The Monk & The Monkey

The Monk & The Monkey from Brendan Carroll on Vimeo.

A determined young boy, Ragu, is sent by his master on his final quest to become a monk. A seemingly simple task becomes an unexpected challenge for Ragu as he discovers the real value of his quest.

© 2010 Brendan Carroll & Francesco Giroldini. Music by Erez Koskas.
Ringling College of Art + Design.

SPARK ANIMATION '10...

Mark your calendars! Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH is pleased to announce tickets for the 3rd annual SPARK Animation Conference and Festival are now on sale! SIGGRAPH.CA

Here's a first look at one of the graphics for the event...

"Looked for but not seen, listened for but not heard, and felt but never touched."


The theme of this conference is Ninja. The concept is about the community of highly skilled masters of the mystic creative arts. We work in the shadows unseen by the public. We execute our mission with finely honed skills to exacting precision, and if we've done out job right, you'll never know we were there. There are more images coming so check back often.
Don't miss this event! We're Showcasing the top talent from the world of animation, including speakers from PIXAR, Dreamworks and Disney as well as indie film makers and a day long track focusing on both creative and technical elements of stereoscopic 3D. Check the link and subscribe to our newsletter.
SIGGRAPH.CA

SUMMON THE NINJA!!!

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The Art Hustle...

The Art Hustle...

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WOW it's been a minute...

Couple of things to update for those that haven't been following me on Twitter.

My piece from the Sketchbot show has sold. Yea me! Thanks very much to the person who bought it.

It was one of my favourite pieces to work on and I think one of my best customs to date. I think it stood out from the crowd because it zigged when others zagged. It's hard to not work in a chocolate theme when the figure screams out "Dip me in cocoa!" so I did.Here's an image of the final piece.

Next is the Thought Processor Show The NYC series currently on display at MPH The show runs from May 21 - June 21, 2010. A super talented group of artists displayed their skillz on Phoneticcontrol's paper toy chassis. My piece was based on the My MMARTIN™ robot project that I've been working on for while now and has become somewhat of a monster waiting to drop. Now that the economy seems to be getting some wind back in it's sails, the project is back on track and even received some favorable attention from one of the big game publishers. That nod has given me an even bigger boost to push forward with getting this idea out in the world. If you want a one off first expression of a soon to be unveiled vision of the future, then claim this one for your collection before someone else does. (I'm just sayin')
The ModNation Racers game is out in full force. I loved working with the team and am honoured to have been able to contribute to the experience. I dropped by the UFG studio the other day and found a giant standy of 'Tag' I guess you could call him the front man for the game. I really get a kick out of seeing my work in the real world.

So what's next? Well I can't tell you just yet, that would spoil the surprise. What I will say is that there are things in the works to 'Spark' the imagination. Ninjas, robots and things made of paper on the way... ^____^


Be easy

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Sketchbot Custom Show!!!

My good friend Steve Talkowski aka. Sketchbot is having his first custom show at MPH (MyPlasticHeartNYC) Friday, March 26.2010 I'm very honored to have been invited to contribute. If you happen to be in NYC, make sure to check out the show.

Here's a little peak at my piece for the show.


Check out his bog for a few sneak peaks the custom from the Artists. http://sketchbot.blogspot.com/ or see more of Steve's work at Sketchbot.tv

Links to the artist in the show:

64 Colors | http://www.64colors.com

Aaron Stewart | http://www.bendablerubber.com

Andrew Bell | http://www.creaturesinmyhead.com

Argonaut Resins | http://argonautsresin.blogspot.com

Brent Nolasco | http://brentnolasco.blogspot.com

Brian Flynn | http://super7store.com

Chauskoskis | http://walterjacott.blogspot.com

Chris Krebs | http://www.chriskrebs.com

Chuckboy | http://chuck-boy.blogspot.com

Chris Raab | http://www.coroflot.com/chris_raab

Cypher13 | http://www.cypher13.com

Dacosta! | http://www.chocolatesoop.com

Dave Gittleman | http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegittleman

Dead Presidents | http://www.deadpresidentsdesigns.com

Mr. Den | http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr-den

Gods and Monsters | http://www.godsandmonsterrrs.com

Dril One | http://www.drils.com

Dustin Cantrell | http://anomicbomb.blogspot.com

Entae Kim | http://www.behance.net/entae

Frank Mysterio | http://frankmysterio.blogspot.com

Jared Deal | http://jareddeal.blogspot.com

Jason Limón | http://www.limon-art.com

J-Bat | http://www.dynomightnyc.com

Jeremiah Ketner | http://www.smallandround.com

JESTER | http://www.j6x2.com

Motorbot | http://motorbot.kevinolsonartist.com

J-ROO | http://www.dynomightnyc.com

kaNO | http://www.kanokid.com

Keithing | http://www.keithing.com

King Abnon | http://absolutenons3ns3.wordpress.com

Leecifer | http://www.leecifer.com

LJ Lindhurst | http://www.ljlindhurst.com

Lou Pimentel | http://www.lou-pimentel.com

MAD | http://www.madtoydesign.com

Manny Galan | http://www.dookie-poo.com

Matt Doughty | http://www.onelldesign.com

Moopf | http://www.moopf.com

NEMO | http://nemossculpturestudio.blogspot.com

OsirisOrion | http://osirisorion.blogspot.com

Patrick Francisco | http://doodlechimp.blogspot.com

PHONETICONTROL | http://www.phoneticontrol.com

Pon | http://www.feedthepigeons.net

Reactor-88 | http://www.reactor88.com

Sam Fout | http://www.moontoadproductions.blogspot.com

Mr. Shane Jessup | http://mrshanejessup.blogspot.com

Steve Talkowski | http://sketchbot.blogspot.com

Sket One | http://www.sket-one.com

SUCKADELIC | http://suckadelic.com

TOYSREVIL | http://toysrevil.blogspot.com

veggiesomething | http://www.veggiesomething.com

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WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER...

mphlabs presents Lou Pimentel first custon show at myplasticheart gallery in NYC. 15 artists (including myself) were invited to get up on Lou's debut piece "Cranston Fellows Jr."

My piece will be in good company: 64 colors, kaNO, Chalkoskis, Dok A, Leecifer, Nemo, Brent Nolasco, Reactor-88, Scribe, Julie West, Jason Limon, Jeremiah Ketner, N.C. Winters, and the man himself Lou Pimentel.

Opening Reception: Friday Jan 8th 2009 6 - 9pm
Exhibition runs through Jan 30th 2010

Dacosta!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Wishing you and yours, health, wealth, and happiness in 2010.

Dacosta!

Hot One Inch Action Show

Last night was my first time down to the Hot One Inch Action button show (6th Ever show). Always good when I get a chance to hang out with the talented Atomos. Glad I was able to submit a piece for the show and it was excepted.

These are the pieces I liked the most out of the 50 artists in the show (personal taste). There weren't as many “bangers” as I would have liked, but maybe next year. It might be cool to have more in the range of 150 artist in a show at once although I’m sure it would be a logistical nightmare. ^__^

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The Little Book of Kawaii

After a year of waiting the first of 2 books (...well actually the second, but the first one isn't out yet) with some of my characters and toy designs just landed on my doorstep yesterday. Titled: The little book of kawaii, is 400 page and jammed with some of the hottest character and toy designers from around the world. Put together by Shawn Wright and He Li, it's the fresh injection of sugary cuteness you need for your collection.

ISBN 978-7-5381-5775-8

Back soon with more details.
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TACO BELL IN DEEP HOT SAUCE!

There's trouble brewing in the Urban Vinyl world. An image (Right) posted on August 31 of the new promotional toys from TACO BELL has ignited the vinyl toy community online. A clear example of mainstream trying to jump on the Urban Vinyl scene without even an attempt toward originality. Response image posted by Kidrobot (Left). Check out the details on the links and follow on Twitter.

Kidrobot's KRonikle
Vinyl Pulse

Death to False Vinyl rally tomorrow, September 4th in NYC on the corner of Houston and Lafayette from 11:30 to 1:30.

Wish I could be there to see it all go down.

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The passing of a friend...

Leo Obstbaum "passed away unexpectedly" on Thursday night at his home.

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2009/08/21/10557271-24hvan.html

My condolences to the Obstbaum family. Leo was a great person to have known personally. I've had some great conversations with Leo about characters and life. He will be missed.

TRON Legacy

No more blurred vision. The official Trailer has finally been released. Seriously, I'm all light headed now and can barely stand the idea of the long wait till this film is released *.*

Click on the 'Watch in HD+' top right corner... trust me.

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G-ROBOT!!!

I was invited to the G-Robot artist mini series by Eddi at adFunture a little while back. I just got in a few sneak pics of my design droppin' at TTF which is coming up in a minute. This little guy is name 'SoulJah'. I love the irony in the name...


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Mod Nation Racers.

So today at E3 UFG debuted their Cart racing game Mod Nation Racers. I worked with the key members of the team bringing my 'vinyl artist' flav to the mix.

I retooled the figure to be more "Urban Vinyl", coached the car modelers on caricature 101, did interface design exploration and just a couple of week ago was asked to take a stab at designing some ideas for the lead character which ended up being used the demo the game at during the Sony presentation. (That's the red goggles guy)

The UFG crew is awesome and ridiculously talented. This was a great project for me as it is really true to the idea of vinyl toys and character creation, two things I love. I feel very fortunate to have been asked to contribute. I can't wait to actually play the game.

More details coming soon...

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District 9

This seems like a interesting approach to the SF genre. Can't wait to see more. Man, I need to get on someone's advanced preview list. There are some great films coming out this year.

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Gobot5 Reveal!

One of the dominant undertones of Japanese anime films and manga is the search to define what it mean to be human many of which feature robots finding there way in an organic world. GoBot5 pays tribute to that journey.

Created by Mother One, GoBot5 was design for the ‘soul’ purpose of exploring the living world and to gather data that will enable robots to become more human.
Dacosta!
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GB5... teaser 04
Dacosta!
GB5 Full reveal coming May 8th stay tuned...
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GB5... teaser 03
Dacosta!
GB5 teaser 04 coming May 6th stay tuned...
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Kicktoys Launch Event.

I've had the honour of being one if the artist given the opportunity to be part of the upcoming Beit Dude show at ToyQube. GB5 will be on display and for sale. make sure to check it out.

Detail on the show. For more information about the show, you can contact the kidds and Kicktoys or ToyQube.

Event Date: May 8th @ ToyQube The BEit Dude custom figures will be on who have not seen the toy and want to see what the artists done to them. The designs show the versatility of the toy, along with the endless possibilities that could be created. The event starts at 8pm. The customs at the show will be available for sale, and we will be giving out Kicktoys t-shirts throughout the night. Get out there and enjoy the event and celebrate the beginning of a new way to play. We will also be previewing our next concept toy to the public! Don't miss it!

Dacosta!
GB5 teaser 03 coming May 4th stay tuned...

GB5... teaser 01

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