The Prehistoric Odd Couple

Since i'm digging through my archives, might as well continue to embarrass myself.

In this performance I play a slightly femine sloth and a grumpy mammoth. Short shot but fun to play two completely different personalities.

How do you make a bird cry?

Heres a shot I did of Vlad the Vulture crying at the end of the movie.

The directors decided to put this at the end of the film at the last minute.

It was nice to go back and animate him one last time - knowing it would be our last dance together. I sure miss that buzzard.

TS3 Trailer Shots

The official release of Toy Story 3 trailer came out today. You can view the trailer here at Apple Trailers.

Now that it is out - I can share with you a few of my shots that made the cut. See movie below:

All of my shots were shortened for the trailer. I'm just excited that i'm actually working on this film. My daughter was 1 yr old now when the original came out, now she is entering her 1st year of highschool. I get a lil' sad when I think about Andy and her growing up.

Does this mean her Yellow Telletubby is sad that she doesnt play with her anymore?

...and the rest of them!

WOW. Today is Toy Story 3 poster day!

Which one is your favorite?

Rex TS3 Poster

The new Toy Story 3 trailer debuts online this Monday!

Heres a new poster to hold you over.

Looking at this poster, it gets me excited to see the film and i'm working on it!

Vlad the Vulture

Well, 1 more month til Pixar's UP comes out on dvd. Since I wont be able to show you the shots i've done until it hit shelves Nov. 10th, i'll take this time to show you some of my old animation.

On Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who, I was the animation character lead for Vlad the Vulture. I was really excited at the chance of animating a villian. My goal was to scare at least one child. If there was one child to afraid to go to sleep at night because Mom and Dad took them to go see Horton at their local cinema, then I did my job.

After all, im still scared of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty.

Robots-Experimental Animation

Before a animated film is started, animators do experimental animation to test out the rigs and define the characters in the movie.

These two animation tests were done before the start of Robots.

Clip 1 - A character that was cut from the film. I took a line from Steve Martin in Bowfinger. I wanted to test out the overlapping elements on the character's face such as his eyes and wires on top his head.

Clip 2 - This is the character Lugnut. Im a big John C. Reilly fan (he's a Chicagoan!). I was hoping to persuade the director that he was a good fit for the character by showing him this test. Its a line from Boogie Nights where Reilly is talking to Marky Mark at the pool while making drinks.

It was also a test to see if emotion could be effectively done without any deforming parts.