Moviemakin

I haven't blogged in forever, but a few people have asked about the movie I'm making, so I'm posting some clips and info here.

This film will be a little over 10 minutes and is about a group of neurotic 3rd-graders who save the world from alien invaders. I'm writing the music and doing most of the animation. Jeff Messerman wrote the screenplay and did storyboards.

This is the teasy-trailer. It is set to music I wrote and features pictures that I drew and also pictures I stole from various sources.


Here are some shots that I came up with. Some of this will appear in the film pretty much as-is, and some of it will be re-done.


Here's a walk cycle with two of the main characters, Tammy and Conrad.


Here's a tiny little clip with two more characters, Tiger and Ernie.

Me and My Flubb

I joined Weight Watchers a few months ago. For anyone interesting in shrinking his or her wobbly parts, I recommend this method. This week, I hit -14 pounderonis. I'm pretty sure this has never happened before.

Also this week, I had a colonoscopy. The procedure itself was no big deal; they pretty much put me out for it. But the night before, you have to drink a Fleet Phospha-Soda, which is a mega-laxative that wipes you clean so they can get good video footage in the morning.

You haven't lived unless you've drunk one of those. And as a Buddhist, when I say "you haven't lived," I mean "you haven't suffered." That shit is pure evil. I literally shudder when I think about it. I have to drink another one in about a year, and I'm already feeling dread. I swear, I bet whale piss tastes exactly the same. It's like a Kenny G album in liquid form.