Jimbo The Entity News!

Liquid TV... riiiiiise!

2011-10-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

Them guys over at MTV got a good idea and have relaunched Liquid TV with it's own site! It's where I made my directorial debut with Crazy Daisy Ed, which is featured here...
CRAZY DAISY ED on Liquid TV!
The whole site looks pretty great. Give it the old soup around, lots of great stuff on it!

Colossal Pictures Exists!

2011-10-07T11:35:00.000-07:00

I started at Colossal Pics when I was super young back in 89 and worked there until 2000. I started as a production assistant and within four fun years made director. It was the best production house ever. Animation, live action, commercials, tv shows and movies.
Did you see any media in the 90's? Great, then you saw us.
It's where I learned all I know, it was my college. No tuition! Woohoo!
Well good old Drew finally found the old reels and posted them, have a look! This all looks as fresh as anything else today. Dig it!
COLOSSAL PICTURES 1996 REEL
COLOSSAL PICTURES 1993 REEL
COLOSSAL PICTURES 1992 REEL
One of the great things in here is the behind the scenes of how we all achieved the special effects. Super fun!

More Cup Of Awesome!

2011-09-13T12:59:00.000-07:00

Awarded 5 more :30 fun spots for the NHL Hurricanes! Just started production and having a good time. Will be rocking these out for the next few months. The new ones have plenty more shoutin' and singin'! On board is Paul as always and our new intern David, he's dang rad! Last years set of 4 won us some Addy Gold, let's see what we get this time around....

New Children's Book Finiiiiiished!

2011-09-13T12:49:00.000-07:00

Found a little time to pump out my second kids book. I love it!
Both are now in the good hands of a nice agency.
No names yet, don't wanna' jinx.
This one is pretty self explanatory....

This kid is such a lovable jerk.

Sound Bites cover art is always fun to do!

2011-07-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's been way too long since I've updated this noise.
I've been dang busy!
Check out this fun piece I knocked out for ol' Bill over at Soundbites!
He does a Summer Fridays music mix that free to download and you don't have to sign up for it or nothin'. Here's the link...
SOUNDBITES 4.9!!!

Brush and ink on paper scanned, colored in photoshop

Nuvana Jamlab Press Vid!

2011-05-23T13:17:00.000-07:00

I shot, directed and edited this super quick like for my buddies at Nuvana!
Loved working with the kids! Check out the video here....
NUVANA JAMLAB 5-7-2011

This just in!

2011-05-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a lil' something that I've been helping out on.
Nuvana is awesome and doing great things. I've known
these guys for 20 years and this is going to be huge.
I just shot this whole event, the kids were the best!
Very very inspiring!
Take a look at this great article at Style.com...
From Public School To The Fashion Trenches

New(er) Reel!

2011-04-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

Kind of forgot to post the new reel on Vimeo.
Whoops! Here it is in much better res!
Click here, yes on these words. Good job!

ADDY GOLD for Hockey fun! Go Stormy!

2011-03-13T19:19:00.000-07:00

Here's 2 of 4 commercials my buddy Paul Friedrich and I popped out at the end of the year. Super good fun! They just won Addy Gold. Hoorays!

Cheer Up!

You Like Hockey!

Fantasy Delicious!!!

2011-03-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

What more do you want than FANTASY DELICIOUS?

Way too long since I've updated! Here's Pringles Insanity!

2011-03-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

I've been way too busy doing lots! Shows, commercials and books! Here we go! Did this as a quickie for an insane Pringles Extreme late night/broadcast+online campaign thing.
RAAAAR!

Vimeo!

2010-07-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

Everything looks better on Vimeo! I posted a higher quality version of my reel and lots of other goodies you can't find here. Go look now!
Jimbo on Vimeo!

Some album art fun!

2010-06-22T08:42:00.000-07:00

I shot and designed this piece recently for a Soundbite's Summer Friday mixes. A music site of great mixes of new music that will keep you rocking all week with some awesome band interviews and more by Bill Pearis.
SOUNDBITES!
The wonderful Kelsey Ruvolo is the model.
This will appear in the late July! Dig it!

BARE COUNTRY LIVES!

2010-05-04T14:29:00.000-07:00

This here is the first peek at a show Aaron Tompkins and I are about to start pitching around.
It's Bare Country! The insane tale of a group of bears driven out of their neck of the woods by a new hunting lodge. They go deeper into the mountains for shelter and find a nudist colony called Bare Country. So they eat everyone and take over the little village. Yaaay!
Check it out in nice quality right here!
Bare Country presents "You Give Hood Love"

Happy to announce my very first children's book!

2010-05-03T09:04:00.000-07:00

I'm Going To Catch My Tail Today! Super fun 32 page children's book that has a nice message so hidden it's hidden. It's kid tested and mother approved! Lil thumbs up all around. It's the gripping tale of Kitty-Kitty-Kitty trying to grip his tail!
Will he ever catch his tail? WILL HE?!
Shopping this fun work of love around right now. If you want a peek at it just give me a shout!
Big hugs!

Recovered Old Nickelodeon Commercial!

2009-12-16T13:13:00.000-08:00

This is great! I lost a bunch of spots I directed in a computer crash years ago. So I'm in the process of trying to find some of these things! Projects for Fox, CBS and more got trashed. Good old guys at Nickelodeon recovered this piece I designed, directed and animated for them way back in 1996! This won New York Festivals International Advertising Award, Best Non Computer Animation Promo, 1996! Haaa! This was such a fun piece to do, no computer trickery here, what you see is what we made! All one continuous shot animated in 44 consecutive hours. We slept nice once it was done.

Been busy!

2009-12-11T11:16:00.000-08:00

I don't post on here enough. Haa!
But I've been developing and pitching 3 different shows around to all the networks. Going great! Did a quick silly commercial for my buddies at Swearbear.com. Also recorded a nice christmas song for friends and family. Starting to search about to ad agencies for CD work. And then there's these meddlesome holidays!!!

Bear's out of the bag!

2009-07-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

Okay! I've been keeping this one a secret for some time now and I
can't stand it anymore. I was approached by Toe Design to
develop, write and direct their naughty bear puppet toy line
characters into a fine freaky comedy show. I believe it's time for a
new Muppet Show that's just absolutely twisted!
It's all about bears! Bears! Bears! Oh, and a hot chick.
It's been fun and awesome! These are just a few lil' shots from
production. We are way into post and it should all be done very
soon. Some folks are already interested in it but I'm not letting
anything else out of the bag.
Fun!

Ultraman Leo 003 is COMPLETE!

2009-06-11T13:04:00.001-07:00

Took a little longer than expected but here he is!
Ultraman Leo 003 is 6' 2" tall. That's a lot of cardboard.
Ultraman Leo hit Japanese TVs in April 1974 and fought
huge monsters for 51 episodes.
This proud guy is shipping out to Kentucky next week
to join an awesome personal art collection.
He will be missed.
Thanks to Bruce Soyez-Bernard for taking these great pics
of the sculpture and me! Check out his amazing work at...
http://www.brucesoyezbernard.com
Check out the video and pics below!

Jimbo The Art Gallery is here!

2009-03-03T12:04:00.000-08:00

Yes, I have become an artist. Wait, I was already an artist.
Okay, now I'm openly selling my art. Ahhh! There's the
difference! What?
Just go here and enjoy....
Jimbo The Gallery!

Jimbo on Hulu! Heavy Metal Guy!

2009-01-24T09:28:00.000-08:00

I forgot I wrote some episodes of Heavy Metal Guy
a long time ago with Mondo Mini Shows folks!
These are the funny.
Heavy Metal Guy on Hulu Link Thing Press Here!

David Lin is the man....

2009-01-18T21:40:00.000-08:00

....who is the mastermind behind my awesome website!
I highly suggest contacting him with your similar needs....
David Lin
davidlinnyc80@gmail.com
You haven't seen my site? Check it out!
http://www.jimbotheentity.com
Not only is D. Lin talented, he is nice.
Rock!

Toy Karma Art Show @ Chicago's Rotofugi Gallery!

2009-01-18T09:59:00.000-08:00

Last year was my debut as an actual artist alongside some truly great artists like Frank Kozik, Tim Biskup, Bwana Spoons, Mark Nagata, Martin Ontiveros, Blobpus, and more!

The show was curated by the talented Mark Nagata and held at Chicago's Rotofugi gallery.

The show was amazing as all the other artists involved were internationally known. I made two pieces specifically for the show. A huge Booska that stands over 2" tall and an Ultraman head that is about 3" tall with eyes that light up.

I also included a couple of the actual props used in UMDS episode #8. Evil Evil's tank and Trevor's green dragster. Hot! The show was a huge success and I professionally sold my first piece. So happy! All pieces are cardboard and acrylic paint.

This is Mark's official site.

Here's my stuff there.

And here's more pics!