Work continues on Gweeb Puppet Theater, or whatever we’re calling it. Over the weekend, I setup a small animation set in my studio and animated a Xevoz (http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.13923/dn/default.cfm) skeleton figure kneeling, standing, stretching and walking. (These figures are sweet, by the way. You custom build your own figure and then battle your friend’s figure. You get to knock off armor, weapons and eventually body parts. Kinda like “Army Dodgeball” that I played as a kid.) The movie didn’t turn out so hot, but I’m getting a feel for how to make movements seem smooth, easing in and easing out, anticipation, that sort of thing.

I have a short 7 minute film all storyboarded and ready to go, but I think I’m going to do some simple, short test films before I start the “big” one. (Yeah, 7 minutes is pretty huge for me right now.) I’ve drawn up a simple “everyman” type character and I plan to begin work on the puppet this week. Still thinking about simple, short story ideas.

Yesterday, I found myself in “Babies R’ Us” for the first time ever. I was there with a coworker whose child kept pointing at me and saying “dada.” I think it’s great that she’s already familiar with the art world, even if she’s currently only interested in an irrational and cynical art movement from the early 1900s.