You're So Square Baby.....

Here's a piece I animated for the February 11 Second Club competition. Its traditionally animated in Flash. Oh, and yay! I placed 4th in the competition! Hope you enjoy!

Cactus Gallery Tiny Treasures Show

I have some mini paintings for sale at the Cactus Gallery's Tiny Treasures Show.
They are mini 2x2 canvas's made with scratchboard, gouache, acrylic and thread for $25 a piece. Stop by the gallery and check them out or contact Sandra for details! email: semastroianni70@yahoo.com

2010 Flash Animation Demo Reel

Crystal Stromer 2010 Demo Reel from Crystal Stromer on Vimeo.

I heart cartoons!

MAD Magazine Cartoon

Currently working on the MAD Magazine cartoon for Cartoon Network. It airs Monday's at 8:30. Check it out!

Milky Way and The Galaxy Girls!

I was really excited when Chris Hamilton at Oddbot Animation told me we were getting to work on a project for the very talented Lauren Faust. Not only did she animate on one of my very favorite movies, Cats Don't Dance, but she is a seriously talented designer as well. It was not only fun to work on a project with super cute designs but it was also great to work on something super girly! The designs are by Lauren, I animated the girls, and the talented boys of Oddbot did the rest! Yay! Hope you like it!
And personally, Jupiter is my favorite girl.....

Check out Lauren's website - http://milkywayandthegalaxygirls.com

Oddbot "Bot" Animation

I recently got to animate the 'bot for Oddbot Animation Studios. Its being used right now for the end of their animation reel.
To check it out go to www.Oddbot.net!
I'm really happy with the way it came out. I even got to try my hand at some smoke effects, which took forever to do but I'm really happy with the end result. Hope you like it!!

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!