Kids Read Comics and my trip to America

Hey all!  I'm back from my trip to America.  Kids Read Comics was an absolute blast!  I had a great time conducting some animation workshops and tabling with my comic The Elements of Destiny.

Jerzy Drozd, co-founder of Kids Read Comics, interviewed me to ask about my experience tabling for the first time.  You can listen to the interview in Jerzy's Thunder Punch Podcast: http://comicsaregreat.com/tpds03

I had never gone overseas before, so it was great to see the other side of the world!  I spent about 10 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before heading over to New York for 6 nights and a day in Washington DC.

My folio website

I've still got some tweaking to do but I made myself a folio website: http://www.toonerfish.com.au/

The Front

About 2 months ago I ordered a copy of Jerzy Drozd's comic The Front from the US. It finally arrived the other day!

Jared shares in the excitement of receiving a copy...



Jared is property of Jerzy Drozd.

The Front is a fun read. Check it out here: http://mlatcomics.com/front_index.html

Comics Are Great!

Check out comicsaregreat.com! Jerzy's passion for comics, and his knowledge of the craft, is a great source of inspiration and guidance for aspiring, and current, comic artists and story tellers.

Peb Casey and the Web of Corruption

Hey Everyone! For a while now I've been working on (and off) my web comic titled "Peb Casey and the Web of Corruption". I've put the first installment up for you all to see: http://toonerfish.com.au/peb.html

Please have a look and let me know what you think. I'm doing things a bit differently this time so I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

Back to normal! ... sort of.

Now that I don't have to be working so much during the mid year sales, i can focus on just going to my animation job during the day and coming home to do my own thing! I just sat down to my computer to find that it still has an issue where it freezes completely. Grr! At the moment I am trying to pin point the problem. It's happened when I've been doing four of the following things at once: using my cintiq, using the latest version of internet explorer, photoshop CS and outlook express. It shouldn't be a multi tasking issue because I have heaps of RAM.

I've tried putting in a different video card (well, the same make and model but it belongs to my brother's computer) and have tried changing the ram. It froze after both occasions so this time I'm making the latest version of internet explorer the number one suspect... so far it hasn't frozen. The three other things I need to try is use the cintiq, photoshop or outlook express.

I've been meaning to mention some great artists and animators who I have the pleasure of working with every day, two of whom are Timothy Merks and Roseline Lau. They both have blogs too so check them out while I madly try to fix my computer. Watch their animated shorts! hehe, funny stuff. I can't get over Rose's Spooky Doll Kids "What's Eating Brownie."

I sat down at my computer tonight to get back to my top secret project. More on that when I figure out this computer... that is if I ever figure out this computer!

Up the Mountain!

A friend at work also works as a tour guide taking people up Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania. He took a bunch of us up the mountain for a tour today. It was heaps of fun, here are some snaps I took:

Here are some of my friends from Blue Rocket Productions:


Starting from the left we have Tim, Roseline, Timothy and Clay.

And here is the mountain we conquered!


There was snow everywhere along the track up the mountain! It was great but made things a bit difficult on certain terrain. None of us fell over too badly so it wasn't that bad.



Another group shot. This time we have (starting from the left) Matt (our animation co-ordinator), Roseline, Timothy, Matt & Jo (who are both part of Mt Wellington Walks, the association who took us on the walk).




Yay! More snow!

I was a bit hesitant when approaching this lookout:


hehe. It was all good. Here's part of the view:



And here's our good friend and tour guide, Leigh Craven:


What makes him such a great tour guide is his ability to point at stuff and give lots interesting information.

More sights:






And then when we reached the top, there was snow EVERYWHERE! Yay!





We all had a great time and I'd like to thank Leigh, Jo, Matt and the rest of Mt Wellington Walks for all their organising and hospitality. Top Stuff! If anyone feels like going for a great walk with great views down here in Hobart, then look up Mt Wellington Walks and give Leigh a call.