Animate Over Live Action!

Wow! What an incredible start to my year of freelancing! Every gig is so different and creatively exciting for me. Here is a frame of full fluid animation I recently finished for a live-action/ animated feature film (note the live action kid's body behind my animation-LOL), "The Tolltaker." It is a great film about the residual effects of a person going to war and how it affects their families back at home. Thanks for checking me out, and please check out the work of the crew on this film--especially the VERY talented director and animation director!

http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi2835481369/

Toon Boom: Expert Corner profile

I'm happy to announce I was recently added to Toon Boom's Expert Corner!

Toon Boom was also gracious enough to give $50 off to anyone that mentions my name, so make sure to tell them "Otis Brayboy" sent you when purchasing Toon Boom Storyboard Pro software!

To place an order, contact:

Philip Greenstein
philip@toonboom.com

Let Them Drink Wine!

Continuing with the illustration gigs, I recently did a quick sketch in Flash for an online food and drink magazine, "The Heavy Table." The food looks so good on that site, I wanted to move to Minnesota, until I remembered how cold it gets there.

http://heavytable.com/do-grapes-grow-in-minnesota

Babies, Babies Everywhere!

Most of my work is for hire, but recently, I have been asked by a few friends and family to produce animated e-card invites for their babies' birthdays. I love it!!! My first assignment was for a one-year-old boy, Kai. He needed a 'Tol' theme.

'Tol' has two meanings in Korean; the most common meaning is a child's first birthday. It can also be used as a generic description for birthdays: Chut-tol (first birthday), Du-tol (second birthday), Seo-tol (third birthday), etc. My second assignment was for a two-year-old girl (too cute) named Brooke. (Side note: I'm predicting my next baby e-card will be for a three-year-old. LOL.) Anyhow, these were a lot of fun to do!

KRYPTO!

I recently caught an episode of Cartoon Networks' "Krypto: Super Dog-Episode 65-Too Many Cooks." I produced the storyboards for Act 1 and part of Act 2. Here it is!


Episode Link Below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKB6x6CkbM

TOON BOOM LIVE!

I thought I would post a few frames from a board I recently produced for a LIVE ACTION feature. The script was 122 pages, and I'm estimating the total frame count will pass 5,000. It was a blast to do boards where I could play around with the camera. I was able to do a lot of that with "Storm Hawks" too, but most animated productions aren't that loose. So needless to say, I really enjoyed working on a live action board for a change. Keep 'em coming!

Storm Hawks!

I was privileged enough to be the Storyboard Director on two episodes of Cartoon Networks' "Storm Hawks" series. It was A LOT of work to board two full episodes back-to-back, but the final product made it worth all of the hard work. The episodes are finally up on YouTube.

Episode 27: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FujVABbxEr4
Episode 32: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4RfZWu1hRw

GYM CLASS!!!

This is a 'sneak peek' at a character from my new short that should be done by February, if all goes as planned. I'm really excited because I put this project on the back burner for awhile when I was really busy on other projects. The backgrounds (all 85+) and character designs (25+) were done over a year ago. Yahoo! I finally get to animate it! Full speed ahead now!

InvestCorp E-Card

Last year, I was commissioned to design and animate an E-Card for InvestCorp, Inc. It's been almost a year now, so I thought it would be OK to post.

Random Design

Hey! I was just sketching on the Wacom and that sketch became a line drawing, and I, of course, had to add color, and... here's a quick sketch in color!

'byline' Brayboy

I recently finished a few illustrations for byline magazine's New York Press Club 60th Anniversary Gala Issue! I was excited to work on this project, and it was a blast to illustrate the journalist's stories.

O'Really?

Here's a design I did for a series of webisodes I'm currently independently producing,designing,and animating which parodies the "O'Reilly Factor".
I'll put them up as I finish each one. I promise to write and animate some funny stuff!

I'm Back!!!

Hello all! Just got back from Ottawa Monday. I had a great time and met a bunch of great film makers and studio execs. Everyone was so friendly I felt as if I had known many of them for years although I just met them in Ottawa.I will be there next year for sure!

Ottawa!!!

Hello all! I'm also going to the Ottawa International Animation Festival next week. I hope to see some of you there.

GO GREEN!

I was recently commissioned by an editor at Town & Country magazine to create a GO GREEN! cover for a middle school environmental magazine produced by the students. It was a lot of fun, and we are working on some other cover illustrations for different projects.

My Second Invitation to Speak at SVA

I was recently asked by David B. Levy to return to the School of Visual Arts to speak to his animation business class about my experiences in the animation industry over the past 17 years. It was a lot of fun, and the students asked some really great questions. Hope to do it again soon.

TOYS!!!

Happy belated New Year!!!! I'm happy to announce that the mold for my new vinyl toy is almost done. It's a mold of the little kid in my Flash short "Hear Boy!!!" Eric from Goldmane Studios did a kickass job on it. It'll be in stores by the end of the year, and of course, I will be peddling it online--so look for it soon.

Funny Thing Is...

Hey guys and gals,

First, I want to thank you (all of you) for the very kind comments and also, I want to state that I am NOT a big fan of "one" posting their day-to-day animation life (or lack thereof) but, I have to say, it is "fuel for the soul." So, please keep the comments a'coming-'cause "I LOVES THE FUEL!"

David B. Levy pitch boards ( client )

These are several panels from a pitchboard I did for David B. Levy ( director and president of ASIFA East ) posted with his OK to do so .

Roachapooille (A Parody Film by Otis Brayboy)

I did this short in about a day. It was born from my very serious phobia of roaches.