a new puppet!

A puppet commission I finished fabricating recently, to be used in an online training tutorial.



(Substance: Armature wire, plumber's epoxy, sculpey, upholstery foam, liquid latex, houndstooth neckerchief).

HEY! I'll be helping out at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in (you guessed it) Ottawa this year, so if any of you dear readers are puttering around in the TAC area Wednesday afternoon or the Arts Court Thursday evening, come and say hi!

I won a fish on the weekend. His name was Atticus. He liked parsley and clocked out too soon.

drawing of the day: your local neighbourhood watch.

Edit: Discovered some very kind press on my film (The Scarf) on animateclay.com, check it out here!

Lip Synch-o

A stop-motion lip synch test I did a little while ago for the Irish studio Flickerpix:

It starts out a little choppy but as it progressed I got more into the flow of things. Also, a brief little character test piece for my opossum puppet:

The Scarf boards (and a new fest!)

I realized not long ago that I never did put these up. Adding tone recently for portfolio purposes and the film's acceptance into the Montreal International Black Film Festival makes for a timely post. Enjoy!

ode to lyd, and other people

I've been meaning to post this all week! and I've been meaning to write this ode for far longer. My best friend-and-cousin Lydia got married last weekend. She is one of the few people I know who has that rare and precious gift of truly listening; she is patient, loyal, practical, and gracious. I am tremendously thankful [and extremely happy] for her!


There is an art to watching kraft dinner on the stove, and my brother has mastered it.


And a portrait of my sister. She is hilarious, and we are twins.

p.s. I'll have some animation up again soon, and that's a promise!