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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!"
This was my first Flash film that I did on the $99.00 little blue Wacom board. But, just like the rest of the world, I have moved on to the 21" Cintiq.
I'm sorry I haven't posted lately--been VERY busy (just finished Storyboard Directing two whole shows for Cartoon Networks' hit show "StormHawks"), as well as a few other time-heavy gigs. I didn't have any action boards up with any acting, so this partial sequence should cover that. I'll try to post some other stuff soon. Thanks for checking me out.
Otis has been in the animation industry since 1991. He started as a designer, storyboard artist, and layout artist on Nickelodeon's Doug. He then moved onto MTV and worked as an animator/ storyboard artist on Beavis and Butt-Head, The Maxx, and several development projects, including working as consulting director on a pilot. As a freelancer, his clients have included Disney TV, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Nerd Corp., Nelvana, and FOX TV, where he worked as the storyboard supervisor for two years on the animated series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As an artist, he has been commissioned for various projects, including murals, magazine illustrations, and e-cards. He's currently working on new Flash and Toon Boom animated shorts, compiling several pitch ideas for independent clients, producing animation and design for iPhone applications, and working on several live action feature storyboards, as well as illustrating a few childrens books. See his full resume at the IMDb.