Al Jarnow

This looks awesome!!

60's public tv animation, warping pliable young minds.

Rose City Rollers!

I hope everyone had a great holiday season! My winter break was fun, but far too short. I spent a solid week working on this Roller Derby commercial for the Rose City Rollers opening Bout on the 16th. It's done in Cinema 4d, Photoshop, and Aftereffects. The footage was provided by my video professor Erik Fauske.



I had to hold back from writing "Let's get ready to Rumble!!" at the end, haha.

Wes and Bill get bendy

Wes Anderson directs Bill Murry; now in Claymation!!



perhaps?

La Onde

So we had to do a one minute animation yesterday as a final for our "Vector Graphics in animation" class at PCC. I did a Cindy Shermanesque sea voyage set to a song I wrote in an electronic music class I took in the Fall semester. It's pretty ridiculous, and kind of awesome. La Onde is french for "the wave" though not a sea wave, which would be vague. hmm.

A Wolf loves Pork

Rad picture animation posted on Cartoon Brew this week. We've been studying stuff like this in my mm231, this is a bit over the top, "time on your hands" deal. It's very playful, and well worth your 3min.

Tarotmation

So just for fun I thought I'd post my final flash movie from my into to flash class that I finished last week. Yes, the music is Polly High, and some of it may look familiar.



The prof said it made a good candidate for his student hall of fame...

Croquet Society!

Check out my first animation in Adobe After Effects.

a salute to Terry Gilliam!

Sita Sings the Blues

Check out this clip from Nina Paley's "Sita Sings the Blues" via cartoonbrew.com

It's won a ton (srsly) of festsival awards, but unfortunately, the bits of twenties jazz in the piece are under copyright lock and key, so the film can't be released. It's making the festival rounds right now, so if you get the chance, go see it in it's entirety. Maybe it will unlock the secrets for me of following Indian epic story lines and character dynamics (or confuse me even more). Anyway, it's beautiful, it features old jazz, hindi art, and lots of heartbreak. Sounds perfect.

Feelin' good

check out this awesomely designed nina simone music video from infosthetics.com

Feeling Good, Nina Simone
by mrfnk

I love the retro feel of this piece!

After a long day of wrestling with (and conquering) my Final Cut and After Effects projects it pretty much sums it up my day today on about three different levels. BTW, I got 10 out of 10, a "wow", and two ! ! on my first Flash animation assignment (the giraffe vs. plant posted below). Now if I could just get up any motivation at all to do my laundry, clean my room, or finish the fifty million projects I have going on I'd be stoked. Still, feelin' good, indeed.  You just have to feel inspired by Ms. Simone.