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2 days ago
David M Pickett
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Phil Tippett's "MAD GOD" by Mad God Productions
MAD GOD is Animation Legend Phil Tippett's apocalyptic stop-motion descent into the bowels of the unconscious.
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194% funded $77,728 pledged
- 1,455 backers
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on May 16
David M Pickett
commented on a project updatePlease do a video of you doing that Kermit yell :)
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on May 8
David M Pickett
Posted project update #13Next episode debuts Saturday!
Post CommentAfter months of work, the fifth of seven installments in "Robots!" is complete! It will go live on the Nightly News at Nine YouTube channel this Saturday at 9 AM Central time (click here to see that time in differnet time zones). I'll be having a small contest right when it goes live so tune in for the chance to win a(nother) pinchbot. See the video below for more details.
6 of the $100 backers have their minifig cameos in this episode:
- Nick Johnson
- Luke (friend of Nick)
- Anthony Robeson
- Will Stroh
- Michael Maksoudian
- Harold Taylor
I had a lot of fun making their minifig likenesses and figuring out how to incorporate them into the animation in a way that reflected the individual's wishes and my storylines. The additional constraints forced me to be even more creative and resulted in some fantastic scenes.
I'd also like to take a moment to let you all know about another Kickstarter project you might be interested in. David Pagano is one of the best LEGO animators out there and he is making a sequel to his best known film. He's got some amazing rewards (like having a brick-built version of your head in his movie), so I urge you to check it out and support him. He's only got a week left to raise the last 33% of his goal.
Now that this episode is finished, it's time to start work on the next one. My new estimate is that "Robots!" will be complete by September. I will be moving then, so that deadline will help put a fire under me to complete it.
Thanks again for your support!
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on April 16
David M Pickett
backed a project
Little Guys...In Space! A LEGO® Fan Film From Paganomation by Paganomation
A stop-motion tribute to '80s space toy ads using large-scale LEGO models!
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106% funded $8,484 pledged
- 159 backers
- Funded May 16, 2012
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on April 9
David M Pickett
Posted project update #12Anniversary update
Hello backers!Post CommentThis Tuesday marks 1 year from when this project was officially funded. I want to thank you all for your patience as I work to complete the animation. It has taken much longer than I had originally hoped, but I have made a lot of progress recently. The next segment is 83% animated, it should debut sometime this month. I wanted to share a short clip that highlights the first two cameos by minifigs of $100 backers.
Anthony Robeson appears as the scholar on the right and Harold Talyor appears as the arcobatic racecar driver. 6 of these cameos will take place in "The End of Sports", the other 12 will happen in the remaining two episodes.
Thanks once more for your support!
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on February 29
David M Pickett
backed a project
Untitled Webseries About A Space Traveler... by Travis Richey
The Inspector of space and time meets his greatest foe in this 6-episode web series, starring Travis Richey (Community, The Event, PLL)
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125% funded $25,025 pledged
- 643 backers
- Funded Apr 01, 2012
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on February 23
David M Pickett
backed a project
Code Hero: A Game That Teaches You To Make Games by Alex Peake
Code Hero: a game that teaches you how to make games! Your Code Ray shoots Javascript in Unity 3D. Hack the planet: Become a code hero!
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170% funded $170,954 pledged
- 7,459 backers
- Funded Feb 24, 2012
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on January 27
David M Pickett
Posted project update #11Happy new year backers!
Post CommentHere's a quick progress update on "Robots!" I have begun production on the 5th of 7 installments: "The End of Sports.". This is the installment where the minifigs cameos by the $100 backers will begin. I have 6 of them planned out for this one, the other 12 will happen in the remaining two episodes. Here's a look at one of the first shots from "The End of Sports" which I shot using a new camera lens your donations allowed me to buy!
If you missed it when it released in September, here is the previous episode, "Robots! Robots! Robots!" This two minute animation took over 100 man hours of animating time to create over the course of 3 months. That's almost as many man hours as all of Chapter 1 in a quarter of the time!
This animation is the most complicated one I have ever produced. The sheer number of characters moving on screen at once meant I needed a lot of help from friends to animate it. Because it is one continuous camera shot, I needed to be extra careful to make sure the camera stayed in one place relative to the action. The new animating software your donations allowed me to purchase was vital in this regard as its onion-skinning features allowed me to put the camera back perfectly when I inevitably knocked it out of place.
Thanks again for your support of my time-intensive art!David M Pickett
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on January 25
David M Pickett
backed a project
Pink & Blue by james parris
A house full of toys has been segregated by gender...until now.
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113% funded $10,021 pledged
- 231 backers
- Funded Feb 17, 2012
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on December 18
David M Pickett
backed a project
Unbroken Glass: a film about immigration and mental illness by Dinesh Sabu
Twenty years after his parents' deaths, filmmaker Dinesh Sabu seeks to uncover who they were.
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144% funded $7,227 pledged
- 150 backers
- Funded Jan 14, 2012
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David M Pickett
Chicago, IL
David M Pickett is an animator living and working in Chicago, Illinois. He produces stop-motion animations on a regular basis and sells DVDs and related merchandise to recoup his production costs.
