Return of the Yogi

The 3 yogis story continues in this episode where they get stuck in...a tree. Or do they?

Animated for tv talkshow Chatney.nl for Hindu network OHM, created together again with the help of special guest animator Jelle Brunt.
And some backgroundart:

Fallin' Floyd artwork I

After weeks of story changes, we've now finally started animation on 'Fallin' Floyd', and here's a selection of pre-production artwork:
Ben Vinkenburg has developed some great colorboards and a lot of concept art, exploring the look and feel for the film:

Character sketches and designs by Jelle Brunt:

Modelsheets and concept art by Paco:

Dyflexis

We made a short animated video for Dyflexis, a company that develops online software for personnel planning. The video explains in 1 minute how the company works:

The Yogi Strikes Back

Our epic yogi saga continues in this second episode. This time the three yogis are faced with an old problem. It features cooking, cleaning and taking out the old garbage. Check it out:

Again with a tight deadline, animated for tv talkshow Chatney.nl for Hindu network OHM , it broadcast last weekend on Nederland 2, and with the help of superanimator Jelle Brunt, we were able to finish this piece in the course of a week.
Some backgroundart:

Cam-on-in!

We recently animated a short promo for company Camonin, an online communicationplatform which makes it easy to contact companies and professionals through live chat and videoconnection. This explains in 1 minute what the company's about:

Concept sketch:

Keep on fallin'

We're currently close to finishing the final final final story changes of our next shortfilm 'Fallin' Floyd'. In the meantime the talented backgroundteam, Ben & Robin, have been working hard on the 2D/3D backgrounds.

Here's some work in progress from the film:

credits: backgroundart by Ben, characters by Paco.

Little Quentin festival madness

Our film 'Little Quentin' has been selected for 7 new filmfestivals, all across the globe, from Nijmegen to Melbourne. Excellent!

Go Short, Nijmegen, 16th - 20th March 2011:

Art Filmfest, Slovakia, June 17th - 25th:

Melbourne International Animation Festival, June 19th - 26th:

Brussels Short Film Festival, April 28th - May 8th:

Animabasauri/Animabasque, Bilbao, April 1st - 8th:

Badalona, Catalonia, November 4th - 12th:

Imagine, Amsterdam, April 13th - 23rd:

Yogi Yogi!

Here's a short animated story we animated for tv talkshow Chatney.nl for Hindu network OHM. We finished the whole piece in less than a week:

Concept art by Jelle Brunt:

Concept and background art by Paco Vink:

Anikey @ Ochtendspits

We were interviewed by the morning news show 'Ochtendspits' about animation in Holland. Our item starts at 6:00 minutes into the broadcast, after the bit about the 96 year old prostitute. Click the image to watch the video:

Oh boy oh boy!

Monday my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! His Uncle Paco made this drawing for him which we printed on a large wallpaper and is now decorating one of the walls in his room :)

Festival Update!

Our animated short 'Little Quentin' has been selected to play at the following festivals:

4-12, February Clermont Ferrand:21-26 March, Festival International du Film d'Aubagne6-15 May, Planete Doc:So if you're anywhere near France or Poland the coming months go get them tickets!

Startin' Floyd

A new year, a new short film. This week we started working on Falling Floyd. We're doing some final rewrites on the story about the man and his demon.
More coming soon.