Hellooooo internet.

Listen to me! I need your money!...Or at least I'd like some of it for doing cartoons and things.

Anyhow, here's my new reel I put together.



It has mostly new stuff and some old stuff.

Also, here is my Santorum animation which some of you might find a little risk-ay.



I'm trying to gather funds to move to NY, so if you'd like, please donate to, "The Human Fund for Ortgiesen Growth and Development".

I was traveling through Europe mid-2010 when I received an email from the German Newspaper, Der Spiegel, regarding my submission to the Star Wars Uncut project. The writer sent me a list of interview questions. It's been a year and a half and they finally got around to posting it. Here's the full interview I hastily typed in a touristy Prague coffee shop.

- How did you find the project?
1. I found out about Star Wars Uncut from a link a friend sent to me. He was familiar with my shameless style of animation and thought I could besmirch the Star Wars franchise.


- Why did you participate?
2. I participated in the project after recently being fired from my job, having to move into my Moms house, clinging to my last scrap of dignity and having a lot of time on my hands. It was perfect timing for such distasteful inspiration.


- How important is Star Wars for you?
3. I like Star Wars. I wouldn't say I'm the kind of fan who dresses up as a 32 year old virgin and has mock battles with plastic swords, but I am fond of the first three movies. Empire Strikes Back is the best.


- Is there something special about the scene you chose?
4. I previewed all of the available scenes, and listening to the audio, I tried to imagine what would be the most humorous to misrepresent. I think it turned out all right. These film makers who recently made a documentary about George Lucas even included it in their film. I heard it won an Emmy. 


Anyhow, here's the Star Wars Uncut all spliced together, which makes it a much better viewing experience then the previous constant-loading Vimeo cut.






Also, here's a screen-shot of my President Prospector short. Enjoy!

New Prospector project in the works. The premise is the Ol' Timey Prospector is a candidate at the Republican presidential debate. Hilarity ensues. The video is a tester, but I think I'm going to redraw it with a thinner line weight.





Also, on Youtube,  I just so happened to come across an episode of MAD that I worked on. I had never actually seen the show before, so check it out. The segment I worked on comes on at 8:02 I think. Take a look.

I've been busy animating for the Mad Magazine show, so I haven't had time for any of my own projects. Here's some random drawings I've done on my iPad and short animations that I haven't posted here yet, if you haven't seen them already.





Like all the work I've done in the past year and a half, these shorts started out as animation exercises and then made some sort of story after the fact. One of these days, I'll put in some forethought.

Also, here's some random iPad drawings.

Here's a nasty comic I made today. I think I'm going to do more of these.

It's been a really boring weekend. I think I took two showers today simply because I couldn't think of anything better to do. Here's a picture I drew Saturday night after the six-pack of Big Flats was exhausted.

In case you haven't checked out my latest Prospector short, here it is.


The last couple animations have all started out as tests that I later decided to create a story around once the drawings were all finished. I'm actually going to write a script and storyboard for the next one. It's going to include my favorite real-life cartoon character/ quotable man-whore; Arny!