Last Night's Screening a Success

Hewo. The cartoon premiered last night at the Magnolia Theater in Dallas. The plan was set--walk teh red carpet at 6 and then hit the premiere at 7:30. I was extremely nervous. I just always want everything to be perfect, and I was hoping upon hope that people would laugh at the tiny italian gangsters I've been laughing at for the past 4 months.
Long story short, people laughed. And that's all that matters to me. Our short was preluded by a few more dramatic and serious shorts, which I thought was a great thing. The fact is, if people are set up for drama, then the shot of comedy would be a little off at first, but then would be welcomed as they settled in with it. And that's exactly what happened. The first minute or two got scattered laughs throughout, but then the second half came on, and people went nuts. I think it kinda caught people by surprise that it was so racous.

ALSO--it should be noted the hometown crowd had practiced their fake laughing beforehand, and am glad they came prepared.
Next showing is tomorrow--Tuesday the 1st at 10:15pm at the Angelika Theater in Dallas.

Chosen Merch for Sara B

She's decided to go with 7 of the 17 designs, so I'll be tweaking those and prepping for print tomorrow. Also adding buttons and stickers to the mix, which should be pretty cool.
Um, that's it. I'll post the designs here as soon as I can, and then look for em on her website and of course on tour with her. bye for now

Sara Bareilles Merch

I've been asked to do merch designs for Sara Bareilles upcoming headlining summer tour. Very cool, and I'm honored she's chosen me to go with for this. Apparently she saw the Fray stuff I've done and wanted the same artist to do her stuff, so here I be.
Here are 7 of the 17 designs I sent to her:

I'll letcha know what she chooses!

Caybrew is Magical

The family and I (minus Big E) went to Grand Cayman last week for a little Spring fun on the beach. After spending 4 days there, I've realized a new goal in life. Own a yacht that can have jetskis drop down out of the back. Or sides. Wherever. Doesn't matter.

I heart jetskis with all my heart. They're the most fun I've had in a long time. My dad and little bro and myself went on an hour and half jetski tour that inclded some snorkelling. The snorkelling was fun, and gettin to see a sunken ship was amazing (especially when our guide swam down and not only touched it but swam underneath and through the stinking cabin.) It wasn't like the sunken ship was 10 feet down. It was probably 70 feet down. And there were sharks swimming all around us. I tried to go down and touch it, but the pressure was too much. My head throbbed so badly after about 9 measely feet that I had to swim up immediatley, dodging huge sharks with machine guns in their fins. Waterproof machine guns that shot little bullets made of crabs. Crab bullets.

Anyway, BACK to the jetskis. My lil bro, Chon Wayne, was amazing on his. I tried to duplicate some of the spin moves he did and I wiped. Just wiped out right there in the open sea. I looked down and saw a sea creature looking up at me. With big tentacles and a menacing grin. It was awesome. I flicked off the huge sea monster and told it to go pick on someone its own size. After that, I jumped back up on my jetki and continued the journey.

This has gotten a bit long. To review--goto Grand Cayman. Do the parasailing. Do the jetskis. Do the sun. Don't get hit by cars driving on the wrong side of the road. Get ripped off. Come back to the U.S.

PS---DRINK LOTS AND LOTS OF CAYBREW. When in doubt, Drink Caybrew. Have no fear, Caybrew is here. Press 9 if you put Caybrew on your cereal in the morning. Press 10 if you don't eat cereal, but sub Caybrew in its place, so that you put Caybrew on top of Caybrew.

Thanks and good day.

Lil' Italy Trailers

The following 2 trailers are for the cartoon "lil' italy" I made with my friend Corey.This trailer features the comical stylings of one "Donnie." I created, wrote and directed the short, which will be playing at the AFI Dallas Film Fest this month. I've also entered into 8 more Fests, including the Short Film Corner at Festival de Cannes, Austin Film Fest and the Rhode Island Film Fest. Wish me luck.

This first trailer is of Donnie, the fast-talking, good-looking middle brother.

And the trailer below is of the perennieal favorite "Louie."

Daily Drawings

I've been trying to draw a new dude everyday. These are a few of the recent dudes I've drawn. There are a couple sports dudes and a one western dude. I like drawing them cause they're fast and I can do whatever I want with them.

I love them as much as you can love a lifeless pile of lines arranged on a computer screen.

AFI Film Fest Dallas 2008

Hello. The cartoon that myself and a fellow named Corey (CoSchnee) Snyder made is in the AFI Film Fest here in Dallas this month. It is premiering, if you will. It's a 5 and a half minute long excercise in wit. What? No, wit.
PLEASE come see it if you're in the area. I've created a website for these little guys-www.lilitaly.com
Have fun, more postes to come.