It's not easy...

Well if there was one prominent figure to tribute with the Iconoclastic Dead Show it'd have to be Jim Henson. With a bit of felt and a lot of heart, he shaped my childhood into the awesomeness that it was!

-Andrew

Trace Cherokee Logo

On the 29th of this month country music legend and Seth Martin & Friends star Trace Cherokee will be performing live at the V Club in Huntington, opening for bluegrass band The Good Ol' Boys and a Girl.

Trace won't perform on just any dingy old stage, so we're in the process of building him some set pieces, including a large version of this logo I designed. Trace has sort of been the breakout star of our SMaF show and I am incredibly excited that he'll actually be going on in front of a live audience.

For a taste of his music, you can check out this YouTube clip of Trace and the Stenders performing "Mountain Woman" on local talk show Up Late.

I've been told that Trace has been writing and practicing for some time now and I can't wait. I mean, when was the last time you walked into a bar and saw a puppet on stage?

You can check out Trace's Twitter here...

and the Facebook event for the show on the 29th is here.

Gone Fishin'

A new week, a new film! Please check out Gone Fishin', a Seth Martin & Friends short. This time Seth and Trace Cherokee head out to Beech Fork Lake for some recreational hijinks. I did the titles and illustration, but unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to the boat for the shoot. Always sad times to miss a boat trip!

Trace is really becoming one of the break-out stars of the show. Please enjoy!

Gone Campin'

It's finally here! You can now watch the finished version of Gone Campin, the first short from the series Seth Martin & Friends. The show centers around Seth having adventures with his puppet pals. It's made by Brainwrap, a production company consisting of my friends and I.

I am immensely proud to have been a part of this project because we're just a bunch of guys doing this for fun and seeing where it goes. We're learning how to do it as we go, so being able to look at the finished product is really gratifying. I created the graphics for this short and stuck my hand in a puppet or two, among other odd jobs, but the real work was done by the other crew members who built the puppets, wrote the script, edited the film, and overcame the plethora of technical issues that always seem to go hand-in-hand with making a movie like this. I'm so happy that all the kinks have been ironed out and that the short is now up for all to see. Please watch it in all its HD glory!

"Fragility" my Beautiful Grim Submission

Mr. Braddock explained the backstory of this breast cancer benefit show admirably back on Jan. 26, I'm just sharing my contribution with the rest of the Autumn Society community. It's an allegorical piece; the demon creature is something that by it's very existence is destructive (like a cancer) and the dandelion-like flower is representational of the fragility of a human life. On a personal note: this project hit particularly close to home since, as of 6 months ago, my cousin was diagnosed with stage three brain cancer. There is a lot of great work to check-out on the Beautiful Grim facebook page, so please take a look.