I'm proud to finally share the poster for the first season of Yehey titled, The Lost Land of Yehey: Curse of the Hunger Grass. I'll also be posting stills and other previews from the first episode soon, so keep an eye out for them.
Basil Chooses a Tree /
Basil the panda, the second strongest of the Yehey Expedition, chooses a Christmas tree. Meanwhile Mordecai the dragon seems to be..."helping?"
Francis Darville - Renown Medium and So Much More /
A character and graphic design study for Francis Darville, resident spiritualist and shaman of the Yehey Expedition. This would be a poster, lobby card or flyer for one of his live public seances, and is inspired by vintage posters and adverts of the early 1900's.
Francis is a man of many talents, namely that of shamanistic practices and being a skilled medium in communicating with the dead. He's quite the showman! But this a gross exploitation of his spiritual prowess. However a man's gotta eat, er...not really since he's a living mummy, but you get the idea.
The Lost Land of Yehey: Minisode 1 - You Don't Gnome Me /
It's finally here! Check out my first real collaboration project. In this minisode Markus starts his day off with a fresh cup of coffee, and an unexpected visitor who is not what he seems to be.
Credits:
Script & Voices - Mark & Noelle Cruz
Animation - Mark Cruz
Music - Jessica Rae Huber
Crazy Gnome - Character Study /
Here's a character study of a crazy, nameless gnome that will be featured in a Yehey mini-sode. Is he really a gnome, or just a tiny, raggedy, homeless guy? You'll have to watch to find out.
Fire Safety: Character Line-Up /
Here is the cast of characters for an animated short I'm working on. It's about fire safety, specifically how fire sprinklers work. I was going for a retro-cartoon style, and I think I reached my goal. I really had a lot of fun making this, and I hope I can do something like this again.
The Lost Land of Yehey - Explorer Portraits /
Check out these portraits I made for Yehey's intrepid explorers. Click on any one of the portraits to get the skinny on each explorer, and discover more about The Lost Land of Yehey series. More portraits will be revealed as the series progresses, so stay tuned at the official Yehey website.
The Lost Land of Yehey - Official Trailer (2014) /
It has finally arrived. Ladies and gents, we are proud to share our official trailer with everyone! Please enjoy. Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date on the series premiere as well as all the behind the scenes videos. Prepare for adventure!
New Animation Pre-visuals /
Ahoy, all! It's been a while, but I've been keeping busy, and I'm happy to announce that the wife and I's collaboration project is slowly coming to fruition in the form of an animated trailer. That's right, there's a trailer...cause our story is so epically awesome that it warrants one. The following are screenshots from our pre-visual clip or animatic. I'm currently working on all the final animation.
Here we have a polaroid of Pachechi and her grandfather pinned to an old map. "A map of what?" you ask...you'll see.
A shot of an infamous pirate crew that our heroes encounter. Friends or foes? Not sure yet.
Oh snap, it's a sea monster! No high seas adventure is complete without sea monsters. So that's what I got for you. I'll be releasing more screen shots and sketches as we progress. Stay tuned.
A Small Town /
Here is the first official illustration from the wife and I's collaboration story. It's the hometown of our fearless heroes. As you can see there's probably not much to do in this town except work and...ride horses...maybe?
Vlog07: V-DAY 2 - Electric Boogaloo /
In which I regale you with an epic tale of meeting my one true love...and all the perils that that entails. If you liked this, be sure to watch V-Day 1, the vlog that started it all. Also, you can be a troll/creeper by checking out my wedding music video.
Music Credit: "Hey Beautiful" (How I Met Your Mother Theme Song) by The Solids
Vlog06: Full Scuba Panic /
Listen to the tale of my perilous scuba diving escapade in Cambodia...don't laugh at me though, at least not too much. Also don't forget to subscribe to my channel on YouTube.
Merry Christmas From Busan 2012 /
Here's this year’s Christmas video card! Our Christmas was filled with snow, a goofy Santa, presents and tons of cute Korean kids! Enjoy, and have yourself a Merry Christmas.
Music: “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” - Julian Casablancas
Hairy at the Heels on Ganda-Ganda.com /
I made this illustrated icon of my own website for my wife’s blog. The inspiration? Well it’s getting a bit chilly here in Busan, so I broke out the old pipe over the weekend. Unfortunately I forgot that I needed to buy some tobacco. Disappointed, I decided to make my icon an illustration of what I wish was reality. Either way you should checkout my wife’s blog, where you can see this icon in all it’s tiny glory amongst other amazing things.
Zombie Candy Corn /
October is a designated month of creepiness here at the House of Cruz, so here’s some zombified candy corn. I’ve never been a big fan of candy corn, and death by zombies is one of my biggest fears…so I decided to combine the two to make something not quite as good as either.
Ganda-Ganda Buttons /
Had fun making these icons for my wife’s blog. The icons represent her About, Wanderings, Writing, Photography, Video, Wishlist and Contact pages. Check out her blog, it’s amazing!
The Renaissance Man of Mechanics /
This is another character from the wife and I’s collab project. His name is Kisanim (기사님), which isn’t a name at all. It actually means “driver” in Korean. This character is actually based off of the driver of The Magic English Bus I used to work on, whom we all actually called “kisanim.” He was an older, gentleman whose real name I never knew. He was very sweet and was a real problem solver when it came to mechanics. In our collab project Kisanim is a stoic genius that can drive anything from buses and tanks, to planes and ships. He very rarely speaks, but when he does it’s always in Korean.
Bachelor Night /
Every once in a blue moon my wife hangs out with a girlfriend or two, which gives me a free night to myself. I usually call up a friend to hang out and watch a movie or play video games with. However I’ve been a little hermetic as of late, so I usually end up watching old episodes of Ultraman and eating Red Baron microwavable pizza. What you see is the exact portrayal of those bachelor nights where I am as happy as a geeky pig in slop.
Awkward Korean 04: I Wanna Be Blanka /
Sooo…in my 6th grade class the students have this small writing assignment where they have to fill in the blanks of a written letter with the key expressions they learned for the day. I was bored, so I decided to take a crack at it myself. This is what I came up with.
Mark and Mordy - “Hushed Excitement” /
Picking up Flash after not using it for such a long time results in simple, silly, and useless animations like this; which perfectly convey my “hushed excitement ” over finishing any Flash project, great or small. I’m a dork!