FUZZY PLANET

And now... the moment you've all been waiting for... FUZZY PLANET. Watch first then scroll down for some director's commentary.


Fuzzy Planet from Jeff Call on Vimeo.



So Fuzzy Planet is something that has been floating around in my brain for many months, but by no means in this form. With my experimental animation class, I realized I could take the time to make the short and do something really cool instead of just another episode of Steve and Ringo. Unfortunately, it DID turn into another episode of Steve and Ringo. There were so many problems as I was trying to make this, including the rocket falling off the mountain overnight and problems getting the magnets to get the feet to stick, that I decided to give a tribute to that in the only way I could think how. If you feel disappointed with how the video plays out, imagine how I feel. Maybe someday soon I'll actually make this thing the way it was supposed to be.

I hope you enjoyed taking this experimental journey with me. Your responses have been encouraging and I really feel the desire to continue to do fun stuff like this.

Sophomore Slump

So after the success of "How to Juice a Lime", I was all juiced up (oops, pun intended) to create some really great stop-motion and puppet videos. Alas, time was against me, and my knowledge was too limited to accommodate the potential that these ideas had. But it is an experimental animation class, and I was experimenting with things that I had never personally tried to do before. You'll find degrees of success surrounded by the grumpy faced large degrees of failure. You've been warned.

I'll be taking a different direction for my final for the class. I have a really great idea that I'm raring to try out, and 2 weeks to do it in! What could go wrong...


The Adventures of Steve and Ringo from Jeff Call on Vimeo.


Thumb War from Jeff Call on Vimeo.

How To Juice A Lime

How To Juice A Lime from Jeff Call on Vimeo.

This is the first assignment I did for my experimental animation class at BYU. I've been wanting to do this for almost a year now and the assignment gave me an excuse. I'd also like to give a shout out to my wife, Shannon, for lending a hand with this (she manned the camera a few times and operates the newspaper on the wire). This was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy.

I should also give credit where credit is due. I was most definitely inspired by this CalArts film: http://vimeo.com/11790948

I've Been Animating

It's for work. In flash. I was inspired by Rocky & Bullwinkle. I have this vague memory of something kind of like this happening...



This one below is an old man...

Sorry the quality is weird... it's GIF. :( They look like animated cross-stitch)

Moxy, the Unherdable Sheep, the 2D vignette

Moxy, Howard, and the Chocolate Wrapper from Jeff Call on Vimeo.

What's this, Jeff? Posting again so soon? Sorry guys, but it's my 2D animation final. I don't know if we've talked about Moxy on this blog. But here he is! The audio is pulled from my favorite radioshow/podcast Wiretap. Check it out. You won't regret it, ever.

Hurray!

Well, it's official. I'll be applying for the Animation program this August! I'm really stoked but also pretty freaked out. I have so much work ahead of me!

Sorry for the long time since the last post, I've been hard at work on my final animation. I'll have it up here by Wednesday!

Do you see bananaman?

So, for this assignment we were supposed to create a bipedal walk cycle... I placed my man in a banana suit. The question is: is it subconsciously related to the Tally Hall concert I saw on Saturday, or something much more sinister? (ie a potassium deficiency)
Anyway, here it is, for your scrutiny:


In other news, the Tally Hall concert was A LOT of fun. Shannon and I had a blast dancing and going deaf. Other good bands we saw included De Novo Dahl and Carolina Liar.

Long Live BANANAMAN!

IT'S SENSATIONAL!!!

Here it is for your viewing enjoyment: The Flying Flour Sack!



Hear what the critics are saying about it:

"Sensational!"
-Ebert and Roper

"It gave me chills..."
-D. U. Isaac of the Chicago Times

"Almost 3 times better than the Amazing Bouncing Ball..."
-P. Mighty of Rolling Stones Magazine

"An adrenaline rush... More exciting than Iron Man."
-G. Strang of WIRED

"I could just watch it over and over again..."
-A hippy

"It's the best movie I've ever seen!"
-Shannon

Hey! Hey!

So here it is... the rough draft of my first animation.  I reckon I have quite the future in store after this....

J/K  In the words of what's his name from Heart of Darkness, "THE HORROR! THE HORROR!!

Oh well, it's my first effort anyway.

Out of Silence...

Whoops! Ya get busy with finals and this is what happens: Weeks in between a single post. Life is a constantly changing ball of weird. But you didn't come here for philosophy, you came here for pictures and stuff!

I created this for a small information thing I have to give at work on how to use this program called "Pinnacle." It seemed boring without a robot or something to liven it up.

FYI: From here on out I'll probably post more sketches than graphics as I'm changing to my major to Animation. Where as placement with a Japanese degree isn't very high, (unless you want to be a translator, which I don't) my Animation teacher was saying that placement in the Animation program is 98%. Why fumble around in darkness trying to find something that I want to do, when I can choose what I want to do now and be almost certain to get a job at it? If only I'd decided this sooner...