A Candy Affair

Hey everyone! I'm so happy to post about this new original short from Oddbot Animation. Its called "A Candy Affair" and its just in time for Halloween!
My director, Chris Hamilton, presented me with the opportunity to write and direct my own short. It was a pretty quick turnaround, about 3 weeks from story to animation and a couple more weeks to work out the music. He told me he wanted it to be at least a min long and Halloween themed. I was a little stressed at first but it was really fun to work on, plus I like a challenge! It was actually a blessing to get a story idea written pretty quickly, I tend to second guess myself and noodle things to death. So working with a tight deadline I was forced to make decisions and commit to ideas. The came the whirl wind of character designs, storyboards, layout and animation.
Luckily, I had some great help:
Zach Aufdemberg - who helped with everything from story to animation to editing and sound
Will Patrick - who did the storyboards and helped with animation (http://willssteamshow.blogspot.com/)
Eric Gonzalez - who designed backgrounds and the title cards (http://ericgonzalez.blogspot.com/)
With thanks to Robert Ramirez for letting me ask a million questions.
And Jeff Zahn who did a really great job with the music! (http://www.jeffzahnmusic.com/)

Anyways, this is what came out!! Hope everyone likes it and shares it if you do! I'm really proud of the way it turned out and the work everyone put into it! That world needs a little more cuteness me think! Yay!

Do I Creep You Out music video

This is a music video I worked on a couple years back for Weird Al and made by Jib Jab.

Ghost Town music video

Ghost Town


Its been a while since my last posting since I've been super busy doing freelance lately. One of the projects I recently worked on was the music video "Ghost Town" by Shiny Toy Guns. It was directed by Glen Hanson and animated by the wonderful people from Six Point Harness. Hope you like it!

A Difference of Opinions

Here is the painting I did for the Skulls show at the Cactus Gallery. Its scratch board, acrylic, and gouche on wood. And did I mention it SOLD?!?!? (See the red dot? I got a red dot!) Yay! Thanks to the wonderful awesome people that bought it! And the equally wonderful people that came out that night to support! And a great big special thanks to Cactus!

Tasty Time With ZeFronk Premiere!

Playhouse Disney will be premiering this new series of cartoon shorts Saturday, November 8th at 6:25am. I dont expect most people will be up this early on a Saturday morning, but maybe if you are up after a long night of partying or you can DVR it, or if you are like me and are slow on the uptake of the future can video tape it.
Anyways, the show is about a French Wiener Dog who's cooking show teaches kids about healthy eating, He's got a little bird assistant sous chef, Sue and a neighbor cat, Dom, who is always trying to sneak his snacks.
The show is super cute and also features the very awesome voices of Rob Paulsen (best known as Yakko & Pinky from Animanics, Raphael from TMNT, the list goes on and on and on) and Mark Hamill (yes, THE Mark Hamill, who is an amazing voice actor).
So find out how to make Ze Tomato Surprise (cause you will be surprised) and check out some of my animation!!!!
Yay!

Cactus Gallery

I have a painting for a Day of the Dead show at the Cactus Gallery in Eagle Rock, CA. The artist reception is on the 25th of October! A couple of my very talented friends have work there as well, Daisy Church, Damon O'Keefe, Kirk Millett and Ashley Fisher! Come and celebrate!

Cactu​s Galle​ry,​ Eagle​ Rock,​ CA
4534 Eagle​ Rock Blvd,​ Eagle​ Rock,​ CA 90041​

Show dates​ :: Octob​er 11 - Novem​ber 6, 2008

Artis​t Recep​tion :: Satur​day,​ Octob​er 25, 2008 :: 7pm-​10pm :: DJ Soul Junki​e

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2008 animation Demo Reel

Crystal Stromer 2008 Demo Reel from Crystal Stromer on Vimeo.

Here's my new and improved 2008 demo reel! Please allow a min to load if its chuggy! Thanks! Enjoy!