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I really took my time reading this. In an attempt to absorb as much as possible. Anxiously looking forward to the further two volumes on his life and work.

This was done really really quickly to be used as a poster in the set for our animation this year. It also provided us with a way to have the line that was compulsory to the competition without resorting to dialogue cards since we’d pulled silent film.
The intent was to do a Russian constructivist style [...]

A couple portraits of the characters we used for this year’s 48 hour film project.
These were done over the weekend with the intention of having them added to the closing credits. Due to some communication issues, that didn’t end up working out. But I think all told they came out pretty well. Especially for me [...]

For the last four years running I’ve had the pleasure(?) of being a part of a team that sits down to make a short 3d animated film over the course of a single weekend. We get a randomly assigned genre, a prop that must be present, and a line of dialogue then are given the [...]

Last night I gave a presentation at the monthly meeting of the Virginia Production Alliance on “Storyboarding for Film.” It was a ton of fun for me and I really hope that the folks who attended got something worthwhile out of it.
And since a few people asked for it, I’ve taken the slides from my [...]

So nearly a year ago, I was taking a 15-week course hosted by Bill Plympton. Part of the workshop involved producing a short, 30-second animation. Well, in the last week of the class, I fired up Pencil and cranked out the drawings for my short. Unfortunately, I never found the time to put together the [...]

So as of this writing I still haven’t managed the time to get everything in place. But hopefully having a couple posts at launch will prevent blank page syndrome.
However there is plenty to talk about at the very least.
Hand Turkey Studios put a team together for the Richmond leg of the 48 Hour Film Project [...]