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TFU Studios
Jan 231 min read
Fan Art
It's always a thrill to see someone else's iteration of your art. I see many graffiti inspired pieces that include some of my characters...
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TFU Studios
Jan 91 min read
Storyboards
The first couple of animated projects I'd worked on required some sort of storyboarding. Basically a rough visual breakdown of scenes and...
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TFU Studios
Dec 14, 20241 min read
Czar Face Character Designs
When embarking on a new animation project, one of the first things I try and do is sort out the character design. With the animation in...
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TFU Studios
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Mayer Hawthorne - I Wish It Would Rain Animation
When the video from Mayer Hawthorne's .'I Wish It Would Rain' was shot, the idea was to 'animate' some sort of cloud effect in post. The...
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TFU Studios
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Some old graffiti!
I'd started to paint graffiti in mid-1984, and by the time 1985 rolled around, I was what's called a 'full-timer'. In other words, I...
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TFU Studios
Oct 18, 20241 min read
14KT- Five & Ten Animation
After some back and forth via email, we were sent a nice little 3 minute track from DJ/ Producer/ MC 14KT from the Atlanta area. This...
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TFU Studios
Oct 9, 20241 min read
Club Culture
The all ages club Club Culture is featured a lot in the 1985 series. For us as middle schoolers, it's where we spent our weekends....
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TFU Studios
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Ultramagnetic!
One of the first flyers I made, harkening back to the Phase 2 , Buddy Esquire flyers :
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TFU Studios
Sep 25, 20241 min read
Miami Man
This was a character that was dreamed up a while back, based on my fascination with Miami Bass/Lowered Truck culture. It really all...
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TFU Studios
Sep 6, 20241 min read
Crime Time (1999)
Characters from a short lived web comic created for the Digital Entertainment Network ! Had a blast incorporating music and motion into...
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TFU Studios
Sep 4, 20241 min read
Tracer Roughs!
Though it's a bit of an antiquated method, this was my go-to way for fleshing out simple movements, and helped nail down character's...
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TFU Studios
Aug 30, 20241 min read
Jonti
Some logo and art development for the South African via Sydney based musician and DJ Jonti . Started out wi th some sketches here, and...
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TFU Studios
Aug 20, 20241 min read
1985 Soundtrack Mixes
When producing the 1985 series , by far the best part was coming up with the 'soundtrack mix' and working with the DJ or producer who'd...
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TFU Studios
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Danger Doom Concept Sketches
A few sketches here that helped land the 'Danger Doom' project for Adult Swim/ Epitath. We had a total of 3 weeks to pump this out. It...
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TFU Studios
Jul 17, 20241 min read
Evolution Of A Page
Below is a sequence of a page 12 (1985 Vol. 3) in progress.
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TFU Studios
Jul 9, 20241 min read
"Filthy"- The Kleenrz
I was pretty excited when Kenny Segal first contacted me, and seemed serious about producing an animated video. It had been a couple of...
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TFU Studios
May 10, 20241 min read
Research
About 6 months into the Wu-Tang graphic novel, right before I'd started pencils, I took a quick trip to NYC for some Staten Island...
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TFU Studios
Apr 17, 20241 min read
1985 Stickers!
Ever since releasing the first 1985 volume way back in 2008, I would include a sticker per volume. Eventually I amassed a good set of...
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TFU Studios
Apr 2, 20241 min read
Prepare...
In 1997, Kool Keith released the album 'Sex Style'. The record featured songs that were intended for the Dr. Octogan LP, his first solo...
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TFU Studios
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Cut Chemist- 'Spat' (2005) Part 2
Continued from Part 1: About a year and half had passed since the video production stopped. It had always been an itch I couldn't...
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