The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation presents the APL Benefit

This is what has been taking up most of my time for the past month or so... I was contacted by the management of Apl.de.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas to do a 30 second animation for his charity event.

Have a look at the animation...

http://www.ricecookerstudios.com/APL_benefit.html

• A.P.L. BENEFIT, focuses exclusively on international works in the Philippines and Asia, was envisioned by Apl.de.Ap (Allan Pineda Lindo), a Filipino-American founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, as a way for him to give back to his homeland.
• Peapod Foundation, Band members from the GRAMMY-winning hip-hop group, The Black Eyed Peas -- will.i.am, Fergie, apl.de.ap and Taboo -- created The Peapod Foundation to encourage social change by uniting people, especially children, through the universal language of music. The Peapod Foundation supports innovative programs for children and focuses attention on universal needs including music/artistic education, shelter/housing and healthcare.

The Karate Kid

Someone sent this video around the office a while ago...

Got me inspired to cartoonize Daniel and Miyagi...

Family

Freelance work has been keeping me from working on my short. For the past couple of nights I have been working on developing the character design for my short... I just wanted to give it a bit more stylization. Here are the latest versions... Slowly, I feel it coming together...