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Yearly Archives: 2007

A Happy Day – Volume 2

Posted: December 21, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: A Happy Day - Vol. 2, Comics

It’s fun to make comics. …so I made another one. This time I had more than a morning to put the thing together!

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Woodgrain Sofa

Posted: April 1, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Woodgrain Sofa, Furniture Design

I made this sofa in my spare time when I was teaching at Parsons and assisting students in the Furniture Design Shop. I made it the right size so that I can lay down on it without turning my neck to the side. Also, there is a hole in the back so that your arm [...]

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Robot Factory

Posted: March 26, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Robot Factory, Comics

This comic appeared in a compilation about robots going haywire. (I think it was called "Haywire.")

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PBS – Hooper Interstitials

Posted: March 8, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Propmaking, PBS - Hooper Interstitials

Hooper is a 3D-animated guinea pig (or maybe he’s a groundhog?) that plays around in an actual practical set. I built props for two seasons of these interstitials, including crayon drawings, construction paper collages, and objects sculpted from foam, like this googly-eyed orange bird.

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Cube Fabulous – Candyland

Posted: February 24, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Propmaking, Cube Fabulous

Sorry for the junky photo quality! These props were built for a reality show where folks’ cubicles were redecorated in fantastical styles. In this case, a “Candyland” themed cubicle.

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Black Sabbath – Animation Project

Posted: January 1, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Black Sabbath, Animation

Christy Karacas organized a few albums worth of animation to go with Black Sabbath’s first three releases. For mine, I rotoscoped an old Muppet commercial for LaChoy noodles with a new set of characters.

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Superjail – Ladies Night

Posted: December 25, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Superjail!, Animation

Spaceships! Also, the buildings in the far background that look a little like hamster habitats are fun to make up.

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Superjail – Dream Machine

Posted: November 10, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Superjail!, Animation

My favorite part about drawing backgrounds for this episode was hiding a drawing of my car with a portly bikini girl on the hood in the middle of the drug trip scene!

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Superjail – Combaticus

Posted: October 17, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Superjail!, Animation

The carvings on the temple walls of the Combaticus episode are some of the most fun drawings from my time working on Superjail.

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Superjail – Superbar

Posted: September 3, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: Superjail!, Animation

I drew backgrounds for the pilot and first season of Superjail. I especially liked hiding junk on the walls of the bar for "Superbar."

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The Upstate Four – Cartoon Network

Posted: July 12, 2007-Likes: 0-Comments: 0-Categories: The Upstate Four, Animation-Tags: cartoon network, flash, fran

The Upstate Four is a pilot that I created for Cartoon Network with my brother Fran Krause.  We were involved in all aspects of the project from writing, design and storyboarding to color, animation, and sound. We made the cartoon in New York, and managed to finish the project without outsourcing any of the animation. [...]

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