Molabyte 8-bit layered paper art!

Etsy.com/shop/powerhouse My Etsy is up! Buy one of the Molabytes you've already seen or request a custom made one! Check it! #pixelart #paperart #nes #molabyte

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Pass-A-Fist: Non-Violent Arcade Action!

Pass-A-Fist is a 2d top-down action game where the goal is to amass as many supporters as possible while keeping attackers away and keeping your people from retaliating all with non-violent power-ups like resistance songs, social media coverage, mirrors, and going limp. The idea started as an infinite runner, but now i imagine it more like paper boy where you have to get through a week of increasingly more difficult "days".

The above character represents an "apathetic" type who can be turned into either an "attacker", a "supporter" or left alone in "apathetic" mode. The type an "apathetic" turns into depends on whether a player succeeds at a 'Simon says' type mini game. When a player is in close range to this type, "attacker" types will halt their pursuit and wander in the players vicinity till he is far enough from the "apathetic".

Here's the in-progress design document for the game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z-r6xXBCmDZsCiOQfwQtcMoQZOQEvvmKHuFxqDGpeDo/edit?usp=sharing

Flee-bot

A wheeled robot that reacts to input from multiple distance sensors causing it to keep a distance from everything.  Communication between sets of sensors could allow for distance measurements at diagonals.

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8-bit Paper art Link. See more at Camden Comic Con 2017!

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Robotype prototype #needswork

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I have to modify the the connection for the top axis. The connection to the dowel has to have less to no clearance for tilting.
The final version will be made from metal mostly and moved by 3 linear actuators attached to an arduino. The arduino will receive control data from a smartphone's tilt sensors.

"Giant Giraffe Weevils are perfect for rounding up your water-bear herd. Just make sure you keep their wings bound else you'll need ta tame a new one in late winter." - Aunt Maypi

New Robot. New Video.

Made a new puppet based on the robot travel agent from the My Step video. This version does the inhuman work required of a corporate executive. Watch it work!

Fresh Faced Teens album finished

I've been making electronic music for a while under the name Fresh Faced Teens. I almost finished an album back in 2006 or 07 and haven't come back to it till this year for a bunch of reasons. It's finished now. Here it is! Thanks to Joe Boldizar  for doing all the initial recording with me. Thanks to Aaron Scheuerer, Bary Knob and Sean Hur for performing and writing on it. Thanks to everybody who was at Bristol  during that time for your creative inspiration and encouragement. Thanks to G-d for a world to sing about.

Santa

Finished a little late getting my "Custom Christmas Messages from Santa" up on Fiverr.com. Will try again next year. Experimenting with talking to people on Chat Roulette with some amusing results. Smiles from tough guys, lots of WTFs, more people's parts than I'd like to see, and then stuff like this...

Some of my friends are made out of ice...

William Knight

So excited to be working with Burlington artist William Knight! His exhibition at the Grounds for Sculpture is a wonderful venue for his work. The video we are producing will give you a tour of the show as well as commentary from the artist. Look for it later this month. Knight's show, Out of Context, will only be up for another week, so go see it!

Here is a still of a work titled Wall Tapestry...

Rabbit puppet commission.

Hair, Ice, and Stone friends. Character designs for upcoming animation.

HoodiePillow: Get Comfy!

This is the HoodiePillow brand pillow case. My friend Chris invented it, I prototyped it, and we developed the brand together. Go to HoodiePillow.com and get comfy for only $19.95!

Elephin Fine Handbags

Red Clay

This is a design for a paper mola. I'm going to have my friend help make a few using die-cut paper. It's about separation and reunion with God. The fetuses, representing Adam and Jesus, are a reoccurring image in my prints and a painting as well.

Underwater ideas/inpirations

Plaid Robos Goofin

Goofy plaid robot marionettes.

Busy busy busy

Working on pre-production of a feature length animation with my friend and favorite illustrator Matthew J Blair. Some creative software for use with motion controls. Children's songs. Another music video. A few puppets. Time is a curse I'll be happy to be free of one day. All to God through Jesus. Peace.

Art Exhibition

Markeim Arts Center Presents:

Influence and Confluence:
South Jersey Art Professors, Students and Alumni
March 1 – April 1

For the month of March Markeim Arts Center is hosting an art exhibit titled "Influence and Confluence: South Jersey Art Professors, Students and Alumni" The exhibit is featuring work from Rutgers University, Richard Stockton College of NJ and Rowan University.

Artist Reception Sunday, March 27, 2011 2pm-4pm in conjunction with the Hopkins House Gallery.

I'm going to be showing a conceptual video I did which incorporated one of my costumes.

http://www.markeimartcenter.org
http://arts.camden.lib.nj.us/influence.pdf