New animation for Wild Bill's Soda
I recently conceived, wrote, and animated this 1:20 promo video for Wild Bill’s Soda. This was a blast to make! You can check it out on the top of their homepage: wildbillssoda.com
Team Spaceman collaborates on permanent exhibit at Houston Museum of Natural Science
Team Spaceman worked with Brandon Ray and his Paper Brain studio for a fun and educational animated music video about energy conservation. The animation will now be shown daily in the Energy Explorations Theater in Weiss Energy Hall, a permanent exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Here's a blurb from the museum's website:
In addition to our collaboration, Paper Brain created a suite of fantastic animations that are also part of the new exhibit.
This is one of the coolest and rewarding projects we've worked on, and we hope the kids (and adults) love it!
Seasons 1 and 2 of Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street currently streaming on Amazon Prime
Whether you're a kid or grown-up kid, we invite you to binge on Season 1 and 2 of this great Amazon Original Series, about three friends navigating adolescence on Normal Street, a "seemingly ordinary suburb with hints of something magical just below the surface." The show won the 2016 WGA award for Best Children's Script, after securing four of the five nominations in the category. It was also nominated in 2016 for Best Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs by the DGA, and won the 2016 Humanitas Prize.
Team Spaceman was proud to work on this one-of-a-kind show, creating ten animated shorts for the series. Check out a trailer for season 2 below. (Animation by Paper Brain and Team Spaceman can be seen in the trailer.)
Team Spaceman at 2016 Tongies Awards
Photos courtesy of Tongal
Tons of fun at the 2016 Tongies, where Team Spaceman was nominated in the "Best Animation" category for our 90 second crayon-style animated short, "Blaze and Crayon Adventure," promoting the Nick Jr. series Blaze and the Monster Machines. The animation received the top award last summer in Tongal's Blaze project, sponsored by Nickelodeon.
A hearty congratulations to Sam Lawlace, who won the Best Animation category this year with his excellent LEGO stop-motion. We're big fans of Sam's work. Also want to give special shout-outs to Irvin Anderson for his well-deserved "Ideator of the Year" award, and Julie Lee for her induction into Tongal's Hall of Fame. We got to sit next to Irvin and Julia this year, and they're Tongal's definitive power couple!
This was the third annual Tongies, and Team Spaceman has had the great privilege of attending all three years. It's been great getting to meet all the talented creators in the Tongal community.
You can see our nominated animation below.