Spring and Summer have been very busy but I'm enjoying every minute of it. I'm currently a Lead Animator for Clambake Animation, on an upcoming Adult Swim show entitled Tight Bros. This July, I wrapped up production on Sesame English, a multimedia English language learning program for Sesame Workshop. This fall, I'm looking forward to the launch of BIOL-O-GEE RAP, a series of educational music videos on science, with which I have been working as Post Production Editor and Deisgner. Besides taking advantage of some free time to fully enjoy my summmer, I plan to launch another web site by summer's end.

The long winter's finally coming to an end. After an incredibly snowy January here in New York City, the weather's picked up substantially and you can smell the Spring in the air. This year finds me continuing my work with Davy Levy Animation for Sesame Workshop on their Sesame English production. I've got an exciting new web design for a new client under way, and I continue my work with BIOL-O-GEE RAP as a Post-Production Editor on their forthcoming launch. New for 2011, I've redesigned my character animation reel and my commercial advertising reel. I hope you enjoy viewing them!

Online Ad for The Singing CPA

Just in time for tax season, I designed this web ad for Steven Zelin, AKA The Singing CPA. It can be seen on Brooklyn Based. Steven is an awesome certified public accountant and I highly recommend him. He works with a lot of artists, creatives, and small businesses. You can reach him through his website: http://thesingingcpa.com/.

Happy New Year and all my best to you and yours in 2011! 2010 was a real blast! I had such an awesome time working with such clients as Blue Man Group and David Levy Animation for Sesame Workshop, as well as many cool web design clients such as Dave Palmer and Darcy Vorhees of Flaming Medusa Studios. I'm looking forward to 2011 and the fun animation and design work it will entail. If you have an animation or web design project you need help with, please don't hesitate to give me a call! I'm happy to help! Here's a roundup of my fall projects. I hope you enjoy!

Launch of Linda Kahn Media!

Linda Kahn Media is a global consulting firm specializing in children's media production, finance, and distribution. This website was a co-production with Shelly Delice, of Shelly Adventures, Inc., and uses Wordpress as a Content Management System (CMS). Visit Linda Kahn Media.

SRS 2010 Holiday Card

Every year, Shareholder Representative Services in San Francisco, CA puts out an end of the year holiday card animation. Here is this year's holiday card. Special thanks goes to John Schnall of Quality Schnallity Inc., who referred me for this year's card. The design, animation, and editing were done by my studio, with additional character design by John Schnall. Big props to Steve Carafello of Green Iguana Productions who did all the awesome sound design.

BIOL-O-GEE RAP

I designed and animated a really fun rap music video for the BIOL-O-GEE RAP website. The website launch is forthcoming. BIOL-O-GEE RAP is a series of educational music videos geared towards high school biology students. The program was created by Clinical Nutritionist and Educator Janet L. Mc Donald, M.S.,R.D., of Boon Tunes LLC. Stay tuned - I'll post the video as soon as the site launches!

This summer has been a flurry of activity! Not only were three websites launched, but I also spent time animating for Sesame Street English, a multimedia English-language learning series, as well as for a few commercial projects. One of the most exciting projects found me as a Conceptual Artist on Blue Man Group!

Launch of bydavepalmer.com!

Dave Palmer is an Emmy-nominated Director, Writer, and Animator who worked on such memorable series as The Backyardigans and Blue's Clues. His site was custom designed using Wordpress as a content management system and features a client login section, blog, and slideshow. Dave's portrait changes upon each refresh. His site was a real joy to put together due to its uniqueness. He's also just a swell guy! Visit bydavepalmer.com.

Launch of the Newly Updated ChristinaGhiloni.com!

Christina Ghiloni designs customized greeting cards and stationary for that most special occasion. ChristinaGhiloni.com was relaunched this summer with a fresh batch of updates featuring new products. Contact Christina to give your next event a personal touch. Visit ChristinaGhiloni.com.

Launch of EmagenDental.com!

Emagen Dental is a a boutique, full service dental practice in New York City. Dr. Emily Ro needed an html version of her flash website, and I was happy to help! Contact Emagen Dental for all your dental needs today. Visit EmagenDental.com.

Flaming Medusa Studios Launches!!

I am very excited to announce the design and launch of Flaming Medusa Studios online! Flaming Medusa Studios, an animation studio in Ohio headed by Darcy Vorhees, specializes in animation, storyboards, illustration, concept art, character design, and branding for a large number of clients. The website features a comprehensive look at the studio's portfolio of work, from video animation reels to slideshow presentations of their artwork. The site also features microsites Tess and Tedman, an animated online series, and Derby - Rama, an e-commerce site providing marketing materials to roller-derby teams nationwide. Visit Flaming Medusa Studios. I really enjoyed the challenge of designing this site and Darcy was one of the most awesome clients around!

Batman Brawl! Is Picked Up For Distribution!

Batman Brawl! is now being distributed and available for brawling all over the world, including right here! The flash game features popular characters from Warner Brothers Animation's hit series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Batman and Green Arrow face off against villains such as Clock King and Gentleman Ghost. The game even travels underwater in a serious Black Manta battle! Enjoy the brawling!!

Batman Brawl!
Uppercut Animation
Animation Director: Dayna Gonzalez
Writer / Art Director: Michael Lapinski
AS3 Programmer: H. Stephen Mead

Launch of Uppercut Animation Team Website!

Uppercut Animation is the game animation team that developed Batman Brawl!, a Punch-Out style boxing competition. The game was made for Warner Brothers and Mochi Media, in association with DC Comics, as a promotional brand extension for Warner Brothers Animation's hit animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The website was developed by team members, Michael Lapinski (design) and Dayna Gonzalez (coding). Visit Uppercut Animation.

Launch of website for Multimedia Artist, Cheryl S. Elliott

Cheryl S. Elliott is a Multimedia Artist specializing in Motion Graphics and Animation. I worked with Cheryl to create a new look for her website, featuring her online portfolio. Three sample mockups were created and we eventually settled on a soft blue, painterly theme. Visit Cheryl S. Elliott's website.

More websites are on the way! Stay tuned!

www.thesupers.tv launches!

I'm happy to announce the launch of The Supers, a hilarious look into the lives of Park Avenue snobs who lose everything and must learn to work. I designed The Supers for show creators EJ Sepp and Pammy Salmon. It was a fun challenge to create a viral online presence to promote this exciting new show.

Pammy and EJ are looking for partners to produce this as a sitcom or stage play. If you know anyone who may be interested (a theater, network, production company, talent/literary agency, actor) please contact them through the site.

The Supers logline: After pretentious Upper-East Siders Catherine and Peter Bennington lose their luxurious lifestyle in a financial crisis, they desperately try to maintain their social status and exclusive address by secretly becoming the supers of their Park Avenue apartment building. Visit The Supers.

Batman Brawl!

I am proud to announce the release of my flash game, Batman Brawl!, co-developed with Michael Lapinski and H. Stephen Mead. The game was made for Warner Brothers and Mochi Media, in association with DC Comics, as a promotional brand extension for Warner Brothers Animation's hit animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. It is a Punch-Out style boxing competition. Mike, Steve, and I have worked together on a few animation productions in the past, most notably Blue's Clues, which had a six season run on Nick Jr. This is our first production as a solo team effort, and I think we make an awesome team!

Visit DC Beyond on the Warner Brothers Kids site to play Batman Brawl!

Batman Brawl!
Animation Director: Dayna Gonzalez
Writer / Art Director: Michael Lapinski
AS3 Programmer: H. Stephen Mead

Nintendo Week

This piece was created for a new show called Nintendo Week, found on the Nintendo Channel. The animation was drawn directly into the Nintendo DSI with an animation program called Flipnote Studio. This had to be one of the most interesting and fun client requests ever. You’ll find the finished piece in the spot above. I did the second animation with the horse on the DSI shown by Alison, about one minute in. The spot was done for Popular Arts Entertainment.

Georgia Lottery Commercial

The zany television commercial I animated, along with Animator Lori Samsel, for the Georgia Lottery has been uploaded to the portfolio section of my site. The spot was done in After Effects for Transistor Studios. View the commercial.

Research Art Added

Samples of the Research Art I designed and animated for Bubbleguppies and The Wonder Pets, both Nick Jr. shows, are now up. Check out the art.

Dude! Where's My Refund?

Steven Zelin, the Singing CPA teamed up with me to create an exciting new website, to help all dudes and dudettes find out the status of their state refund checks. I designed and implemented the site top to bottom and had a lot of fun working on this project. Click on the flash interactive map or the side navigation links to visit your state’s refund site. Visit Dude Where’s My Refund online.

See coverage of Dude Where's My Refund in the Wall Street Journal.

I've got a number of other web projects in development and will be sure to update here when they're ready for their debut.

New Painting Added

I recently finished an original painting as a gift for my cousin’s wedding. I did this in acrylic paints, and believe it or not, the painting depicts a rainforest scene in the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I thought it was beautiful and snapped a pic while I was there. The painting will help bring a little bit of Florida to the happy couple.

Pavaline Filmmakers' Network Advisor at Pavaline Studios

I've stepped into a new consulting role, as one of the Advisors over at Pavaline Studios. I'll be providing advice, support, and feedback to the filmmaking community, as it relates to animation, and the entertainment industry in general. I'll have a blog, and will be updating it about once a week or so. I'd love for you to read it, and send me your thoughts and comments, suggestions for future topics, etc.

You can read it here at http://blogs.pavaline.com/dgonzalez/.

Pavaline Studios is a creative environment with an innovative approach to finding, developing, and producing films that matter.

http://www.pavalinestudios.com

One Touch Diabetes commercials now online

The commercials I animated for One Touch Diabetes, done at Transistor Studios, are now online at http://www.onetouchdiabetes.com/ultramini/. Wait for the animals to appear on the top banner and click on play. I animated the piece featuring the elephant and some of the dog piece. These were traditionally animated in Flash.

Dark Knight web motion comic on Blu-Ray release

The web motion comic I animated for The Dark Knight, The Shadow of Ra's Al Ghul, is now available on the blu ray release, as part of the BD Live features. This piece was animated in After Effects, and was done at the visual effects house Motherland. I also found all four episodes online at http://www.wittysparks.com/video/611071430, featured on the Orange Wednesdays Movie show in four separate installments. I animated Episode 3.