some faces from the ol' sketchbook.









I've been skimming through ezra pound's ABC of Reading on the train. One of my profs, Nick Tanis, first recommended it in his writing for the short film class. Pound's educated (and often snarky) criticisms firstly apply to poetry. But his writings also provide some fun exercises for writers, filmmakers, and animators alike. Just substitute the medium.
It's been another good week for chicken cowboy. CC won 1st at asifa-east in the student category. Congradulations to all the winners! full list can be seen here. Chicken Cowboy also won best animation at the national film festival for talented youth. Thanks!
speaking of CHAOWM, if you're in new york you'll be able to catch the world premiere at the new york food film festival, June 13-19th. food and film excite me.






It's a little sharper than I'd like, but that's paper mache for you. You either get lumpy or angular. 


The story isn't quite solid yet, but so far this film is feeling less concretely narrative than ones I've done before. I like the idea of playing with emotional continuity rather than narrative continuity. A stream of consciousness, more dream-like. 

The process has been fun so far. Here's a larger painting I did. Excuse the lousy laptop camera.
Oh yeah--Chicken Cowboy is now on imdb. Still waiting on all the credits to process, but check it out, I guess.

The final design doesn't use peanut butter, unfortunately. There were concerns the smell could trigger allergic reactions in those especially sensitive to nuts. So I used coffee grounds.