Last summer I was hired by PUNY Entertainment in Minneapolis to assist a team of animators working on a new website for Hasbro's "PlaySkool" brand. The website was created by Popular Front, also out of Minneapolis. My job was to animate a few dozen clips of Tubby the Turtle, one of four new Hasbro characters. I completed my animation over...
I want to apologize for not posting much lately. Over the last few weeks things have been busier than usual around here which is saying a lot. I've been juggling not one but three animation projects plus a good amount of regular freelance illustration work. For one project I hired a team of very talented freelance animators to crank out...
Some exciting news about an upcoming project I'll be working on: Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales (the best-selling direct-to-video series of all time) and of the kids' media website JellyTelly.com has just announced a partnership with Tyndale House Publishers to create a 13-volume educational DVD series called "What's In The Bible?" The DVD's will take kids through the Bible from...
I had a blast last week at the Creative Freelancer Conference in San Diego. My head is still spinning from all the great tips, tricks, and inspiring info that was served up. Can't wait to post about it here. I've been swamped with all the emails and client work that piled up while I was gone, but I hope to...
Recently I was nominated by Bob Ostrom for a "Superior Scribbler" award. As far as I can tell its not a real, tangible award. Just a fun way to acknowledge other artists whose work you enjoy. If you are nominated, one of the rules is that you nominate five other artists. Here are my picks (in no particular order). Two of...
I wanted to pass on some sad and tragic news for those of you who are fans of VeggieTales. Longtime Veggie writer/director Tim Hodge has recently been hit with two crushing blows. This past weekend Tim's 17-year old son was in a serious car accident and is currently in a coma. If that weren't bad enough, I'm told that this...
