time intensive renders lately that have slowed my progress on the video, and I have to share my computer among all my different projects so it is a slow process. In addition to that my workload is making it harder to spend time working on the video, but I assure you good readers, it is still coming out, and I am still working on it as fast and as much as possible. New updates will be added as soon as they are available.

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes Fan Video - Boogey's Eye View

A quick update for everyone, just a shot that recently got done and since I have nothing more substantial to share right now, this will have to do. I've been busy working on a host of different projects, some large properties (*cough* Marvel *cough*) and it's all been terribly exciting, but I haven't forgotten this video, I swear!

Gorillaz Rhinstone Eyes Fan video progress update!

Hey friends. I have been really, really busy of late, working on a whole bunch of projects which I of course can't say anything about. Suffice it to say progress on Rhinestone Eyes has been slow, but I will be ramping up to do more in the next few weeks/months...I swear. Probably. Or at least that's what I would like to happen.

BoJack Horseman is now live on Netflix!

If you get the chance, check this show out on Netflix. I animated and composited for the firs season, and it was a great time! The show is funny as hell, definitely aimed at adults, and the whole of season 1 is available right now! You can check out the opening credits right here for a little taste!

Tumble Leaf

This is a promo for a charming little show I worked on last year. It's going to be available to stream on Amazon Prime soon. It's a great day in Tumble Leaf!

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes Plastic Beach Wireframe

Hey avid blog readers! here is a little update on the progress of my Plastic Beach model. I was using this model purely as reference for composing shots in the beginning, but I have to complete it to production standards by the end for use in moving camera shots, such as the planes attack runs on the Island. I am being pulled in several directions at the moment but I will try to update more images and behind the scenes tidbits when I can! thanks for tuning in Gorillaz fans!

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes Fan Video - Russell and Noodle poster (to let you know I am not dead)

It's been a while since the last update on my video, so I thought I would share one now. This is a cleaned up image from the video (added the sky and shading for dramatic purposes :)) I will update more when I can, but things are always hectic for the freelance animators of the world.

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes Extended Clip

Hi all, it's been a little while, but as promised, here is a substantial update on my progress on the one and only Gorillaz Rhinstone Eyes fan video. Once again, this clip is a taste of what has been completed so far, and in no way represents the sum total of my progress. At this point I would say that the overall completion of the entire video sits at about the 30% range.



I would like to give a big shout out and thanks once again to my wife, Yaoyao and her work on the backgrounds and artwork for this video!

Also, if you like that there are fans out there willing to spend time making these projects then check out Frameslinger and his fan video for 5/4, which like mine, is based on an unreleased storyboard video! give him a look!

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes - 2D's room Poster

New image for today! This one is special because it is the first to feature a background created by my partner in crime (and wife) Yaoyao. She is going to be helping me out on the video with animation and background design, check out her blog, and give her some of that Gorillaz fan love!

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes Fan Video Teaser

New Teaser is up for Rhinestone Eyes! My Gorillaz fan video inches closer to completion every day! Here is the latest snippet of animation released. These clips are still a work in progress, and merely serve to show the kind of style the video will have when it is completed. Like and Subscribe on Youtube and I will post more!

Gorillaz Rhinstone Eyes Test Animation...with Murdoc!

Hi Gorillaz fans, as promised I am trying to update my progress on Rhinestone Eyes as much as possible, so today I thought I would share a little bit of footage. Murdoc, with Cyborg Noodle not far behind, sneak up on The Boogeyman in this shot. The animation was done in Flash and After Effects. Stay tuned for more Rhinestone Eyes news!

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes... Cyborg Noodle has arrived

So for this past week I have been working to get the Cyborg Noodle model done and rigged for my Rhinestone Eyes fan vid, and it came out better and sooner than I expected, so here is a teaser of what to expect! The model was made using Maya, textured in Photoshop (I'm oldschool like that). All thats left to do on her is sculpt her facial expressions, since she is going through some pretty heavy emotions in this video! More soon...

Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes: Teaser Poster #2

Due to the overwhelming and lovely response to the material I have put out so far, I thought I would throw up another image as a thank you!

The support for the project has inspired me to work faster and harder to make sure this isn't another film lost to the "someday" files.

Thanks everyone! More updates soon...

Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes Teaser Poster

The first official image from my Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes fan video. The mission of this film is to fully realize the amazing storyboard video for the un-produced Rhinestone Eyes music video, completing the storyline for the Plastic Beach campaign. This film is being made by me, purely as a fan of the incomparable Gorillas, out of a desire to see the story finished in the visual style that Gorillaz fans are accustomed to.

* This is a fan video, I do not own anything, all content owned by Gorillaz/respective copyright owners.

Black Stormtrooper 3 has been released!

The third installment of the ongoing Black Stormtrooper series is finally here! I worked closely with the series creator Donald Faison, to create sets and special effects that would bring as much of a classic Star Wars feel to the show as we could, while still keeping it very "Lego". Enjoy!