Holy Cow! I didn't think it had been this long since I posted anything. I guess time flies when you having fun! Or working hard. Or both at the same time... which is exactly what I've been doing! I have been enjoying my new job VERY much... I get to draw and animate all day long now. The downside is that by the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is work on more animation, so I don't know when on earth I'll be making another movie on my own.

Many people have been asking me when I'll be putting something new up on Newgrounds.com and I honestly don't know, so that's sort of a bummer. But there are far too many upsides to working as an animator full time on a tiny show like this. Speaking of which, be sure to check out the latest episodes, there is a new one about every 2 weeks! Click here to watch! Be sure to keep an eye out for the show on Current TV which is channel 366 on Direct TV and channel 107 on Comcast.

I recently put a nice version of "Spin" up on Google Video and also YouTube so be sure to pass those along to your friends! Oh and in case you didn't already know, you can find me on MySpace at www.myspace.com/pileofdust.

(UPDATE: I switched it to www.myspace.com/dustfilms)

Incredible news! After 6 years of driving all around Southern California repairing printers, I am moving on. I have accepted a position as an animator with the show Super News on the Current TV Network. (Check your local listings!) In fact, there are only 2 guys who currently work on the show, and they needed a third multi-talented fellow to join the team, so it sounds like I'll actually be getting to do... whatever it is I can do! Animation, sound, music, voices etc. I'm unbelievably excited! I'll be starting May 11th.

My goodness, I'm so behind on posting. I don't think anyone actually reads this anyway, so oh well!

I finished my celebrity-bashing animation! Thanks to Newgrounds.com for sponsoring it! Watch "Go Away"!

Last week Priscilla and I traveled to San Jose for the Independant Gaming Festival where Dad 'n Me took home the prize for Best Web Browser Game! (I did the music for the game.) You can check out some pictures of the fun here on Newgrounds!

Well, I'm behind on posting this, but hopefully you know by now that I released the stop-motion animation, "Trash" on Newgrounds.com last week. At first no one seemed to take notice and it suffered a low score and didn't win a single daily award. Luckily a few days later it was featured on the front page and then everyone seemed to love it! It ended up getting weekly 5th place and the "review crew pick" which means it was the highest reviewed movie of the week! Anyway, the movie was actually made in 1999 by André (aka "gel") and I BEFORE we made "Spin". It doesn't really have much of a story but it was an interesting exercise in utilizing the "peoplemation" technique. I decided we should show it to people after all these years so a few weeks ago I composed some new music for it and put it up.

I finally redesigned the page for purchasing one of my albums. Check it out and buy an album while you're there!

Oh yeah, and I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I'm FINALLY done with the "ultra-secret-biopharmaceutical animation"! That was one gnarly project. Too bad no one will really get to see it except the employees of said company.

Big news! (This) Cookie Dough Records website was featured on a show called "Click" on the BBC news 24! You can watch the video segment here: BBC video. (It's at the very end.) The same story is written here: BBC article. A HUGE thank you to Joe Williams who was the first to inform me of this and to send me the links!

On Friday I released an old "peoplemation" that André (aka "gel") and I made a while back. Watch it on Newgrounds.com. It's short and sort of pointless but I figured since everyone seemed to enjoy the coin animation so much (which was also short and pointless) they might like this. Unfortunately it's not getting as great of reviews, but that's ok. Next Friday I will be releasing a full-length "peoplemation" that we actually made BEFORE Spin, and I've given it an all new musical score! So be sure to check back next week!

I released "Play More" on Newgrounds.com on Friday and it did very well! It got Daily Feature (which means it was the highest scoring movie of the day) and second place for the week! That means it has a pretty good shot of winning one of the monthly awards, I'll keep my fingers crossed. (Yesterday the movie ranked as the #2 highest scoring movie of all time!) Nothing is set in stone, but André (aka "gel") and I have been discussing the possibility of creating an interactive Play game along the lines of the old Simon toys.

I've recorded a new song and for a limited time you can hear it in its entirety in the NEW MUSIC section! (click on Go Away) I actually already had a song entitled Go Away, but that is now called Without You. The plan is to create a full animation with this song featuring all of the celebrities mentioned. Who knows how long THAT will take.