After A Long Absence

It`s been a long time since I`ve written in my Exploding Toad blog. A lot has happened in the meantime. Last summer I decided to take a step to do something I`d long dreamed of…go to Japan. I got hired by an English conversation school. After lots of packing, goodbyes and paperwork, I found myself here in Kobe, Japan teaching full time. Now after a couple months of getting adjusted to my new lifestyle, I`m ready to start working on my personal video/art projects and exploring this beautiful country.

One exciting development has been that Matt Morillo, a very talented Writer/Director and friend of mine, is going to have his hit play (Angry Young Women In Low Rise Jeans With High Class Issues) published. I designed the poster and logo so that will be on the cover as well as another poster of his newest play, which I also designed. I`m proud to have worked on these projects and I`m looking forward to seeing the finished book.

I`ve been working on some new tests sort of related to what I was doing last year. Now I`ve decided 2D animation (with perhaps some 3d rotoscoping of elements) might be better for the idea I have in mind. They are too short and sketchy to post, but once I have more than a few seconds of tests…I might start posting some of this.