Here is the collaborative film that we made last month at a live Floating Shape Workshop event. We set up at the annual Good People Festival in Covington, and any children or families who stopped by our area were welcome to contribute to the film. Using three simple small drawings, everyone created a cycle of their own eye blinking. We then filmed them sequentially in the span of about four hours. I later added the little intro. Ilove how this one came out. Thanks again to the GPF and the Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center for hosting us. Also thank you to my wife Jaclyn for hand-stitching the beautiful new FSW felt banner (picture below).

Thank you to the seven young animators who spent 15 hours writing, storyboarding, and animating at last week's week-long summer animation workshop. This was definitely one of the greatest Floating Shape Workshop events to date. With the help of my pal Tara Heilman, a few animators even sewed their names (for their film's ending credits) into animation paper. Three small groups each created a unique collaborative film (which will shortly be uploaded to FSW's YT channel).

A few of my favorite shots ...

Excited to have just gotten word that next week's week-long animation workshop at Robot Inside is full! It should be another great week making a collaborative film.

... during a 6-hour layover in Minneapolis (on little brown postcards I got at a Muji store).

Had a blast briefly stopping by the Echo Park Film Center microcinema space when we I was in Los Angeles last week. Had a short, friendly conversation about our own local Mini Microcinema (and Floating Shape Workshop) in Cincinnati. They kindly invited me to screen some animation at their annual "Open Screen" event which I would have loved but unfortunately it was the evening before we flew back.

I also documented the west coast trip w/ that 35mm Minolta and just sent the film away to get developed ... going to be making a little short film when I get the prints back. Thanks again to my friend Jennifer Fischer for the tip about the EPFC.

I recently completed this little animated spot for the Wump Mucket Puppets and their upcoming touring program "Space is the Place" (yes, that title is a nod to jazz legend Sun Ra ... can you spot the little Ra-related easter egg?) The WMP troupe obviously takes a lot of influence from Sesame Street, and it delights me that people have said this animation gives them that vibe.  The telescope scene was done via cutouts. Also in the spirit of Sesame Street, the Wump Muckets also had their performance broadcast on PBS a few years ago. There are currently 27(!) shows booked for the new "Space is the Place" program.

I currently have two ink & watercolor pieces on display and available for purchase at Wooden Hill in Westwood. They have some of the cat totes for sale. also Thanks, Amanda, and her great shop and gallery space!

"Jazz Hands" (ink & paint on tan-colored paper)

"Ocean" (ink & paint on wc paper)