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I made a cartoon short with some friends! It’s about a new pill that gives you mental clarity for better or for worse...

With @CartoonLars @RuolinLiArt @Niche_Neesh

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New drawings and even an updated demo reel! What a treat!

https://vimeo.com/617191451

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Bluehilda

Here’s a cartoon I animated on at Titmouse years ago. I didn’t think it would ever see the light of day!

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Some frame-by-frame practice in Harmony

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Another podcast ep!

https://soundcloud.com/nick-and-lars-have-notes/my-life-as-a-zucchini-review

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Paint-over practice! 

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Here’s a big Helvetica preproduction art dump. We got beatboards, color palettes, prop design and character sketches. I’d like to make a video going through this more in-depth at some point.

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I drew the art for the latest NALHN: The Nightmare Before Christmas.

https://soundcloud.com/nick-and-lars-have-notes/the-nightmare-before-christmas-review-nick-and-lars-have-notes-lost-episode-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWNGTEIcvE

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My buddy Lars (http://cartoonlars.tumblr.com) drew the sketches for the hero paintings and I did the final renders. I learned a lot about digital painting since then but I think they turned out pretty good.

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As the Nightmare King’s armies approach Central City, Helvetica is thrust into the spotlight. Does she have what it takes to save the day?

This concludes the third and final act for Helvetica. It’s a story I’d like to continue: one my friend and I have built into a realized world with warring immortals, lost technology, mime assassins, looping time bubbles, and the deepest of lore.

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In Act 2 of Helvetica the Alchemist the Musical, Helvetica gets her first chance at heroics defending a mysterious traveler from some street toughs.

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Here it is! In this first act, Helvetica agrees to brew a top-tier potion for the recently disgraced hero Quinn Kingsley.

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Presenting Helvetica the Alchemist, a musical romp in three acts! Starring Mandi Nittinger as the eponymous potion girl with heroic aspirations, Aaron Breaux as the incorrigible Quinn Kingsley, Lars Ingelman as a grumpy bureaucrat and fantasy news anchor, and me as the terrifying Nightmare King.

I will be releasing each act a week apart beginning next Saturday, so stay tuned for the continued story!

It's a mostly self contained short, but makes reference to characters and events from my 2012 college film The Warlock's Daughter. Can't wait for Helvetica? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/x2yQ_T2H7yw.

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I worked on the Teen Titans Go movie! I was a little lukewarm going in, but honestly this project warmed me up to the show.

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This is a show I worked on last year! It’s about future sports and ultra violence.

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Here’s some stills from the short. Trying to up my compositing game.

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I finished turnarounds for a couple characters. Fun fact: breaking flat art into symbols takes about forever.