Career Highlights - "Titan A.E" - 2000

Original theatrical poster for Titan A.E (c) 2000 Twentieth Century Fox

 

 

Following "Anastasia" and "Bartok the Magnificent", we produced one last feature film... Read more »

"STOKED" on iTunes!

"Stoked" page logo for iTunes Canada page.

 

 

If you want to own your favourite "Stoked" episodes or take them with you on your iPod... here are the links to download "Stoked" at Apple's iTunes store.

 

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"STOKED" - Premiere Party!

About a month ago, just before the first episode of "Stoked" aired on Teletoon in Canada... The Studio treated us to a Premiere Party to celebrate! I intended to write about this the week it happened... (which would be more appropriate) but my work with the Studio has kept me quit busy... So, better late than never! Read more »

"STOKED" IN THE USA! - Airs July 16th on Cartoon Network!

Cartoon Network's Promotional Page for "Stoked" (c) 2009 - www.cartoonnetwork.comAfter a succesful few weeks on Canada's Teletoon cartoon channel, the first episode of "STOKED" will finally air this week on CARTOON NETWORK in the USA!

Check it out on Thursday, July 16th at 8:30 pm EST on the Cartoon Network channel! 


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"STOKED" - First Episode Airs on TV this Week!

STOKED - First Episode Airs June 25th at 7pm, on Teletoon!...Only 2 Days to go!!!

Stoked, The Animated Surfing Show I have been working on for over a year with a very talented team of Animators and Artists will be Premiering on Teletoon, Canada's Cartoon Channel this Thursday at 7pm!!!

After which Stoked begins airing every Sunday night at 7pm. Read more »

"STOKED" Promotional Tour!

Right Side View of the "Stoked" Promotional Tour HUMMER! (c) 2009 - Teletoon, Inc.

It's been a while since my last post, as there has been little time to update lately... but that will change soon enough!  Look for new Posts and Tutorials Soon!

For the past couple months, I have basically been working Two jobs for the same studio.  Full-time Creating and Compositing Flash-Animated Ocean and Surfing Effects on "Stoked" during the day... and my evenings and weekends have been spent creating a minute-long Flash Animated Short for a new pilot project for the same studio.  Read more »

Career Highlights - "Bartok The Magnificent" - 1999

DVD Cover Art of 20th Century Fox's "Bartok The Magnificent" (1999)

When "Anastasia" was finished, and about to be released in theaters, we took a few weeks and animated some custom "Bartok the Bat" commercial bumpers to show on Fox Kids Saturday morning cartoons.  Bartok would be 'hosting' the cartoon lineup for several weeks over the release of Anastasia in theaters.  The short clips were anywhere from 5-10 seconds, to longer 30 second shorts... and were pretty funny.  On the first weekend that Bartok was hosting, I decided to get up early and watch. To this day I am still confused why Fox only played the commercial for 'Anastasia' a couple times over this 6 hour cartoon lineup, while they played commercials for the re-release of Disney's 'Little Mermaid' and "Flubber" at nearly every commercial break.

Around the same time we animated the 'bumpers', we also created a little animation of Bartok for a Burger King - Kids Meal Commercial... the toys were really cool, including a working train set! Read more »

"STOKED" - Sneak Preview

"Stoked" Logo - (c) 2008-2009

 

While at work today, we discovered that someone has posted a low-res video of one of our promotional trailers for "Stoked" on Youtube....so I thought I would post the video in here!

"Stoked" is the new Flash-Animated TV Show I've been working on for over a year. A teen comedy based around Surfing and Surf Culture, with really beautiful Art Direction, Effects and Character Designs...and it's funny too!  It is set to air in time for Summer! Read more »

"The Jinx Project" - Writing the Story - Part 3

Jinx The Black Cat - Created by Mike Hogue (c) 2001 - All Rights Reserved"The Jinx Project" - Writing the Story - Part 3

Read this "Story Commentary" from the beginning by clicking HERE.

 

On Sunday, March 9th / 2009, I read my story to my family for the first time.

 My Dad and his Wife listened quietly as I read everything. I started off reading at a normal pace, but by the end I was going through it all much quicker than I should. I lost track of time in the process. I knew that I had been talking for quite a while, but I had forgotten to look at the clock before starting. Read more »

"The Jinx Project" - Writing the Story - Part 2

Jinx The Black Cat - Created by Mike Hogue (c) 2001 - All Rights Reserved"The Jinx Project" - Writing the Story - Part 2 

Read this "Story Commentary" from the beginning by clicking HERE.

 

As a kid, I enjoyed writing poetry occasionally... rhyming or not. Both of my parents write poetry, so I guess that's why I've found it comes naturally to me.

On this project, however, I still had my share of writer's block!  I would sit there staring at my laptop trying to make sense out of my sentence... and say what I wanted to say, using only rhyming words... Read more »