Hello All,

This is an update to show you all my acting debue. Over last summer I was a Production assistant at LAIKA house for a few days.

LAIKA as most of you Portland folks know is the animation company that made the film Coraline that came out a few weeks ago. Well, they also make commercials. I was a helper on the shoot; setting up green screens, helping the lighting people, carrying heavy things... and in the end, winding up in the commercial.

"you probubly won't even be able to recognize yourself" they told me.

Well, it turns out I was right smack dab in the center of the spot.


THATS ME!!!

Its still on the LAIKA site, but a little hard to get to, all you need to do is follow this link:
http://www.laika.com/house/

Then click on "Reels" > "Most Recent Spots"

Its the last one on the right.

Did any of you happen to see this when it was on TV? I know a few people who saw it after I told them to keep a lookout for it... I didn't own a TV at the time :(

I do feel the need to mention that for 10 minutes of pretending to walk while in front of a green-screen than I did for moving heavy things around the set for two and a half days... Draw your own conclusions.

Fun Fact: The top 3 most disliked vocal styles in music: opera, rap, and children choirs.

THE RED BARON

Let me tell you a story... Once upon a time... about 4 years ago... there was a contest to design an enemy for a side-scrolling beat'um up flash in production called "Red Baron."

I entered the contest and took one of the 3 first place spots, won a copy of Street Fighter for PS2, and then never heard from them again... I just assumed the game sorta died... or something...

WELL I WAS WRONG!



The game was finished over 3 years ago, and apparently was a major success; garnering over 1,700,000 hits on Newgrounds alone. How I missed it, I'm not quite sure...

The enemy that I created for this little gem was a red little Pygmy/Beetle person, he can be found on the 2nd level, so it won't be too hard to get to for those who are motivated enough to find it.

You can see him for yourself in this screen shot:



For interested parties the link can be found....... HERE:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/347399


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BATON Update

The offical website for BATON is up and running! mind you it is all in Japanese, but there are cool pictures.

LINK: http://www.baton-y150.jp/




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DON'T GET MAD, GET SCOTT PILGRIM!

If you only have time to get addicted to one indie comic this year, make it the Scott Pilgrim series by Brian Lee O'Malley.



To learn more about the awesomeness contained within this book, you can visit the official website HERE!

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BATON update

Heres another screen shot from BATON:



From what I've been able to gather it's "a 50-minute animated film titled "BATON." The movie has been commissioned for the 150th birthday of Yokohama*"

Nobody at the studio still has any clue as to what the plot is... Not only is it really weird, its also in Japanese... which we do not speak.


*Yokohama is a big city in Japan

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Zoë is a good artist.

Well, its that time of year again folks Valentines day, when couples get cutesy and single get bitter.

I being in the first of those two categories, commissioned a good friend of mine by the name of Zoë Moss to draw my lady a picture. the end result, as you will see below, turned out amazing.

No, its not the thing from Never Ending story, that's Appa the Flying Bison from the Nickelodeon series "Avatar the Last Air Bender."

If you want to see more of Zoë's work, you should check out her website and Deviant Art page

Fun Fact: Worldwide, there are roughly 15 million people of Jewish faith and over 2 billion Christain.

RANDOM UPDATE

On a random note, fellow Experimental animator Oliver Anderson just happend to find a turtle roaming around in the parking lot out front... so now he is ours.



And just to clarify, there are no turtles in Valencia, so it is really weird to find one wandering around...

Fun Fact: Turtles are awesome.