Pre-Viz for the secret agent challenge at cgtalk .

Squirties are round mounds of mischief. Get a few excited and it quickly looks like a potato sack race.


Building a squash and stretch rig which allowed for both joints and blendshapes was a good challenge. I always forget how much of my time is spent making character sound effects while I rig/animate. As the 'walk cycle' below was coming together, I would scrub the time slider while making dog/baby grunting noises.

A visual development piece which imagines pirate treasure in an attic.

A painted WIP of Lil'J.

Echo is the youngest of The Five. His job, along with his brothers, is to provide a check against the ultimate power of PAL.

Pathologically programmed ALgorithmic computer. HAL's eccentric cousin. PAL's programmed directive is to babysit.

It's Pat! He's the brother's first mash-up deemed "pet quality". While not bright and relatively harmless, Pat is relentlessly optimistic. His inability to fly never stops him from trying.

A work in progress of my favorite farmer. Lil' J is endlessly curious and determined. His imagination is the key component in the brother's monster mash-up operation.