8-bit Pale Ale: The Video Game

CRUSH THOSE CANS! We've been working on this spot for the last 2 months or so and I'm thrilled to finally be able to show it off!

8-bit Pale Ale: The Video Game

The folks at Tallgrass Brewing Company asked me to design a beer-based Video game. I designed several levels as well as the gaming aspects (collecting hops, crushing cans, etc.) and our hero character. Inspired by the 8-bit Pale Ale can, I created a series of retro characters to fill out the Tallgrass Video Game world.

All of the puppets and sets are made of paper and cardboard. It made for a lot of cutting, but we wanted to really capitalize on that home-crafted feel.

We shot the spot over a series of two days and had a small army of friends to help hold rods and pull strings. The goal was to produce as much of the video game in camera as possible.

It was expertly shot and edited by Chris Luckey, who was responsible for the Velvet Rooster ad we first did for Tallgrass.

Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes photos and clips of how we put this together.

The Girl With The Dragon

So here is a little pre-oscars treat that I schemed up with a talented team of NYC film-makers at ThankYouKeith Productions. Check out their other work at www.thankyoukeith.com! Special thanks to Honey Goodenough, Kathy Mullen, and Frankie Cordero.



The Girl With The Dragon-oscars 2012
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y53IHQvQgc

Concept Art-The Wright Brothers

Here is a glimpse at some concept art for a new one-man show I am developing about the Wright Brothers.

Stay tuned for more! 

New Year-New Work

Introducing Hotdish Hank! Hank hails from the great white north and loves discussing attachments for his 8-speed snow blower. This is a project that I was able to finalize recently. I'm happy with how he turned out and I'm in the process of working on some new web-content in which he will be featured.

Clifford the Big Red Dog!

I'm back home fresh from a two-month stint in New York. I was working alongside some incredibly talented folks at the Puppet Kitchen on the new national touring stage show of Clifford the Big Red Dog! The puppets turned out great and I can't wait to see the big guy in action on stage!

Introducing Victor R. Bantam: Spokespoultry

The online commercial for the release of the new Tallgrass Brewing Company beer "Velvet Rooster" has officially been released! You can see it on the Tallgrass YouTube channel here!

Below are some publicity shots, as well as behind the scenes photos.

This spot debuted at the Tallgrass Film Festival several weeks ago, and rumors are that there may be more in the future...

A very special thanks to both Ryan Waggoner who is responsible for the publicity photos, as well as the lovely folks at thehumminghouse, who were monumental in the production of this ad. 

Stay tuned for a "Making of: Velvet Rooster" video to be posted soon!!

Crash the Superbowl!

I'll be entering in this year's "Crash the Superbowl" contest held by Doritos. I'm currently developing four potential spots and I'm hoping to win with some unique "chip-bag" puppetry. I will be updating this post with pictures from tomorrow's shoot!