STOP MOTION PROJECTS
DURING COLLEGE I BECAME OBSESSED WITH STOP MOTION ANIMATION. NOT SO MUCH THE ANIMATION ASPECT AS MUCH AS CREATING SETS AND MINIATURES WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE. I STARTED MAKING PUPPETS AND SETS A LOT IN COLLEGE BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL I MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND STARTED WORKING FOR THE COMPANY THAT DID "MORAL OREL" & "ROBOT CHICKEN" THAT I FOUND OUT JUST HOW MUCH I LOVED DOING IT.
AFTER THOSE TWO SHOWS I WORKED FOR TWO YEARS MAKING PUPPETS & SETS ON A 15 MINUTE FILM BY JUSTIN AND SHEL RASCH, A SEAGULL PUPPET FOR A SHORT BY SIHANOUK MARIONA AND DOING A COMMERCIAL FOR DOMINO'S WHICH WAS MAGICAL SINCE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OF PAPER. ON TOP OF THAT I GOT TO WORK WITH A PAPERCRAFT/ DISNEY LEGEND KEVIN KIDNEY. LATER AT WETA WORKSHOP I WAS ABLE TO HELP MAKE MINIATURES & BIGATURE SETS FOR SEASON ONE OF THE NEWEST THUNDERBIRDS ARE A GO TV SERIES.
ITS THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE. PUN INTENDED.
Domino's Pizza
Commercial about Handmade Pan Pizza
Dogonauts: Enemy Lines
A short film by JUSTIN & SHEL RASCH
HELPED FOR TWO YEARS ON THIS 15 MINUTE SHORT FILM MAKING PUPPETS & SETS AT DIFFERENT SCALES
Robot Chicken - Star Wars II
A Cartoon Network show
FABRICATED PUPPETS, LOTS OF LITTLE PROPS AND THE SARLACC SET PIT WHICH ACTED AS A SET & A GIANT CHARACTER THAT HAD THE ABILITY TO PULSATE WITH WIRES BEHIND THE LATEX STOMACH LINING.
Moral Orel
A Cartoon Network Show about religious satire
I WAS IN THE PUPPET DEPARTMENT. RESPONSIBLE FOR CASTING DRAGON SKIN SILICONE BODIES, AIRBRUSHING & PAINTING HEADS, SCULPTING BESPOKE ELEMENTS & MAKING ARMATURES. LATER ON I SWITCHED TO THE SET DEPT TO DO MORE SCULPTING.
Super Genius Evil Dinosaur
A short by MELISSA & NATHAN SHEPHERD
THIS SHORT WAS DONE AS A SPOT TO PITCH THE SHOW. IT'S ABOUT A SUPER INTELLIGENT AND EVIL VELOCIRAPTOR WHO TRAVELS FORWARD IN TIME TO THE 1980'S. HE INSERTS HIMSELF INTO THE LIVES OF AN UNWITTING AMERICAN FAMILY WHO ADOPT HIM BELIEVING HIM TO BE A RUSSIAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT.
They Crawl Amongst Us
A short film by SIHANOUK MARIONA
DONE IN THE STYLE OF AARDMAN ANIMATION'S 'CREATURE COMFORTS', THE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWED NEW YORKERS ABOUT LIFE & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TO PROVIDE VOICE-OVERS FOR THE ANIMAL STARS. I MADE THE SEAGULL PUPPET WITH BEAK REPLACEMENTS THAT MAGNETICALLY SNAPPED IN.
Thunderbirds Are Go
A TV Show by ITV STUDIOS
I WORKED FOR FOUR MONTHS ON THIS SHOW TO SCULPT, PAINT, KIT BASH, & SCRATCH BUILD ELEMENTS ON MANY DIFFERENT SETS USED IN THE SHOW.
