Sidetracked

While I was working on storyboards today, I happened to catch a brief glimpse of the Nixon/Frost interviews from the 70s (the TV was on in the background). I remembered watching the trials on television that summer. No cable and there was nothing else on, what was an 11-year-old to do?

Nixon was one of the first caricatures I ever tried to draw. It was pretty easy, especially because so many talented editorial cartoonists had worked it all out for me.

Anyway, today, when I caught that glimpse of Tricky Dick, I had to scrawl him out on the drawing I was in the middle of. Hopefully, the client won't notice Ol' Milhouse peering into the corner of the frame. Maybe I'll tell them it's another break-in, a whole new scandal.

Geezeo

I recently finished a freelance gig, producing this short video that introduces the financial web network, Geezeo. Geezeo is kind of like a financial Facebook. Check it out.
I would like to say that I did it all myself, but I had a lot of help.

The narration was provided by Doug Griffin, a local radio personality. The score is by Kurt Heinecke. And while I designed the characters, the animation was provided by the talented Sam Fleming, and his crew. I wanted to animate everything myself, and was trying to quickly learn ToonBoom, but I got a number of other jobs and couldn't get to them all. Luckily, Sam was available and could work within the short time frame I gave him.
The spot is also available on YouTube.