~K@uF~

A Third Season of SIDEKICK???

2011-12-13T07:17:00.003-06:00

I don't make this stuff up - I just report it ;)

SIDEKICK 2 - SEASON PREMIER

2011-10-05T07:15:00.000-05:00

DOUBLE the action! DOUBLE the fun!

DOUBLE the ERIC?!?!?

Don't miss the premier of SIDEKICK SEASON 2!!!

Saturday, October 8th at 10:30am on YTV

(set your PVR's yo)

GROJBAND gets a GREENLIGHT...

2011-10-03T09:14:00.002-05:00

TELETOON gave our new show GROJBAND a GREENLIGHT!!!

Following Friday’s news of FremantleMedia Enterprise’s partnership with Animation Collective for new children’s and teen content, the company’s kids and family entertainment division has snapped up the rights to the brand-new Teletoon original production Grojband.

Toronto, Canada-based Fresh TV has received the green light from Teletoon on the animated musical comedy series, which is aimed at kids ages six to 11. The show follows 12-year-old Corey and his three best friends as they struggle to rocket their garage band to international stardom.

FME will serve as the worldwide distributor for television, brand licensing, home entertainment rights and other ancillary rights (excluding Canada) for the series.

Grojband marks FME’s third new series, and its first animated series, in less than two years with Fresh TV.

Cartoon Network Buys SIDEKICK for Latin America...

2011-09-26T15:00:00.000-05:00

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cartoon-network-buys-three-canadian-240128

NEPTOON gets LOOPED with DHX MEDIA...

2011-09-15T07:10:00.004-05:00

NEPTOON STUDIOS is pleased to announce that their new animated series LOOPED has been optioned by DHX MEDIA.

We're very excited to be working with such a strong team!

TDI JEOPARDY SHIRTS ARE HERE!

2011-08-24T20:04:00.000-05:00

Come visit us at FANEXPO 2011 and pick one up!

Sidekick nominated for a Gemini...

2011-08-03T12:12:00.000-05:00

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

Sidekick - Identity Crisis/Fart of Darkness
YTV (Corus)
......Don Breithaupt, Anthony Vanderburgh

Congratulations to Don and Tony!!!

http://kidscreen.com/2011/08/03/and-the-2011-gemini-awards-nominees-are/

Neptoon Strikes a Radical Deal...

2011-07-04T08:03:00.001-05:00

Neptoon Studios is happy to announce that their adult themed animated series KatAtomic and GammaRay has been optioned by Radical Sheep.

We're thrilled to be working with the Radical team!

SIDEKICK on the CARTOON NETWORK website!!!

2011-06-06T19:19:00.006-05:00

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/sidekicks/video/?atclk_gn=link_shw_Sidekicks

btw - now I have two shows up in that CN scroll bar - just sayin'

Sidekick Premieres on CARTOON NETWORK - June 13, 2011

2011-05-31T07:28:00.003-05:00

Well, It's official!

CN Premieres - June 2011 (new series Sidekick - weekdays @ 3:30pm starting 6/13)

Hey everyone outside of Canada!!!

Be sure to catch my NEW series SIDEKICK premiering on CARTOON NETWORK!

**I posted the schedule below so that you don't miss any of the SIDEKICKINGNESS ;)

Mon Jun 13 - 3:30pm - 101 - Maxum Man Mark 2 / To Party Perchance to Party - (series premiere)
Tue Jun 14 - 3:30pm - 102 - Gone Gaga / Like Supervillain, Like Son
Wed Jun 15 - 3:30pm - 103 - A Monster Headache / Days of Golly
Thu Jun 16 - 3:30pm - 104 - No Party Like a Maxum Brain Party / Hello Dolly
Fri Jun 17 - 3:30pm - 105 - Amazing Super Chores / Maxum Mom
Mon Jun 20 - 3:30pm - 106 - Moustachesquatch / Endless Summer
Tue Jun 21 - 3:30pm - 107 - Identity Crisis / Fart of Darkness
Wed Jun 22 - 3:30pm - 108 - The Bogey Man / Crudburger
Thu Jun 23 - 3:30pm - 109 - The Henchman Challenge / Family Fun Day
Fri Jun 24 - 3:30pm - 110 - Slime Spree / The Short List
Mon Jun 27 - 3:30pm - 111 - This Hour Has 22 Million Minutes / Haloweenie
Tue Jun 28 - 3:30pm - 112 - Eric Squared / Sqwuak
Wed Jun 29 - 3:30pm - 113 - Internal Affairs / Virtual Mayhem
Thu Jun 30 - 3:30pm - 114 - The Maxum Switch-eroo / Sleepless in Splittsboro
Fri Jul 1 - 3:30pm - 115 - Everybody is Side-Fu Fighting / Comic Book Zombies

Sid and Marty Krofft's Greatest Saturday Morning Hits (DVD, 2011)

2011-03-06T10:00:00.004-06:00

The Krofft DVD I did the art work for is now available on Ebay

As you can see, they messed with the art a bit - but that's okay... it was a fun project.

TORONTO COMIC CON - UPDATE...

2011-02-21T15:33:00.003-06:00

Here's what our booth looked like this year. Sorry about the trippy compensating pan.

You can also find more pics here - TORONTO COMIC CON PICS

SIDEKICK - SEASON 2 ???

2011-01-13T11:39:00.003-06:00

HELLS YEAH!!!
CONGRATS to the Sidekick team who worked so hard and kicked some major ass on season one!

Development...

2011-01-02T18:58:00.005-06:00

Last year I was lucky enough to be asked to work on one of the biggest brands in the world - BARBIE! Specifically the Barbie Fashionistas. I did a bunch of prelim design stuff and had tons of fun with the development.

The finished product was executed by another team of talented artists and their work is finally online.

BARBIE FASHIONISTAS - WEBISODES

3 PROGRAMS ???...

2010-12-10T08:09:00.002-06:00

It took 3 different programs to make this one image. I drew it in Flash, cleaned it in Illustrator and colored it in Photoshop. I think I'm just dumb and don't know any of these programs well enough to use them to their full potential. I mean..,there's gotta be ONE program that can do it all, right?

To clarify - A program that will allow me to minipulate the proportions of my thumbnail drawings then 'clean' them with a crisp 'vector' line that looks like a kick ass Illustrator brush. Then be able to color it as if it were watercolor with drybrushed highlights, alpha shadow layers and stampable custom t-shirt designs and, AND the ability to zoom in infinately witout pixelation and then break it all down in that 'same' program for it to be aminated. That's all.

Someone please enlighten me.

(and just sos ya know...I called myself dumb so that you wouldn't)

It Just Got Real...

2010-08-31T14:25:00.000-05:00

TOTAL DRAMA ACTION just got nominated for a Gemini. In the Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series category!!!

SIDEKICK WEB PAGE...

2010-08-30T11:03:00.001-05:00

CHECK IT - My NEW show SIDEKICK has its own page on the YTV site. See it this FRIDAY, SEPT 3rd at 4:20 on YTV!!!!

Canadian Animation Resources Interview...

2010-08-26T13:57:00.001-05:00

Sir Warren B Leonhardt interviews me, Fresh K Dotty Kauf and M.C Thorny McMarkinstein as we all bust up da joint and get our pre Fan Expo chatter on.

http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/?p=2772

(it's a POD-CAST yo)

VISIT OUR BOOTH...

2010-08-16T13:50:00.000-05:00

Come visit me, Mark Thornton and Christian Potenza at this years FAN EXPO in Toronto AUGUST 27, 28, 29.

BOOTH - P105

Temporary Coolness...

2010-08-12T06:50:00.000-05:00

We had these temp tats made up for the Fan Expo - visit our booth and grab a couple (minus the arm hair) for your kiddies and anyone else who needs some coolin' up.

Deck My Hall...

2010-08-10T17:49:00.000-05:00

YIPPY - my Krofft skate decks are in!!! They look awesome if I do say so myself - and they're hand signed by Sid and Marty! What more could you ask for?

SIDEKICK - SNEAK PEEK!!!

2010-08-07T15:48:00.003-05:00

SNEAK PEEK WEEK ON YTV

Viewers won’t want to miss sneak peeks of upcoming fall shows when YTV presents its annual Sneak Peek Week beginning on Tuesday, August 31 at 6:30 p.m. with the one-hour pilot episode of Big Time Rush. Highlights include the new live-action Nickelodeon series Victorious, starring Victoria Justice, Fanboy & Chum Chum as well as Nelvana-produced series Sidekick.

Friday, September 3 at 4:30 p.m.

HEADSHOT POSTER...UPDATE!

2010-07-26T09:19:00.002-05:00

I'm hoping to have these printed in time for the Fan Expo in August.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand - it's a poster.

THANK YOU!!!

2010-06-30T07:54:00.000-05:00

A big thanks to everyone who helped us reach and surpass our goal on INDIEGOGO. Your donation are much appreciated and will help us to put together our pilot 'animatic'!

The MonstroCity High blog is now public - so come on by and visit! See all the MCH development since it's inception in 2005 - from the making of the vinyl figures to concept art to test animation, interviews and sad attempts at me trying to write the theme song.

Although we DID reach our funding goal it is still at an early stage and we will hopefully have a NEW revised page at INDIEGOGO with a NEW goal and a load of NEW vip perks and opportunities for fans to get involved. So stay tuned and once again...

THANK YOU!

*btw - you can still help fund the show and receive VIP perks by visiting the Indiegogo link above.

All Things Fresh...

2010-06-21T12:34:00.001-05:00

Looks like the studio that brought you 6teen, TDI and Stoked have finally put together their very own blog with frequent posts about new productions and secret info on old favorites ~ cool.

Krofft Poster...

2010-06-17T06:51:00.000-05:00

Here's a poster I did for the Krofft's. I believe it'll be a give away at the San Diego Comic Con this year and a possible dvd cover for an upcoming release???

ALSO - looks like there's a good chance you'll be able to pick this stuff up at my booth at the Toronto Fan Expo at the end of August.

Krofft Skatedecks...

2010-05-28T08:26:00.000-05:00

Here's a few skatedecks I was commissioned to do for the upcoming 2010 San Diego Comic Con.

I think they're limited prints of 50 or so per deck - so if you're a Krofft fan I'd get there early.

Q & A with T & M...

2010-05-14T06:50:00.000-05:00

Our good friend Christian Potenza stopped by the other day and was kind enough to shoot this little vid inside our office.

MEET AND GREET...

2010-04-26T13:41:00.002-05:00

Hey Kids!

It's just been confirmed that THORNY and I will be at FAN EXPO CANADA this summer.

Check out the site and see what other extremely cool stuff is happening by clicking here.

I'll be doing some drawings of characters old and new while THORNY fetches me coffee and sells swag. The expo is Aug 27th to 29th in downtown Toronto. Start saving yer pennies and come visit us! We'll share more details as we get 'em.

Nate Urman...

2010-04-08T12:25:00.000-05:00

This is a drawing done by Brad Combs for my show Sidekick - to air this fall on YTV.

LOVE this drawnig!

The Commercial Show

2010-04-07T10:30:00.001-05:00

WARNING - Adult Content!

Check out some 'press' about our new show at...

COLD HARD FLASH

A Day In The Life...of SIDEKICK

2010-04-07T09:27:00.002-05:00

Here's a clip of my good friend Christian Potenza as he goes to a record for my new show "SIDEKICK".

Check it out and be sure to subscribe to his NEW youtube channel and get the inside scoop of "A Day In The Life"!

TV SHOWS FOR SALE!!!

2010-03-26T09:18:00.000-05:00

Hey producers, networks, angel investors! Neptoon has a private 'client blog' where you can view ALL the pitch material for our various animated series in development.

Email me for your very own private invitation.

neptoonstudios@gmail.com

ZOMBIE SHOW! CALLED IT!

2010-03-25T12:16:00.001-05:00

Here's the 'test' front image of the 'one sheet' for my animated zomcom pitch!

HEAD SHOT

Test

2010-03-04T13:57:00.003-06:00

The Everything To Do With Fred Show

2010-03-04T07:05:00.004-06:00

Neptoon Studios will be doing a signing of Everything To Do With MonstroCity High at the sound Academy in Toronto, March 5th from 7:00 to 3:00am.

The Everything To Do With Fred Show

Love to see you there!!!!

Skeleton Dude...

2010-02-20T14:57:00.000-06:00

HELP!!!

2010-02-15T09:24:00.003-06:00

We need your help to get MonstroCity High into production.

SERIOUSLY, we can't do this without you! Believe me, we tried. It's not that we didn't want to come to you first, it's just, umm....well, this is awkward.

Maybe you should visit our project at IndieGoGo.

For Those Interested...

2010-01-19T08:31:00.002-06:00

I've started posting on my H.R. Pufnstuf blog again. It's been almost 2 years - Yikes!

Please visit to see a rough leica of the opening seq. ~ http://hrpufnstuf.blogspot.com/

I hope to keep the posts regular until the project is finished.

Start to Finish...

2010-01-07T09:32:00.007-06:00

Quick Doodles...

2009-12-13T15:05:00.001-06:00

Peek...

2009-12-11T12:39:00.002-06:00

A small peek at my newest pitch.

Sweat Hogs...

2009-12-10T11:16:00.000-06:00

New Ink...

2009-12-10T07:58:00.002-06:00

My Brianne Drouhard crow has finally healed.

Tell all your friends.

GOFERS gets a green light...

2009-12-08T08:07:00.004-06:00

- hmmm...i need a better spray paint font.

So, normally I come up with a concept and then go straight into drawing a bunch of characters for the series. THIS TIME i skipped the designs and went straight to writing the bible. What you see above is the only visual to date.

We start development in Jan 2010 but I'll probably start writing over the holidays.

Freelance Stuffs...

2009-11-12T14:25:00.003-06:00

OLD JUNK...

2009-11-05T09:58:00.003-06:00

KAT ATOMIC

2009-05-07T16:05:00.003-05:00

Kat Atomic run cycle.

My Chemical Romance...

2009-05-06T15:21:00.002-05:00

3 Pigs, and a chicken...

2009-05-03T15:18:00.007-05:00

I'd love to show you the anim for this...but I don't think I'm allowed :(

Also, wanted to say thx for the bg inspiration. (you know who you are)

Cower...

2009-04-20T07:55:00.001-05:00

Hmmm...

2009-04-17T13:06:00.000-05:00

I fell out of bed last night - THAT'S CRAZY!

Poses...

2009-04-17T08:39:00.002-05:00

BAT BOYS...

2009-04-12T14:22:00.002-05:00

BIG FOOT...

2009-04-11T10:06:00.000-05:00

Turns out his feet aren't so BIG after all.

It Begins...

2009-04-06T06:58:00.002-05:00

VERY WICKED!

We start casting for SIDEKICK today!!!

Above is the trailer we made for MIP - all profesh and junk.

A BIG THX...

2009-04-05T11:56:00.002-05:00

I wanted to give a huge shout out to Lisa Jones, Curtis Lelash and Khaki Jones over at Cartoon Network. These are the 3 amazing exects who were championing our show for the past 6 months.

Mark and I just wanted to make sure you knew how much we appreciated the (very) short time we worked together while developing Monstrocity High. The supportive collaboration we got from the team at Cartoon Network is something we don't experience too often.

It was very refreshing to have discussions with people who "get it", and who choose to encourage and support creators rather than micro-manage them and force ideas of what their show "should be".

Thank you for believing in our show and us as creators with a unique vision.

6 Years Later...

2009-04-05T11:34:00.002-05:00

...and my little sidekick show is finally going to series. Here's Trevor, Eric, Vana and Kitty revamped and ready for turn arounds.

High School Cartoonical...

2009-02-20T08:21:00.002-06:00

Sloth...

2009-02-18T11:18:00.001-06:00

MR. LANTZ...

2009-02-13T08:44:00.001-06:00

Cereal Monsters...

2009-02-11T07:30:00.002-06:00

GWEN Bus Shelter...

2008-08-25T21:15:00.001-05:00

OLD BUGGERS...

2008-08-06T12:21:00.002-05:00

My First Elliott Job...

2008-07-27T14:48:00.003-05:00

This was the very first job I did for Elliott's - about 10 yrs ago. I think it was for some video game promo. George didn't like it very much from what I remember.

MR. TEAM CANDIDS...

2008-07-23T08:14:00.008-05:00

When will this end

Easy on the speed balls buddy

Super sweat glands

Hmm

What an f-upped show

MORE OLD JUNK...

2008-07-20T21:04:00.003-05:00

Development for something... from what I remember it was a "super girl scout" show. I guess kinda like "The Mighty B" sorta thing. The idea never went anywhere as far as I know.

WTF-arkle...

2008-07-12T20:39:00.002-05:00

Digging through my old junk again. Found these super old development designs I did for a John Lithgow book called "The Remarkable Farkle McBribe".

Can't remember what I was referencing at the time. Kinda looks like Rug Rats and Strawberry Shortcake meet the Bobble Heads...hmmmm, weird.

ANOTHER ALMOST...

2008-06-06T12:35:00.002-05:00

We had been contacted awhile back by Warner Bros. - they had come across our vinyl toy "Crush" and wanted to use it as set dressing in a new pilot they were doing called "Spaced". turns out the pilot was pitched to Fox and they turned it down, which is too bad, cuz it looked pretty funny.

Shit! I hope they don't blame us.

Primetime Pilot Panic: Fox Nixes 'Spaced'
UPDATE: Despite all the buzz, and exec producer McG, and a "phenomenal cast", Spaced is a no-go, I'm told. FBC just turned thumbs down on the WBTV/Wonderland pilot, which was adapted from the successful British TV series.

Howdy Neighbour! ... (or is it neighbor?)

2008-06-04T11:02:00.004-05:00

Those of you in the good ol' U.S. of A. will now be able to watch season one of
Total Drama Island.

It starts this Thursday night at 9:00 pm on CARTOON NETWORK.

Tell your friends!

What?

2008-05-28T15:09:00.004-05:00

So I haven't blogged in awhile, so what....ya wanna fight about it.

I've been busy getting second season Total Drama Island up and running and will start posting new images on the TDI blog soon. We've pulled down all the old stuff because of an international sale - they don't want any spoilers.

I've also been meeting with Corus Ent recently to nail down a script editor for Sidekicks. We got alot of super funny scripts in and I just want to thank everyone for their hard work. Hopefully we can start production in the new year.

And 3 - Mark and I are working on a development project for Elliott's that we can't show any work for, so....as far as new artwork goes - nada.

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS...

2008-03-04T06:55:00.004-06:00

The bad news, I didn't win an Oscar again this year.

The good news, YOU COULD!

Crush DIY vinyls are now available! See the Buy Me link in the right hand column to get your very own...and show us what you've got - creatively;)

Send pictures of your original painted version of CRUSH to neptoonstudios@gmail.com

The artist with the most creative and best executed CRUSH will be the WINNER of this one of a kind, signed CRUSH OSCAR!!! And will be featured on the Neptoon's blog for all to enjoy.

The winner will be announced - May 1st 2008 ~ Good luck!

NEW SIDEKICK TRAILER...

2008-02-15T12:45:00.003-06:00

Playing around with some cool software called "VEGAS".

SOLD :)

PRICE CORRECTION...

2008-01-22T13:50:00.001-06:00

We've received our final numbers from our project manager and distributor, and it appears our earlier price was incorrect.

The good news is - the price for our CRUSH vinyl is actually $29.99 and not $74.99 as earlier advertised.

$29.99 !!!

MERRY X-MAS TO ME...

2007-12-24T18:21:00.000-06:00

Our portion of the vinyl shipment finally arrives on Christmas Eve Day.

MERRY "CRUSH"MAS...

2007-12-20T14:09:00.000-06:00

Well our Vinyl Toy site is finally up - Check it out!!!

~CLICK~

PRESS RELEASE...

2007-12-11T15:00:00.001-06:00

Stage 7...

2007-12-02T09:33:00.001-06:00

WHERE FOR ART THOU...

2007-12-02T08:47:00.000-06:00

We had TONS of problems with the colors on our last vinyl. not only did we have a record breaking number of spraypads but we found out much too late that the figure should've been broken down into 7 seperate sections as opposed to our original 3.

PMS#'s are a tricky thing to calculate when your working on a monitor. the variation from our actual pantone color guide to the monitor to the photoshop eyedropper are staggering to say the least. there is no way that i know how to get the colors perfect and in the end you just have to go with your gut and hope the thing comes back from china looking half decent - and without lead - HA.

Harratio Weinerski aka Harry is the next vinyl in Neptoon's Monstrocity High collection.

MOVILLE MYSTERIES...

2007-11-17T09:24:00.001-06:00

THE REJECTS...

2007-11-15T13:07:00.000-06:00

PLAYIN' WITH COLOR FILTERS...

2007-11-15T06:46:00.000-06:00

NEW TOYS...

2007-10-30T12:06:00.000-05:00

A BIG thanks to VINYL ABUSE for the plug on our NEW Monstrocity High vinyl.

BUS SHELTER...

2007-10-29T11:33:00.000-05:00

You know you've made it BIG when...

(if you look real close you can see my characters in the upper right hand corner)

UMMMM, WOW...

2007-10-10T09:15:00.000-05:00

Check this out - my drawings burping at everyone as they walk into the 07 MIPCOM in Cannes, France.

OIAF07 - Best Year Yet...

2007-09-30T17:08:00.000-05:00

Met some new friends.

B - Me, Mark Thornton

F - Brooke Keesling, Lisa Jones.

...hung out with some old friends.

L-R, Nick Cross, Hobo Divine, Lisa Jones, Me.

I got some new ink done...

...and so did Thorny.

Warren Leonheart (right) at the CN party.

and we actually stayed for the awards this year.

B - Mark Thornton , Kris Boban

F - Brooke Keesling, Me

QUICK AND DIRTY...

2007-09-12T07:38:00.000-05:00

I find a good exercise to do is a quick and dirty facial expression chart of characters I'm developing - you'll learn really fast what the limitations are and you can adjust your design to be more friendly in production. Your animation team will thank you for it - I promise.

Ottawa International Animation Festival 2007...

2007-09-11T06:54:00.000-05:00

Join us for a beer at the OIAF 07 Sept 19-24

This year look for us as

"Lucky Cherry Inc." our NEW studio with super talents Mark Ackland and Riccardo Durante.

We're gunna tare it open yo.

KATATOMIC MODEL SHEET...

2007-09-06T16:09:00.000-05:00

DEVELOPMENT SHHHHH...

2007-09-04T15:23:00.000-05:00

One of the reasons I haven't posted in awhile is because most of my recent work I'm not allowed to post. These are some reject designs - so I guess it's okay to put them up.

MY MOO CARDS ARE HERE!!!

2007-08-30T15:43:00.001-05:00

I know....so what, right. Chris Battle had a bunch he was handing out when we were down in LA. I just think they're cool and so should you.

DANI...

2007-08-28T12:21:00.001-05:00

NEW CRUSH COLOR...

2007-07-23T06:17:00.000-05:00

Here are the new CRUSH colors from our factory in China - this time they nailed it ;)

"CRUSH"ED TO PIECES...

2007-07-20T13:38:00.000-05:00

Separation pics of the "NEW" new Crush vinyl - color to come soon. I know, long time coming...but it'll be worth it I promise. ;)

MY INTERVIEW with MTV e2...

2007-07-10T08:14:00.000-05:00

Watch MTV e2 Tuesday July 10th at 7:30pm ET only on MTV.

Nevermind - here it is ~CLICK~

NEW INK...

2007-07-10T07:33:00.001-05:00

Finally finished the design for the rest of my wrap-around wrist tattoo.

Ganesh, Kali and Hanuman - all Hindu Gods of strength.

A SHOUT OUT...

2007-06-29T08:55:00.000-05:00

A little tip-o-the hat to our friends over at CARNIVAL CARTOONS. They got their vinyl on the show MIAMI INK.

Happy Anniversary Pauly

2007-06-29T06:54:00.001-05:00

A year ago today we shared a pint on a patio with some new guy.

The story goes that he packed up his gear, his loving girlfriend, and came back to the big smoke to help a couple of shmos try to make some cool cartoons.

Sure glad he did.

Cheers.

TELETOON'S TDI PROMO...

2007-06-29T06:27:00.000-05:00

For those of you not lucky enough to be living in Canada - here's a promo ad running on TELETOON promoting our new show TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND.

TDI TITLE SEQ...

2007-06-28T22:05:00.001-05:00

Watch the title seq. from our new show!