Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &commercial animation &Illustration 01 May 2012 07:26 am
Kimmelman Studio Gags
- Bill Peckmann sent the following drawings, and I’ll leave them to him to explain them:
- In the 1980′s, studio gags were a great way to chase away the daily dose of blues from working on a few of the more tedious TV spots that we did. Nobody had a better time of this, than assistant animator Mike Baez and myself at KCMP Studios. Not quite sure why I saved mine but I did and here they are. The gags of course have a “you had to be there” or an “in” feeling to them, so I’ll drop in a few captions to help.
1“The magic of animation even works when you’re shticking around.” .
2“Congratulations on a commercial well done!” .
3“Mike Baez was always one of the best… ” .
4” …and the fastest… ” .
5” …and went through 2 boxes of Blackwings in a day!” .
6“Adv. clients always loved to add feature film effects to their commercials.” .
7“M&M’s with one of their first shots at shading.” .
8“Doing accurate cast shadows always meant twice the amount of work!” .
9“Always there to help out in a pinch… ” .
10” …and then some.” .
11“What was a studio if it didn’t have a cookie jar on the receptionist’s desk.” .
12“Or a candy jar on the front desk.” .
13“Eating, one of any studios beloved pastime, especially the
annual Christmas party at our favorite Mexican restaurant.” .
14“Who didn’t look forward to the client dropping off their
food product when we were working on their commercial.” .
15“Those clients dropped off a lot of product, and when they did… ” .
16” …we definitely had to look into a diet plan!” .
17“Lunch hour reading.” .
18“20 years before ‘Cars’” .
19“Reflections.” .
20“Those halcyon years at K.C.M.P. Studios, you don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” .
21“All work and no play . . . ” .
22“The day after watching your favorite TV series.” .
23“With apologies to Arnold S. and Danny D . .” .
24“Dreams of a back up, second career.” .
25“To the one and only Mike Baez who made working fun!” ______________________
Indiegogo
LAYOUT FROM SC. B45
Drawing by Tissa David
And now the promotion. The POE Project is up and running at INDIEGOGO, where there is a new page seeking contributions (however small) in support of a feature animated film I’m seeking to produce. The film has seen preproduction grow and the film start to blossom under the many thumbs of those who’ve worked on it. The script, the preparatory drawings, the storyboards and animatics (video story reels) and the great early voice over recordings all show us how promising a film this will be. We’re seeking some money to finalize a couple of minutes of the film to show investors what we’d like to see with the finished film.
Please visit our Indiegogo site.
on 01 May 2012 at 8:00 am 1.Stephen Macquignon said …
LOL! love the gags
on 01 May 2012 at 8:05 am 2.Mark Mayerson said …
I worked with Mike Baez at Zander’s. He was a very talented guy.
on 01 May 2012 at 5:43 pm 3.Joakim Gunnarsson said …
Nice ones!
on 02 May 2012 at 9:47 am 4.Doug said …
The look of these very much reminds me of Isao Takahata’s My Neighbors the Yamadas.