Landed on a farm with tall, green leafy Trees

You might have caught wind that I was working on an animation project earlier this year. Kept it under wraps for the most part, but because I'm in the market for more animation-related gigs, I compiled this short two and a half minutes of that project showcasing some of the animation techniques I used. It's a kid's program and a lotta fun. The concept is basically a bunch of aliens in the form of question words land on a farm and meet a smart farmer who fills them in on who they are through catchy songs.  Sure, that sounds a lil' weird, but I like weird, and I'm glad I did this project.

The work was commissioned by none other than Houston funk legend Leon Mitchison. He did the music and voice-overs in the above piece, as well as write it. Basically, he just handed me the soundtrack and concepts. Leon Mitchison of Leon Mitchison & the Eastex Freeway Band. Of Mitchitone Records. Of course, I just found this out because I didn't think to Google him at the time. I'm blown away. Check this out. That's him on the sax.

Fuzzgun and Motorcycles

2 Videos for dat-azz! This first one was filmed on location at the (deep breath) 3rd Annual Brooklyn Invitational Custom Motorcycle Show in Brooklyn, NY. I dedicate it to my Pop; he's got a custom bike of his own, you'll see it at the very end! It's the first video I shot with my new Sony Bloggie that I got for my birthday (thanks Boo), so be sure to watch it in HD.

The second video is something I whipped up when I was really digging on some old 16-bit video game music, particularly some old school arcade action a la Knights of the Round, and Aero Fighters II . I was just poking around so I threw those songs together with some anime for some visual splendor. The Akira part works really well and is my favorite. And then I threw in the final boss fight from Sonic 3. Like I said, just playing around. It's fun to upload shit to YouTube without it coming back saying you're infringing on a copyright because of a song.