This Saturday was the annual Annie awards ceremony, which is kind of like the Emmy's, but for animation! A Small rick and morty group went since we were nominated for best in the "Mature Animation" Category I got to meet a personal hero, and nominee for Best Children's animated ... Read More

There is nothing like the smell of JP-5 and steel. And Luckily, neither is in short supply at Naval air station North Island, Where my friend Jessica aka Zonksdraws was kind enough to give an exclusive tour! I've had a pretty intense fascination with all things aerospace and defense ... Read More

My friend Santana is a actor/VO artist and she asked me to take some headshots of her. I haven't actually done professional headshots before, but I knew roughly how to to it. So we grabbed some 2$ matte board from Michaels and set up a 3 light photoshoot in my apartment. We got Blue and ... Read More

After a long stressful year we finally finished Season 6 of Rick and Morty! And to thank us, the studio threw a super cool party at the LA Zoo. With open bars, Celebrities', and cool fortune cookies for every one! Also Two roaming photographers, Jessie Gray, who is A professional one, and then ... Read More

The late afternoon sun sets on the Brand Park Library. Don't let the calmness of this picture fool you. I was one of many photographers that day swarming the area. Most people were taking their tinder profile pics though, while I was trying to capture the architecture on my Canon ... Read More

Today I went with my friend Gen to Balboa Park's smoothest concrete slopes, Pedlow skate park! I brought my 35mm Canon AE-1 to get some cool vintage shots of all the skaters and ramps! People were getting some crazy air on the short half pipes. And Gen was learning to fly in their quad ... Read More

For people that stay in LA for the holidays, a proper Friendsgiving is an annual tradition. This year we doubled up on food and friends by piling into Jackson's mom's apartment for round two. People showed up around 5:30 and slowly started putting the food and drinks together. I ... Read More

Turkey Time is here, and that means its time for casserole collaboration between friends. This year I went to my friend Gen's for a fun night of food games and of course, drinks. I brought a Zucchini caprese casserole and my famous Hot Wassail! Gen's new house is pretty big so there ... Read More

My friend Justin is now the second person of our friend group to adventure into the grandeur of home ownership. And with that comes the coveted responsibility of throwing backyard parties. And no better time than Halloween! I set up a photo booth in his backyard for us to take pictures ... Read More

A common fear among people my age is that at some point they will transform into their own parents. But maybe going full dad mode has its advantages. It can be liberating once you no longer care what people think of you. So a a big group of us Millennials and Gen Z'ers went down to Griffith ... Read More

The Shuttle Flies Again! After two weeks of crafting with cardboard, my little space shuttle was finally ready for its first mission. My good friend Katie was hosting a Halloween party on the 22nd. So all of animators piled into her backyard for a night of costume contests and ... Read More

The Endeavour Flies again! This Halloween I was determined to finally live out my dreams of paying homage to my favorite reusable spaceplane! I didn't really know what I was getting into, but I felt like with enough cardboard, tape, glue, and razorblades I would be able to craft a wearable ... Read More

Lightbox was back in person this year at the Pasadena Convention Center! And Max and I were there representing BaM Animation, selling our coffee, tea, mugs and prints! Here are some photos of our little booth. Max designed the coffee bags, and I designed the tea boxes. We spent a very ... Read More

What is an air show? Well you see, when two aerospace defense contractors love each other very much. They sometimes come together to create a multirole fighter aircraft that can do flips and make sonic booms. And there is no place better to see said plane flipping in action than the annual ... Read More

The Death of Chillbro Baggins Today we celebrated Chloe's actual birthday at Manhattan beach. Max planned a late afternoon trip to a spot just south of LAX where we could lie in the sand and watch the sun go down. We were treated to chips, cake and a few cargo container ships. I was ... Read More

This weekend my family came out California way to enjoy a relaxing vacation in LA's woodsy'est getaway. (sort by nearest) We rented a cabin together in the hills of Big Bear for some down home cooking, youtube watchin' and plenty of emulated Super Smash Brother. I also got smashed with my ... Read More

On a Hot day in early August, Ilana and I felt like exploring one of my favorite hiking spots in the Angeles forest. I brought my Canon AE-1 hoping to capture some of the local flora and fauna. Switzer Falls trail is a pretty reasonable hike about 30 minutes away from Burbank where your ... Read More

My friend Ilana is Turning the big 3-0 this year so to celebrate we all had dirty martinis and wore our fanciest garments! Also I brought both cameras and a new (old) vintage battery powered Cannon Speed lite 199A for my Canon AE-1p! I was 3 Martinis in when I took this picture So I have NO ... Read More

Gen Invited me to a meet up of the Sketch Toonz LA Group! They meet once a month or so and talk about animation stuff. The group is a bunch of young aspiring animators who either work, or want to work in the animation industry, So basically a bunch of indoor cats getting some much needed ... Read More

Summer is in full swing here in Burbank with temperatures soaring into the 90's most days, but luckily Kendra and Clay are very generous with the pool parties. Last Saturday a few of us gathered together for a day wet and wild summer time fun. Kendra greased up the slide for us. The ... Read More