Mukpudafix!

I recently did a couple of paintings of 2 of my favourite comic characters growing up, the stories always seemed a little over my head when I was real young but I absolutely loved the artwork!!


They're acrylic on canvas (Obelix- 5"x7", Asterix - 6"x6") and are for sale if anybody is interested! $45 US each including postage (via paypal).

-Alex

Mukpuddy in the Amazon...

Here's something cool, we just found out both the books we have for sale over at Lulu are now available on Amazon. They're a few years old now but we're still pretty happy with them. 'Sometimes' was our first go at our very own kids book, it's a simple little story told from the point of view of a young boy! And the other is the very first volume of the Mukpuddy Sketchbook, full of tonnes of stuff from our productions over the years!
They're cheap as chips so CHECK EM OUT!!!!

My name is... ROADBLOCK!

In this week's episode of Sparkle Friends we introduce a new character called Roadblock. Although he's not really new - he's been around for about 13 years...

Back in the mid 1990's I worked in a record store with my good friend Jarrod Wright. We'd amuse ourselves by pretending to be Roadblock - a white guy who thinks he's black and never quite gets the tough guy catchphrases right.
We always intended to use Roadblock as a character in something, but it never quite happened... UNTIL NOW! Ta daaaaa!



I thought it would be fun to put him in Sparkle Friends, and it seemed only right to get Jarrod to do the voice (he was always better at it than me)



As usual Xander did a sweet character design, and you can ch-ch-check his process work below.



Obviously Roadblock's 'look' is inspired by a certain Mr, although we think this will just be ONE of Roadblock's many looks. We already have plans to bring him back, so hopefully y'all like him as much as we do.

Check out the full episode on What Now this Sunday morning between 830-9, TV2!

Jeremy

Sneaky Peeky!

Sparkle Friends Series 4 (or Season 4 if you live in the US of A) begins in NZ this Sunday, and to celebrate we’re giving you a sneak peak! You lucky monkeys!

We thought we'd kick this series off with a trilogy of Super Tu episodes, entitled SUPER TU 2!

This episode was particularly fun to make because it features one of our favourite things – A SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP! All of the best villains from Sparkle Friends series 2 and 3 are back – and so are their catchphrases!

This scene also features the versatile vocal talents of our very own Ryan Cooper, who provides every voice in this scene, apart from one.



Can you count how many voices he does?

I can.

7.

Jeremy

"Tooning" round the office!

It's like Who Framed Roger Rabbit but without Christopher Lloyd...

Big thanks to Jeremy's bro, Chris, for taking the photo!

They're baaaaaaaack!

As you may know, we're currently underway on the 4th series of 'Sparkle Friends'. We've got about another 8 weeks of production to go. The first new episode is due to air on NZ TV May 3rd but for now we have a little promo to wet your whistle!



We're really happy with the way this series is turning out. As far as gags and story go, we're pretty pleased with what we manage to squeeze into our oh so quick 3 minutes 30 seconds.

Donatello does machines (That's a fact, Jack!)

Here's my latest paintings, turned out a little different than my sketches but I'm still pretty happy with 'em!! They are acrylic on 6x6 canvas and for sale if anybody in interested! - Alex




A little while back I also asked my "blog buddy" Johnny Yanok to do a drawing of Patrick Starfish I wanted to get tattooed on the back of my neck, here's the result...

Thanks dude, I love the drawing and think it turned out pretty cool thanks to the tattooing skills of my awesome wife Karla!!!