!@#$% TJ Fuller

Spike and Mike/ Real Detroit Weekly

2012-01-21T14:39:00.000-08:00

I got an email from Spike the other day telling me that the Real Detroit Weekly used some art from my student film Milk Nasty to promote the Festival. HELL YEAH!!!!! Front cover!
<3 <3 <3 TJ

ANIMONSTER!!!

2011-11-30T22:43:00.000-08:00

Oh blog how I've neglected you... I guess that's what happens when you get a job. But HEY! This post is all about what I've been working on at said job!
So for the past 5 months I've had the great fortune of working at the illustrious MAKER STUDIOS for the brand new animation channel: ANIMONSTER! I've directed about 7 episodes of two different shows, PowerHouse and Dino Yacht Club. It's been an awesome experience! So check it out, this Friday 12-02-11, the channel premieres it's 3 new shows! click here>> ANIMONSTER

Scenes refined

2011-03-29T03:41:00.000-07:00

Boxer, first shots

2011-03-24T12:50:00.000-07:00

This is a new character I've been working on. More of him to come later...

Flowers

2011-03-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling that a lot of my posts lately are a bit feminine...

OK, the next are going to be totally opposite!

Cleopatra

2011-03-17T01:59:00.000-07:00

In the next post I'll color this scene...

Shiny pants

2011-03-11T22:01:00.000-08:00

Cute feet.

Saturday Afternoon

2011-03-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

Just experimenting with different render techniques...

ha, oops... I just realized the table and tv cabinet are hovering off the ground in this one... it took about 20 minutes to render each of these so I think we'll let this one slide.

it's so much fun just moving a camera around in Maya to get all kinds of different compositions...

1984 Classic

2011-03-09T16:45:00.000-08:00

based on Apple's legendary 1984 ad

Girl at Beach

2011-03-09T02:05:00.000-08:00

I've been working on this character for awhile now. I've finally rigged her and obtained a fantastic new shader from Scott Peters. I'm thinking of just putting her in a bunch of simple vignettes. The one above is the most minimal I have planned, more complicated ones to follow...

Haunted House CG Model

2011-03-08T16:28:00.000-08:00

I've been doing a lot of CG modeling lately. My next few Blog posts will probably be some models I've been working on (plus a new cat game for the iPad!)

Here's a haunted house I recently modeled, which is based on one of my favorite Disney shorts, Lonesome Ghosts

This last render was kind of an accident, I'm not really sure what happened, but I kinda liked it, so here you go...

I just made the WORLD'S GREATEST VIDEO GAME (for cats, not humans)

2010-12-18T17:00:00.000-08:00

Here is my latest game: iPad Game for Cats. And wow, I must say the hype on has been insane. The Game for Cats YouTube video has over 800k hits and the game has sold pretty well. We've been featured in the NEW YORK TIMES, the LA TIMES, ABC NEWS, Kotaku, Gizmodo, G4TV, Laughing Squid, CNET Digital City, People Pets, and countless other places.

Also, many of our users have put up videos of their own cats playing our game, which I think is awesome--
Video Blog
And here is the game's website:
Game for Cats
From here you can see the popular video and a link the download the game for free. It comes with two levels: Chase a Laser and Chase a Mouse. The mouse level is 99 cents. The mouse and laser react to kitty's paws when touched and a score is kept on how many times they do this.

Stay tuned because we will be updating the game soon with some great new features!

The thing is, this game truly is the world's best video game for cats.

UPDATE!!!

Just released GAME FOR KITTENS!!!

We've had many people ask us to please put Game for Cats on the iPhone. So we did! And we're calling it Game for Kittens! A smaller screen for smaller cats! But honestly we think all cats will enjoy it.

You can get it here:

Game for Kittens in iTunes store

I made an iPhone game!

2010-08-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

It may seem that I've posted virtually nothing this summer, but I've actually been pretty busy with a few projects. For one, I made an iPhone game! Actually, I only did the art for it and my friend Nate did the programming. It's a very simple children's game for ages 2 and up. It's called Jacob's Shapes, and it's a puzzle game where you simply drag the pieces to their corresponding shapes. When you place a piece correctly, a voice says the name of the piece. That's pretty much it! It is intended to be educational- children learn shape recognition as well as names for animals, objects, etc. The game will be in the iTunes App store in about a month. To learn more, visit http://www.littlehiccup.com/.

Below are a few of the levels that will be available in the game.

I love this film

2010-08-02T20:44:00.001-07:00

Akira is one of my favorite movies ever- in animation and live action.

drawn on paper, scanned, cleaned and colored in Photoshop.

My Film

2010-05-18T02:26:00.000-07:00

Milk Nasty from TJ Fuller on Vimeo.
Here's the final film. Viewer discretion advised.

Also featured at The Rathaus
Milk Nasty made it to the Animation Block Party in NYC and is currently touring with the Spike and Mike Festival of Animation.

Film Update!

2010-03-26T05:33:00.000-07:00

So my cartoon is nearing completion, there's practically one month left. It's definitely the most ambitious film I've attempted since I've been at Cal Arts, for one I am hand inking every frame, not to mention coloring the whole thing! Here are a few raw key drawings from some animation through various scenes. This film is going to be a blend of 2D and 3D elements. All the characters are 2D hand drawn, but there are many 3D backgrounds, as well as a 3D Trans Am!

Poster

2010-01-09T23:51:00.000-08:00

Here's the poster for my cartoon.

3D Totem Pole

2009-12-24T15:29:00.000-08:00

I just modeled this thing in Maya... dig it. It's a 50 foot tall totem pole for my next cartoon!

Trans Am!!!!! in 3D.

2009-12-12T18:35:00.000-08:00

Trans Am from TJ Fuller on Vimeo.
modeled in Maya.

Characters

2009-10-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

These are the three main characters for my next cartoon.

Electric Chair Animation

2009-10-19T01:09:00.000-07:00

These are some frames from a crude little animation I did for the Halloween Party at Cal Arts. For some reason I can't figure out how to put them in any order. The piece is just a quick cycle of a dude getting some capital punishment. There are some more effects to be added in After Effects, but here are just the drawings with one colored frame.

Tan lines

2009-09-07T20:48:00.001-07:00

oil on canvas.

New Deer Hunt

2009-08-27T19:59:00.000-07:00

This piece is a redo of an oil painting I did years ago. I'm showing the original inked drawing and the finish. I've always loved the hunting theme. The painting was inspired by Rubens's incredible takes on the subject.

Practice Stuff (John K commented on this one!)

2009-08-24T19:00:00.001-07:00

These are all copies. Some are pulled from John K's blog, some are from class assignments. The only reason I keep these silly "practice" posts up is because they attracted the attention of the infamous John K.

Some backgrounds for my next cartoon

2009-08-21T21:03:00.000-07:00

LA

2009-07-18T00:52:00.000-07:00

Tit Castle

2009-07-18T00:44:00.000-07:00

so check it out. a tit castle.

Ninja Turtle stuff

2009-07-18T00:36:00.000-07:00

Motherfriggin' Bebop and Rocksteady!!!

This character is one of the coolest ever. A giant cow's head that can travel at warp speed between multiple dimensions. This freak slurps up the turtles, flys a thousand light years across the galaxy, and deposits them in an wrestling ring. i thought is was cool when i was a kid. and i guess i still do...

Nightcrawler

2009-07-18T00:33:00.000-07:00

Phantom Black Cow

2009-06-28T19:05:00.000-07:00

This beast kills for fun.

The Bros

2009-06-28T19:04:00.002-07:00

Birds in the Backyard

2009-06-28T19:04:00.001-07:00

Kansas

2009-03-02T17:21:00.000-08:00

Life Drawings

2009-02-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

Oil studies

2009-01-30T15:32:00.001-08:00

Delacroix

2009-01-30T15:26:00.000-08:00

Eugene Delacroix is one of my all time favorite painters. I've always thought that the woman in the painting, which I am so humbly aping above, is one of the most beautiful in art history. I've given her a rude, yet winsome treatment in my homage.

Sculptures

2008-11-12T02:21:00.000-08:00

Dogs!

2008-11-12T02:14:00.000-08:00

There's a samoyed, a doberman, a pekingese, a lab, a french bulldog, chinese crested, and an afghan hound!

Book of Souls

2008-10-22T17:21:00.001-07:00

some pages for a little book i made called "BOOK OF SOULS"

Cowboy

2008-04-17T21:39:00.000-07:00

I drew this little buckaroo using a fancy-schmancy cintiq!

Wild Animal Paintings

2008-02-27T22:37:00.000-08:00

Paintings of women

2008-02-26T13:39:00.001-08:00

Armor Designs

2008-02-01T16:33:00.000-08:00

Armor designs for my character design class.

Two versions of a street fight

2008-02-01T16:24:00.000-08:00