Jamari Update: Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Jamari! Hope you have an awesome day!

Just a quick update… Unfortunately, Monday’s recording session needs to be rescheduled. Now, it is October 5th. I’m still looking forward to it. Gives me just a little more time to see if there are any changes I want to make to the script before recording.

Still tweaking and adjusting the character rigs. What’s happening is that I set them up, throw the bones system on them and they don’t move quite right so I re-rig them. Maybe I’m just a perfectionist, but I would like the ability to really use moving holds.

One more quick announcement… the children’s film festival at Amazement Square was awesome. They have already invited the Jamari film for the next festival so… that means that I scored this little beauty.

This is only the first one… I’m not stopping now. Also, I was invited to be on the advisory board for next Year’s festival. Thank you Amazement Square, I’d be honored to help.

Jamari Update: The Festival Success!

Hey, the film festival was awesome today!

My first time as a guest speaker at a film festival and it went without a hitch! Jamari, his brother Bralyn, and Mom came out and thanks to Crystal for coming too! The kids (and adults!) seemed like they were really interested in the presentation.

Thanks Rebecca and the amazing Amazement Square staff for hosting the festival! They have great ideas for the future of the festival and are already planning for next year. I also got to speak to a representative from the Cineviews Film Festival and they’re excited and have ideas too.

Jamari thinks the whole thing is awesome and is excited about the cartoon and really likes the idea behind a possible animated series.

Here are some pics from the festival! Good times!

Jamari Update: The Details for Tomorrow

Okay, for everyone who's coming...

Amazement Square's International Children's Film Festival starts tomorrow at 10:30am. They're going to be showing some foreign short films first.

Erik Jachode and I are the speakers for the Get Animated! presentation at 11:30am. I will first do a presentation on how short films are created, featuring art from the Jamari project and my Little Songs of Long Ago project. Then I will do a quick demo of Flash with the Jamari rig from the film. Then, Erik will demo Maya and show his projects.

Right after, Amazement Square will host a workshop creating flip books and zoetropes with the kids.

I'll see you there if you're coming!

The Birthday Post

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMARI!

This first post is for you, little nephew. Your birthday is next week and this is your early present.

You are officially informed that your uncle Lamont is making an animated cartoon based on you. That's right, you. This cartoon was originally supposed to be completed by your birthday. However, a good friend of mine told me that you would probably like being a part of making this cartoon and watching it as it was made more than actually getting a cartoon, and I agreed. So, you are also going to be the voice of your own cartoon superhero. We are recording the voices for your cartoon on the Monday after your birthday, September 28th. I have sent your mom a copy of the script so you can read the story and practice your lines! Bralyn has a small role in your cartoon too.

Also, you should know that the Jamari cartoon is going to be part of Amazement Square's International Children's Film Festival. I will be making a presentation on Saturday and will be showing pre-production work from your cartoon. You and Bralyn are invited to attend, of course. Nana will come and pick you up.

This website is dedicated to the creation of your cartoon. Check back whenever you want to see artwork and animation as we go along. If the project turns out good enough, my friend Brian (who's helping me make the cartoon) and I may send the cartoon to film festivals and we may develop the cartoon as an animated series for the internet. We will have to wait and see.

Above, you can see some of the art from the film.

But for now, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I hope you have fun with this ( I am! ), and your cartoon is slated for a Christmas premiere.

-Uncle Lamont