Ella and Woman Character from Cheatin'

Epic Sketchbook: Dhar Cedhar..

This entry on urban sketchers really tested my bahasa indonesian skills:) rad to see an indonesian posting such amazing stuff.. Dhar calls these simply "unskilled laborors" enjoy..

Bill Plympton Day

Hey everyone! Guess which animator had a day dedicated to himself in Oregon...? Moi!!

That's right, May 26th in Oregon was "Bill Plympton Day"... which is kind of odd, because I was IN Oregon one week earlier to kick off the 6 city tour of "Adventures in Plymptoons" which was playing in select areas throughout Oregon. I was there for opening night at the celebrated Mission Theater and pub in Portland. It was a star-studded event. Animation guru Dennis Nyback, Portland's unofficial poet laureate Walt Curtis and celebrated animation producer Will Vinton. Of course, the director Alexia Anastasio was there to introduce the film, along with PR genius Steve Tenhonen.

Then the Mayor's proclamation of Bill Plympton Day was announced -- pretty weird!

 I presented the Simpsons couch gag short, and introduced the wonderful documentary. After the thunderous applause at the end, we brought up a lot of the participants in the documentary. It was fun to hear their thoughts and comments right after watching it. Anne stated something very interesting -- of all the great film directors to come out of Oregon, I'm the first one to get a full-length documentary about me. Wow!

 For all those in the East Coast who missed the chance to see the film, I have good news -- it's having a big gala premiere at the prestigious Museum of Modern Art on June 21st. If you're in the area, please come check it out! Details and ticket info here.

We're having a gaggle of celebs there, so I hope you can join me! And of course, everyone who comes gets a free Bill Plympton drawing. See you there!

Ella Design

Epic Sketchbook: Virginia Hein..

Great drawings from a festival in Scotland by Virginia Hein.. Enjoy..

Cheatin' Production Blog - Signe Baumane Part 01

Cheatin' Production Blog - Guest Episode - Signe Baumane Part 01 from Bill Plympton on Vimeo.
In this episode I visit Signe Baumane's new Brooklyn studio to check on the status of her feature, "Rocks In My Pockets." For more about her film, check out her blog here.

Cinematography by Sandrine Plympton.

Women designs for Cheatin'

Jennifer from Cheatin'

Jake's 2nd Date

Stage lady assistant from Cheatin'

Jake's 1st Date

Neighbor Lady with Laundry from Cheatin'

Sales Lady From Cheatin'

Alpha & Omega

I try to see as many animated features as possible – since that's what I make – but somehow I missed “Alpha and Omega”. Well, I finally got my Netflix DVD and hurriedly and placed it in my player.

It's one of those low-budget Richard Richard Rich feature films – the animation was done in India and it looks it. Bad design, bad movement, and bland colors. There's no real fur details on the skin of the wolves. It's like they're covered with lycra.

The story is fairly engaging if you're a six year old. It's basically Romeo and Juliet with wild Canadian wolves. There are a few clever jokes, but I've never seen so much humor based on butts – there has to be about 20 ass jokes in the film.

If you want a half-way decent animated feature for the toddler set, this is your film. I give it a C-.

Bumper Car Date from Cheatin'