GTIC piece

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Click on the above to see the image on a larger scale. (In the below post there are more detailed shots of the section of this piece.)

This was a done in pen and ink. Lots of cross-hatching and line work. One of my inspirations was Gustav Dore. Some day I would like to make one bigger...:)



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Grand Theft Identity Crises, print on foam board installation, Approx 6'x7'.
Here is the first official installation piece that I worked on...here's an actual picture of it as it was displayed in the Berlitz Language institute at the Rockefeller Center.

Exhibit: Grand Theft Identity Crisis
Duration: August 19 - September 12, 2009
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri: 9am -7:30pm/ Sat-Sun 9am-4pm
Location: Berlitz Language Center-Rockefeller Center
Street: 40 West 51st Street (Btwn 5th & 6th Ave)
City: Manhattan, NY
Berlitz Contact: (212) 765-1000

Grand Theft Identity in Detail

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Level 1 Top Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 2 Left Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 2 Right Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 2 Mid Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 3 Left Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 3 Right Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 3 Mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 4 Left Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 4 Right Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 4 Mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 5 Left Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 5 Right Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 5 mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 6 Left Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 6 Right Near Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 6 mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 7 mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

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Level 8 mid Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 9"

Grand Theft Identity Crisis Outer Pieces

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Level 3 Far Left Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 3 Far Right Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 4 Far Left Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 4 Far Right Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 5 Far Right Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 5 Far Right Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 6 Far Left Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"


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Level 6 Far Right Pen & Ink on bristol paper 14"X 11"

Hyphenated Lair/Grand theft Identity Crisis Exhibit

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Hyphenated Lair was done after the Grand Theft Identity Crisis piece. This is a scan of pen and ink on Birstol paper. Done with micron pens. 11" x 14".

Poster for Grand Theft identity Crisis

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This one you can read better

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Poster for the web...

Future Imperfect Motion Comic Feature Presentation

It's a motion comic, so it's not exactly comic nor pure animation, kinda in between. Thus when I usually watch these things, it's a lukewarm experience, but I did enjoy Broken Saints which was an influence. This was a lot of work but the challenge was worth it and taught me a lot about narrative. It was suppose to spearhead an edlab educational initiative where teens would use media technology or something like that. So I had the protagonist armed with a digital video camera. It was suppose to lead up to some sort of contest, but the AfterEd channel directive began steering away from ventures such as this and thus we had to leave audience in a cliffhanger.

I wrote, drew, colored, animated produced, and did most of the sound. I was fried. I couldn't have done it without my two gurus. Skye MacLeod and Josh Anderson were a tremendous force in helping me animate this mini-epic. Josh also contributed some of the music tracks. Much thanks goes to Joachim Castellano who had the vision to suggest something like this as well as the guts to push for it. I hope you enjoy. Below are the episode which are stitched together with new title animation I made. Each title is a play on words of certain sci-fi movies.

My students whom I showed it seemed to enjoy it and still remember it. They still ask about it and are expecting me to finish it because they want to know the ending. So maybe somewhere in there we did something right.

Episode 1: Closely Encountered
Episode 2: Late to the Future
Episode 3: Space Oddity
Episode 4: No Silent Runnings in the Hall
Episode 5: Cafeteria Event: Horizons (Season Finale)

Below are some of the storyboards...

Eduwonkette Animation & Storyboards

It was a great honor for me to co-produce an animated piece on Eduwonkette! Her site can be found here. Simon Doolittle came up with a fantastic script and from there Istoryboarded and then with the virtual viglante's blessing herself, I dove into much drawing and animating. Much thanks to Skye MacLeod and Josh Anderson for their expertise with Anime Studio Pro and making her type and walk with a natural gait. And Josh with his great narrator voice and fine tuned music, along with Simon's fantastic nerdy voice I think we came up with something entertaining. Much thanks to Simon for helping get the rhythm of the yawn down. (Another week another tweak!) Thanks to Joachim Castellano for the help with the sound and getting that voice echo modulation.