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Even his loincloth had a foil strip to animate the green fringe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593885933380-XZHSEHBB87X36N4S8OTQ/clay2.jpg About - All Clay and Heavy I read that Will Vinton made everything out of clay so I fell into that mindset very early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965872625-SR61VDM9WR5P7V03J9Y2/Cyclops.gif About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593886870397-17DUXRVTQOE6WZEMIJLX/clay3.jpg About Well, it’s pretty obvious that this creature was created in the dark hormonal driven puberty junkyard of a 13 year old boy. Most of my Super 8 movies where just 2minute tests to see how lighting works or to study how choppy my animation was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593889044414-W7OJTSYP77HBBTEZBPP7/clay7.jpg About Living in Seattle and around Puget Sound, sooner or later, I would have to make a film that had Killer whale animation. I made a table top set that included chunks of carved paraffin wax that represented ice shelfs and bergs. The ocean was all clay with a hole in the table that my whale could breach. This animation took me days to do with the whale rising out of the water and the clay ripples and waves interacting with the puppet. Of course I do not have the footage. The film was lost due to a leaky basement wall that flooded my film closet. The one that got away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1607290926242-NBSRBMM9XG18UY7XOZKF/ed1.JPG About This is the Super 8 editor that I used to watch and study animation. In front of the editor is a Bolex block film splicer. That’s how I use to piece my movies together. There is also a little glass bottle of glue that would cement the film together. From plastic model making to editing Super 8 film, my room always smelled of glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593889528657-095Z2KD6CP13OKE6AIRW/clay6.jpg About This was a fun animation I did when I was 16 years old. I was always thinking about world destruction and atomic bombs and the stupidity of world leaders. This scenario was set in some future time when the American people would elect a President that styled a mohawk for his hair choice. Everything was clay except for the drapes. As the President delivers a speech of safety and well being, the Capitol building blows up in the background and disappears into a mushroom cloud. I received some high marks in my social studies class for this film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888227921-7PT9KRXTVGUDCD6XCH5B/famousMONsters.jpg About FAMOUS MONSTERS of FILMLAND was my magazine of choice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888638755-ZTU2EKUFH8W97DL2Q0V6/clay5.jpg About More Characters of Clay for unknown films. I would make the characters first, then come up with a scenario to put them in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593890618148-SPDNAZGCPBGO8CKBAQXU/super8CAM.jpg About With the success of a few good films and high marks in classes, my Dad bought me this Super8 Camera to continue making movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603051593804-2R7E3ZDLRB97XSDOWU86/mag1.jpg About This was my Go-To Magazine for film-making tips and tricks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888814653-Q4Z6T76OVI25A01N86NJ/clay1.jpg About Some characters never made it into a film. This cowboy was never animated and was eventually just melted down to re-use the clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593887243859-DACZSIGF30KYB40LO5EE/clay4.jpg About My first clay creature with a aluminum wire armature. Even his loincloth had a foil strip to animate the green fringe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888814653-Q4Z6T76OVI25A01N86NJ/clay1.jpg About Some characters never made it into a film. This cowboy was never animated and was eventually just melted down to re-use the clay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593885933380-XZHSEHBB87X36N4S8OTQ/clay2.jpg About - All Clay and Heavy I read that Will Vinton made everything out of clay so I fell into that mindset very early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590946898083-A2LO453LI2Q0EW8CBERO/8mmCAM.jpg About My Dad let me use his 8mm movie camera to start making animated films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593890618148-SPDNAZGCPBGO8CKBAQXU/super8CAM.jpg About With the success of a few good films and high marks in classes, my Dad bought me this Super8 Camera to continue making movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593889528657-095Z2KD6CP13OKE6AIRW/clay6.jpg About This was a fun animation I did when I was 16 years old. I was always thinking about world destruction and atomic bombs and the stupidity of world leaders. This scenario was set in some future time when the American people would elect a President that styled a mohawk for his hair choice. Everything was clay except for the drapes. As the President delivers a speech of safety and well being, the Capitol building blows up in the background and disappears into a mushroom cloud. I received some high marks in my social studies class for this film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888227921-7PT9KRXTVGUDCD6XCH5B/famousMONsters.jpg About FAMOUS MONSTERS of FILMLAND was my magazine of choice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593888638755-ZTU2EKUFH8W97DL2Q0V6/clay5.jpg About More Characters of Clay for unknown films. I would make the characters first, then come up with a scenario to put them in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593886870397-17DUXRVTQOE6WZEMIJLX/clay3.jpg About Well, it’s pretty obvious that this creature was created in the dark hormonal driven puberty junkyard of a 13 year old boy. Most of my Super 8 movies where just 2minute tests to see how lighting works or to study how choppy my animation was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603051593804-2R7E3ZDLRB97XSDOWU86/mag1.jpg About This was my Go-To Magazine for film-making tips and tricks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965872625-SR61VDM9WR5P7V03J9Y2/Cyclops.gif About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593889044414-W7OJTSYP77HBBTEZBPP7/clay7.jpg About Living in Seattle and around Puget Sound, sooner or later, I would have to make a film that had Killer whale animation. I made a table top set that included chunks of carved paraffin wax that represented ice shelfs and bergs. The ocean was all clay with a hole in the table that my whale could breach. This animation took me days to do with the whale rising out of the water and the clay ripples and waves interacting with the puppet. Of course I do not have the footage. The film was lost due to a leaky basement wall that flooded my film closet. The one that got away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1607290926242-NBSRBMM9XG18UY7XOZKF/ed1.JPG About This is the Super 8 editor that I used to watch and study animation. In front of the editor is a Bolex block film splicer. That’s how I use to piece my movies together. There is also a little glass bottle of glue that would cement the film together. From plastic model making to editing Super 8 film, my room always smelled of glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590952718510-H0AJ055HW077RQAJJ8OH/TeenChuck.jpg About https://www.chuckduke.net/rung daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590975917005-GJ6JMOVDJ5G7IEKR9I8R/P1020426.jpg RUNG This was one of my favorite shots to animate. I would move the ladder up and down as the exposure was open on the camera. This gave the blur and sense of speed the shot needed. Of course, it’s not blurred in this still image, it’s definitely blurred on film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965527536-A7H9VQBG1PELTNF85MUU/P1020276.jpg RUNG Again, the fine work of Jesse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592785995770-UQ09H9GWDGFA15OACUHB/P1020078.jpg RUNG Jesse was a master craftsman when it came to the ultra miniature work. He could copy a large scale prop down to the perfect tiny dimensions. Jesse’s work was always more refined and inspirational compared to what I produced. I think it made for a good balance. It’s kind of like when you walk through a beautiful relaxing park and occasionally see small bits of trash on the grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590964773062-MCLKGM4JPPFQLHHJH5FX/im4.jpg RUNG Fishing off the Pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965130018-RSW9VNBBD0ZSF22NMPMY/im5.jpg RUNG Waiting…..for a bite. I love how the set, props and puppet all fit together in this world. That was thanks to Jesse Brodkey who was a master at finely detailed fabrication and to Holly Strauss who was scenic artist and costume designer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592786725499-QEM4KSMKA35WNHNLH6OT/MokEndDock.jpg RUNG - The Main Character I liked the character the most when he was sitting at the end of the dock. That’s where the whole idea for the story came from. I wanted to use that image and Jesse wrote a film around that one idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994442494-HEPJKPNNH69EHOF1NL6X/untitled%2Bshoot-973.jpg RUNG - The ARMATURE The Armature for my main character was fabricated by Merrick Cheney. Merrick has worked on many of the greatest Stop Motion Features made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592786190471-TEUCLWKZUQS0HLDY0MYX/P1020465.jpg RUNG Big Boss Bird in his final paint stage. Animators use many things in their tool box to make the process go smoothly. The lube in the background is for the eyeballs that are in the clay head of the main character. It gives a realistic sheen the the eyeball as well as making it move smoothly in the socket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592887064094-7RQEL8LCOF2BVW0702P4/runga.jpg RUNG This was a great studio space to work in. It was tiny but it had everything I needed to make shit. Jesse and I shared each end of the workbench and it was so nice to be able to look over to a friend making art pieces everyday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965273547-G2DXQB9X1XY4ERA2OE8U/P1020031.JPG RUNG I made multiple heads for different moods of the main character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965273547-G2DXQB9X1XY4ERA2OE8U/P1020031.JPG RUNG I made multiple heads for different moods of the main character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592786190471-TEUCLWKZUQS0HLDY0MYX/P1020465.jpg RUNG Big Boss Bird in his final paint stage. Animators use many things in their tool box to make the process go smoothly. The lube in the background is for the eyeballs that are in the clay head of the main character. It gives a realistic sheen the the eyeball as well as making it move smoothly in the socket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592785995770-UQ09H9GWDGFA15OACUHB/P1020078.jpg RUNG Jesse was a master craftsman when it came to the ultra miniature work. He could copy a large scale prop down to the perfect tiny dimensions. Jesse’s work was always more refined and inspirational compared to what I produced. I think it made for a good balance. It’s kind of like when you walk through a beautiful relaxing park and occasionally see small bits of trash on the grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965527536-A7H9VQBG1PELTNF85MUU/P1020276.jpg RUNG Again, the fine work of Jesse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590964773062-MCLKGM4JPPFQLHHJH5FX/im4.jpg RUNG Fishing off the Pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590975917005-GJ6JMOVDJ5G7IEKR9I8R/P1020426.jpg RUNG This was one of my favorite shots to animate. I would move the ladder up and down as the exposure was open on the camera. This gave the blur and sense of speed the shot needed. Of course, it’s not blurred in this still image, it’s definitely blurred on film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592786725499-QEM4KSMKA35WNHNLH6OT/MokEndDock.jpg RUNG - The Main Character I liked the character the most when he was sitting at the end of the dock. That’s where the whole idea for the story came from. I wanted to use that image and Jesse wrote a film around that one idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590965130018-RSW9VNBBD0ZSF22NMPMY/im5.jpg RUNG Waiting…..for a bite. I love how the set, props and puppet all fit together in this world. That was thanks to Jesse Brodkey who was a master at finely detailed fabrication and to Holly Strauss who was scenic artist and costume designer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592887064094-7RQEL8LCOF2BVW0702P4/runga.jpg RUNG This was a great studio space to work in. It was tiny but it had everything I needed to make shit. Jesse and I shared each end of the workbench and it was so nice to be able to look over to a friend making art pieces everyday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994442494-HEPJKPNNH69EHOF1NL6X/untitled%2Bshoot-973.jpg RUNG - The ARMATURE The Armature for my main character was fabricated by Merrick Cheney. Merrick has worked on many of the greatest Stop Motion Features made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593136510551-ZDRNM8567WWHU97ZFLXG/RUNG+stuff+8-7-2004+4-27-16+AM.jpg RUNG https://www.chuckduke.net/madgod daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629683236223-91WY6M85U7IHBV3TT7EV/IMG_1478.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291342057-7DSTF7BWNHBY0PS4VMXI/IMG_2360.JPG MADGOD The World of MadGod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/18d72e6e-630b-4866-9ba9-3ca87af2d7fe/MadGodPoster.jpg MADGOD - Make it stand out The studio was filled with unimaginable wonders of joy and pain. I still find myself trapped without any way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591589586693-EDUWFH0Q193GC48199F1/IMG_1395.jpg MADGOD Always on the job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591585012334-BGHGXPT874SCO7H2IG78/IMG_1653.JPG MADGOD Entering MADGOD. Tippett’s world was comforting and safe. Once again I was in the right place when Phil was looking for animators to help on his project. The work was always on the weekends and it lasted all day. With the help of other Mad Godders, we would build what ever Phil came up with. There was no plan laid out for us. The only person who had the road map was Phil and that was kept deep inside the depths. He would say, “Build a steam-roller that the shitmen can drive”. That is a phrase you just don’t hear on a normal lazy Saturday. That was a pleasure to be able to create with a builder’s dream of a work shop. Tippett Studio had every tool you could ever need. Not to mention the amazing equipment room full of cameras, lights, grip and stage gear. It was an organized warehouse of chaos that Phil could navigated without headlights. It was a pure pleasure to be a part of this time period, a period that I don’t think will ever be re-created. For me at least that time was once in a life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609040274518-U9PK8HC423JP8J8X5XU6/IMG_2458.JPG MADGOD THE ASSASSIN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1607803106150-JUFL57MMMBX4Z2BXFLPT/IMG_8609.JPG MADGOD - MADGOD SELFIE Phil asked the crew to take a selfie for the credit roll of MadGod. The MadGod world fits in quite well with these Covid19 days. Reality and the dream world are never as far apart as one thinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591585109028-MGIO029GVUA3KMO17PSM/IMG_1410.JPG MADGOD The worlds opened up in every direction. Discarded toys became the next prop to animate. Hot glue and tricky-tape held the nightmare together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629683274082-Q7R5LAHDE2AXUAOTQAO3/IMG_1476.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629682727348-3IPYZ6QLN8ZCWBG7QCIH/IMG_1130.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593141194165-LC2DXODD64G6E8H0YOUJ/IMG_2227.JPG MADGOD - PHIL’s Hand was always present Every corner of the studio had some fever dream that kept him up at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291607223-RBPIDXTY9ORGTS4GX6NN/MG2.JPG MADGOD - MADGOD GAZE The Underbelly World of Truth. The Muddy Spark of Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629682775963-1RPQ56MGODL1YFSKHK30/IMG_1552.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out The Golden Leopard seems a little freaked out at MADGOD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291832435-RX4LDQQR4WAOGG7BHKDL/IMG_1270.JPG MADGOD On the Job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1632116846438-KQH8PU14KY5M4MNBHZJN/IMG_1477.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629682727348-3IPYZ6QLN8ZCWBG7QCIH/IMG_1130.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291607223-RBPIDXTY9ORGTS4GX6NN/MG2.JPG MADGOD - MADGOD GAZE The Underbelly World of Truth. The Muddy Spark of Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629683236223-91WY6M85U7IHBV3TT7EV/IMG_1478.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591585012334-BGHGXPT874SCO7H2IG78/IMG_1653.JPG MADGOD Entering MADGOD. Tippett’s world was comforting and safe. Once again I was in the right place when Phil was looking for animators to help on his project. The work was always on the weekends and it lasted all day. With the help of other Mad Godders, we would build what ever Phil came up with. There was no plan laid out for us. The only person who had the road map was Phil and that was kept deep inside the depths. He would say, “Build a steam-roller that the shitmen can drive”. That is a phrase you just don’t hear on a normal lazy Saturday. That was a pleasure to be able to create with a builder’s dream of a work shop. Tippett Studio had every tool you could ever need. Not to mention the amazing equipment room full of cameras, lights, grip and stage gear. It was an organized warehouse of chaos that Phil could navigated without headlights. It was a pure pleasure to be a part of this time period, a period that I don’t think will ever be re-created. For me at least that time was once in a life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591585109028-MGIO029GVUA3KMO17PSM/IMG_1410.JPG MADGOD The worlds opened up in every direction. Discarded toys became the next prop to animate. Hot glue and tricky-tape held the nightmare together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593141194165-LC2DXODD64G6E8H0YOUJ/IMG_2227.JPG MADGOD - PHIL’s Hand was always present Every corner of the studio had some fever dream that kept him up at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1632116846438-KQH8PU14KY5M4MNBHZJN/IMG_1477.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629682775963-1RPQ56MGODL1YFSKHK30/IMG_1552.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out The Golden Leopard seems a little freaked out at MADGOD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1629683274082-Q7R5LAHDE2AXUAOTQAO3/IMG_1476.JPG MADGOD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291342057-7DSTF7BWNHBY0PS4VMXI/IMG_2360.JPG MADGOD The World of MadGod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591589586693-EDUWFH0Q193GC48199F1/IMG_1395.jpg MADGOD Always on the job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1607803106150-JUFL57MMMBX4Z2BXFLPT/IMG_8609.JPG MADGOD - MADGOD SELFIE Phil asked the crew to take a selfie for the credit roll of MadGod. The MadGod world fits in quite well with these Covid19 days. Reality and the dream world are never as far apart as one thinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291832435-RX4LDQQR4WAOGG7BHKDL/IMG_1270.JPG MADGOD On the Job https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/18d72e6e-630b-4866-9ba9-3ca87af2d7fe/MadGodPoster.jpg MADGOD - Make it stand out The studio was filled with unimaginable wonders of joy and pain. I still find myself trapped without any way out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609040274518-U9PK8HC423JP8J8X5XU6/IMG_2458.JPG MADGOD THE ASSASSIN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593835998157-GL6V82HXD5FE49FLVAI4/IMG_1672.jpg MADGOD https://www.chuckduke.net/isleofdogs daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609726476799-HV5K2UWFC7FOH07SVDFF/London2.JPG IsleOfDogs As I crossed the Thames, on my way to the Studio, there was a fluffy stuffed animal laying at the base of the bridge. A different sort of dog island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609986910173-1CQMBFCWWIICQO72DACZ/IMG_4077.JPG IsleOfDogs Sometimes a puppet has every box ticked. This puppet of Atari was one of those puppets. The costume, the armature, the face replacement, even the size was perfect. This puppet fit comfortably in my hand and was magic to animate. I loved working with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606510977805-H7RLT4LMHVFM80SCB08Z/Dogs.JPG IsleOfDogs WORK SHOES. The old Red Wing Iron Rangers. These were my Stop-Mo shoes for Isle of Dogs. I wore these everyday of the production. Amazing comfort and durability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816897768-HHNR88V7AR5I59ST4FAG/IMG_5946.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994288392-J6ADW9O571U040U92JMV/IMG_0012.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661802107-XI4RTCBHBXS6LUNAJSMQ/ChuckDogDesk2.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609990068743-4E9B2WZ2A7JTDBPIAGVI/IMG_4064+%282%29.JPG IsleOfDogs Atari’s flight suit was silky smooth to the touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/0546e957-7be4-41ba-9322-f8a291659cfb/IMG_6482.JPG IsleOfDogs - Make it stand out The rigs that hold up the puppet and allow the animator to move it around are sometimes in the most sensitive of locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816848799-06978WAPKV5UM3PI1L02/IMG_3247.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609726366980-KX7T8DY27VJEK549ESMT/IMG_2004.JPG IsleOfDogs This was in my Hotel Room when I arrived in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816794211-OYH3MQNTQV4I45FYHQBE/IMG_2884.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609990247911-58ZIJDJVRZ2STYXNF59Y/IMG_2966.JPG IsleOfDogs Wes Anderson is the master of the smallest of detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994288392-J6ADW9O571U040U92JMV/IMG_0012.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661802107-XI4RTCBHBXS6LUNAJSMQ/ChuckDogDesk2.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816794211-OYH3MQNTQV4I45FYHQBE/IMG_2884.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609986910173-1CQMBFCWWIICQO72DACZ/IMG_4077.JPG IsleOfDogs Sometimes a puppet has every box ticked. This puppet of Atari was one of those puppets. The costume, the armature, the face replacement, even the size was perfect. This puppet fit comfortably in my hand and was magic to animate. I loved working with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816848799-06978WAPKV5UM3PI1L02/IMG_3247.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609990068743-4E9B2WZ2A7JTDBPIAGVI/IMG_4064+%282%29.JPG IsleOfDogs Atari’s flight suit was silky smooth to the touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609816897768-HHNR88V7AR5I59ST4FAG/IMG_5946.JPG IsleOfDogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606510977805-H7RLT4LMHVFM80SCB08Z/Dogs.JPG IsleOfDogs WORK SHOES. The old Red Wing Iron Rangers. These were my Stop-Mo shoes for Isle of Dogs. I wore these everyday of the production. Amazing comfort and durability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609726366980-KX7T8DY27VJEK549ESMT/IMG_2004.JPG IsleOfDogs This was in my Hotel Room when I arrived in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/0546e957-7be4-41ba-9322-f8a291659cfb/IMG_6482.JPG IsleOfDogs - Make it stand out The rigs that hold up the puppet and allow the animator to move it around are sometimes in the most sensitive of locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609726476799-HV5K2UWFC7FOH07SVDFF/London2.JPG IsleOfDogs As I crossed the Thames, on my way to the Studio, there was a fluffy stuffed animal laying at the base of the bridge. A different sort of dog island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609990247911-58ZIJDJVRZ2STYXNF59Y/IMG_2966.JPG IsleOfDogs Wes Anderson is the master of the smallest of detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593303200535-2BUGFG6355C1IKHBJ8QP/IMG_7029.jpg IsleOfDogs https://www.chuckduke.net/starwars daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487525007-USPBSU0REOBINZBTXBSJ/IMG_3675.JPG StarWars Although I got to work with the largest puppet, my sausage fingers still had trouble getting in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1608494401313-J9ZM5AX5B1IWXAO27NHL/kmart.jpg StarWars - KMART I was 12 years old when I first started to play around with animation. I would study super 8 films that I bought at my local shop. The store was called Kmart and every Friday I would ride my bike there to see if any new Super 8 movies had arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994090302-V8E8ZB17QAD1ARLQ6PB2/IMG_2373.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1601843595117-PH8B7DM9D8F09MFGJPGD/RATSARSE.jpg StarWars I have always been a Fanboy of the original Star Wars 1977. The dream to someday work on a Star Wars film was never as great once I saw Empire Strikes Back. When the stop motion sequences would play, I wished I could have been a part of their making. I was way too young and by the time I finally started animating as a profession, The Star Wars films were a thing of the past. Then Variety magazine put out a small teaser article that mentioned George Lucas was working on the continuation of the Star Wars saga. The timing was perfect and when I wrapped up on the movie James and the Giant Peach, I was hired on at Industrial Light and Magic. A place I had always wanted to work. I was on the newest Star Wars feature, The Phantom Menace and I was living a dream I never thought would be possible. I was animating and going to dallies to watch the rushes and George Lucas was right in the theater with the crew. Then the movie was released in 1999 and it wasn’t a party like Prince was always singing about. The movie was a flat out disappointment and it sucked as hard as I ever saw a movie suck. I was being blamed for destroying everyone’s childhood memories of a galaxy far far away. The crew leaving the theater that day were dazed and wondered into the street. Groups formed trying to comfort one another by saying, “It was great,? Right?” Star Wars the Phantom Menace broke me and the only way out was to never go back to ILM. I just decided that I was done working there. The following week I stayed in bed and a revelation formed in my head. I was through with the film industry. I would never animate again. I would live in San Francisco and hopefully get a job at Vesuvio’s pub washing pint glasses in a back room. So, I quit ILM. I spent that morning waiting for the phone ring. Waiting for ILM to call, to have someone one on the other end say, “Are you alright?” ”Are you coming into work today?”. I practiced what I was going to say and it all sounded very unprofessional and closer to what someone might say when they are having a mental breakdown. I was having a mental breakdown. It’s been 22 years and I can finally bring myself to lay this out. I just never went back into work. I told the person on the other end of the phone that I would not be coming into work that day or any other day. The HR department at Industrial Light and Magic said that it would look very bad on my record to just leave without an exit interview. It looked bad to flat out quit without warning or telling the supervisors. I said that I understood that and whatever the HR department wanted to put in my workers file was fine with me. They said I would have trouble securing another animation gig especially in San Francisco. You shouldn’t just walk out on ILM. It will look very bad. The VFX industry is a small community in San Francisco and word would get around. Again I said I understood. I thanked them and hung up. That weekend I drove out past Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach and made a bon fire. A few friends showed up and, once the sun had begun to set, an inflatable blow-up doll of Jar Jar Binks was tossed onto the fire. The joy that flaming symbol of failure gave me was one of freedom and panic for my next job. But, standing in the ocean breeze, I knew everything would work out. Then the smell of the burning plastic polluted the air. It was horrendous and I’m sure quite harmful but not as horrendous as the foul stench that The Phantom Menace had already released unto the world. Never work in this town again. So cliché. Phil Tippett hired me and I think part of the reason he hired me was because he liked that story so much. That was in 1999 and since that time I have been back to work for ILM on a few more projects. In 2010 I joined the animators on the film Rango. In 2018 I returned again to ILM, this time in London to work on Jurassic World the Fallen Kingdom. However, it was at Tippett Studio where some major healing took place by animating stop-motion for The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. No harm was done from that impulsive decision to quit my job after the premier of Star Wars The Phantom Menace. It just changed the direction and created new opportunities which eventually brought a chance meeting with my future wife working on a new animated show for kids. The animated show was called: The Phantom Investigators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609292043258-YWVAML5JT42G54XKY2QE/a.jpg StarWars Super 8 Movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487710426-E1Z1PCHQC0AQ7X3XW01T/IMG_3597.JPG StarWars The Gang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487392422-ZW1IDO37Y55J9GHROQNS/IMG_3669.JPG StarWars TOM and I have been animating together since the first film we worked on..(James and the Giant Peach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606512601441-VMKKSJ80SFMJOA0K89MA/Tippett.JPG StarWars WORK SHOES. My StopMO shoes while animating the chess scene. Converse are not the best shoes to wear when standing in one place for hours. For some reason I enjoy the foot aches at the end of the day. They remind me that I did do a hard days work, when I just thought I was playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487349458-KT0P7ER037X2SU8DSEOZ/IMG_3766.JPG StarWars TOM GIBBONS master animator moved the puppets as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487281654-0JEJW8PH5OI4IQF4EXQT/IMG_3592.JPG StarWars - The Dejarik Game That is the name that was given in the Star Wars Lexicon. Phil Tippett and Jon Berg just animated puppets battling each other on a table-top. One creature walked forward and bashed the other creature. It was the press and the fans that called it the Chess Game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487587538-T2BDK5C4ZC6ZNB89P76P/IMG_3662.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487761021-M51SFCKBO7WGMCGRTQNI/IMG_3665.JPG StarWars The Puppets laugh at their manipulators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609039692659-2ISMSYTSVNEDHT63PMWO/IMG_0739.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487443367-PNX4N05NHCF687WEK8OK/IMG_3476.JPG StarWars Young master Arne Hain also joined the animation table. Arne never imagined he would be working on a Star Wars film when he first landed in the States. He originally flew over from Germany to help animate on MadGod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609375956550-1OQ1XS1V6VZMEF2B85AW/IMG_1340.JPG StarWars RANCOR attack in Phil’s Garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487392422-ZW1IDO37Y55J9GHROQNS/IMG_3669.JPG StarWars TOM and I have been animating together since the first film we worked on..(James and the Giant Peach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487349458-KT0P7ER037X2SU8DSEOZ/IMG_3766.JPG StarWars TOM GIBBONS master animator moved the puppets as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606512601441-VMKKSJ80SFMJOA0K89MA/Tippett.JPG StarWars WORK SHOES. My StopMO shoes while animating the chess scene. Converse are not the best shoes to wear when standing in one place for hours. For some reason I enjoy the foot aches at the end of the day. They remind me that I did do a hard days work, when I just thought I was playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609039692659-2ISMSYTSVNEDHT63PMWO/IMG_0739.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609375956550-1OQ1XS1V6VZMEF2B85AW/IMG_1340.JPG StarWars RANCOR attack in Phil’s Garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487587538-T2BDK5C4ZC6ZNB89P76P/IMG_3662.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590994090302-V8E8ZB17QAD1ARLQ6PB2/IMG_2373.JPG StarWars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487525007-USPBSU0REOBINZBTXBSJ/IMG_3675.JPG StarWars Although I got to work with the largest puppet, my sausage fingers still had trouble getting in there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487443367-PNX4N05NHCF687WEK8OK/IMG_3476.JPG StarWars Young master Arne Hain also joined the animation table. Arne never imagined he would be working on a Star Wars film when he first landed in the States. He originally flew over from Germany to help animate on MadGod. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487710426-E1Z1PCHQC0AQ7X3XW01T/IMG_3597.JPG StarWars The Gang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487281654-0JEJW8PH5OI4IQF4EXQT/IMG_3592.JPG StarWars - The Dejarik Game That is the name that was given in the Star Wars Lexicon. Phil Tippett and Jon Berg just animated puppets battling each other on a table-top. One creature walked forward and bashed the other creature. It was the press and the fans that called it the Chess Game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1601843595117-PH8B7DM9D8F09MFGJPGD/RATSARSE.jpg StarWars I have always been a Fanboy of the original Star Wars 1977. The dream to someday work on a Star Wars film was never as great once I saw Empire Strikes Back. When the stop motion sequences would play, I wished I could have been a part of their making. I was way too young and by the time I finally started animating as a profession, The Star Wars films were a thing of the past. Then Variety magazine put out a small teaser article that mentioned George Lucas was working on the continuation of the Star Wars saga. The timing was perfect and when I wrapped up on the movie James and the Giant Peach, I was hired on at Industrial Light and Magic. A place I had always wanted to work. I was on the newest Star Wars feature, The Phantom Menace and I was living a dream I never thought would be possible. I was animating and going to dallies to watch the rushes and George Lucas was right in the theater with the crew. Then the movie was released in 1999 and it wasn’t a party like Prince was always singing about. The movie was a flat out disappointment and it sucked as hard as I ever saw a movie suck. I was being blamed for destroying everyone’s childhood memories of a galaxy far far away. The crew leaving the theater that day were dazed and wondered into the street. Groups formed trying to comfort one another by saying, “It was great,? Right?” Star Wars the Phantom Menace broke me and the only way out was to never go back to ILM. I just decided that I was done working there. The following week I stayed in bed and a revelation formed in my head. I was through with the film industry. I would never animate again. I would live in San Francisco and hopefully get a job at Vesuvio’s pub washing pint glasses in a back room. So, I quit ILM. I spent that morning waiting for the phone ring. Waiting for ILM to call, to have someone one on the other end say, “Are you alright?” ”Are you coming into work today?”. I practiced what I was going to say and it all sounded very unprofessional and closer to what someone might say when they are having a mental breakdown. I was having a mental breakdown. It’s been 22 years and I can finally bring myself to lay this out. I just never went back into work. I told the person on the other end of the phone that I would not be coming into work that day or any other day. The HR department at Industrial Light and Magic said that it would look very bad on my record to just leave without an exit interview. It looked bad to flat out quit without warning or telling the supervisors. I said that I understood that and whatever the HR department wanted to put in my workers file was fine with me. They said I would have trouble securing another animation gig especially in San Francisco. You shouldn’t just walk out on ILM. It will look very bad. The VFX industry is a small community in San Francisco and word would get around. Again I said I understood. I thanked them and hung up. That weekend I drove out past Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach and made a bon fire. A few friends showed up and, once the sun had begun to set, an inflatable blow-up doll of Jar Jar Binks was tossed onto the fire. The joy that flaming symbol of failure gave me was one of freedom and panic for my next job. But, standing in the ocean breeze, I knew everything would work out. Then the smell of the burning plastic polluted the air. It was horrendous and I’m sure quite harmful but not as horrendous as the foul stench that The Phantom Menace had already released unto the world. Never work in this town again. So cliché. Phil Tippett hired me and I think part of the reason he hired me was because he liked that story so much. That was in 1999 and since that time I have been back to work for ILM on a few more projects. In 2010 I joined the animators on the film Rango. In 2018 I returned again to ILM, this time in London to work on Jurassic World the Fallen Kingdom. However, it was at Tippett Studio where some major healing took place by animating stop-motion for The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. No harm was done from that impulsive decision to quit my job after the premier of Star Wars The Phantom Menace. It just changed the direction and created new opportunities which eventually brought a chance meeting with my future wife working on a new animated show for kids. The animated show was called: The Phantom Investigators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1608494401313-J9ZM5AX5B1IWXAO27NHL/kmart.jpg StarWars - KMART I was 12 years old when I first started to play around with animation. I would study super 8 films that I bought at my local shop. The store was called Kmart and every Friday I would ride my bike there to see if any new Super 8 movies had arrived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591487761021-M51SFCKBO7WGMCGRTQNI/IMG_3665.JPG StarWars The Puppets laugh at their manipulators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609292043258-YWVAML5JT42G54XKY2QE/a.jpg StarWars Super 8 Movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593139674161-3454T1S6D0FNL8WNWO5S/IMG_1872.JPG StarWars https://www.chuckduke.net/fantasticmrfox daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603607973890-5QRYDB93RN2DG60S6167/FBfoxWolf.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661953153-GCFEG7RL8F7FG5FWHDEU/P1020874.JPG FantasticMrFox - This is ASH This is ASH, the son of Mr. Fox. There is something about the proportions of this puppet that made animating it a treat. When a puppet fits in the animators hand there is a control that can be lost with the larger scale puppets. Atari, the boy puppet from Isle of Dogs had the same proportions that Ash had. Atari was another great puppet to animate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603660498064-K54HDCVGYYA89XH0Z6T1/IMG_0009.JPG FantasticMrFox The Lone Wolf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610444490-2ZR4HPRYF3AA6F7MPQMV/FF_Ash.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610172631-EGI27ZD581WQYOJEPUH2/ChuckLondonPride.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610190412-7RQJRDSYDL4ZJXWT0CHP/IMG_3506.JPG FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606512912405-ZWEY4FAK9V2S7SJKYUCT/Fox.JPG FantasticMrFox WORK SHOES. These shoes were from a company called Cydwoq. A handmade shoe that was like butter on the feet. They were worn everyday while I was animating on Fantastic Mr. Fox. By the end of the production it got pretty bad when walking to work, by the canal, in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606512912405-ZWEY4FAK9V2S7SJKYUCT/Fox.JPG FantasticMrFox WORK SHOES. These shoes were from a company called Cydwoq. A handmade shoe that was like butter on the feet. They were worn everyday while I was animating on Fantastic Mr. Fox. By the end of the production it got pretty bad when walking to work, by the canal, in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603607973890-5QRYDB93RN2DG60S6167/FBfoxWolf.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603660498064-K54HDCVGYYA89XH0Z6T1/IMG_0009.JPG FantasticMrFox The Lone Wolf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610172631-EGI27ZD581WQYOJEPUH2/ChuckLondonPride.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610190412-7RQJRDSYDL4ZJXWT0CHP/IMG_3506.JPG FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661953153-GCFEG7RL8F7FG5FWHDEU/P1020874.JPG FantasticMrFox - This is ASH This is ASH, the son of Mr. Fox. There is something about the proportions of this puppet that made animating it a treat. When a puppet fits in the animators hand there is a control that can be lost with the larger scale puppets. Atari, the boy puppet from Isle of Dogs had the same proportions that Ash had. Atari was another great puppet to animate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603610444490-2ZR4HPRYF3AA6F7MPQMV/FF_Ash.jpg FantasticMrFox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603609668874-E0H4E5N0AURDCWTARSHQ/IMG_3062.JPG FantasticMrFox https://www.chuckduke.net/willvinton daily 0.75 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593135889406-TBXRWLC5MC87037OAOMP/RawHide.JPG WillVinton Yes. 1983. This was my Honda 1100cc Goldwing Interstate. If you look close you can see a black antenna right by the side mirror. I had a full AM/FM Cassette tape deck mounted on the fairing of my bike. When I was in full leather, the sounds of Robert Palmer and Pink Floyd would blast from the speakers for a summer night ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593014473549-0C6K9LVQRM1F8HON365H/rob1.jpg WillVinton And here is Robin before the trip to Portland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966310138-ZT0KL9IVP5U36Y1V2U3X/IMG_1121.JPG WillVinton I also spent my first days making sure all of the NOIDS where sculpted and delivered to the right animator. He was the first puppet I officially animated for Will Vinton Studios. That was the character that started me off in the world of Claymation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606427015316-R2PDIC1B5EKHJVVLB04J/IMG_5379.JPG WillVinton WORK SHOES. My 1981 Nike Air Jordon. These shoes where my everyday work shoes while I was animating at Will Vinton. I still have these shoes and if I had known at the time, I would have tried to keep them in better shape. The prices on eBay for these are crazy (if in mint condition) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590974275538-O8AT4C00V5T18MIC4J6E/IMG_2500.JPG WillVinton There is a line at the end of a Stephen King story titled, The Body. “ I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12.” Well, in my case that quote applies to the age 24. 1986 the studio was filled with talented people. Will Vinton Studios had grown with amazing talent from all over and some became very close friends. I had crazy adventures with a few folks that worked there and the memories will never be lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593014270189-N3A0YDZKIX3UPM42NBPB/bat1.jpg WillVinton - THE BATMAN Here is the Batman Sculpt before the horrible outcome in the side saddle bag of my Honda Goldwing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966219276-042A18HVSQFE7BDFLK3G/IMG_1125.JPG WillVinton These are some of the amazing sculpts from the talented Gairy Bialke. There were a few people at Vinton Studio’s that MADE Vinton Studio’s the powerhouse that it was. Gairy was one of those talents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966170303-5NA4RG9UPLNKE1KBO8UX/P1020098.JPG WillVinton My very first job I had at Will Vinton Studios was to sculpt some of the main puppets for a SPAM commercial. Everything was clay. Clay SPAM, clay tomatoes, clay lettuce, clay everything. That was the Vinton way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591634978516-7X5QUKFCIMQKQD6221V8/VintonDays.jpg WillVinton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966219276-042A18HVSQFE7BDFLK3G/IMG_1125.JPG WillVinton These are some of the amazing sculpts from the talented Gairy Bialke. There were a few people at Vinton Studio’s that MADE Vinton Studio’s the powerhouse that it was. Gairy was one of those talents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966310138-ZT0KL9IVP5U36Y1V2U3X/IMG_1121.JPG WillVinton I also spent my first days making sure all of the NOIDS where sculpted and delivered to the right animator. He was the first puppet I officially animated for Will Vinton Studios. That was the character that started me off in the world of Claymation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593014473549-0C6K9LVQRM1F8HON365H/rob1.jpg WillVinton And here is Robin before the trip to Portland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606427015316-R2PDIC1B5EKHJVVLB04J/IMG_5379.JPG WillVinton WORK SHOES. My 1981 Nike Air Jordon. These shoes where my everyday work shoes while I was animating at Will Vinton. I still have these shoes and if I had known at the time, I would have tried to keep them in better shape. The prices on eBay for these are crazy (if in mint condition) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590966170303-5NA4RG9UPLNKE1KBO8UX/P1020098.JPG WillVinton My very first job I had at Will Vinton Studios was to sculpt some of the main puppets for a SPAM commercial. Everything was clay. Clay SPAM, clay tomatoes, clay lettuce, clay everything. That was the Vinton way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593135889406-TBXRWLC5MC87037OAOMP/RawHide.JPG WillVinton Yes. 1983. This was my Honda 1100cc Goldwing Interstate. If you look close you can see a black antenna right by the side mirror. I had a full AM/FM Cassette tape deck mounted on the fairing of my bike. When I was in full leather, the sounds of Robert Palmer and Pink Floyd would blast from the speakers for a summer night ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1591634978516-7X5QUKFCIMQKQD6221V8/VintonDays.jpg WillVinton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590974275538-O8AT4C00V5T18MIC4J6E/IMG_2500.JPG WillVinton There is a line at the end of a Stephen King story titled, The Body. “ I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12.” Well, in my case that quote applies to the age 24. 1986 the studio was filled with talented people. Will Vinton Studios had grown with amazing talent from all over and some became very close friends. I had crazy adventures with a few folks that worked there and the memories will never be lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593014270189-N3A0YDZKIX3UPM42NBPB/bat1.jpg WillVinton - THE BATMAN Here is the Batman Sculpt before the horrible outcome in the side saddle bag of my Honda Goldwing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1eb09da7-e018-41a0-9ab4-8a55896e792d/IMG_4091.jpg WillVinton - Make it stand out This is a shot of all the characters from the PJ’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593836274432-KCKWYSUY1Z8581GTOVBD/IMG_1119.jpg WillVinton https://www.chuckduke.net/pinocchio daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1617486638548-IFM893G51P5VYY9AQ9RA/IMG_9623.JPG Pinocchio Production is moving along. It is always a good sign when the Dead Bulb Bin begins to overflow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1626926146637-P3KWQ3JOEQG6CNIG4O99/IMG_0896.JPG Pinocchio I took the same picture Jason took. Jason is a guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604975690107-R9K8HYJWC0ILXWKFI7O9/pino.jpg Pinocchio - The first image of Guillermo and the Wooden boy This was a fantastic puppet to animate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590993756204-77IL0MY5JW9WZ6MJ9R0L/IMG_1082.jpg Pinocchio This was the first images of Pinocchio and Geppetto that were released. These were floating around for years until news of production start up in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606430999153-52RL0V1DP1IJDEFR8AC5/Pinoshoes.JPG Pinocchio WORK SHOES. Starting this project off with new work shoes. Red Wing Iron Rangers. This is the same style that I wore everyday on my last animation gig during “Isle of Dogs”. Amazing footwear. Yes, this is about all I can talk about at the moment. The production is still in the works and all very hush hush. Sometime in the year 2022 the world will finally see this version of Pinocchio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604975733810-MF2P88A4WME741QKEJCX/Pinocchio2.jpg Pinocchio Production Logo for Pinocchio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/07ad3338-10e9-4e68-a22d-52e62c4b16ba/IMG_1499.JPG Pinocchio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1617486638548-IFM893G51P5VYY9AQ9RA/IMG_9623.JPG Pinocchio Production is moving along. It is always a good sign when the Dead Bulb Bin begins to overflow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604975733810-MF2P88A4WME741QKEJCX/Pinocchio2.jpg Pinocchio Production Logo for Pinocchio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604975690107-R9K8HYJWC0ILXWKFI7O9/pino.jpg Pinocchio - The first image of Guillermo and the Wooden boy This was a fantastic puppet to animate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606430999153-52RL0V1DP1IJDEFR8AC5/Pinoshoes.JPG Pinocchio WORK SHOES. Starting this project off with new work shoes. Red Wing Iron Rangers. This is the same style that I wore everyday on my last animation gig during “Isle of Dogs”. Amazing footwear. Yes, this is about all I can talk about at the moment. The production is still in the works and all very hush hush. Sometime in the year 2022 the world will finally see this version of Pinocchio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/07ad3338-10e9-4e68-a22d-52e62c4b16ba/IMG_1499.JPG Pinocchio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590993756204-77IL0MY5JW9WZ6MJ9R0L/IMG_1082.jpg Pinocchio This was the first images of Pinocchio and Geppetto that were released. These were floating around for years until news of production start up in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1626926146637-P3KWQ3JOEQG6CNIG4O99/IMG_0896.JPG Pinocchio I took the same picture Jason took. Jason is a guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1593303256709-LNYHHYX3J7NWYDF84NN6/Pinocchio2.jpg Pinocchio https://www.chuckduke.net/super8 daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592787489147-9LKLY9N179SVOOX3CHDH/P1020096.JPG Super8 Everything had to be made of clay. When you look at the soda can next to the garbage can, you can see that I even used brown clay as a coke spill on the sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609574974121-REU87JCNLIW050VGQYU0/SonyBetamax.jpg Super8 - Put my money on Betamax Sony Betamax SL-2000 & TT-2000 Portable Video Cassette Recorder Tuner Combo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590971762633-JPAAS3OBJYQMHUDEKBK3/P1020095.JPG Super8 This must be late 1979. I had just seen Alien and was in pre-production on animating my version of that awesome film. This sculpt was all in clay. The ship had a wooden armature that I built from 2x4’s. It was mounted on a pretty hefty tripod with a crank head so that I could animate it lowering onto the planet surface. At the top of frame you can see the landing gear that would be animated out from the belly of the ship. Everything was clay!!!! Very heavy!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590971893041-U3LAASS10WPH5SA0RMGE/P1020097.JPG Super8 I finally found a path to head down. My plan was to make as many clay sculptures that a could during a summer break. Then I would put together a portfolio that I would send down to Will Vinton and he in turn would give me a job. At least that was what had to happen,….I didn’t have a back-up plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590975170720-7PCQL5SB87JCUR5VRSNJ/IMG_2749.PNG Super8 During the Summer of 1981 a super 8 movie was being made. I had spent a lot of time constructing the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon in my Dad’s garage. He had to keep his wood paneled station wagon out in the foul Seattle weather until principle photography was finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1592787489147-9LKLY9N179SVOOX3CHDH/P1020096.JPG Super8 Everything had to be made of clay. When you look at the soda can next to the garbage can, you can see that I even used brown clay as a coke spill on the sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590975170720-7PCQL5SB87JCUR5VRSNJ/IMG_2749.PNG Super8 During the Summer of 1981 a super 8 movie was being made. I had spent a lot of time constructing the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon in my Dad’s garage. He had to keep his wood paneled station wagon out in the foul Seattle weather until principle photography was finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590971893041-U3LAASS10WPH5SA0RMGE/P1020097.JPG Super8 I finally found a path to head down. My plan was to make as many clay sculptures that a could during a summer break. Then I would put together a portfolio that I would send down to Will Vinton and he in turn would give me a job. At least that was what had to happen,….I didn’t have a back-up plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1590971762633-JPAAS3OBJYQMHUDEKBK3/P1020095.JPG Super8 This must be late 1979. I had just seen Alien and was in pre-production on animating my version of that awesome film. This sculpt was all in clay. The ship had a wooden armature that I built from 2x4’s. It was mounted on a pretty hefty tripod with a crank head so that I could animate it lowering onto the planet surface. At the top of frame you can see the landing gear that would be animated out from the belly of the ship. Everything was clay!!!! 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Let’s work together on solving the problem that is keeping you from reaching your goals as an artist and animator. I’ll help you design a plan and schedule that suits your situation. What would you like to work on? Private Animation Instruction? Personal Film Project that needs a push? Maybe you would like to learn and improve your clay animation. We could even work on CG character animation. Let me help you through the hard bits or just answer the questions that you have about surviving the animation industry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1599692048239-1WEMMN0LMEAX5G08FB1S/IMG_4274.JPG Private Mentor - No Mask Required. Let’s work together on solving the problem that is keeping you from reaching your goals as an artist and animator. I’ll help you design a plan and schedule that suits your situation. What would you like to work on? Private Animation Instruction? Personal Film Project that needs a push? Maybe you would like to learn and improve your clay animation. We could even work on CG character animation. Let me help you through the hard bits or just answer the questions that you have about surviving the animation industry. https://www.chuckduke.net/frankenweenie daily 0.75 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606513223280-DO819WHITPBRU4XXJD7U/Weenie.JPG Frankenweenie WORK SHOES. These were my shoes dedicated to be worn only when animating. Notice the puppet tie-down for good luck. That gash on the right shoe had a run in with a knife that dropped to the floor missing my little toe by a hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604908749347-LDFREY4LG00KDIQMG2TC/IMG_4486.JPG Frankenweenie By the end of Frankenweenie there were crushed spirits and damaged friendships. It took a toll on most folks especially those who worked right up to the end of the show. We weren’t even in the main studio’s anymore at the end of the production. 3Mills had other contracts for those studio spaces so Frankenweenie was forced out. The production simply went too far over schedule. The animation continued on the back lot behind the main buildings. We were tucked away in the back storage sheds where corrosive janitorial supplies were stored. In a way it made for the perfect setting for the tainted paranoid atmosphere that hung over us as animators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604781337340-SWXKS8XCU1C4P2W3RTEQ/IMG_5272.JPG Frankenweenie - I love this place Located in East London right off the Bromley-by-Bow Tube stop. A short walk through industrial garbage and over-filled bins opens up to a watery Willy Wonka land inhabited by majestic swans and canal boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661402690-C50S2DQT1OLL6PJMEAXB/IMG_5069.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604779878987-75BODFP9ANAW8RNTFJYL/IMG_3800.JPG Frankenweenie I never got tired of looking at this studio. No matter how exhausted I was from the shooting schedule, the 3 Mills location energized even on the gloomiest of days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604906808401-MKB7V0SR242K1WQPYE63/IMG_0091.JPG Frankenweenie I think the Wererat was my favorite puppet on the show. With all of that silicon for it’s body, it just felt wonderful in the hands. The design had a hint of Beetlejuice and was very Burtonesque. I think it was Edgars finest creation from the movie. Oh, wait,… I did like the Vampire cat very much as well. I animated the death of Vampire Cat but I’m not sure if I have a picture of that. I will search my files. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604909722267-Z6NPFESUDEYXV1Q5IMRH/IMG_4712.JPG Frankenweenie Buzzing after a Thursday night out at the pubs. THURSDAY !!! Why, always a Thursday ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604909822814-213HX4TF52363HFEXMUD/IMG_3057.JPG Frankenweenie There is nothing better to clear the mind than a stroll on the canal, especially in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907375205-FACA21M294SY4M8ZV9Q8/Burton+on+Burton.jpg Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907463629-Z90KGT92XTX16FK55C7R/IMG_0205.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907515646-4WD0IRPCGGZ6LQ1J8MRM/IMG_5236.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1609291118754-7RKBP8XGWPIDFW6TPDON/IMG_3224.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907611895-YDPG19BGACL0I45CVHNA/IMG_5265.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907567723-AC7H741MGBKX40WU40F0/IMG_5246.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907658710-PXRYC5CLM7GGEMOABYBT/IMG_3358.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907697351-IO0BE13XI5GT7FX50MTA/IMG_3359.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604907735182-NHG29ZCN7DY6V69VZLLG/IMG_3922.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1606513223280-DO819WHITPBRU4XXJD7U/Weenie.JPG Frankenweenie WORK SHOES. These were my shoes dedicated to be worn only when animating. Notice the puppet tie-down for good luck. That gash on the right shoe had a run in with a knife that dropped to the floor missing my little toe by a hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604906808401-MKB7V0SR242K1WQPYE63/IMG_0091.JPG Frankenweenie I think the Wererat was my favorite puppet on the show. With all of that silicon for it’s body, it just felt wonderful in the hands. The design had a hint of Beetlejuice and was very Burtonesque. I think it was Edgars finest creation from the movie. Oh, wait,… I did like the Vampire cat very much as well. I animated the death of Vampire Cat but I’m not sure if I have a picture of that. I will search my files. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604909822814-213HX4TF52363HFEXMUD/IMG_3057.JPG Frankenweenie There is nothing better to clear the mind than a stroll on the canal, especially in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604781337340-SWXKS8XCU1C4P2W3RTEQ/IMG_5272.JPG Frankenweenie - I love this place Located in East London right off the Bromley-by-Bow Tube stop. A short walk through industrial garbage and over-filled bins opens up to a watery Willy Wonka land inhabited by majestic swans and canal boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604780436915-3UKIEQI51Q5MIIJT9CM3/IMG_4783.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604780481467-O3FL5ROTBF6WZZ4Y2Y0A/IMG_4882.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604780801844-CKCT2MU0Z79I65S6H4J8/IMG_4884.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604780841145-ZM0VQ378NTYV307AH3WF/IMG_4886.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604781046454-BFLLCEMA0EFUPGNTQY3G/IMG_4887.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604781138964-0AM2OVOF1U3ECQHQCDH4/IMG_4765.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604908749347-LDFREY4LG00KDIQMG2TC/IMG_4486.JPG Frankenweenie By the end of Frankenweenie there were crushed spirits and damaged friendships. It took a toll on most folks especially those who worked right up to the end of the show. We weren’t even in the main studio’s anymore at the end of the production. 3Mills had other contracts for those studio spaces so Frankenweenie was forced out. The production simply went too far over schedule. The animation continued on the back lot behind the main buildings. We were tucked away in the back storage sheds where corrosive janitorial supplies were stored. In a way it made for the perfect setting for the tainted paranoid atmosphere that hung over us as animators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604909722267-Z6NPFESUDEYXV1Q5IMRH/IMG_4712.JPG Frankenweenie Buzzing after a Thursday night out at the pubs. THURSDAY !!! Why, always a Thursday ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1603661402690-C50S2DQT1OLL6PJMEAXB/IMG_5069.JPG Frankenweenie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5abf6c825cfd7975ce80ab45/1604779878987-75BODFP9ANAW8RNTFJYL/IMG_3800.JPG Frankenweenie I never got tired of looking at this studio. 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