My attempt at a New Yorker type cartoon

You're a mean one, Hipster Grinch!

I love Christmas and advocate for people to say "Merry Christmas" and not "Happy Holidays".
I wanted to write a summary explaining this, outlining reasons from least to most obvious.


Least obviously as an Israeli born Jew:

Canada was founded by Christians, they produced a great society. A society I chose to emigrate to and love living in. My birth country of Israel has great support among north American Christians. People who say "Merry Christmas" are far more likely to support my country of birth than those who say "Happy Holidays". I say this from experience. When I say Merry Christmas, I honour their civilization. A civilization in which I and other Jews feel included.


More obviously as a cartoonist and fan of art:

Christmas has created more great music, literature, folklore, imagery, film and pop culture than any other holiday. I not only love Christmas for all it inspired, but also believe that if it created that much richness it must have something special. These great creations teach that Christmas spirit has heart and generosity. I have to tell you that saying "Merry Christmas" sounds more generous to me than saying "Happy Holidays".


Most obviously:

It's not Voldemort's birthday. Get over it.

"Home" Opening Sequence

These are my two scenes from the opening sequence of "Home". My favorite shots to watch were done by Andres Espinosa, they are the ones with Sharzod and Kyle.

More "Home" promos

My scene is a GIF on the official page!

The full scene is a a few frames longer, catch it on Netflix!

This new trailer has a ton of killer scenes by Anne-Marie Cyr (Tip and "litter eater" Oh in the car) and awesome closing shots by James Sugrue. I animated the shot of Oh and Lucy dancing in exercise outfits.

HOME on IMDb

Dreamworks uses a pic from my shot in the opening for publicity again, this time on IMDB.
My supervisor on this scene (and the whole show) was Ryan MacNeil. If the BG artist and character designer see this, please drop your names in the comments, I'd like to credit you!

Update: Mark Bachand did the character design! Check out his work here 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5759196/mediaviewer/rm940447232

TAAFI 2016 was a huge success!

Priceless souvenirs from our happy speakers! It was an honour to be their liaison! So happy to have brought my friend from the Spumco chat palace days, Michael Rianda to speak about storytelling and Gravity Falls! Everyone was a huge hit!

Old chat room friends united, Michael Rianda and yours truly

From Grayden Liang's Canadian Animation blog:

Attendants to Michael's workshop. His lovely wife Molly is to his right

TAAFI's speaker outreach coordinator Karen Jackosn to my left.

It was Michael's idea for us all to jump

Willie Ito, yours truly and Tony Benedict

Fascinated by Eric Goldberg's drawing ability. 

Photo by Karen Jackson (isntagram)

Attendants to Eric Goldberg's workshop, photo by Grayeden Liang.

Running around with my speakers all weekend was some of the best time I've ever had!

WATCH a wonderful Interview with Eric Goldberg, from Grayden Liang's Canadian Animation Blog:
http://www.canadiananimationblog.com/2016/04/-eric-goldberg-from-walt-disney-talks-about-TAAFI.html

Zimbardo's Heroic Imagination shirt

Shirt I designed for one of my greatest heroes, Dr. Philip Zimbardo as a fundraiser for The Heoric Imagination Project http://heroicimagination.org

Hot Wheels: "A mega race! That no one will ever forget"

Since I've started working full time in animation (over 4 years now) I really haven't spent much time blogging. I wanted to update this space with some of my favorite animation drawings from one of my favourite projects, Team Hot Wheels.  

Animator: Amir Avni / Studio: Titmouse/ Client: Mattel / Netflix

Hot Wheels: Mayor scene

Since I've started working full time in animation (over 4 years now) I really haven't spent much time blogging. I wanted to update this space with some of my favorite animation drawings from one of my favourite projects, Team Hot Wheels.  

Animator: Amir Avni / Studio: Titmouse/ Client: Mattel / Netflix