Happy New Year!

CJ and Buster and all of our friends wanted to wish every a VERY Happy New Year!

May 2008 bring health and properity to all!

Merry Christmas

CJ and Buster would like to wish you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May all your hopes and dreams come true!

Step in to the new year with happiness and joy. Search out new things and meet new people.

Animation

Found another very well made stop motion animation on youtube. Check it out.

New Dunham Video

WOOT! New Jeff Dunham Video with Achmed.

Tribute to Ventriloquism

Bob Albano has spent years building a great resource for ventriloquists simply called, A Tribute to Ventriloquism. There is so much great information and history there waiting to be enjoyed. Have a look!

Harold Crocker Ventriloquist

Harold is such a nice guy was very cool to see this clip on Youtube. Met harold at the 2007 Ventriloquist conVention.

Funny Stopmotion Commercial

This is a fun very well made Stopmotion animation commercial out for the Holiday season.

If you have not yet had the oppertunity to see the latest Jeff Dunham DVD Spark of Insanity you can't go wrong for some of the BEST comedy out there! Jeff is a great commedian and Ventriloquist with his many characters to get you rolling in the aisles. Check it out.



I had the great oppertunity to meet him twice this year, once at the Vent Haven ConVention in July and again when he was performing locally in October. Do check out his DVD you won't regret it. You can check out Jeffs website here as well.

Must have book for animators!!

I recently purchased the book Animators Survival Kit and must say it is the BEST book for learning the basics of animation movement. I originally thought it was more for traditional drawn animation until i began reading it and had an epiphany..there really is nodifference between drawn animation and stopmotion when it comes to movements and capturing each frame. We pose each shot as an artist draws theirs. The explanations of movements is so clear it makes so much more sense to me now. If you animate with any medium you really should take a look at this book.

Funny Ventriloquist routine

Found this on Youtube. Paul Zerdin doing an act on the Jerry Springer talk show. I believe the first figure is a Kristen L Oddballs & Orphans Figure.

Enjoy! =)

CJ and Buster have been Elfed!!

well my wife Elfed us!

It's kinda funny really. I remember seeing this last year too and now..well we've been Elfmotized!

More movie magic

This segment is an interview with Legendary makeup artist Dick Smith. Also check out his website for more about his work and his excellent courses in makeup technique.



also just found this clip as well. :)

Movie Magic

Found this Awsome clip from an old Television show called Movie magic. The show was based on a behind the scenes look at how movies are made.



Enjoy :)

Cute Animation

Found this very cool commercial on Kathi Zungs Website. Her studio made the puppets. Not sure if they did the animation but still a very cute commercial non-the-less.