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i did this way back when last year for a friend's live action short. it's amazing what you'll find on old usb drives.  best viewed on loop.

as a child I loved watching raiders of the lost ark.  but that end--jeez.  terrifying.  i think i still have the occasional face melting dream to this day.

It continues. Here are some stills from the credit sequence. I'm playing with some live action footage, which I may or may not keep in. Maybe it's better if I don't explain what's going on.




The hardest part of this entire project was definitely growing that mustache. It took dedication and a full 22 years of my life. Anyhow, my hope is that this sequence will be funny whether you know me or not. If not funny, at least weird.

I also wanted to plug NYU's First Run Film Festival. "Shark Suit: the Musical" will be screening at Cantor Film Center on 8th Street & 5th avenue on Friday, April 11th at 9pm. It's in a block of cool animated and experimental screenings:

STEPHEN NEARY SHARK SUIT: THE MUSICAL (6 MIN)
CHRISTEN SMITH SALLY TAKES THE LEAD (3 MIN)
JOSH INTRATOR PILOT (2.5 MIN)
GUENEVER GOIK DREAM PUP IN AISLE 4 (1.5 MIN)
DAVID PAGANO LITTLE GUYS! (3 MIN)
JOSE ANDRES CARDONA A PICKLE LIKE YOU MUSIC VIDEO (5.5 MIN)
BENJAMIN NICHOLAS COUPLES (18.5 MIN)
MAX NOVA THE BYSTANDER EFFECT (8 MIN)
BEN BINDRA VERSES (30 MIN)

And as always, here's the Shark Suit trailer:



I'm also excited to see some live-action stuff my friends have been working on. Here's the trailer for Liz Toonkel's "Fashion Kills!" I did some animation for a few scenes and the titles.



I wholeheartedly support anything shot on super 8. It'll be screening at 3:45 on Thursday, April 10th.

Seems like everyone is working hard on a film these days. Here's my pal Harry, unrolling 30 feet of watercolor paper for his current project:

here are some stills from the title sequence I've been working on today for liz toonkel's "fashion kills." I guess you've got to see them moving. Fun stuff to work on. And the film is pretty baller.

Some drawings for a title sequence for Liz Toonkel's short Fashion Kills! A little strange, but it's fun doing somethig different.





It's that time of year when there are millions of things to do. You'll start to see more coffee stains on all my work. See above.

I'm rendering out and tweaking shots on shark suit, so it's tons of waiting around at the lab. I've got some time to update.

First off, some pictures from bigfoot's trip to LA.





A big fountain at the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences Foundation.

And the theater. It's the nicest theater my work will ever be shown at. Very comfy chairs.

There's the voice of my pal Alex Lee up on the screen. And the back of someone's head.


Lastly, here are some pictures I did for Liz Toonkel's advanced film, Fashion Kills. She's shooting it all right now (on super 8, how cool is that?)

Here's some concept art I've been doing for Liz Toonkel's film, "Fashion Kills." It's live action, but definitely has a unique look and script going for it. I think shooting starts in april. You can check out more at www.liztoonkel.com