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Doodle from 1993

Way back in 1993, I was in Chicago, art directing the KMFDM animation 'Drug Against War' at C-Pop studios. In one room, the techies slogged (doing the animation tweening and compositing) and, in another, much sweatier room, I worked night and day with the cel animation team or 'inkies', as we called ourselves.
To keep spirits and morale up, the team and I engaged in Art Wars: denigratory and derogatory cartoons aimed at humiliating the other animators. Pretty soon, we had a huge wall covered with these gems and I am proud to present, courtesy of ace draughtsman, Peter Moriarty (who also worked with me on 'Sonofagun' and the ZPC: No Flesh Shall Be Spared game for Zombie Interactive), one of the best. In between our punishing 36-hour shifts, the team shared a love of pool which we indulged in in bars such as McNeill's and Hoilday in the city's Wicker Park area.
Here is one of the crowing cartoons I posted one day after a typical trouncing on the green baize.

KMFDM Animation Frames Unearthed

A fan recently sent me two frames from the KMFDM animation 'Drug Against War' which I worked on with H-Gun Studios in Chicago, circa 1993. The top one is a three cel composite (additional inking by Pete Moriarty) while the one below is the basic illustration which was later coloured in Photoshop and animated in Director.

Special thanks to the Bert Bosman collection.

View the video here

Terminator Salvation Trailer

I don't normally put up non-graphic film clips up on here but I was so impressed by this trailer for the new Terminator movie that I almost came on myself. This is the pinnacle of realistic CGI that was ushered in with Transformers but here splattered with grime and carrying real weight for a change. I cannot wait to see this...

ZPC: BRUTE! PC game on Amazon

I made this computer game back in 1996 for Zombie Games in Seattle, Washington.

It has become available on Amazon for a few bucks.
Check it out while they last at: http://www.amazon.com/ZPC-Pc/dp/B0009YN3O2

and see cut clips and animations from the game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98vuEmgYm9k

Transporter Flash loop

A loop I created for my site a while back when I still
thought having stuff move about in the corner of the
screen was a good idea.

Royksopp video

This is a beautiful animation that contains so many sweet elements: cut-aways, industrial illustration, mo-cap and vector-traced 3D rendering. And on top of all that, its poignant.

There's only you - Processing visuals

sound reactive visuals
music by Croissant production
Built with Processing

Constructivist animation

Amazing Constructivist short animation.

BLOCK

After proving we could make movies for no money while shooting on location in a box room, the experiment continued with a film shot using no camera at all. BLOCK is the story of a novelist who moves into Birkenhead's notorious North End in in an attempt to overcome writer's block. Little does he know what the future holds for him and the human race. Respect is due to Rory Wilmer for his stark, high-contrast photographs of Merseyside.