Beaten Heart

Here's a character I designed over the weekend for a scene in my little short film I'm chugging away at in the wee hours. His hobbies include collecting left hooks and right crosses to the face.



This guy is a double stack of FEAR who gives Beaten Heart the latest updates on what's new in the world of Knuckle Samitches. To the right is his insperation, KIMBO SLICE!!!!!!

My Mojo Jojo interview animation.

I was really excited to see this posted on YouTube. I did this animation of Mojo Jojo for the Powerpuff girls movie DVD as a special feature. I never got a solid copy of the final thing, so I was happy to see this posted. I also did the animated interview of the mayor as well.




The Extra guy at the end of this one was animated by the talented Mr. Jeff Fastner over at Primal Screen.

Just had to post.

Found this pic in a 50's ad book. I have no clue where it came from. Jellystone park maybe? Looked really cool so I just had to share it witcha. If you have a clue where this was taken, post a comment to let me know.



Someone in the comments section asked why there weren't any African Americans in the Flintstones world. Within my mental log of cartoon imagery I distinctly remember seeing something of this nature, then I had to track it down to share with you all. I present to you the "BLACKSTONES" (and I thought the first photo was bizarre)

Daft Punk Fan Video

I've been jamming to a lot of Daft Punk to keep me awake in the wee hours of the night as I work on freelance gigs. I came across this which I thought was really clever, not to mention difficult. At first it seems dumb and boring, but watch it as the video progresses.



Daft also have an animated movie in anime style based off of their music. No dialogue whatsoever. Worth checking out. FUNKY.

BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHT

Much similar to the Animatrix, DC has taken the anime approach to a series of Batman short films coming out direct to DVD summer 2008. Bruce Timm is involved as directer as well as anime studios such as Studio 4c (Tekon Kinkreet), Madhouse, and Production IG (Ghost in the shell). Even though I'm a big Marvel fan, I am anxiously looking forward to seeing this film. I hope you enjoy this sneak peek I found on youtube.

48 frames of YO! LOVE

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Here's the short piece of animation I did for the 48 frames of love contest. It features my main character Yin that I created years ago when I started to get into yo yo-ing and our cat Lilly. Lilly the Cat falls in love as Yin woo's her with his heartwarming yo yo trick for valentines day.

Oh, and if you've ever wondered how Yo Yo's are made, check out this cool clip I found of the YoYo factory in Arizona. Edited to the tune of the Chemical Brothers (I love this song)



...And yes, the YoYo really does float.

AND THE WINNERS ARE....

There were a lot of great submissions to the GIJOE Throwback Thursday contest. I had Madball artist Jim Groman Judge the artwork since he donated some of the prize winnings and use to work @ Hasbro toys. He had a tough job choosing amongst the many amazing entries. It wasn't easy folks. HERE ARE THE WINNERS!

The grand prize winner is Robb Mommaerts!



And the 2nd place winner is Kevin Evans!


Jim also had 2 honorable mentions for Jim Mehsling who was 1st to answer the call of duty and uploaded not one but five entries, and Hasdrubal who entered 7 3D pieces. A hearty YO JOE! goes out to these 2 soldiers.

A BIG BIG thanks to all who entered and made this contest a success. Keep your eyes pealed here and on Channel Frederator for future Throwback contests. If you have any ideas for future contests subjects please feel free to share them in the comments section below.

Also to see all of the entries for the contest, go HERE or HERE @FLICKR.

Pearce Sisters short film

I've been waiting a while to see the pearce sisters short in it's entirety, and thanks to the post by Amid over at cartoonbrew, we can all see the woderfully crafted short film. It was interesting to see the process of how this film was created. Check it out HERE.

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CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE TODAY!!!!!!

THROWBACK THURSDAYS CONTEST PAGE!!!

If you haven't gotten them in yet, GIJOE throwback illustrations are due today. We have a pretty solid turnout this year. Thanks to everyone who has entered and have joined the Frederator RAW community. Below is a photo of the what the grand prize winner will get once chosen. An Original framed Madball illustration by James Groman,2 new signed madballs and one GIJOE 25th anniversary figure.



And here's a prize for the runner up.....




These are a few entries that came in throughout the week....


Kevin Evans


David Sones


Harry the bastard


Jim Groman (Not in the contest)


Hasdrubal

GET A GRIP SHOW!!

Unfortunately I was unable to get to NY for the "Get a Grip" show, but a SACKS10 piece was REPRESENTING! Below is a clip of the opening night at MyplasticheartNYC. Thanks Kano!



Here's my submission for the MyplasticheartNYC moneyGRIP show. I call him "Knuckle UP", you can call him Trouble.



UPDATE!!!!....KNUCKLE UP SOLD!

EVENTS AND CONTESTS

Dan Meth and Frederator present the 1st NYC Drink and Draw event.
The first Drinking and Drawing event in NYC is Wednesday January 23rd 8:00 p.m. at M1-5 Bar @ 52 Walker St. (Church+Canal)




HEY, After you get your Drink and Draw on, take a couple of Airborn (great for hangovers) and head over to MyplasticheartNYC on friday for the MONEYGRIP show. A lot of great artists put their twist on this 4 inch vinyl toy by artist kaNO! Keep an eye out there for a SACKS10 original MoneyGRIP as well. ^-^



Show your love this February by submitting a 5 sec short piece of animation to the Channel Frederator Love Fest contest. Swing by the RAW page for details.

IRONMAN ADVENTURES

Being a big Ironman fan, I was ecstatic when I came across these clips on the new Marvelkids.com. In my opinion, this is what all marvel direct to dvd movies should be like. There are 3 clips in the trilogy. Each one introduces a surprise guest appearance. The only other way I can see doing a direct to dvd marvel movie in 2D would be by letting one of the marvel vets like Jack Kirby,John Romita (Sr/Jr) or Tim Sale stylize the whole movie. Aw, I can dream cant I?