Nearly the Holidays

12-18-09

Hey Folks! Thanks for stopping by.

I've been knee deep in exciting stuff the past few weeks. Director/Writer James Gunn (Slither, PG Porn <----brilliant) is in town shooting his next gritty tale of humanity.

SUPER

I, myself am not a 'twooter', but the cast and crew have a group twitter that you can follow. (if you are so inclined)

SUPER TWITTER!

working on set has been a new experience, and I finally learned what the rest of the Moonbot movie vets meant when they said "hurry up, and wait". A new and exciting experience to say the least. Plus now I can say I met a couple movie stars. I'm sure that will come in handy at a cocktail party sometime in the future.

Otherwise "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" is moving along well, and as we put together a packet for Moonbot's development slate the excitement mounts!

On a personal level, I spent the past weekend watching the appendices on the "Lord of the Rings" DVDs. I had forgotten how much I love those!!....(and did some drawing)

"Some Golems"

"The lost castle of the Mt. Memory"

also, here is the process of a painting I am working on...



If you don't hear from me again here, Happy Holidays!
-Tamte

...If your in the area

12-03-09



thanks for stopping by!
-Tamte

Doodling etc.

12-2-09

Hey Folks,

"..just promise me you wont turn into a business man"

I've had this desire recently to add more cartooning or 'caricature' to my work. It's most likely a residual effect of being around Mr. J Bluhmers, but whichever the source well my belly is stirring. When I say cartooning I don't mean like Kirby, or Eisner, or Avery, or even theme park style. Caricature as an interpretation, I'm fairly certain it's a feeling every artist has had.

Do I draw realistically or do I draw the way thats comfortable? Or inbetween?

Maybe I'm misusing the word caricature, but I'm going strive to do more interpreting with my drawings than representing. With a hope of achieving a balance between believably fabricated, and imagined abstraction.

I know my verbage is only grasping at cohesivity, but since it's still fresh in my mind...I'm thinking as I am writing.


hmmmm...

Thanks for stopping by everyone!
-Tamte

Girl, you have no faith in medicine

11-18-09





Acetaminophen, you see the medicine

...oh girl
-Tamte

EDIT: I had so much fun with this litle guy, I did some more noodling during lunch!

an in progress adventure

11-16-09

"I bought me a chrysler it's as big as a whale, and it's about to SET SAIL!!"

Things have been good at Moonbot, there are some cool movies coming through town that we are working on. I can't say much, but we started a studio blog!

MOONBOT BLOG

It aint much to look at yet, but we've got some big plans.

I finally found the perfect model for the upwards rain painting, and I got some great photos to get that campaign started. I also had her sit for a quick preliminary acrylic sketch

"Shelby as Kathleen"

"Then it went dark, not because it was late, but because frank fucking pulled the sun out of the sky"

on a side note, it seems the most popular thing to say when having a movie discussion at the studio is

"Holy SHIT!?! You haven't seen....."

so I've been playing catch up on my movie lore, some of my favorites so far.

"M" (1931)
"Island of Lost Souls" (1933)
"The Visitor" (2008)

(plus I watched , Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, and Fargo for the first time)
I don't know why it took me so long.....for shame. Thanks for stopping by,

-Tamte

Sketchertizing

10-28-09

I've been wondering/discussing recently the point of keeping a sketchbook. To be honest.....sometimes I forget that drawing is fun, and I try to draw stuff that is cool instead of letting the pages be uninhibited meanderings. Along the way my mind switches gears and all of a sudden my sketchbook becomes fine art, and personally I find my work suffers (plus drawing with that brain hurts)








I know a few artists who keep sketchbooks as their art and that's all they do. I'm not lobbying for one way or the other just a passing thought.

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...it's gone now...now, upwards rain. That's something worth thinking about!

"up-pour"

thanks for dropping in!!
-Tamte

some much needed warm up

10-21-09


Folks,

I'm still arting I promise....thanks for checking back in periodically

running with fire

-Tamte

Mural Painting

10-13-09

joe demonstrates the finer points of core shadows

Hey Folks,

The animatic is finished and we are ramping up for production, and a little bit of relaxing. The attitude here is infectious (in all the best ways) and as we plan to bring more people on board, buzz words like, Moonbotradio, new studio space, and minatures fly around the studio.

On top of that Joe and I were commissioned to paint a mural at Shreveport's next hot spot. It's called "City Bar", and it promises to be a pretty killer place. Riding the wave of psuedo art-deco and Dick Tracey this is the digital comp that Mr. Bluhm-ers and myself came up with.




it's been a new challenge for us. wish us luck!! Thanks for droppin' by

-Tamte

sketching

9-24-09



....vikings?

-Tamte

BRAINSTORMING AT WORK

Hey internet,

Ever since my buddy took me to a local Sarasota gin drinkery (in 2005) to sing in front of people I will never know I have been in love with KARAOKE. A lost American art form and a personal passion of mine. One, that even though it pains me to say.....is drastically misunderstood.

....interested? perhaps not.

willing to read what I have to say anyway? perhaps yes.

I have had a long relationship with dive bar singing, and I think that what I love most about it is that you can still own the crowd even if you SUCK.

I hypothesize to you that the key to a good performance is not musical talent, but the ability TO ROCK! You have got to f&%cking feel it in your bones. Music icons of this day and age prove time and time again that you do not need talent to pull in an audience OR even better yet....PUT ON A GOOD SHOW. Millions of people put on incredible performances in shitty bars across the world every night just by wanting to prove that the singing they do in the car is just as good when they are drunk with a microphone. These high caliber performances are a crime of passion and intoxication....and I say that's fucking badass!!!

To take it to the next level I propose that everytime one of you blog passerbys feels the urge to take the stage why not do so with a custom made guitar. Made from a household material such as cardboard, plywood etc.....(see illustration below)



As a proposition....Why not go to your local dive bar....take the stage and perform with heart that even the Grinch would envy. Melt some faces, and walk away a local legend!! Celebrate the pure passion of performance, and watch women weep with humility while the sea of rock ebbs from your body.



(customization is encouraged)

I am currently doing some focus testing around the ARK-LA-TEX bar scene with the Moonbot crew. SO, if you see a sold out show in the area for "BAD MITTEN" be sure to stop by and witness the spectacle!!

"band poster"

and go kick some ass out there!!!
-Tamte