The Beast from a Bazillion Fathoms
New super-short cartoon from Patrick Neary uses a technique that sets hand-drawn 2D animation into a 3D (After Effects) environment, giving it a miniature diorama look like old View-Master reels.
Portland Film Festival Premiere
"Just Like it Used to Be" is a stop motion animated music video for Swansea, will premiere at Portland Film Festival at 11:45 am Sunday, September 4, with the Shorts Block 9 Animation program.
Cartoons Featured on Battery Pop
Patrick Neary's animated cartoons are rolling out on Battery Pop, the new kids' programming network. Check them out at www.batterypop.com and vote with a POP! More animation at madbirdesign.com/work/animation/
CowBurd Cartoon Premieres at AIFF
Ashland Independent Film Festival Alum Patrick Neary’s latest animation uses hand-drawn characters and miniature sets to answer the age-old question: what if cows could fly? CowBurd is a hand-drawn cartoon that follows a hapless dairy cow, inspired by a little bird, as she takes to the skies. This cartoon started life as a string of [...]
Apple “Life on iPad” Video
Animator Patrick Neary contributed to this Apple Life on iPad video featured at the company's special keynote event and this gorgeous new webpage.
New Animation Reel
Animation is a versatile medium, and can make commercial videos as entertaining and memorable as a great cartoon. Our corporate and creative clients – including Apple, AOL, and Microsoft – love the way hand-crafted animation brings their story to life.
Cartoon Shirt Designs
A new "cow-toon" by Patrick Neary is coming together. Now for the fun part: designing t-shirts! Do you have a favorite design? Feel free to come up with more fun caption ideas for the cow. A) Hank Hank's Flying Circus This design would look great on a sporty grey t-shirt. So far, this is the [...]
Animated Video for Mayors Challenge Featured on the Huffington Post
The City of Hillsboro is one of 20 finalists for the $5M Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge, a nationwide contest to find innovative solutions to national problems on a local level. Mad Bird Design’s animation department created a video to illustrate Hillsboro’s winning concept: GoPoint.
Martians Seen in Seattle
A MARTIAN PICNIC played to a full house at Seattle International Film Festival, as part of The Family Picture Show program. SIFF put together a solid program to appeal to all ages, and there were lots of youngsters in the audience – kids always ask the best questions during Q&A sessions! We ran out of Martian [...]
Martians Have Arrived!
Facebook Friends Screening If we can get 100+ fans of the newly redesigned Mad Bird Design Animation Facebook page, we'll unlock the full 5-minute A Martian Picnic cartoon this weekend for a special Facebook Friends Premiere. If you're already a friend, pass it along! Link: facebook.com/Otis.v.Monster Mad Bird Animation has a new website, featuring the new stop motion cartoon A [...]