Chuck Jones 1994

Not many items from my brief stint at Chuck Jones Productions have survived, but here they're, all 3 of them, in full scanned color (from color xeroxes!).

It was during my brief visits at the studio (was freelancing from home) that I met Maurice Noble and became loosely attached to "The Noble Boys", or so I'm told. Maurice was great, his surname perfectly reflecting his demeanour, and I treasure the talks we had.

7 Gorriones Part I

This has been an ongoing project for the past 4 years or so, and still waiting to happen. Much development, boards, revisions, et al. It's meant to be an animated piece based on the memoirs of Chiyo, an acquaintance of mine, one of countless kids engulfed by the Salvadorian Civil War of the 80's.

I met the book's author years ago, much before the book happened and through that time only had vague hints of the tragedies that lurked in his past. These were some of the early background and layout studies done in late 2012.

For those interested in the book and it's author, there's a fan page on FB.

https://www.facebook.com/SieteGorriones/?fref=ts

Cipotes I

Cuentos de Cipotes has defined my career as animator in Central America. Done on the cheap -as everything here usually is- and using early 2000's PC tech, the project took ages to get done. Regardless of it's limitations, it's become a reference of sorts in the local indie scene.

From time to time, I indulge in creating vignettes for the Cipotes FB page, playing with different techniques and styles that can be done rather quickly. All take as inspiration local folklore, or traditions. Here are a few samples.

For the Facebook fan page you can visit:

https://www.facebook.com/Cuentos-de-Cipotes-148028678554388/?fref=nf

For the Cipotes Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/cipoteschannel

Anthropology

Poster proposals for the Salvadorian Congress of Anthropology in the mid 2000's, with my liking for Art Deco always present. The top version was the chosen one.

Hyperion 1996

Color sketches and proposals for Happily Ever After, at Hyperion, back in 1996. None of these made it into production though (or so I think).

Layouts 2004

These rather clean and sparse layouts were for TV ad proposal back in 2004 for Relativo Films in El Salvador.

The Flying Dutchman (Colossal Pictures)

These are... Oooold. Back in '95, Colossal Pictures put together a film feature pitch based on The Flying Dutchman story. These are a few of the color sketches made back in the day, part of a brief 6 week interlude away from TV commercial production.

The English Roses

Back in 2007, I was asked to do layouts, backgrounds and character revisions for a short trailer based on Madonna's children's book 'The English Roses'. The project was being handled by Sergio Pablos' Animagic Studio (nowadays SPA) in Madrid.

At the time the project didn't go through, nevertheless it was a fun pitch to put together. Then again, it may get done someday... I've been in WAY too many projects that break out a decade or so after my intervention.