NEPTOON HITS CALI - WED...

Mark, Paul and I arrived late at LAX, drove to Burbank and checked into the Safari Inn - a great little drive up motel that was featured in the very cool movie True Romance.

We hooked up with my sister Tracy and her husband Andrew who were kind enough to have cold beer waiting for us...NICE!

Stayed up late watching some wacky show called The Punany Poets - gotta love American TV.

I'VE BEEN TUBED...

Here's another one. I think this one is my favorite. Looking back now I can see how slow my timing was - yikes!

Here's a little short I done did a way back when - I still find it pretty silly. There were 5 shorts in all and we hoped it would go to series but alas.

Neptoon's Habbosode...

Well, whatdya know - you can finally see our full short (along with 9 others) over at the Habbo site. ~CLICK~

We had finacial backing from Elliott Animation and even though we created, designed, boarded, casted, animated, directed and produced it, our studio didn't get credit...hmmmm.

Anyway, it's not the best thing in the world but it was a fun gig. I think you can vote on them...you may need to be a member - don't know for sure.

Rumnut Rhymes...

LOOP...

Haven't had a lot of time to draw lately - it's amazing how uncreative the directing process in Canada has become. I still find a nugget of free time here and there but not as much as I'd like - or need.

Here's some development for a concept I've been working on for the last million years. I think I prefer the rough line on the middle one over the clean version.

The title of this post is very fitting to my mood lately.....please save me.

Hello? Is there anybody out there....?

Anyone looking to work on this STOP-MOTION film

-- in Toronto --

is encouraged, nay, ordered to send their resumés, portfolios or reels to irishballadeer@gmail.com.

Rumnut Rhymes...

Here's a little Rumnut I wrote.

We have about 15 of these little suckers so far and we hope to publish the collection when we're finished. The idea of them being animated interstitials has crossed our minds as well.

Not settled on the illo style, layout or font yet but we do know we'll be using the pseudonyms Merv Koffin and Markus Thorne.

KatAtomic...

Concept BG by PQ

Concept bg's by Paul Watling

I've been developing this idea for awhile now. I finally have some rough designs I'm happy with. I would imagine these will still go through some changes as the show evolves. I will post some concept bg's shortly.

In case you're wondering, the little guy is Chet...the angry cat poo.

Now all I can pray for is that no one draws any comparisons to Teenage Robot.

I'm Famous...

Hey folks! Steve Levinson was kind enough to do an interview with me over at FREDERATOR. Check it out - here.

Prof. Inkbottom...

Another Monstrocity High rough.

Prof. Inkbottom teaches, you guessed it, penmanship.

Black Backed Blister Pack...

Say that 5 times fast.

We decided to put the CRUSH blanks in a black blister pack so that it'll POP OUT when its sitting in the stores.

New Box

Here's the newest version of the CRUSH box.

Bigger window -- better colour

and hopefully everyone's names spelled right.

Raw Vinyl...

Here's a great shot of Eric's work space. Cool to see his WIP on Buzz and Harriet as well.

Here are the latest pics.

RAW VINYL CRUSH, right. We will be getting 50 units in RAW WHITE with unprinted boxes for those interested in customizing;)

CRUSH IN MOCK-UP BOX, middle. The new box is being design now and will feature a larger viewing window.

PRIMED CRUSH IN BLISTER PACK, left
Next stage - Now that we've given our approval on the raw vinyl we should be expecting our PAINT MASTER.

Yin Yang Yo - Funpak Drawings...

On top of being the Assistant Director for Yin Yang Yo I was also responsible for any secondary characters needed for Funpaks.

Property of Disney Television Animation

Crush Vinyls on Route...

Unpainted vinyls are headed our way for approvals:)