GOLDENRUSSET

Got Craft?

2009-11-30T21:48:00.001-08:00

Got Craft?, originally uploaded by cutesypoo.

this sunday we are selling our wares at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall on Commercial drive in Vancouver BC.

be there at 11 am and claim your free swag! (only the first 30 people)

get your christmas shopping done and support local business and artists.

NEW Spring Gnomes for SALE

2009-04-08T13:29:00.001-07:00

Musseloom enjoys a spring day in the woods

2009-04-02T10:30:00.002-07:00

potato plush

2009-03-17T11:17:00.002-07:00

potato plush, originally uploaded by goldenrusset.

in honor of St' Patrick's Day i made this green eye'd Potato plush guy. if y'all like it , i may make more to sell.
Let me know!
9" wide and 5" tall (not including the legs) and made of fleece and felt.

yone_01

2009-03-14T09:56:00.003-07:00

yone_01, originally uploaded by goldenrusset.

yone_02

2009-03-14T09:56:00.001-07:00

yone_02, originally uploaded by goldenrusset.

eyeinthesky

2009-03-10T23:05:00.001-07:00

eyeinthesky, originally uploaded by goldenrusset.

here be some gnome art. what thoughts have you on this matter?

Gnomes now on sale!

2009-03-06T11:03:00.004-08:00

hurry over to the Cutesypoo Toys online shop and grab yourself a gnome!

they are going fast so act quickly

everyone who buys one will get a special gift

its a set of 4 mini papertoy gnomes! print em out and put em on yer desk for some extra happiness!

Cone Gnomes for sale Friday March 6th

2009-03-02T12:28:00.007-08:00

Cutesypoo Toys will be releasing 7 cute cone gnomes for sale on friday March 6th 2009!
they will be available at 12pm on their Etsy online store

Handmade in Canada and printed by Spoonflower.com

there will also be one rare Angry gnome available for that grumpy puss out there...

learning Maya 3D animation- first try

2009-02-26T09:48:00.003-08:00

I've been trying to get in to 3D animation to expand my skillset an open more chances for work. It took me a while but i finally had a chance to actually animate a character. i found a clip from an old peter sellers movie and animated to it using a free character i found online. take a look.

i'm going to do some more soon to add to my portfolio. it won't be enough to get into Pixar... but maybe a local studio will take a chance on me.

eskimo ice-cream!

2009-02-23T12:19:00.006-08:00

it's been a while since i've posted anything.... been busy doing stuff that can't be posted here. but!

i just finished some new plush toys for another gallery show.

it's called "Freezer Isle" at Phantom Gallery March 14th in L.A.

from what i understand they are going to fill empty store windows with art displays.. so i'm not exactly sure where it will be.. but you can check HERE for more info.

So i made these... ICE-KIMOS! basically ice-cream eskimos (i know it's not entirely politically correct, but Ice-Cream Inuits just don't have the same ring)

they are in the colours of Neapolitan ice-cream... which looks better than it tastes (i'm an ice-cream snob)

Now for sale at Cutesypootoys.com

2008-12-05T12:18:00.006-08:00

You can now purchase your very own Musseloom from the Cutesypoo Toys website! he's only $25.00 (usd) plus shipping. hurry and get yours now before Christmas!

BUY HERE

Monster Plush now for sale on ETSY!

2008-11-29T12:57:00.005-08:00

If you head on over to Etsy.com you can find my monster plush for sale through the Cutesypoo Toys Etsy shop!

Made with various types of fabric and each with its own unique theme, they range in price between $45 to $50 each (plus shipping). Remember, each is a one of a kind handmade work of art. Once these are gone.. they're gone!

Cutesypoo toys soon to release Musseloom!

2008-11-20T00:29:00.004-08:00

Cutesypoo Toys are proud to present, MUSSELOOM!

coming next week! Musseloom plush toys will be released through DKE toys. they were designed by yours truly and manufactured by ESC toys. just in time for Christmas!

stay tuned for more news!

Happy tree friends new short!

2008-11-19T13:48:00.003-08:00

I again had the pleasure of contributing some animation to another Happy Tree Friends, Ka-Pow! short. this ones called "Splendid’s SSSSSuper Squad : Mirror, Mirror" I have to say, the whole thing came out FANTASTIC! kudos to Roque and all those involved for such a bang up job! but coming from Ghostbot, i'm not entirely surprised.

My sequence starts at 1:48 and goes until, 2:15. yes, i destroyed a couple of endangered species. it was fun.

PLUSH IT

2008-11-14T11:50:00.007-08:00

Serena Kuhl's group plush show, PLUSH IT is under way down in AUS at the Ruban Rat gallery in Sydney. If you're in the area, go check it out.. and check out my piece, Rick Licorice as shown below.

*UPDATE!* you can now buy the pieces in the show off the Ruban Rat website HERE!

SUPER POWER TIME FORCE!

2008-11-13T11:26:00.005-08:00

I recently had the pleasure of creating a song for a compilation album that my good friend Hobo Divine produced. It is now available on ITUNES only ten bucks! thats plenty affordable...and you can listen to previews of each song. My song is "SPTF! - Closing Credits" under the name GET!

the concept was to make a piece of music inspired japanese hero TV shows from the 70's and an image made by Hobo Divine. So check it out... then BUY IT! it's completely independently produced and all revenue is divided equally amongst all the artists.. so you know your money is not going to some big mean corporation.

Stop motion tests

2008-10-26T10:45:00.004-07:00

I never thought I would get into this... but i've become obsessed with stop motion animation.

My wife and I have been commissioned to make a short stop motion film for an upcoming project which will remain nameless for copyright reasons... but I thought I would share my first attempts at this new craft.

this one was my first try. I just wanted to do a quick test to see if I could actually do it. I found an old robot sculpture I made like 8 years ago that had wire arms I could pose. i dusted off my old DV camera (used only once) and downloaded a free iStopMotion software trial. the lighting is quite bad and I had no real purpose other than to make it move... so don't judge me too harshly.

this next one I actually tried to create better lighting and used my wife's Canon digital camera. I downloaded a trial of Dragon, a great little stop motion program developed by the guys who made the United Airlines Dragon commercial (yes it was all stop motion), it can control a digital camera so the resolution of the frames is much much higher than using a stinky old DV cam.. plus its reasonably priced at around 250 bucks.

I used an old plush doll my wife made a long time ago that she didn't care about.. stuck in some 20 gauge steel wire from home depot (which i do not recommend since it is too springy and does not hold its position well). I tried attaching the feet to the table using magnets... but i found that even though i used super strong rare earth magnets, which you can barely pry apart, it still was not strong enough for balancing at precarious angles. So for the short I will be using bolt and screw tie-downs.

So I made it move... again with no purpose other than to test my own ability to make the thing move. (the table kept moving and i wasn't concentrating on it very much... so it's not my best effort).

my dad and I are working on a proper steel armature with ball joints that will give me the ability to do much more subtle movements and be much sturdier, you can buy armature sets online.. but they are pretty expensive, luckily my dad has a workshop and knows all about metal parts, so we are making our own from scratch. i'll post pictures of it later.

WEBSITE UPDATE

2008-10-22T13:46:00.002-07:00

hey i finally figured out HTML and remade my website www.goldenrusset.com ! it looks much better and has a nicer navigation. plus new images! go check it out.
as you can see here i also updated the look of the blog. now it matches the new website. ooh so co-ordinated!

Turkey Lurkey Time!

2008-10-13T21:39:00.001-07:00

well today is Canadian Thanksgiving... so i think this is appropriate. even though its technically a christmas song.

Cone-Gnome

2008-10-09T16:32:00.005-07:00

here's a new guy, the Cone-Gnome.
He's 7 1/2 inches tall and made from natural canvas with an iron-on print. i plan to make more of these since the iron-on makes it easy. maybe i'll even sell them! just in time for christmas.

Monster Art Rally / Plush It

2008-09-17T16:43:00.010-07:00

So i got in to 2, count em, 2 art shows this year! my first ever. both are plush art. both are this October/November.

first is "Monster Art Rally" @ the Gallery 1988 San Francisco. these are the pieces:

and here's my piece for "Plush It" @ the Ruban Rat gallery in Australia .. also in October

HTF on CHF

2008-09-14T14:31:00.004-07:00

Check it out, there's a whole article about the new Happy Tree Friends, Ka-Pow episode i worked on... i even got mentioned as "the nefarious" Jayson Thiessen... hahahaha.. *GLOAT*

http://coldhardflash.com/2008/09/ka-pow-series-ready-for-battle.html

they isolated the huge fight scene on one of the vids posted... which i animated the first half of.

New Happy Tree Friends cartoon

2008-09-02T17:51:00.003-07:00

I got to animate some scenes on a cool new "Happy Tree Friends" episode, produced by the good folks at Ghostbot.
it's part of a new series of action shorts called "Ka-POW"
check it out!

my scenes start when Flippy bursts out of the dead carcass, and ends when he gets stabbed in the gut. ENJOY!

Cutesypoo toys at dke toys booth at SDCC

2008-07-31T11:27:00.003-07:00

Cutesypoo toys at dke toys booth at SDCC, originally uploaded by cutesypoo.

My wife and I have joined forces and became, Cutesypoo Toys (basically i just joined her). we are releasing 3 plush toys in the near future, 2 versions of her Egg Tarts (one has a happy face and the other has a sleepy one)
and Musseloom, a mushroom character i designed.

our handmade prototypes were previewed at this year's San Diego Comicon at the DKE toys booth, and are being manufactured by ESC.

pucca season 2 episodes

2008-07-28T18:36:00.003-07:00

one of my fave episodes of Pucca from season 2 someone posted on youtube. the song and dance at the end turned out quite well i think. (forgive the high pitched sound.. bad youtube recording)

and here's another one

yet another one... (this story was actually my idea :D )

beaker croons to rick astley

2008-07-27T22:02:00.002-07:00

licklick

2008-06-11T01:34:00.003-07:00

here's a quick little sexy cutie

new Cubecat papertoy

2008-05-21T22:19:00.003-07:00

Here you go! download the plans for the cubecat papertoy! make it yourself you crafty person!

download PDF here!

Mr. Obtuse Paper toy plans

2008-05-20T21:56:00.007-07:00

WORK WORK WORK! wow i can't believe how much time has gone by... i've just been so busy.

i definitly cannot keep up with the weekly schedule. So i'm putting Mr. Obtuse on hiatus until i have more time. SORRY EVERYONE, I'm only one man with too many projects... something had to give. BUT I SHALL RETURN WITH NEW EPISODES AT A LATER DATE.

Until then... hey why not make yourself your very own Mr. Obtuse for your desk! download these plans and get crafty. Use your noggin and see if you can put it together.

download the PDF here!

ENJOY!

(stay tuned for cubecat)

No Obtuse today

2008-05-06T09:46:00.002-07:00

hey everyone... i'm sorry to say that there is no Mr. Obtuse this week. I've been pretty busy and wasn't able to get to it.

from now on i am going to reduce the frequency of the episodes to every 2 weeks, due to work and life commitments. i wish i could just work on Mr. Obtuse all day but it doesn't pay the bills... yet.

so you will just have to be patient... there will be more, just not as often.

thanks for understanding!

Mr Obtuse episode 5! finally here

2008-04-28T20:52:00.003-07:00

hey all you Obtuse fans... i'm really sorry for not posting an episode last tuesday. I was on vacation in NYC so i wasn't able to do it.

BUT fear not! here is episode 5 for your viewing pleasure!

and for you itunes subscribers, don't forget to update your podcast!

Mr. Obtuse Paper toy!

2008-04-17T19:06:00.002-07:00

hey all,

look at this...

its a prototype of the Mr.Obtuse paper toy. waddaya think? you want one?

i have to make some small adjustments but its pretty much there. it was printed on crappy paper so thats why it looks less than pro. but i'll make a better one, and then i'll post the plans for download so you all can make one.

i'd really like to make vinyl toys of him (and cubecat of course... which i will do a brand new paper toy of next), so we'll see.

Chubby Dee on Crackle

2008-04-16T18:11:00.002-07:00

hey all,

i should have posted about this sooner, but you can now find my cartoon "Chubby Dee in: Stale Sale" that i did so long ago, on CRACKLE.COM it's been featured recently (which is when i should have talked about it) and you can watch it in HIGH RESOLUTION! so take a look!

I really want to do a lot more with that character, and hopefully i will get a chance to. I have a whole pitch worked out and even an entire pilot storyboard ready to go... all i need is someone with money or a network willing to take a chance on it. any takers?

anyways, enjoy the old film in good quality video in the meantime....here

OBTUESDAY!

2008-04-15T10:13:00.006-07:00

HEY HEY it's the 4th installment of OBTUESDAY! can you believe i've been doing this for a month already?

If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to the PODCAST as you will be automatically updated with new episodes when they are made and you can watch them on your ipod. and be sure to write a review!

or you could just watch the latest episode here or

on youtube. but youtube has crappy quality.

Mr. Obtuse_ episode 03

2008-04-08T00:08:00.000-07:00

alright! here be episode 3 of Mr. Obtuse.

AND i am proud to announce that you can now find Mr. Obtuse as a PODCAST on iTUNES!

just click on this link HERE to subscribe to it.

i'll still put it up on youtube, but the quality on itunes is MUCH MUCH better. plus if you subscribe you'll automatically get the latest episode downloaded to your computer and ipod. YOU CAN'T LOSE!... unless i become too busy and can't produce them as often. but lets hope that doesn't happen. In fact i'd much rather expand on the world and make it a longer, fuller, more legit show... rather than a one minute joke i produce in my basement, Patience jayson... Patience!

enjoy.

also, check the side bar for Mr. Obtuse quicktimes in nice, high(er) quality.

Designs

2008-04-06T21:44:00.004-07:00

here's some designs i did as a favor for a show that was being pitched.

went nowhere. hopefully not due to these.

Space Ape

2008-04-06T21:20:00.003-07:00

here's an old idea that went nowhere... maybe its a good thing... you decide.

More found doodles from the ol' notebook

2008-04-03T12:27:00.002-07:00

Mr. Obtuse_ episode 02

2008-04-01T01:19:00.006-07:00

We regret to inform you that Mr. Obtuse will not be shown this week.

APRIL FOOL! Enjoy episode 2

MR.OBTUSE!

2008-03-25T13:36:00.000-07:00

here it is.. the first episode of Mr. Obtuse.

i hope to make every tuesday.. mr. Obtuesday.

check back to see if i can manage to do it

more found doodles

2008-03-25T09:29:00.000-07:00

found!

i suppose that steak he's carrying is like a security blanket or something.

cool robot. needs some repair it seems.

PUCCA DVD

2008-03-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

don't forget to pick up your copy of PUCCA season one on dvd! HERE!

notebook treasures

2008-03-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

so now that i'm completely wrapped off Pucca season 2 i'm taking some much needed time off.... not too much time though. DAMN YOU VANCOUVER HOUSING PRICES! anyways, i was going through some of my notebooks full of pages and pages of show notes and i found some doodles hidden amongst the scene numbers and revision calls. sometimes my fingers get antsy while we're in a meeting discussing important problems like how to deal with the vibrating line issue or how to make a 3d render fit in flash. YAWN.

i like fish hats ever since i went to Tokyo and saw all these weird costumes in Tokyu Hands, a department store with just about anything you can imagine. they have a whole section just for office party costumes. i got a funny pic of me in a fish hat, though it sorta works better on a cartoon somehow.

weird.

MUSSELOOM!

2007-12-16T22:35:00.000-08:00

Here he is! the one and only Musseloom! it took me a while, but i finally finished him... only took 3 failures to get here too! this one is a prototype, but if there's enough interest i might be persuaded to make more. ultra velour (minki) body and felt details.

i also made a little intro video of him... stay tuned for further development!

Paper toy

2007-07-19T19:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, here's my first atempt at paper folding toys. CUBECAT ! it's very simplistic i know but i gotta start somewhere... download , print, cut, paste and enjoy!here he is finished.

pucca opening sequence ANIMATIC

2007-07-16T22:23:00.000-07:00

i was rooting around my files when i came across the final animatic for the opening sequence for Pucca the series. it was all done in flash by Tim Packford initially, then i took a stab at it a few times. what you see here is the hybrid of both my and Tim's version. we spent extra time on the animatic, as you can see it's practically animated... this made it really easy to translate to the animator (Jos Humphrey) who did a bang up job. Music by Plus Tech Squeeze Box, an amazing, crazy, electro-pop band from Japan.

and here be the finished product...(unfourtunately i could only find a french version on youtube)

silly walk cycle test

2007-07-03T16:25:00.000-07:00

hey.. here's a little walkytest of Chubby Dee i did in anime studio.. it's not the best by any means but i just wanted to see if it could be done. find it here

Also, check out a great piece of Chubby Dee art done by Clio Chiang!

New animation program, better than flash???

2007-06-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

So i came across this new (at least to me) animation program called "Anime Studio" i think it used to be called "Moho" but recently changed names. it features a built in 3d camera, particle effects, boiling line option, motion blur and texture mapping, and "bones" for bending arms and such. It's fairly simple to use once you get a handle on how it works.. which didn't take me long, thanks to its informative tutorials. The only studio i've seen using this program so far is Greykid Pictures they have several examples of how they've used this interesting program. Some of which is quite impressive. You can really see the potential.. as long as the animator can avoid the "puppet" look. The system is essentially "flat Maya" so anyone with Maya 3d experience could easily switch. Flash animators may have more trouble getting used to it.. but it didn't take me very long to figure most of it out. Here is a quick little test i did to show a bit of it off.

i don't know what kind of bugs it has yet.. but the drawing tools are weird and i would recommend drawing in flash and import an .AI file. Watch out for the colours too as the porting may change them.. i was able to re-colour correctly but had to import a palette since there isn't really an eyedropper... nor any hotkeys for that matter.. and you can only select one layer at a time. In the timeline i had trouble with the graph editor a bit.. there are no handles for line points anywhere. All of these i was able to get around with a bit of different thinking.. but coming from flash i thought those issues were a step down. Perhaps the makers of this program will improve upon these things in a new version.. provided they are aware.
How much would you pay for a program such as this??????? well take a look at this comparison ....

Adobe Flash CS3------$699 US
Toon Boom Solo-------$2499 US
Anime Studio Pro-----$199 US (CHEAP!!!)

Pucca in french

2007-06-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

found a bunch of recent posts of new Pucca episodes on Youtube....all in french. won't someone post more english episodes? i have all 78 episodes.. but if i post any i'll get SUED since they are the un-aired originals. I can't get Toon-disney or Jetix so i'm relying on others to post them on Youtube for us non-extra cable channel low-lifes... in the meantime.. enjoy these .. "en francis".

Chubbysics

2007-05-29T23:14:00.001-07:00

Here's a little tribute to one of my favorite japanese rock bands POLYSICS. i actually like the negative one better, but the orange jumpsuit is just so iconic to Polysics style.

HARD LICKER

2007-05-22T02:04:00.000-07:00

here's a design i whipped up for the T-SHOW, which i am happily participating in. Can't quite decide on the colour scheme though... i like them both. though i may lose the darker, candy shape in the background and go for a simpler look.. don't know...

SKOOKUM!!!

2007-05-12T10:08:00.000-07:00

I FOUND AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE ELUSIVE SKOOKUM!
(actually i made him and posed him in a tree)

Doo Doo Doodies

2007-05-03T15:26:00.000-07:00

i like soggy girls in sockses...... though i don't know about these

Doodies

2007-05-02T17:19:00.000-07:00

some silly doodles today.. finally have some time to play around

YOU CUT ME OFF!

2007-05-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

this is a big, angry, teenage FUCK YOU! to the lady in the blue Toyota who decided to jump into the HOV lane right in front of my wife and I... at 2 miles an hour... on a rainy day. You are SOOOOOOOO lucky i'm a good driver... i must have skidded about 50 feet just barely missing the back left side of your pretty little import. I hope you saw us fish-tailing in the ditch as you sped off. Thanks. Thank god i was able to right myself and carry on without the guy behind me ramming my ass.
I know you were sorry as i saw you gesturing to me in that sheepish way as you went back into your lane....alone in your car....as i gestured back in the usual way.
I kind of wish that i did hit you... would have made for a nice lawsuit.

Look Ma! I'm on TV!!

2007-04-22T13:16:00.000-07:00

So Kevin Gamble (producer for George Of The Jungle) asked me to Join him on TECH TV with LEO LAPORTE. A show about, what else? Technology! so here we are talking about how we make flash animation for TV, i'm the one at the computer (which had several smutty pictures on it... It really helped me relax). It was a 6 minute segment and i was nervous as hell... but thankfully it wasn't live. That episode (21) will be set to air sometime in May... not sure when though. It was pretty fun, i'm glad i got to do it. I hope i didn't sound like an idiot. 6 minutes go by so fast...i don't know how much information was actually passed along... oh well no one's gonna learn animation from a TV show. we showed a clip from the show.. and i went through a couple flash files... i used one of Emmet hall's scenes as an example.

peanut toy

2006-10-04T19:07:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since i've posted anything, thats true. I've been busy with other things.. but here we have something new! its a new peanut toy! i worked hard trying to perfect the pattern.. it still needs some tweeking but i think it turned out okay. i plan to make more soon... ish.

new Pucca episodes

2006-08-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

now that Pucca has begun airing... already people have been recording and uploading episodes on to youtube. I can not believe how fast it happened. I guess thats a good sign. So check it out. a little sneak preview for the U.S. and Canada. the broadcast dates for Pucca in the states are as follows: "Toon Disney's Jetix programming block on weekdays will see the premiere of several new shows and marathon programming events next month. Pucca joins Jetix in its US premiere on Monday September 18, 7p, and then moves to its regular time period on Monday, September 25 at 8:30p."

this is our first episode, so we were still figuring out who the characters were and what they did. it's not our finest episode by any means, but it has it's merits.

this episode features a ninja-eating plant. it's got a "cat came back" vibe to the story, mixed with that old "little shop of horrors" chestnut. not the most original idea.... but YOU try to come up with 78 storylines!
my wife Jocelan storyboarded it, and i was in charge of the direction. i even got to animate some scenes! (the underwater sequence).
enjoy.

new plush guy!

2006-08-18T09:08:00.000-07:00

here is a fire demon. his head is on fire and he is crying blood. but he is not in pain, thats just how it is. made from felt with faux fur "hair" . he has rice in his bum so he can sit up on his own.

my first plush creation

2006-08-10T22:49:00.000-07:00

here's a little guy i just completed. born only minutes ago ! still don't have a name for him. anyone have any suggestions?

PUCCA ON THE AIR!

2006-08-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

finally, Pucca the series is on the air...... in the U.K. and Netherlands. It is set to come out in the US sometime soon on Disney's "Jetix" block on ABC .. i think.. i hear they are changing one of the disney cartoon channels into a Jetix channel, where Pucca will find its US home.

If you are lucky enough to see it in Europe, you will be seeing it in it's full, unadultarated form. with few censorship edits. We had a lot of freedom on the show, which was great. but some of the stuff we did is biting us in the butt now, as the FCC rules in the states don't allow certain content from reaching our children's extremely fragile minds.

In the meantime, check out this promo material we created. which was highlighted in a recent issue of STASH magazine. there's also an article about it at COLD HARD FLASH
and don't forget to check out the official Pucca site at the JETIX website.

also here you can watch our interstitials below...

wilkins coffee with early muppets.

2006-07-30T11:00:00.000-07:00

oh how i long for the good old days, when you could advertise your product with murder and torture. nowadays everyone is so god damn sensitive.

poopee present

2006-07-27T18:15:00.000-07:00

hey, i'm just foolin around and decided to paint a doodle... i hate the way the girl came out.. but whatever, its just fun.

another t-shirt design!

2006-07-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

hey another one of my designes has been approved for competition! check it out and vote for me!

dances with candy

2006-07-25T22:35:00.000-07:00

threadless design

2006-07-25T09:04:00.000-07:00

hey everyone, i got a design approved for competition on threadless.com so if you go there and vote for it.. it may get made into a t-shirt yaaay! so vote now, and vote often!

POLYSICS

2006-07-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

some of my favorite videos from one of my favorite bands POLYSICS!!

i like peanuts

2006-07-06T17:14:00.000-07:00

some peanuts are 2 some are 3 and some are sideways... you never know what your going to get.

some kid

2006-07-06T16:59:00.000-07:00

cassette

2006-07-06T16:56:00.000-07:00

a little tape cassette guy! he's having trouble fitting in the world of CD's and MP3's

cool and weird

2006-06-20T22:59:00.000-07:00

hello from annecy

2006-06-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

here i am in Annecy for the international animation festival, which kicks off tommorrow. Its a very beautifull little town nestled near the Swiss Alps. I'm excited to se some of the films here... i just got my festival package and it's 3 huge thick books that we had to hoof all the way across town back to the hotel .. the festival tote bags were'nt ready yet... damn them! Gonna see a pre-view of cars.. lookin forward to that ... but there's tons of films that look really good... i'll let you know which ones i thought were best.

venice-like canalspedal boatsdalla, kirsten, and greg pondering if we should rent a boat... it's quite warm.

dallas in our hotel room... "Hotel de Paris" small but quaint

frum the skeetchbook

2006-05-31T23:01:00.000-07:00

strange little toy

2006-05-28T13:38:00.000-07:00

here's a neat little fellow i found at the richmond night market. i have no idea what it is or who made it or where it comes from. but i like it.

chubbydee

2006-05-26T23:08:00.000-07:00

yummy chocloate dee!

OH HAAAAA!!!

2006-05-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

this is totally messed up! a grown man in a pretty pink dress dancing and singing with a bunch of children and people in various costumes in a happy rainbow land. shingo is this guy from the Japanese pop boy band "Smap" they're so popular they have their own variety show. he has this character that he plays called "shingo mama" which i suppose either represents his mother or himself as a mom. he does a segment on the show and i think this is the music video that accompanies it. Enjoy the weird wonderful over the top saccharine!

SUPERFLAT MONOGRAM

2006-05-04T16:16:00.000-07:00

OMG you have to watch this! I'm a huge fan of Takeshi Murakami's Superflat movement, and it seems as though they made a crazy short film/ad for Louis Vuitton. I am totally inspired by this stuff.

Cintiq!!!

2006-05-03T22:55:00.000-07:00

it's finally here! our 21 inch wacom Cintiq monitor arrived today. i love it! it's like drawing on digital paper. so here's my first drawing on it.. done in sketchbook.

doods

2006-05-03T00:06:00.000-07:00

sum girly doodle doos ... i don't like the face on the second one so much.. oh well. *sigh*

COWBOY DOY-YOY

2006-04-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

Well. I thought i would try my hand at a little photoshop "painting" of one of my drawings of a cowboy. It's pretty novice I know...but it is my first attempt so that being said.. let me have it! don't hold back! i've got my criticism helmet on.. so i can take it.

i often draw wonky cowboys like this in my doodles. I'd like to do a cowboy show. The thing is... i really have no intrest in westerns.. so i have no idea why i like to cartoon them. maybe its the very fact that i don't like them.

Doooooodles

2006-04-27T15:52:00.000-07:00

here's a couple pages of doodles from todays music spot. thats where we sit with the composer and go through each episode and figure out the music and score... it can take several hours.

this is Dallas (fellow co-director) saying "phenomenal" its a good word to say when you think something is very good. It's a word I have heard him say. That's Greg (the main director) on his head. it's not a very good likeness of him... he has a curling rock in his hand (how canadian). the guy screaming in the bottom corner is the composer Hal Foxton Beckett... he gets upset when we make changes to his music.. but thats because he cares. I'm the one saying "poo". it's something i often say...and if i'm not saying it... i'm probably thinking it.

here's some very warbled doodles of pucca characters... i like to draw them off model on purpose.. probably because their actual model is so perfect and symetrical. sometimes i wish the show was that warped.

Mo Peanart

2006-04-27T15:03:00.000-07:00

see how confidently he serenades you with his ukelele. It seems as though it's aimed in the wrong direction. Does he not notice the maiden in the distance? How she pains to be near his... nut?

Chubby Dee

2006-04-27T00:12:00.000-07:00

I uploaded my film on youtube.com so now you can watch it here ^_^

Greeting Cards

2006-04-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

here's a bunch of greeting cards i made a few years ago and sold them in a local art store. I sold about half of the batch i printed.. but i never continued it. so i got a bunch left over if anyone wants one... i'd rather people used them then have them sit here in a box. they are all blank inside.

Draw-ins

2006-04-26T23:00:00.000-07:00

a few excerpts from the sketchbook.

this guy's listening to his mini-disk player. He's feeling embarrassed that he's using such old technology... and that he actually paid for his music.
I'm sure the government has experimented with this kind of thing. As much as it's bad for the planet.... i'd really like to see some genetically altered freakaziod creatures.

Here is Monsieur Oyster. He is a solitary creature, though he seems to enjoy going for the occasional drive. Prized possession? his pearl of course!

Cute musselooom

2006-04-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

I made this at work while i had some free moments. one of the character designers on Pucca saw me working on it and flipped out. "oh my god thats sooooo cuute!" she said. so i sent her the image. she printed it out and hung it up at her desk. i felt kind of honored.

Oh Peanut

2006-04-26T21:25:00.000-07:00

here's some cute peanut characters i wanna make into toys and stuff. I tried messing with the texture to make it look more hand made. now that i look at it.. that blue was a bad choice.

The Rival

2006-04-22T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite Vooz episodes of Pucca. It was a big inspiration for the series. A lot of episodes revolve around Garu and Tobe's rivalry (Tobe is the blue ninja and his name is pronounced toh-bay) he's one of my favorite characters on the show. Pucca of course always gets in the way and ends up beating the crap out of the bad guy. We really tried to stay true to the Vooz style, but we also pushed it in a lot of ways. Its a bit more western as you will see when it finally airs... but it may help give it a wider appeal (thats the plan anyways) I personally would have liked to stay closer to the original style, it has such a charm, and it's very unique and cute, but i think we captured at least some of that original feeling.
I think the series will be a big hit, and I'm very proud and excited that i'm a part of it, as should everyone on the crew. They have put in a ton of hard work, time and energy to make it happen. we couldn't have done it without them.

Pucca nominated!

2006-04-13T17:21:00.000-07:00

For the past year i've been slaving away, co-directing PUCCA the series for Jetix europe (at Studio B Productions) and now the show has been nominated for several awards. the show doesn't even have an air date yet! so look for Pucca at the Prix Jeunesse International festival in Munich Germany, Annecy International Animation fest in France (which I and the other 2 directors as well as the producer will be attending) and now, just today, the Leo awards here in BC canada. because the show hasn't aired yet, i can't show anything from the series... but until then you can see the original Korean web shorts at the official Puccal website http://www.puccaclub.com the shorts are under the heading "amusement"

article on coldhardflash.com

2006-04-10T09:27:00.000-07:00

Hey today i'm being featured on coldhardflash.com for a little promo i made a while ago with some friends. It was for a tv series pitch for young children. We had a whole 7 minute short planned out but due to time constraints and "life" type issues we never were able to finish it. Its called Maigo.
so one day Aaron Simpson from coldhardflash caught it on my website goldenrusset.com and asked me if he could feature it. I always really liked these characters and the story, and i'm glad finially someone will get to see our work. It would have been nice to have actually finished the short at least. maybe this will generate enough intrest to make it happen. check it out.
http://www.coldhardflash.com/

YMCK video

2006-04-09T12:04:00.000-07:00

i love this 8 bit music.. .

MUSSELOOM FRIENDS

2006-04-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

here's some recent stuff i made for an idea i have about fungus people.

night of FIRE!

2006-04-09T11:02:00.000-07:00

funny music video. I love all the stupid choregraphy the girls are doing , and that fat guy tries to dance along with them.. gold!

a new blog is born... Happy Birthday!

2006-04-09T00:22:00.001-07:00

I have finally entered into the world of blogging... and as my first post, it's probably just gonna be boring.. so i'll just use it as a test...

check this spot for doodles, kooky videos and anything weird or interesting i do or find.

enjoy!