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Something I commented on, reminded me I haven't mentioned that I had spent some time working at Warner Bros. Animation recently. It's the first time in the 18 years I have been working in entertainment that I have actually felt like I was working in the entertainment industry. Let me explain. In most of my years working at studios, most of them are in plain looking office buildings. there are no indicators that a studio is even there. it's nothing really special. just a place with desks in them. But this time I flew out to Burbank to work for a couple weeks and lo and behold their animation buildings are on actual movie studio lots. It's very surreal to drive into a place and see entire fake towns and streets with houses that you are familiar with.
I saw the Christmas Vacation House and walked in. No joke.... The Noel Post is at the top of the stairs! Next door is the Lethal Weapon house and so on. It was pretty cool to be given access or should I say privilege to roam the studios freely like I did. On one of my exploration days. A Saturday. the only thing going on at the studio was a movie being filmed called Hail Cesar. It's a Coen Brothers film starring a huge cast about a crew of guys making a Roman Epic in the 30's. On my walk around the studio I was able to observe a lot of folks dressed in the era clothing as well a lot of really old cars that were parked everywhere. At one point I was all alone on the New York street texting my wife. when i heard this car coming from one end and I looked up to see George Clooney driving by... Grinning bigger than anything and throwing up a hand to wave at me. That's one happy newly wed. I even ran into Josh Brolin. I look back at it and feel embarrassed with myself. Geez.... He is a Goonie.
There was so much that I saw, more so on the day my Wife and Kids came to visit. heres short list off the top of my head. Visited the Teen Titans Go team and head Producer. Did not bother Bruce Timm at all......... Got a tour of some pretty amazing offices at WB animation. Walked onto the sets of Big Bang Theory. The set for the house on The Middle, Met the Daughter on that show. The sets for Two and a Half Men. Saw all of the Batman Movie costumes and Props. Saw several Big Bang Cast members. Spent about 20 minutes with Twitch from So You think you can Dance. Sat at Dinner one table over from Ron Howard and his Brother. Saw Nueman from Sienfeld. Saw one of the Jacksons at breakfast one morning.... very awkward. much more. Spent a couple days at Disney land before Christmas. Yes it was the weekend of the now well known Measles outbreak that started there.
I could go on. But I had a blast. I forgot to mention I'm working with a pretty amazing team on the show called Wabbit. This show will blow your minds at how good it is. I cant wait till it airs.
I saw the Christmas Vacation House and walked in. No joke.... The Noel Post is at the top of the stairs! Next door is the Lethal Weapon house and so on. It was pretty cool to be given access or should I say privilege to roam the studios freely like I did. On one of my exploration days. A Saturday. the only thing going on at the studio was a movie being filmed called Hail Cesar. It's a Coen Brothers film starring a huge cast about a crew of guys making a Roman Epic in the 30's. On my walk around the studio I was able to observe a lot of folks dressed in the era clothing as well a lot of really old cars that were parked everywhere. At one point I was all alone on the New York street texting my wife. when i heard this car coming from one end and I looked up to see George Clooney driving by... Grinning bigger than anything and throwing up a hand to wave at me. That's one happy newly wed. I even ran into Josh Brolin. I look back at it and feel embarrassed with myself. Geez.... He is a Goonie.
There was so much that I saw, more so on the day my Wife and Kids came to visit. heres short list off the top of my head. Visited the Teen Titans Go team and head Producer. Did not bother Bruce Timm at all......... Got a tour of some pretty amazing offices at WB animation. Walked onto the sets of Big Bang Theory. The set for the house on The Middle, Met the Daughter on that show. The sets for Two and a Half Men. Saw all of the Batman Movie costumes and Props. Saw several Big Bang Cast members. Spent about 20 minutes with Twitch from So You think you can Dance. Sat at Dinner one table over from Ron Howard and his Brother. Saw Nueman from Sienfeld. Saw one of the Jacksons at breakfast one morning.... very awkward. much more. Spent a couple days at Disney land before Christmas. Yes it was the weekend of the now well known Measles outbreak that started there.
I could go on. But I had a blast. I forgot to mention I'm working with a pretty amazing team on the show called Wabbit. This show will blow your minds at how good it is. I cant wait till it airs.
I stepped away from facebook
The day apple released iOS8 i deleted Facebook off of my iPhone. It has liberated me in so many ways. More importantly i'm more productive. considering I work at home. Facebook although good at sort of keeping in touch with friends is really a maze of Rabbit holes. Once you go down one hole you find yourself going down another. Next thing you know you see the clock and its 3 hours later. I think it really got to be so frustrating when I had to install a separate Messenger app on my phone which was my main reason for having the facebook app anyway. but i then realized that a lot of people who have my phone number cant even be bothered to text
Feeling good
Working diligently as a prop designer for WB animation right now. I'm glad to report things are well. I hope all of you are fine and in good health?
Feeling good
Working diligently as a prop designer for WB animation right now. I'm glad to report things are well. I hope all of you are fine and in good health?
Taking commissions again
Things have been rough lately. Lost a grand mother two weeks ago. my mother had a heart attack and lived six weeks ago. My work on the show High School USA wrapped up recently.
So I have started focusing on making pieces for both my folio and to sell as prints for conventions. Hence the Batman piece. I hope you guys dig it.
If anyones interested in a commission please feel free to write to my GMAIL ChadTHX1138 acct and i'll send you my commission prices. Thanks again folks!
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Heh. Yeah, I remember how excited I was when I started working on staff at WB. It was in their marketing art department many years ago, but the office building was right across the street from the Main Studio Lot, so my co-workers and I frequented the studio commissary and the various backlot alleys and soundstages quite often. I met lots of celebrities, including George Clooney on several occasions. He challenged me and my pals to a game of basketball. Those were some great years.
But I have to point out that not even Warner Bros' art departments have always been on or so close to the Main Lot. Until recently, WB Television Animation was located on the WB Ranch, an auxiliary studio location about a mile north of the Main Lot (The Ranch is the site for more street facades, sound-stages, and that's where you'll find the "Friends" fountain.). But before that, they were located in a typical office building several miles away in Sherman Oaks, situated above an indoor shopping mall. Currently, they've been moved again, off the Ranch lot, into another office building closer to the Main Lot property. WB Feature Animation is no more. But, in the 1990s, they were located in an office building in Glendale. So, that's the way it works in big corporations (same goes for Disney, Sony, etc.). Sometimes you get to work on a studio lot. Sometimes you don't. It's a matter of renting out the most economical spaces all over town to house the departments. Ideally, I would want all the WB art departments located in a single building or campus somewhere on the Main Lot. This way, all the artists could interact, learning from one another, assisting one another, and feeding off the diverse creative energy. But that's just my dream. Heheh.
But I have to point out that not even Warner Bros' art departments have always been on or so close to the Main Lot. Until recently, WB Television Animation was located on the WB Ranch, an auxiliary studio location about a mile north of the Main Lot (The Ranch is the site for more street facades, sound-stages, and that's where you'll find the "Friends" fountain.). But before that, they were located in a typical office building several miles away in Sherman Oaks, situated above an indoor shopping mall. Currently, they've been moved again, off the Ranch lot, into another office building closer to the Main Lot property. WB Feature Animation is no more. But, in the 1990s, they were located in an office building in Glendale. So, that's the way it works in big corporations (same goes for Disney, Sony, etc.). Sometimes you get to work on a studio lot. Sometimes you don't. It's a matter of renting out the most economical spaces all over town to house the departments. Ideally, I would want all the WB art departments located in a single building or campus somewhere on the Main Lot. This way, all the artists could interact, learning from one another, assisting one another, and feeding off the diverse creative energy. But that's just my dream. Heheh.