Reed Elsevier & MC Strategies Partner with Earthwatch

MC Strategies (owned by Reed Elsevier), who I do Flash development work for, has partnered with Earthwatch to raise awareness about the destruction of rain forests. Employees are encouraged to create movies 30 seconds or less showing support for the cause.

Here is my submission of support.

http://www.GPAnimations.com/rainforest.html

GP Animations Goes Green

The webspace company I use to host http://www.gpanimations.com/ has converted to 100% Wind energy to power their offices and servers. By doing this they have prevented the release of 2,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year. That figure is equivalent to planting approximately 2,390 acres of trees, not driving 6.1 million miles or removing 510 cars from the road. Not a small feat by any means.

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New Cartoon Finally in Progress

Well, it's been over 2 years since I completed Life, my last animated short, so I figured it's time to get back into again. I recently read Crafting a Cartoon by Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo and it's really inspired me to get back into cartooning. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about cartoons, voice acting, TV networks or anyone who's just a fan of the shows.

I'm thinking this time if I'm going to invest my free time into making another cartoon I would like to do it right. Full backgrounds with texture, NTSC color pallete for future DVD transfer, special effects in After Effects and all done in thousands of keyframes. Might take me a couple years to complete, but that's fine I'm not doing this to make money or enter film festivals, it's purely a labor of love.

Right now the title I have the files saved under is "Vacation" but that's more than likely going to change especially since there's a famous and hilarious movie by the same title. Here's the first rough sketch I've done so far of the main character, who will probably change as well:



I'll keep posting updates on here as things progress.