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Mighty Blog

 June 27, 2019 

Broadband GIFs

Some brand new GIF animations in support of Broadband Competition.  Let's MacGyver this Broadband Bad Data Kills Competition

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 January 19, 2019 

Little Taco Truck: Layouts

The first page of Tanya Valentine's book, Little Taco Truck, features the line "In a busy corner of the big city, new buildings began to rise." Illustrated by Jorge Martin, the opening spread is a lovely wide shot that sets up the story and teases the main character as he rides to his favorite spot.…

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 December 10, 2018 

Evolution of a Character

Data's Journey is one of the rare projects where I was the sole designer. After examining the scope of the job and the client's preferences, I put myself into position to explore and nail down the look of the characters and the world. This meant cycling through several design rounds, and working closely with Graffects…

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 March 5, 2018 

30 Seconds, No Drawing

While my new TV Spot for Urban Legends features loads of photo & video production, there is animation on almost every frame. Nonetheless, the entire piece was produced without putting pencil to paper (or stylus to tablet). This is not a rant against drawing, I LOVE DRAWING - so much in fact that 30 years…

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 May 15, 2017 

Bonus Features!

With the release of our latest music video, Blankets & Chairs, we've encountered a surge of curiosity about the making of the film, the hidden imagery, and the cast. It's an FX-heavy piece that merges video, still imagery and character animation into a surreal vision that compliments the pacing an humor of the song. Blankets & Chairs…

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 January 2, 2016 

Interview: Sunny Levine and Mike Burakoff

You might think "animated hip-hop comedy music videos for kids" isn’t a thing. It is. In the age of YouTube, anything you can think of is already a thing. But this week saw the premiere of the first video to mix slick animation, psychedelic imagery and an original cast of characters with thumping beats and funny lyrics,…

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 July 28, 2015 

All Bears Need Love

I'm proud to announce that we've just released the Book Trailer for All Bears Need Love, a picture book by award-winning children's author Tanya Valentine. It's a 60-second animated short adapted from the book's art by Adam Taylor, and featuring music from talented singer-songwriter Wendy DuMond.     All Bears Need Love is a heartwarming story of an orphaned Baby Brown…

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 April 1, 2015 

Newcomer to play Star Lord’s Dad

In an effort to increase local casting efforts for its 8-year slate of Atlanta-based production, Marvel Films has cast newcomer Tony Grillo as "The Purple Man" in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy sequel. In a surprising announcement this week, director James Gunn confirmed that the classic villain will in fact be revealed as Star Lord's long lost father.…

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 March 25, 2015 

MightyPants 2015 Animation Reel

I figured it was time. Our last Studio Animation Reel is from 5 years ago, before we transmogrified into MightyPants. It does not include many of the great new projects we developed for our friends/clients. I wanted something that focused solely on our new work. But this is not it. I'm sorry... I had to bring back…

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 August 5, 2014 

Creepy Casey comes to life

Creepy Casey, the creation of Kid-Lit Author Tanya Valentine, will finally have her say! Casey has long been the star of her eponymous book series, but until recently we could only read about her exploits in the Creepy Casey books penned by Valentine (who, by pure coincidence, has also served as a producer for MightyPants…

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 July 28, 2014 

Kneebouncers Hitz a chord

In anticipation of the upcoming Kneebouncers TV series, we'd like to take a moment to appreciate the contributions of composer Robert Hitz. Mr Hitz provides all of the songs for the series, some of which are scored to action with delightfully creative synchronization. His music has a joyous, haunting quality that adds a unique personality…

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 July 24, 2014 

Kneebouncers takes off!

Preschool series Kneebouncers is coming to a TV near you! The series, based on the internet destination of the same name, will be airing August 11 on Baby First TV (available in most cable & satellite markets). Created by Punch Robinson and Kurt Dommermuth and developed & produced by MightyPants, Kneebouncers consists of 20 x 3…

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 July 22, 2014 

Tony gets shifty for HMA

MightyPants' resident ham Tony Grillo recently took a break from his producing duties to play the role of a stuffy anglo con-artist in a media ad for Atlanta's High Museum of Art. Produced by Atlanta's Mountain View Group, the ad features an upper-crust englishman showing off his cadre of classic cars... but he's not all…

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 April 1, 2014 

Weiner taps MightyPants for animated “Mad Men” reboot

It’s so damn hard keeping secrets as it is, but this one was downright painful! After almost a year of keeping my mouth zipped, I am finally at liberty to share some really great news:  MightyPants is working with one of our icons – Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner – to develop a Mad Men…

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 March 4, 2014 

Kneebouncers learns to fly

Creative Edu-Gaming group Kneebouncers is taking its popular pre-school brand to TV, and they've asked MightyPants to help breathe a little extra life into their content. The series of 20 x 3-minute shorts premieres in April on BabyFirstTV, slotted between other short-format properties like VocabuLarry and Harry the Bunny. As a dad and long-time subscriber to…

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