A Very Merry Christmas

My Christmas card for my cartoon " Crackerland" with coloring by Celeste Cronrath

Merry FXmas

Volume 2 of Elemental Magic from Joesph Gilland a perfect Christmas gift for myself! :)

RIP Dorse Lanpher

Such sad news to hear of the passing of one my favorite artist Dorse Lanpher. A master EFX animator with Don Bluth & Disney, I can't express such happiness, that I got a chance to spend some time with him a month ago at the CTN in Los Angeles. An amazing man of such talent, I'm glad I got to meet him & let him know how much his art has inspired me. Thank you, Dorse ..... For lifetime of inspiration!

Dorse in 1975 working on the ' The Rescuers"

....meeting dorse at CTN November, 2011 in Burbank, CA

Sketch he made for me in my Sketchbook

Dorse's bio . A great book on an artist journey.

Masterpiece of EFX animation ... title sequence for "The Secret of NIMH"

EFX marks the Spot!

My new web site/portfolio to Showcase my 2d effects animation!




http://www.lescarpenter.com/

Disneyland /California Trip 2011

Ended the Disneyland visit with one of Celeste's favorite attractions.

Celeste & Mr. Toads wild ride

On the balcony of Club 33 high above New Orleans square

View from above of door to Club 33

Themed more like a hunting trophy room

The other dining room

 Club 33 fancy cookies

A room with a view of New Orleans Square

Dining room

Our table off to left by the window to the balcony

The Hallway down to our dining room

One at a time up the elevator.

Or the elevator

Take the Stairway to Club 33

Lunch at the exclusive Club 33

Pirate band serenading the tourist in New Orleans Square

"Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" was first attraction we visited.

Up close with one of my favorite Disney artists DDG's Alex Maher original painting.

The Original painting by Alex Maher on Display at Disneyland

The castle never fails to amaze me how small it is!

Celeste first trip to "The Happiest Place on Earth"

Main street USA 

Walt's original Playground.

Straight to Disneyland we went!

California  Pop Culture right outside LAX

Celeste arrived about 2 hours after I landed!

Festival of the Masters Part Deux

Another awesome opportunity to be part of the Disney Interactive booth this year at the "Festival of the Masters" drawing characters from the new "Disney Universe" game.

Some Photos of a great weekend.

Celeste Cronrath, Me & Jason Zucker

Heather Worley

Jason Zucker & Me

Celeste Cronrath

Genie of the Orange Special Edition

5th Anniversary of my student commercial project for my UCF class. Edited down to make it shorter like a true commercial, but also added Credits.

Cow On The Roof Productions

A production company i have started with my friend Lavalle Lee McGuirk with the hope to create original animated films. "Cow on the Roof" name comes from an inside joke i had been pulling on friends over the years. Along Bumby Ave. in Orlando, Florida is a TG Lee milk factory, where a cow sits high on the roof. Driving past i would shout and exclaim in awe & amazement there's a "Cow on the roof" ...... It never gets old :) my good friend Celeste Cronrath lend her creative talents to creating our logo, in the vain of the dawn of animation style.

My original sketch below