Over at Collegehumor.com, they've turned the popular web-series-with-dinosaur-toys Dinosaur Office into a popular web-series-with-stop-motion-dinosaurs Dinosaur Office!
Here's an episode I worked on over at Buddy System Studios:
Directed by Ethan Marak
Animated by Alex Kamer and Pete Levin
Check it out in 3D on your Nintendo 3DS if you've got one!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Discovery Communications: Holiday Card 2011
Over November, while balancing Spy vs. Spy animation for Buddy Systems and directing a live action music video (coming soon...), I squeezed in one more job; helping Discovery Communications with the animation for their corporate holiday card! It was a fun job, too.
They wanted an origami look that would work in iconography for several of the major channels in the Discovery family; Discovery Channel (shark), TLC (cupcake), Science Channel (rocket), ID (magnifying lens), and Animal Planet (lion). Finally, they form a dove and then a troop of doves, signifying peace for the new year. (Yes, I looked up the technical term for a grouping of doves.)
Origami paper art designed and crafted by Emily Franz, Melissa Bloom, and Robyn Yannoukos. Lighting by Jeff Gardner. Studio space provided by my buddies at Buddy System Studios.
They wanted an origami look that would work in iconography for several of the major channels in the Discovery family; Discovery Channel (shark), TLC (cupcake), Science Channel (rocket), ID (magnifying lens), and Animal Planet (lion). Finally, they form a dove and then a troop of doves, signifying peace for the new year. (Yes, I looked up the technical term for a grouping of doves.)
Origami paper art designed and crafted by Emily Franz, Melissa Bloom, and Robyn Yannoukos. Lighting by Jeff Gardner. Studio space provided by my buddies at Buddy System Studios.
Monday, November 28, 2011
"Mary Shelley's Frankenhole" Season 2 - Behind the Scenes
I make an appearance at 2:55, sporting a ridiculous mustache.The Adult Swim people who were there that day were asking some leading questions on if we ever talked back to the puppets, but really these puppets in particular are some of the best of I've worked with. The Frankenhole puppet department has my undying respect. No pun intended.
The new season premieres on January 22nd, 2012.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
UPS My Choice - a little paper T-Rex!
Wow, not even back from Brooklyn for a full week and the new spot I just worked on is already up!
For this one I got to work with the talented crew at Charged Studios. Most of the animation is by me in this sequence, with a couple of shots animated by Esther Casas Rouras and Peter Blank. The puppet was designed by Adam Miller, and the spot directed by Adam Pierce. Charged is a great environment and making the spots was a lot of fun, even with the long hours it took to get everything looking the way we wanted it to.
60-Second Version:
30-Second Version:
Here are some behind the scenes shot of Adam punching me in the face!
More UPS stuff to be added soon!
For this one I got to work with the talented crew at Charged Studios. Most of the animation is by me in this sequence, with a couple of shots animated by Esther Casas Rouras and Peter Blank. The puppet was designed by Adam Miller, and the spot directed by Adam Pierce. Charged is a great environment and making the spots was a lot of fun, even with the long hours it took to get everything looking the way we wanted it to.
60-Second Version:
30-Second Version:
Here are some behind the scenes shot of Adam punching me in the face!
More UPS stuff to be added soon!
Cartoon Network's Mad: Spy Vs. Spy
Click here to see the first of the spots I animated at Buddy System Studios. Puppets and set built by John Sumner.
For those who live outside of the US, you can see some of the stop motion stuff I animated in this video that someone uploaded:
Click here for another one!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Ronzoni - "Pasta Evangelista: It Pays to Eat Pasta"
This April, immediately after the Foo Fighters video was wrapped, I boarded a plane and headed to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to act as animation director on a series of live action/stop motion spots for Ronzoni Pasta. The spots, directed by Nick Carbonaro and Ben Leavitt for Greencard Pictures, are a fun, energetic way to present recipes and health information about Ronzoni products.
Keep your eyes peeled for the food and puppet animation! Check out all the spots at the official Pasta Evangelista website.
Keep your eyes peeled for the food and puppet animation! Check out all the spots at the official Pasta Evangelista website.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Justin Beaver
My friend Emily Ting's family produces plush toys from their business in Hong Kong. When she mentioned to me that they had acquired the rights to Justin Bieber, I knew instantly that they had to make Justin Beaver.
Here are the designs I sketched out for her:
Of course, Cuddle Barn's designers made him a little more plush-friendly, but I'm still proud of my ridiculous contribution to society.
Six months later, here he is:
Buy a dozen now!
2/17/12 UPDATE:
Here's Justin Beaver with Kelly Ripa and Josh Groban on Live! with Kelly:
Here are the designs I sketched out for her:
Of course, Cuddle Barn's designers made him a little more plush-friendly, but I'm still proud of my ridiculous contribution to society. Six months later, here he is:
Buy a dozen now!
2/17/12 UPDATE:
Here's Justin Beaver with Kelly Ripa and Josh Groban on Live! with Kelly:
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