Rokk The House!

Tell us your story:

Since I was 5 years old I was fascinated by animation. I would watch all kinds of cartoons regardless of what age group or target audience they were aimed for. I think I was around 11 or so when I thought that animators had to be the coolest artists in the world and that I wanted to be one. It wasn't until my senior year at high school that my art teacher showed me an article about Savannah college of art and design. My art teacher sadly passed away before I graduated but I got the chance to live out my child hood dream.

Hometown:

Winnfield La

Personal Website:

http://johnrokk.blogspot.com

Portfolio Site:

http://johnrokk.carbonmade.com

About Me:

I'm a Freelance Animator/ Illustrator. I work digitally as well as traditionally, though my coloring, lately, is all digital. Most of the work I've been in has been Commercial animation. If there are those people out there that bother to look up peoples work history my name can be found amongst others on Adult swims Aqua Teen Hunger Force seasons 2-4 and episodes of the Brak show, HBO Latino's El Perro Y El Gato, and The Aqua Man action hour. I do have a few simple test animations left form past projects that I will add and I look forward to add recent animations in the future.

If anyone has heard of Primal Screen, Radical Axis, Or Wild hare from back in the day, then your familiar with the Atlanta animation scene. They do a lot work for companies like Nickelodeon, PBS, Cartoon Network, and Disney to name a few. Atlanta's got a strong Comic and Fantasy Community as well. While I've only met most of the Gaijin Studios guys briefly I know all the Studio Revolver Inmates personally and helped them on at least one project.

As far as my Illustration Career is concerned I have done Character design work on numerous animation pitches to companies such as Nelvana , Warner Bros, and Cartoon network. My printed works can be found in the pages of White Wolf publishing's Exalted series and Green Ronins book Mecha and Manga.
I love seeing peoples artwork. If you happen to swing bye, don't hesitate to show off the latest thing you worked on. I don't give critiques unless people ask. If your happy with it, so am I.

Favorite Cartoons:

Tex Avery, Myazaki, Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Independent short films, and Experimental animations

Favorite Films:

Gattaca, Children of men, Saving private Ryan, The Shawshank Redemption. The time Bandits, Battle Royale, Snatch , Lock stock and two smocking barrels, Ratatouille, Way of the Gun, The Good The Bad and the Ugly,

Favorite TV Shows:

Law and order SVU, Myth Busters, Top Chef, Attack of the show, X-play, Modern marvels, Dirty jobs, Deadliest catch

Favorite Comics:

Bone, The Worst, Eyeshield 21, Berserk, Blade of the Immortal, The Hulk, Iron Man, The Flash, Batman

Favorite Robots:

Optimus prime, The SDF1(Macross), GaoGaigar, Grimlock, Bender, T bob, The sentinels, The Dalecks, Ed 209, Gutsman, Raiden,