Here’s a quick study I did on the Principles of Animation, as illustrated in “The Illusion of Life” by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson.Two of the nine fathers of animation at Disney.

I created this Snowball Fight game a very long time ago. Probably around ’99.  But it’s a good example of what just a little code and some animation can do.  I appear in the game as well so go ahead and nail me if you want.

Here’s a desktop widget that will allow you to throw tomatoes at any web site you think sucks. Still need to build in code so you can’t throw any at my sites. 🙂 At any rate, download it here, or even download the code that created it. Enjoy!

I created this trivia game to educate and motivate Best Buy reps to more actively sell cable services at their respective stores. It actually was created to play full screen at tradeshow pods. I think it turned out pretty well and since it was built using XML it was easy to update. Plus I had great print creative to work from. Check it out!

I created this desktop widget to show what some Flash animation, ActionScript and MDM Zinc can do for your desktop. Unzip the file and run the exe to see the Happy Fun Ball appear on your screen. (I promise it’s not spyware.) Then grab and throw at your leisure! Here is the source file for creating this project. I’ve commented all the code so it’s easy to understand, but if you have any questions then […]

I really only had a small part in developing this online, fully customizable recipe book. I worked on the animation portion.  In short, go to bacardiflavors.com, create your own recipe book and then have it printed and mailed to yourself or a friend within weeks.  How cool is that!  Or view it online.  Here’s my version.  Check it out.

I’m particularly proud of this project due to the heavy ActionScript I had to do.  Basically it’s an interactive map of key areas in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. All the locations are dynamically being pulled in and displayed based on their latitude/longitude. Also, it was tricky moving the small inset map based on the large map, regardless of how far you’ve zoomed in.  It was tough. Come to think of it, this project was a pain […]

I created this trivia game to educate and motivate Best Buy reps to more actively sell cable services at their respective stores. It actually was created to play full screen at tradeshow pods. I think it turned out pretty well and since it was built using XML it was easy to update. Plus I had great print creative to work from. Check it out!

Here’s a list of my favorite short animations on the Internet, collected over the years. Great if you have time to kill: Animator vs. Animation by Alan Becker Laid Off: A Day in the Life by Odd Todd Napster Bad! by Bob Cesca Prowlies at the River by Adam Phillips This Land by Gregg & Evan Spiridellis Homestar Runner by Mike and Matt Chapman

Recently presented at an Adobe eSeminar called What’s New in CS3 Web Premium. It’s now available onDemand here.  In short, watch it and learn: Photoshop CS3 Extended – the in’s and out’s Fireworks CS3 – The resurgence of this optimization and “prototyping” tool Dreamweaver CS3 – Error checking and cut/paste from Photoshop! Flash CS3 – video, graphics, error checking, copy/paste animations.  Sweet stuff! So much info your head might explode!