" Global Warming is Your Fault! "

This is an animation I created for the May 26 ASIFA-ATLANTA " Roll Yer Own " independent animation show.
Here is the quick version of how I made it::
I was wrapping up work on some Compass animations, and checked the ASIFA-ATLANTA website.
Imagine my surprise when I saw that the " Roll Yer Own " deadline was a week away, ( I checked the site on Tuesday, the 22. The deadline to submit was April 30th).
I finished all of my work on that Saturday night., while trying to come up with an idea.
Things just popped into my head, and I created this animation that Sunday afternoon.
A few more details:
The car featured is my Hyundai Excel. I still miss it!
As for the polar bear, I am still trying to puzzle that out. As I was watching the Discovery Channel,
the Planet Earth series, I saw a polar bear try to eat a walrus. He crept up on a bunch of these fat seals, sprawled out on the rocky beach, catching some sun.
I thought the bear would make short work of a walrus....WRONG!!!!!!!
The walrus was a stone cold killer. Before the polar bear knew what was happening, it was stabbed with those two to three foot long tusks at least 8 times, leaving the wounded bear to bleed to death as the walruses, (walrusi?), went back to their loafing.
Later on that same show, I saw a polar bear dive into a hole in the ice, and drag out an adult Beluga whale, which it ate.
So, polar bears...delicate creatures on the brink of extinction...or cuddly looking maniacs just waiting for you to let your guard down?
Hope you enjoy my tongue-in-cheek public service message.

TagBoard

I had a feature on this blog that would allow people to post messages to me. It was called
" Tagboard " and it worked great. My relatives, friends, and people who just liked my site would use it.
Well, I removed it because some jerks posted a link to a porn site/ virus carrier link.
I don't want anyone who visits my site to become infected.
That's why I monitor the comments before I allow them to be posted.
Keep your eyes open and update your security software frequently!

Carrier Commercial

Wow! Crazy amount of work here at the studio. Just finished the Carrier commercial for CoolNewEngland.
Animated in Flash in less than a week, ( four days and change), and it's being broadcast as I write this.
Assisted by my fellow Flasher Chris Fox, we managed to create a spot that the client loved, and there is talk about more animated spots featuring this dog character.
Hopefully the deadline will be a little less frantic.
I think the actor voicing the dog is fantastic!
(click on the above scene to watch the spot.)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!
My mom was an interesting character. She worked as a bartender most of her life, which gave her the gift of profanity. She could cuss like a truck driver. I mean to say that if you closed your eyes while she was swearing at you, you would swear that some wheel jockey who just got off of Route 80 was in front of you.
She was also a very good artist, and loved to read my comic books. She always made sure that she was at our school plays, choir and band concerts, etc.
While not an imposing person in size, she filled the room with her presence.
Fearless and protective of her family, she wouldn't have hesitated for a moment if her children were threatened by man or beast.
Mom was also a believer in fairness and personal responsibility .
She died of a massive heart attack on the same morning that I was on a plane, on route to see her.
When I got to her house, I was greeted by my sister and her husband, plus one of Mom' friends, on the back deck.
That's when I got the news about what had happened earlier that morning.
I had spoken to her the night before, about the usual bs we would talk about, and that was it.
I said I'd see her the next day.
The world became a little less bright with her passing.
But every now and then I see a glimpse of Mom in my little girl, in the way that Gale holds her hands for an instant,( the way Mom used to do), as if she's about to play a piano that no one else can see.