Holy smokes! It’s been four years since my last post.
Been meaning to post here on a regular basis again. Just one day a week to get back in the flow of things. I figure now would be a good time since I did some art and animation-related stuff last weekend.
The stuff in question was the Neon Nightmare art show at the Titmouse Burbank studio on the eve of Friday, October 6.
I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it since I’m in San Diego these days – I still have my condo in North Hollywood, but it’s a huge money saver living with my parents in San Diego while animation jobs, and acting and voiceover auditions are mostly remote. But then I remembered I was seeing Dethklok at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas on Sunday, and LA is closer to Las Vegas than San Diego, soooo… yeah. It was decided my family and I would stay in LA on Friday night before heading to Vegas on Saturday.
The main feature of the show was a long, narrow hallway of blacklight art. My favorites were mostly ones by people I know, such as the Barbie-themed “Plastic is Fantastic” by my former roommate, Kalia Ramirez, and the action-packed “Cosmo” by my co-worker and Art Director on Royal Crackers, Jake Reeves, whose progress I followed with much excitement on X:
My favorite from an artist that I don’t know was the triptych, “Daybreak,” by Natalie James:
Besides the art, it was fun catching up with people I hadn’t seen in ages, like Van Partible, my teacher from LMU and creator of Johnny Bravo, and Ron Smith, my former co-worker and storyboard artist on Family Guy.
I’m disappointed that I didn’t see any of my co-workers from Royal Crackers, but that’s to be expected when I don’t know what 99% of the crew looks like. Remote work. It really do be like that sometimes.
I just hope that if there’s a wrap party for Season 2, I won’t be out of the country like I was for Season 1’s. It would be nice to finally meet the crew of the show that has been the most creatively fulfilling experience of my animation career so far.