http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com Always animated with art, animation, commentary, stories and lessons Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:28:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello. I  have moved my blog to AWN and changed it's name to....what else... ALWAYS ANIMATED See you over there! Larry http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2010/01/22/we-have-moved-to-awn/ Congrats to Executive Producers Charlotte and Bill Rinderknecht. PETE'S ODYSSEY been awarded an INDIE FEST award. The Indie is about helping independent filmmakers secure distribution, the Holy Grail of filmmaking. We have relationships with distributors friendly to independent filmmakers. Indie awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries. The Indieis ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/12/29/petes-odyssey-garners-indie-award/ First off... MERRY CHRISTMAS! Second, I hadn't posted in a while thinking that any day my blog was to be moved to AWN. As busy as they are... that hasn't happened yet... so, I will just continue with my current blog entries until is does happen. The last month or ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/ We are entering PETE in festivals to take advantage of her shelf life. In the meantime, I am working on other projects - preproduction and scripts. Now I have a bit more time for drawing. Here are some recent drawings and sketches. http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/11/04/art-time/ IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT! Here is some footage I took at the premiere of PETE'S ODYSSEY. It has the students, Michelle Armstrong singing and a snippet from PETE - shot off the screen. Plus a sketch from my book.... Thanks. Even More Animated!!! http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/10/27/footage-from-the-petes-odyssey/ WHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS!!! An event we will remember for years. For me it was gratifying to see the students again. When you do a project like this you tend to form bonds with your co-workers. The students were so amazing (probably the 20th time I have written that)! Those of ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/10/20/images-from-petes-premiere/ Hello. The premiere of PETE'S ODYSSEY went extremely well last Friday night, October 9th at Bloomsfield College in New Jersey. It has taken me a week to come back to Earth and resume my daily tasks. This video was presented at the premiere... Where are my "skinny" pictures? Again many thanks to the folks ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/10/17/another-making-of-petes-odyssey/ Okay, tonight is the premiere of PETE'S ODYSSEY at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ. - just minutes from the Big Apple! The festivities begin at 6:00 pm. Singer/songwriter Michelle Armstrong will perform several songs including the soundtrack from the music video, UNAFRAID TO FIND. To say that we can't wait to see the ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/10/09/today-is-the-day/ Finally, the animated film PETE'S ODYSSEY will premiere on Friday, October 9th at 6:00 pm at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ. The event will take place in Van Fossan Theater, 476 Franklin Street (on the corner of Franklin St. and Fremont St.) on the campus. Special musical guest, Michelle Armstrong will ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/09/24/petes-odyssey-premiere-on-friday-oct-9th-at-600-pm/ Whew! An amazing event occurred earlier this month. The student animators at Bloomfield College came through again- big time. They animated, tweened, cleaned-up, scanned and worked their way into animation stardom - well at least in MY mind they did. Amazing, truly amazing is the word. And now....PETE'S ODYSSEY is in the can...pretty ... http://lanimate.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/29/pete-is-in-the-can/