No Cuttin' Corners!

Did some UmJammer Lammy fan art the other week because I was listening to its soundtrack at work all week.

Leave it to MilkCan!

5 Second Day 2019 - POW!

For this year's Titmouse 5 Second Day I participated in a collaboration with 5 other artists at my studio! Organized my Jordan Theberge, we all got together to create an exquisite corpse animation. Here it is called POW!

Mine's the second part with the space cadet! The design for the character was a reuse from a quick collab I did with Koko Chou two years ago. You can check out the collab here:

https://twitter.com/_sbko_/status/929266490330640385

Quick colour scheme I made 2 years ago.

Koko Chou's interpretation of our Space Cadet!

I ended up adding a portal gun to his design because when I agreed to do the film the first idea that came to mind was: PORTALS. I don't know why, other than the fact that it's my most favourite game ever. I guess I'm always thinking with portals (I'm sorry). After the idea with portals I didn't have enough time to create a new character so I whipped up an old design I made that I never had the chance to finish animating. Minor tweaks to the little kid such as his limb colour because it would blend with the black background and minor simplifications to get the animation and clean up done in a week. 

Yes his own portal gun design was a reference to the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Let's just say this was my homage to my favourite game. I was going to make the portals orange and blue like the game but that would have been too much info going on in the screen in a short amount of time and he was already orange, so I didn't want any confusion with the colours.

Also here's some rough animation because I always love showing progress work!

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Season 2 is Now Streaming!

Captain Underpants season 2 is out!!! This is the season that I got to work on a lot unlike the first season where I only worked on 1 episode with only 4 short shots haha. The time I was on this show was fun as it too was cartoony and had a bunch of ridiculous and fun posing. As I continued working on it I became more comfortable with the animation style of the show and began to animate a ton of scenes that I ended up liking a lot! 

Hopefully I can gather all my scenes that I like and compile them together into a video sometime soon. I also want to do it with my Home scenes as well so I'll try and get working on those compilations pronto! Anyway enjoy the new EPIC season of Captain Underpants!

Titmas 2018

For this year's Titmouse Secret Santa Exchange my person requested a llama with a poncho so here it is!

UPDATE

WOWZERS!

Haven't updated in a loooooong time. I've been super busy with work and life that I just kept forgetting to post when these stuff released. So here's a rundown of what you missed! Most are now available on Netflix or will be soon!

Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Season 4

The first gig I had at Titmouse!! It was such a fun and enjoyable show that I do miss it sometimes because of how wild and wacky you can get with those characters and animating them. Googling Home season 4 brought up that first screenshot which is a scene I did haha!

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants also released during this past summer and is also available on Netflix! This was also a fun show to work on! I loved the characters and the crazy villains the show had, animating them was a blast.

Archibald's Next Big Thing

Just recently announced, Archibald will be coming out soon in 2019! It's an absolutely adorable show based on a children book by Buster Bluth Tony Hale. My time spent on this show was brief but boy did I enjoy my time on it (half the reason was because it's animated in ToonBoom). The characters are fun and it reminds me a lot of cartoons from the 90's that weren't grand in scope in terms of storytelling. Look forward to it! Here's a quick rundown of the show from the Deadline article that announced it:

Archibald's Next Big Thing - 2019: Inspired by the children's book from Tony Hale, Tony Biaggne, and Victor Huckabee, the show follows the adventures of Archibald Strutter, a chicken who "yes-ands" his way thru life. Though living in the moment often leads him astray, Archibald always finds his way back home. Executive produced by Hale, Archibald's Next Big Thing emphasizes the importance of being present and celebrating the journey, not just the destination.

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There you have it! I am currently still working at Titmouse in Vancouver and still animating my little heart out on a cool new project. I don't want to say I'll update more frequently because I know I can't keep the promise. BUT I can guarantee that I will still be updating here from time to time, it's just a tad hard with work things since I need to wait for things to be announced/go online in order for me to talk about them or show them off. So when things like that DO happen, I'll make sure to update as soon as possible, unlike this post which was several months late. Don't worry, I'm still kickin'!

Dilemma + Sheridan and Screen Composers Guild of Canada Workshop Performance

If you're not busy this Saturday April 7, 2018 you can go check out this event taking place at Sheridan College in Oakville where they will be having a 13-piece jazz ensemble do live recording of custom compositions created specifically for my thesis film! I am honoured and grateful to have my film selected for this event. I'm super excited for this and I'm really bummed out by the fact that I'm all the way in Vancouver and won't be able to attend. I can't wait to hear what they came up with! 

https://www.sheridancollege.ca/news-and-events/events/sheridan-college-and-screen-composers-guild-of-canada-workshop-performance

Cuphead @ The Annies and Video Game Awards

Cuphead's getting some recognition!!! 

For the 45th Annie Awards Cuphead will be the recipient of this year's 'Special Achievement Award'!!!! Which according to their website is:

An Annie Award for Special Achievement in Animation is given to an individual, individuals, or a company for unique and outstanding achievement in animation not recognized by in other Annie Award categories. This special award is given by the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood, by a unanimous vote, when such recognition is deemed desirable. 

This is freaking amazing!! Holy cow!!! 2 animators who worked on the game, Hanna Abi-Hanna and Tina Nawrocki, are also nominated for Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game! Super cool!!

At 2017 Game Awards, Cuphead was nominated for 5 categories and won 3! Cuphead received Best Independant Game, Best Art Direction, and Best Debut Indie Game!! It was also nominated for Best Score/Soundtrack and Best Action Game.

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/939212959812907008

Even Justin Trudeau went out the way to congratulate the team! I always told people who were on the fence on buying the game to get it so they can "support Canadian content!" A lot of people tend to forget that it is!

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This is insanely amazing to see Cuphead receiving so much attention and praise! The creators and those who worked on it put so much passion into it that I can't help but be so happy for them to see their dream project succeed. Cuphead is still continuing to pop up on other website's Game of The Year Awards lists it's exciting!