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Tell us your story:: A freelance animator doodling his way through life

Hometown:: Johnstown, PA

Personal Website:: http://sketchadoodledoo.com

Portfolio Site:: http://themikeowenswebsite.com

About Me:: Mike Owens has been animating professionally and independently since 1996. His career began at Startoons where he worked as a lead animator on several projects for Warner Brothers television including: The Animaniacs, Pinky and The Brain, and Histeria. Two years later, Mike was asked to travel to Hyderbad, India to train staff and students at Startoons' sister studio, Heart Animation Academy. Upon his return to the United States, a drawing table was reserved for him at Calabash Animation in Chicago to help bring breakfast cereal icons to life including Lucky the Leprechaun, the Trix Rabbit and the Keebler Elves. Working with the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Mike spent three years leading a youth animation summer workshop to help young filmmakers create animated short films.

Upon relocating to Minneapolis in 2004, Mike created a one-man studio, Humdinger Productions, to establish his animation and design business in the Twin Cites. Currently, Mike is an Animation Director at PUNY Entertainment in Minneapolis, teaches at the Art Institutes International and continues to create commercial and independent animation as Humdinger Productions.

Favorite Cartoons:: Symphony in Slang, Magical Maestro, Rejected, The Monk and The Fish, Tom & Jerry, The Iron Giant, Cat's Don't Dance, Balance, The Big Snit, Dr Tran, Ren & Stimpy, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,

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"RUN" a MUSICAL EXPERIMENT in 14 DRAWINGS&

"RUN" was an attempt to create an animated short film to the music of OUTKAST using only 14 drawings. The character run cycle was created with 14 frames drawn with a CINTIQ using FLASH CS3. Drawing with the Cintiq allowed me draw rough and focus on finding the fluidity of the motio… Continue

Posted on July 6th, 2008 at 8:00pm —

BLOBS

Want to see some Blobs rapping about the negative effects of drugs? CLICK HERE The website was recent collaborative project between PUNY and DraftFCB in New York. The website is part of the Above The Influence Campaign.… Continue

Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 11:27am —

2008 hits me in the face going 102 mph

2008 has started with a flood of projects...none of which I can legally discuss yet. But I have posted a few sketches on my blog if anyone is interested.

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The new mystery project currently filling up my harddrive cover a wide range of content, including...
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 at 10:31am —

Fish Project

Currently I am working on a top secret commercial project about fish. Check out my blog to see stills from the design process.

Posted on October 21st, 2007 at 4:24pm —

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At 1:10am on March 12th, 2008, Evan Tedlock said…: Man I really dig your animations, and your stills are super sweet. If you get a chance sometime can you scope out my stuff and give me some feedback?

At 11:34pm on March 3rd, 2008, Joshua Herron said…: thanks man, Its cool to be here and have people who are really good and know what they are talking about like you giving feed back. so thanks again.

At 10:02am on February 18th, 2008, grootfontein said…: Cactus Charlie is awesome !

At 4:02am on November 28th, 2007, Adam Levine said…: I'm not sure how I found your blog but I did and I've been following it for a while now. Nice to see you here, I just thought I'd introduce myself and let you know that I'm a big fan of your work. You have a really fun style and I love your animations!

At 3:40pm on November 15th, 2007, Joanna Davidovich said…: Hi Mike! I'm so happy you're on RAW- you'll be even easier to spy on now!

At 5:31pm on October 30th, 2007, Gene Blakefield said…: hey doode!! still lovin' the comic you sent me...how's things? Glad to see you on here.

At 6:39pm on October 9th, 2007, Club Cocoanut Animation said…: You draw darn good and you have great taste in eyewear. Hi Mike.

At 3:38am on October 6th, 2007, Eric Wiese said…: Hi Mike! Im Eric from Laika... I think we've worked on stuff together or some junk. You draw good.