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Development Art

I have started a new photo album of development art.

It's just alot of rough drawings right now, but I will continue to add things periodically so that you can see how the show evolves visually.

Write On!

Got notes from Nick Jr. on the premises.
Very positive feedback with very helpful comments.

I need to be conscious about words and concepts which might be foreign to little kids.
This is where Nick Jr.'s experience in the pre-school arena will be invaluable!

We picked a premise to move forward with and now it's on to the outline and script.

While I work on that we are having other writers move forward with developing more premises.

Oh yeah, ...the book!

In all of the excitement of putting together the animated series, it is easy to forget that the whole thing started with a book.

Eric Homan at Frederator called the other day to remind me that I need to finish up the revised text for the Wubby, Widget, and Walden children's book. (you can see a rough spread from original book pitch above)

When I was in NYC in January I pitched a new story idea to Random House and they were on board with it. Since then it has been on the back burner as we try to get the show up and running.

I guess it's time to juggle some of the pots on the stove and get to work!

Studio Gallery

Our show is being produced at Film Roman, which is kind of strange for me because that is where I started in the animation industry about 15 years ago.

It is a very different place now. But one thing has stayed the same, The studio gallery.

Just off the 2nd floor lobby there is a long hallway that is used as a gallery space. Sometimes the shows are by artists who work at Film Roman and other times they are outside artists.

During my 7 years working at at Film Roman, I had 2 shows in the gallery. They were paintings/shadow boxes (see below) that really had nothing to do with animation. Although when I look back on it now I can see a common thread.

Currently there is a great show featuring the work of Jordan Crane, Sam Henderson, Johnny Ryan, and Steven Weissman.

The studio is located at 12020Chandler Blvd. North Hollywood 2nd floor and the gallery is open during working hours. Call for more info @ 818-761-2544.