Laughing Crows Studio

Scary huh? This is one of my custom 3D characters.
He walks, he talks and he’ll be the star of one of my upcoming animations.

I do now. More to come …

lost in L.A.
so what’s a live TV show taping really like?
what does John wave have in common with the Munchkins?
The Pacific in February

It’s all my fault, I entered my animation on the last day of voting … AND IT WON!!!!
It’s so cool, they’re flying us out to Hollywood for some Sony studio tours and stuff, plus we get to see a live taping of “King of Queens.”
So thanks ever so much for the votes! Oh […]

For my commercial.
New Mexico’s CW TV is running a “King of Queens” contest. So I put together a thrity second spot featuring … you got it - King of Queens.
So …. If you would, please go have a look at my entry and vote.

Here’s a quick little test to see if I could demonstrate how our espresso machine worked.

… Or at least my voice.
I saw my animated short spoof on the Independent Film channel the other night.  It was weird.
At first when I heard myself, I cringed, and then … it got kinda OK.  Seconds later I was able to actually walk in and watch it with my wife (Guin,) I actually […]

I’ve painted portraits since I was a kid, but never really took a shot at caricatures - I thought they were so “six flags.” But then I tried some recently. It’s tougher than I thought.

This was the last painting I did, a few years back. It’s B.B. King. It measures […]

Finally! A movie that let me forget that I was watching a movie. And this one had me right from the start. Although, I have to say I was a little surprised at some of the violence, I guess it was needed to make the antagonist as evil as possible.  And […]

… and the Independent Film Channel picked it up! Crazy huh?
Watch for it on their series MEDIA LAB.

Here I’m spoofing myself and all who attempt to startup a Production Studio.

Up to this point I’ve been using Cinema 4D, which I liked, to a degree. It’s great for modeling - that’s it. The renders are so so, but the time line and animation features are very cumbersome.
Cinema 4d came out with an update that was suppose to improve some of these features, but […]

Here I was working on more action, faster shots and a few new techniques.
It’s set to Primus “My Name is Mud.”