and he's done!

so after months and months of waiting, Andrew the monster is finally completed! jeremy spake did an amazing job!

now i can't wait to start animating!!

MONSTER! MONSTER!

look what i found...

almost finished! in a couple months, this guy will be dancin around somewhere in the woods...

the happiest place on earth

i just wanna point out the beautiful photography of my good friend katherine ward.

i was looking at her blog earlier and i came across this photo of the F train passing the cyclone at coney island. one of my favorite places in the world.

beautiful, right?

also, here's a short film i shot on 16mm last year at coney island.

A Day Too Late from elliot lobell on Vimeo.

EVERYTHING

possibly one of the coolest series on the internet. enjoy.

Everything (Ep. 4) from dannyjelinek on Vimeo.

skeletons in the closet...

actually in portland, oregon.

haven't written anything in a little while. today, jeremy, who's making my puppets for my upcoming film sent me a neat little tease of the armature (metal skeleton inside the puppets) of the monster a few posts back...

here it is:

friends we love.

so tonight there were some guest speakers at my school, one of which was a purchase grad, who came to talk about their web-based t.v. channel, friendswelove.com . they're essentially a two-person operation based out of china town and let me tell you, friends, 100% of their work they showed was way better than anything you see on regular t.v these days.

here's one of my favorite pieces they showed tonight, it's a short process doc on graffiti artist, doze green:

OFF THE WALL :: Doze Green - Studio Visit from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.

short and sweet

here's an animation test i did with a puppet i made a while back. he's gonna be featured in my upcoming film, "don't take this personally" premiering may 6, 2010!

Animation Test! from elliot lobell on Vimeo.