Silent Library – Egg Gatling Gun
My task on this project was creating an automatic mechanism that would fire a dozen eggs at contestants on Silent Library. I experimented with a tennis-ball-style launcher first, but settled on a gatling gun setup, powered by a disassembled t-shirt gun. The revolver chamber is made out of sections of PVC tubing ringed with UVA [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Wrecking Ball Crane
This seven-foot-tall crane was made to strike game show contestants in the groin with a sand-filled plastic wrecking ball. The frame is made from steel, with plywood panels, heater vents, lawnmower wheels, and some video arcade switches. Courtland Premo helped with the electrical system, and I managed to hit the poor contestant in the groin [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Phony Ostrich Eggs
This was a fun challenge! The writers for Silent Library wanted to hit the contestants with ostrich eggs... but since ostrich eggs are expensive and are so hard that they need to be opened with a hammer, I needed to create some fake ostrich eggs that would make a mess and not kill anyone. I [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Wheel of Rulers
I cast my hand a whole bunch of times on the third season of Silent Library - in this case, six times to make a machine to slap contestants with rulers. The vinyl rulers are sewn to the hands with fishing line so that they don't go flying off in dangerous directions, and the wheel [...]
Read more »Godzilla-like puppet Must Destroy Healthcare!
I made this puppet for a health-care advocacy group. In a short video, the puppet will wreck hospitals, clinics, and maybe even get to eat some ambulances and doctors. I'll be doing the puppeteering today, so I'll post a link as soon as it is available. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that fire will be [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Tennis Ball Bike
This bicycle was rebuilt from a machine that was used the previous season. I only ended up using a few pieces from the original machine since it functioned in a very different way - the contestants needed to be hit in the face instead of the groin, so the new machine needed to be completely [...]
Read more »Sesame Street – Letters and Numbers for Sesame Street
I'm working in the Art Department of Sesame Street, and I made plenty of letters and numbers for the 41st season. Most were made out of foamcore or blue foam, but I did make some "7's" that I scored so that they would break apart easily when Cookie Monster chomped on them.
Read more »Silent Library – Noogie Machine
I cast my hands in silicone rubber with a wooden dowel inside each knuckle. The hands were attached to two drills, and I made a crane mechanism that would lower the fists slowly towards the contestant's head. It made a girl cry! (not because it hurt her, but rather because it mussed up her hair [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Dizzy Machine
This machine was made out of a giant turntable with a truck hub inside, and some bike parts. All of the smooth bearings make it pretty easy to turn fast enough to make a contestant barf. Becky Holmes painted the machine with some pretty amazing paints and made the whole thing look like it was [...]
Read more »Whitest Kids U’Know – Great Wall of China puppet
I went to Chinatown and picked up some pyjamas from a bargain rack to get some fabric for this puppet. The head is made from foam and cardboard (with googly eyes) and the mouth is opened and closed with a piece of clotheshanger wire.
Read more »Whitest Kids U’Know – World Trade Center puppets
With googly eyes.
Read more »Mystery Closet
This is a true story about what I found in a walled-off closet inside my bedroom when I lived at 57 Kent Avenue. I started drawing the panels on big sheets of paper, cutting out the good ones and keeping them in an envelope. I liked the little booklet format since it works well to [...]
Read more »Superjail – Cold Blooded
I had some fun with the newspaper headlines on this one.
Read more »Skateboard
I made this skateboard for a show that was put on by Andrea Breitman. I enjoyed dusting off my old gouache paints for this project.
Read more »The Upstate Four – Cartoon Network
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. [...]
Read more »Superjail – Pilot Episode
My favorite part of working on the pilot for Superjail was when Christy took my suggestion that the dead monkey should have broken glass stuck in it after bouncing off a table-full of broken glass.
Read more »Blue’s Room – Miniature Props
For the show's introduction, we needed some dollhouse-sized props for a tiny set. These props are all about 2 or 3 inches in size. It was fun to use some music wire for the guitar's frets!
Read more »Blue’s Room – Critters
I learned to love polystyrene foam on this project. Sure, static electricity leads to annoying dust everywhere, but it is incredibly easy to sculpt to a smooth, kinda durable finish. Plus I got to use pipe cleaners & construction paper!
Read more »2005 OIAF Signal Film
After persistently asking the festival director for several years, he finally agreed to let me make a signal film for the Ottawa International Animation Festival. I wrote, directed, and designed the piece, as well as making the soundtrack. I was helped out by a whole bunch of friendly volunteer animators: Fran Krause, Max Porter, Sean [...]
Read more »Utica Cartoon
Utica Cartoon was my first professional animation project, and possibly my last chance to produce a traditionally-animated cartoon for television. Fran and I left New York City (where we were living in a basement) to go to Providence for the production of Utica Cartoon. Not only was rent cheaper, but we also scored Mike Overbeck [...]
Read more »- UI/UX/Product Design
- Museum/Exhibit Design
- Propmaking
- Sesame Street
- Silent Library
- PBS – Hooper Interstitials
- Blue's Room
- Cube Fabulous
- Inside Amy Schumer
- Whitest Kids U'Know
- Storyforia
- Rob Thomas – "Someday"
- Hamish and Andy
- Godzilla puppet
- J. Viewz – Come Back Down
- Snow Cat
- Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Miscellaneous Props
- Family Circus
- Project Accessory
- The Heart She Holler
- Furniture Design
- Illustration
- Comics
- Animation