ShadowMask

Back in 2001, my friends and I had all recently began our college years.  So as a last "hurrah" before life took us our separate ways, we made a little film together.  A homage to the black and white "atomic age" films.

We decided to make the ultimate "home movie" and the rules basically were: everything must be provided by items from our homes (camera equipment, props, etc.) and all locations must be in our homes.

We didn't have access to editing equipment, so based on the script, we storyboarded out every shot and sequence.  All of our actors had stage experience, so they were great at memorizing lines and rehearsing actions.  This was helpful because we filmed every shot in the order you see, rehearsing every angle till we had it right because there were no 2nd takes.

So sit back, relax and hopefully you'll enjoy this fun, silly little production as much as we enjoyed making it.

BTW - I have had some filmmaker friends who have found Shadowmask to be therapeutic at times when they are feeling discouraged about their work.

eBooks Development

Some samples of my development work on Goldilocks and the Three Bear and The Three Little Pigs, two eBooks I illustrated for Nation9 and Amazon.

My initial character designs of Goldi and Papa Bear. This take on Goldilocks was mostly inspired by my daughter.

A background test for a Goldilocks interactive eBook I illustrated. This was to help figure out the color palette and overall "look" to the environments. The bears live in a 1950's lifestyle and everything in their home comes in sets of 3.

Click Here to get Goldilocks and the Three Bears

A couple of rough character sketches for The Three Little Pigs.  I had to draw this book almost 10 times faster then Goldilocks!

Click Here to get The Three Little Pigs

Both Goldilocks and 3 Pigs are available for the Kindle Fire and Android devices.

3 Piggy Bears

Last spring, I illustrated two interactive eBooks for Nation9.  Both are now available on Amazon.com

Click here to checkout Goldilocks on Amazon.

Click here to checkout 3 Little Pigs on Amazon.

I provided all the elements, which Nation9 took, adding animation and sound.  I'm very pleased with how they turned out!  Hopefully the kids will like 'em.

Scrooge and Santa is Back!

A few years ago, I illustrated my first comic.  It was a 118 paged graphic novel written by my friend Matt Wilson.  Now you can get Scrooge and Santa digitally on Comixology!  This a special edition version with updates and additions, such as new cover art and a bonus short comic.

CLICK HERE or on the image below to get your copy today!

MERRY SCROOG-MAS!

Platypus of Truth - 3

Here is the third and so far final strip I made with James Harrington.

CLICK HERE to view the first strip.

CLICK HERE to view the second strip.

We'll see if there is enough interest in pursuing this series.

Platypus of Truth - 2

Here is the second strip I made with James Harrington.

CLICK HERE to view the first strip.

A Comic That May Never Be (Platypus of Truth 1)

Over a year ago, I was inspired by my friend James Harrington to create a webcomic.  I don't mean that he urged me to create a comic, I was inspired by his writings and blog title to create a comic for which I coxed him to join me.  Thankfully he loved the idea and threw tons of material at me, unfortunately I was unable continue working on it due to life/work getting busy and distracting.   I was able to draw up at least 3 comic strips and will be sharing them for the next 3 posts.  These were all drawn a year ago and the first 2 are really rusty, in regards to my drawings.  By the third strip, I was finally getting a better handle on how to draw this comic.  These have been gathering digital dust on my hard drive, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to share them with the world.  If there is enough interest, maybe James and I can find a way to produce this series.
For now, here is the first (crudely drawn) strip of The Playtypus of Truth: