What's New Pussycat?

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted and I've been busy. Since school has ended, I've done a bunch of fun things!

1) I got a grant through FIGMENT to build a mini golf hole on Governor's Island with the help of Michael Oshins,

where it will be up and FREE to play all summer long. We were vastly underprepared for what we were

getting ourselves into, but it was a great

learning experience. Here's some pictures of the finished hole. The theme was Bugs and Features this year, and Mike and I decided to make our hole a "feature". It's titled, The Golf Channel. (In real-life 3D!)

2) I acted in a feature film called The Adventures of Paul and Marian, as Teen Girl 1, alongside my good friend and roommate Minoo Allen (teen girl 2). The Adventures of Paul and Marian is a comedic independent musical directed by Jay Stern. To read more about it, you can go to

www.adventuresofpaulandmarian.com . The cast and crew were great and the whole thing was anawesome experience. When I wasn't acting, I was helping production designer Sarah Edkins set dress and build. The entire shoot was done on a green screen, so every foreground piece and prop had to be constructed and assembled each day. It was a lot of work , but it was so much fun!

3) Currently, I'm home in Buffalo, NY gearing up for a month long summer program in Purchase, NY that I will be helping to teach alongside comic book extraordinaire Carl Potts.

4) And on top of all that, I've been using the website sendoutcards.com to make customized cards for people. (thanks to Deena Newell who introduced me to the site!) Then I started thinking, hey, I could make cards for people! I mean, I am an amazing artist and love to draw (wink wink)!

Here are two examples of cards I have made. I'd love to hear feedback on this new idea of starting a little business out of making custom cards. And if anyone is interested- shoot me an email! etproductions.film@gmail.com

Shark Biting: Bigger and Better

So I took into account all your comments and substituted the blue screen for that graphic I was talking about (thanks to Michael Oshins http://www.michael-oshins.blogspot.com/). So here's what I got for the final clip, I think it's kind of fun:

Time- Eating Shark

I haven't been posting for a little while now because as the end of my school year approaches, the work load (and stress level) increases. One of the last experiments I did was a test in live action stop motion. This is a clip from one of the tests, a static "chase scene" was the idea. I'm hoping to put a cartoony illustrator graphic of a wiggling ocean in the background, but haven't tried it out yet. Let me know what you think!

Beginning of Pizza!

 I built the set completely out of scrap wood, and the couch is upholstered with a sock. It's pretty cool what a band saw, paint, and hot glue can do.

I've been doing a few things with claymation recently. I'm in the process of making a short with the tentative title, Pizza!, and I began shooting yesterday. After a full day of animating, my little clay figures were becoming disfigured and mushy, so I thought I'd take a few pictures while they're still in their prime.