In 2023 I was hired by weezer to do a bunch of illustration and animation work for their Indie Rock Roadtrip tour visuals (which are displayed behind the band while they perform). All this work was directed by Brad and Brian Palmer at SRND Studio in Brooklyn, NY.

In this reel I tried to only highlight the animation work that I did. In some cases this includes recreating a simpler version of a shot from the show to provide context for the animation, and to not show other people's work. You can watch the show on YouTube, to see all the various ways the talented motion graphics designers and animators at SRND plussed my illustrations and added their own elements to make a killer show. I also included a few animations that I created which were not used in the show, seen here for the first time!

This show was such a dream project for me (weezer is my favorite band)! I learned a lot by animating all kinds of different things (lots of effects, a few characters) and using different techniques (hand-drawn, motion tweens, rotoscoping).

I don't have the rights to put any weezer music under this, so you'll just have to turn up your favorite weezer song while you watch this!

Isle of Elsi Adventures #6 is now available for online ordering! This full-color, floppy comic book collects the first 28 pages of "R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground" which picks up right where the second Isle of Elsi book collection left off.

When Draziw the Wizard casts a spell incorrectly in Nogard the Dragon's cave, hundreds of stalagmites and stalactites come to life! This mishap leads Rex and Sally into an adventure deep underground where they discover a clan of dwarves. Mysteries abound the first installment of this action-packed story!

I'm also offering an Isle of Elsi Adventures Underground Preorder Pack for the four issues which will collect the entire 113 pages of "R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground." Each issue will be sent as they become available, while also saving a bit on shipping costs.

• Issue #6 is currently available, and will ship immediately.
• Issue #7 will ship in November 2024
• Issue #8 will ship in January 2025
• Issue #9 will ship in March 2025

Here you can see a video preview of Isle of Elsi Adventures #6:

Today weezer released the Blue Album 30th Anniversary Box Set. As you can see above, it is an incredible thing to behold. Included in both the vinyl and cd boxed sets is a sticker sheet that I illustrated - an updated* version of the memories tour poster I illustrated back in 2010.

Below is a clip from the promotional launch video, where you can see what the stickers look like! (PLEASE NOTE: This is an 9MB gif, so it might take a while to load on slower connections).

*These illustrations were also used on the cover of my book weezer fan: Phase 7 #017-#019. Years ago I was exhibiting my work at a comics show and a chemist came up to my table and looked at this book. He snidely laughed, and pointed out that I had drawn the carbon dioxide molecules incorrectly (with the oxygen molecules tilted up in a "V" instead of in a straight line). Uh... I think chemistry may have been my weakest subject in high school? Anyway, I finally corrected this glaring error on this sticker sheet, so chemists can look at it without rolling their eyes!

I've updated my illustration portfolio website! I was getting tired of using SquareSpace, which kept jacking up its prices year after year, so I rebuilt the site using Google Sites, and just linked the old domain. Hopefully it looks and works just about the same, and will be easier (and cheaper) for me to update.

I pretty much just recreated the old site, but I did manage to update a few things!

• I added an animation page with my demo reel and a few animation projects (more to come eventually)
• I added a site map page to make it easier to find some of the pages that are not in the top navigation bar
• I added a weezer index page, with separate sub-pages for each of the illustration / design / animation projects I have done with my favorite band

Please check it out and let me know if you find anything that's not working! Thanks!

I started this short animation loop in 2020 and made it up until the chick starts running before I got stuck. The first 300 frames or so were done on paper, then I moved to Clip Studio Paint. I returned to this project in 2024 and finished it off in Toon Boom Harmony. What felt hard four years prior now seemed easy - concrete proof of my improvement as an animator!

During the last month I was working on it, I documented my process in a series of free Patreon posts, which are all in this collection. As a reminder, I'm now posting 2-3 free blog posts a week on my Patreon, including my weekly Isle of Elsi comics page, with some commentary. Follow me over there to get these updates in your inbox!