Tis the Season for nogging the eggs, roasting the chestnuts, stockings be hung, and Christmas thinking. The original “Christmas Thoughts” are here to brighten your spirit, and provide a hint of holiday cheer.
There was a time when my website, Catheads.net, was littered with crude flash animations that were sometimes humorous and always pointless. Here, we revisit them. 
Now before you go diving into this animation, I want you to know this: no man is ever complete and some men are not men at all. Some men control their destinies, others are controlled. Whatever. This is already too deep for me to understand.
Are you like me? Do you work feverishly on something, day in and day out until it’s done before starting the next project? Yes? Then you’re NOTHING like me! Come look at the mess I’m making.
I have made a concerted effort to study animation lately, and by that, I mean the specifics of body weight, personality, movement and the dreaded lip syncing!
Disclaimer: This is a dirty trick!! I just want to contribute at least three posts each month with new content. I am determined to do so. Even if it means back-dating a post (or two, or three). It’s perfectly legal.
Here is my early version of Mr. Collinsworth, fully modeled.
I purchased a few blank sketchbooks recently and really began drawing and studying basic forms, shapes and lines in order to produce better characters and drawings down the road. Then I thought I might try a simple 2D animation.
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the garden.. duh nuh. duh nuh. dun dun dun dun dun DUN DUDN DUDN DUND NUDN NDUDNNG!!
Back in the day, when Flash was the way to go, I had some fun creating semi-amusing, very uninspiring animations. Here’s one called “How Squirrels Win at Chess”.