Summer 2020 Teaching Reflections
Creating Online Classes The silver lining of summer 2020 is that I created a new series of online animation classes. It took several months for me to ruminate on how I wanted to approach this challenge. I wanted to translate a tactile learning experience through a screen. And I didn’t want to teach at students…
Read MoreYouth Film & Animation Festivals
Have you made an animation with us this year? Want to submit your work to a film festival and get awards, or maybe even a cash prize?! Here are some opportunities just for you hand picked by us! For Elementary through High School Students https://www.kidsfilmitfestival.com/festival https://filmfreeway.com/OneEarthYoungFilmmakersContest https://filmfreeway.com/cyfifest https://filmfreeway.com/CameraZizanio For Middle School and High School Students…
Read MoreThe Cracked Screen Club
You’re invited to the Cracked Screen Club! Do you have a device that has a cracked screen? Are you hustlin’ to make your dreams come true and don’t have time to worry about your cracked screen? Do you look past the cracks and send those emails, reply to those DMs, and get sh*t done regardless? Then come to…
Read MoreKXB Interview Series: Owen Neuberger
Owen Neuberger is an animator and CG specialist. We met at the Charles River Creative Art Program in Dover, MA where he taught kids music, art, and video. This year Owen is finishing his final year of college at Hampshire University. He’s preparing to make a move to Los Angeles to begin a job at…
Read MoreSetting Up Your Home Animation Studio
So you’ve just finished an animation workshop with KXB Studio. Understandably, you’ve fallen in love with animation and want to animate all day long. Here’s some important info for you to get started with your own home animation studio. Software Dragonframe ($295): I use Dragonframe exclusively. Dragonframe is easy to use for simple and complex…
Read MoreAnimation as an Educational Tool
The New Year started out with a trip to the Boston area to teach at the Charles River School. Teaching in a school environment illuminated the possibilities of using animation as a powerful tool in the classroom. My class included kids in grade 2nd to 5th who had never animated before. They were excited to…
Read MoreWolfing it Down While Working
When I work from home it’s hard to remember to eat properly. I get in the work zone and don’t realize my hunger and dehydration until it’s too late. Here are some easy, fast, and cheap cooking ideas and recipes that help me get through the day. I’m not much a cook and I don’t…
Read MoreOperation Dancing Bears
KXB Studio hit the rode last week to continue work on the Polar Bear Project in Quebec City, Canada! I visited gallery owner, Jean-Robert Wilhemy, at the Inuit Art Zone to take pictures of his dancing bear sculptures. I painted this in college from a photo I took about ten years ago. My dream of…
Read MoreThe Polar Bear Project
The Polar Bear Project was spawned from a dream about a drowning bear. The imagery of the bear dominated my thoughts, sketchbook, and google searches. I joined the International Bear Association student group and asked if any of the bear ecologists would benefit from using animation to illustrate their research. Dr. Thea Bechshoft, polar bear…
Read MoreMy Studio is Driving Me Crazy
“Staying in your own home can be corrosive and stifling, especially for creative work. The surroundings can smother you with the baggage of your past and the History of You.” – Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking It’s intolerable to not be making art right now. It’s equally intolerable to be in the studio this…
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