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titmouse inc. , the production studio behind cartoon network' s hit show metalocalypse, have opened a game development studio appropriately named
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titmouse inc. is a production company founded by chris prynoski in 2000 after he had moved into hollywood, california. some of the projects titmouse have done include mtv' s
the grimm fairy tales animated pilot was created by titmouse inc, zenescope entertainment, and shcneppzone, directed by jon schnepp. the …
our first stop upon arrival in california was to visit fellow 2d animation studio, titmouse, inc! (they make cartoons) .
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for one nite only, nitehawk hosts the annual titmouse 5 - second animation night! introduction by titmouse founder chris prynoski .
beverly hills, ca - - may 28, 2009 - - hollywood - based animation and game company titmouse, inc. has announced today the addition of sales and marketing vice president sam schoemann along with a new creative director and head of the titmouse games division, aaron habibipour. titmouse, inc. was founded by husband and wife team shannon and chris prynoski. titmouse produces shorts, commercials, cartoons, and other animated works, while titmouse games primarily creates and produces video games and related media. titmouse is currently producing its third season of adult swim' s metalocalypse .
kevin currently oversees titmouse canada, which boasts a current roster of almost 200 artists and production staff. titmouse canada also out - consumes both titmouse la and nyc in beer by a factor of nearly fourteen to one .
hollywood, calif. , march 18 / prnewswire / - - titmouse inc. , the creative force behind metalocalypse, one of cartoon network' s highest rated adult swim animated - series, announced today, the creation of its own original game development studio, titmouse games .
despite the gloomy outlook of your earth' s economy, here on planet titmouse we have never been busier ,
says titmouse inc. executive producer, chris prynoski .
we have always been about groovy stories and unique characters, and launching titmouse games has allowed us to focus our tasty creativity lasers onto a whole new pleasure center of the human brain .
as one of titmouse inc. ’s first directors, juno lee is manages the creative aspects of production including storyboards, animatic, animation and editing. he is involved from the inception of the project to final post .
we are psyched to have these two new additions to our stable of badasses. aaron and sam get our brand and have the attitude and the skill sets to blow doors and help rock titmouse to the next level ,
commented chris prynoski, president and co - founder of titmouse, inc .
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titmouse was supposed to be a t - shirt shop. it became an animation studio .
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titmouse animation is the worst kept secret in the industry, and we always felt that our super - geek cred and weirdo - but - accessible vibe would apply to the video game world ,
says keith fay, vice president and creative producer for titmouse inc .
aaron is a big, twisted metal - head geek, and he has the experience and the chops to bring a certain juicy deviance to the titmouse universe .
prior to titmouse, mike taught intro to animation to hungry college kids at california state fullerton .
he joined titmouse as a part time animator and has since graduated to directing the animation for many of titmouse’s projects including metalocalypse, motorcity, turbo fast, and the recently announced son of zorn. he wrote and directed titmouse’s award winning short film, the hidden life of the burrowing owl .
animation studio titmouse inc. produces such programs as disney xd’s “motorcity” and “randy cunningham 9th grade ninja, ” and adult swim’s “the venture bros. , ” “superjail, ” “china, il, ” “metalocalypse” and “black dynamite. ” they recently collaborated on the video game depicted in her .
distinction: titmouse, inc. is an american animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials and short films. the studio opened in 2000, and has offices in los angeles, new york city and vancouver [ 20 ] .
otto tang is a director and art director at titmouse inc. (la, usa) originally a background painter for metalocalypse, he has grown in his artistic responsibilities at titmouse and directed title sequences for the feature documentaries sunset strip and jaco. he was the art director on randy cunningham 9th grade ninja on disney xd. his short by the stream was an official selection at annecy international animated film festival .
is animated by titmouse and produced by ars nova entertainment. jones, jon steingart and jillian apfelbaum executive produce .
the titmouse team plans to partner with like - minded publishers and explore options for digital distribution on future projects .
8. titmouse has studios in three cities: two in the u. s. , one in canada .
the most frequently asked question chris p. gets at conventions is “how did you get the name titmouse? ”
when developing the concept designs for the show, prynoski felt “cool cars and characters” along with plenty of action were the main requirements. he referenced his favorite animation from his childhood; japanese fare such as “gatchaman” (battle of the planet) and “yamato” (star blazers) for motorcity’s sleek look. he assigned titmouse, inc. animator brandon cuellar to create the vehicle designs and employed artists and animators based primarily in los angeles and new york, along with some canadian artists for background development. using proprietary software titmouse, inc. has created, the computer animation dailies were easily transferred between ny and la using cinesync .
titmouse said today it is launching its own game studio and is making a console video game dubbed seven haunted seas .
animation studio titmouse inc. recently teamed up with king features, fleischer studios, and new york - based music and sound house nylon studios to help bring the spirited world of betty boop to life for a three - part animated short, a betty boop cartoon: “betty boop goes a - posen” featuring zac posen .
in 2014, chaffee joined titmouse ny as a producer and now serves as head of physical production for the ny branch .
despite the gloomy economy, titmouse executive producer chris prynoski said the five - year - old company has never been busier .
nerdland is directed by chris prynoski, written by andrew kevin walker, produced by gavin polone and andrew kevin walker, executive produced by kathy landsberg, chris prynoski, and shannon barrett prynoski, co - produced by ben kalina, with production design by antonio canobbio, and music by night club. animation by titmouse inc. the production companies are akw worldwide, pariah, and titmouse. nerdland previously had its world premiere at the 2016 tribeca film festival .
titmouse, inc. ’s first feature animation project nerdland — directed by studio co - founder chris prynoski — has been picked up for north american theatrical distribution by samuel goldwyn films. the adult - targeted film features the voices of patton oswalt and paul rudd, and had its world premiere at new york’s tribeca film festival earlier this year .
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titmouse has worked on a lot of popular cartoons, but that’s not necessarily the work that has reached the most amount of eyeballs .
prior to titmouse, he was an episode director at cartoon network on megas xlr. he acted as an overseas supervisor to outsourced animation .
if you read the about section of titmouse’s website, you probably know this. i can’t assume, though, that people spend all day combing through animation studio sites for random bits of trivia. anyhow, here’s how titmouse went from t - shirt company to animation studio .
i want to continue to emphasize that i am only listing publishers found within the monthly previews catalog, a gateway into diamond comic distributors, inc. the learning process never ends. i’d love to receive feedback and see any necessary additions .
one day each year, titmouse animators make their own 5 second cartoon. a longstanding titmouse tradition, these animated goodies then are spliced together into one fantastic screening witnessed only in theaters where its studios exist (la, ny and vancouver) for friends, neighbors and fans to enjoy .
or, it could have been guitar hero. titmouse worked on several iterations of the hit video game, doing intro segments and cut scenes .
titmouse, inc. —the l. a. studio behind adult swim’s the ventures bros. , metalocalypse and black dynamite —has their first original animated theatrical short the hidden life of the burrowing owl prepped and ready for take off on itunes this week. the film is being publicly released for the first time by the studio’s newly created division, titmouse shorts, and has made the rounds on the festival circuit; including winning two awards at the comic - con int’l independent film festival in 2009 (best animation, judges choice) .
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allison craig typically produces one of the best submissions for titmouse’s 5 second day, and this year is no exception. here’s her short (which was …
as creative director for titmouse, inc. , antonio oversees the creative direction of all projects including metalocalypse, black dynamite, motorcity, turbo: f. a. s. t. , moonbeam city, and the studios’ first feature film, nerdland. he began his animation career working as a layout artist in his native city, paris until chris prynoski who was working at mtv, noticed his unique portfolio drawings showing up on the fax machine (yes, really - via fax !). chris lobbied to have antonio join him at mtv new york and years later, they along with shannon prynoski made the move to cartoon network in los angeles. fast forward to the happily ever after career landing spot at titmouse, inc. , where he is currently directing the amazon series, niko and the sword of light .
if you' re a modern animation fan, you' re probably into something titmouse inc. is putting out. the animation, graphics, and design studio took the stage at emerald city comic - con with studio head chris prynoski ,
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titmouse’s first full - length animated feature directed by chris prynoski and featuring the voices of paul rudd and patton oswalt is set for a december 2016 theatrical release .
“we had no plan to make an animation studio, ” says prynoski of the company. titmouse was supposed to be an online shop for t - shirts .
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note that this is not the firm' s first effort in the gaming industry. alongside the aforementioned cartoon and other notable shows like avatar: the last airbender and afro samurai, titmouse is responsible for the in - game cinematics seen in the guitar hero series .
now the new studio, titmouse games, will expand into an area that the company already knows well. that’s because titmouse animators have been creating the introductory animated clips (known as cinematics) in video games for years. the company create cinematics for the past four guitar hero games and just finished work on guitar hero: metallica .
jake clark, an animator working out of titmouse’s vancouver shop, produced this fun, flash - animated short for the 2015 5 second day. it’s titled techno pond :
before landing at titmouse, kevin held the title of vp of development for walt disney television animation and vp of production and creative affairs for new york based classic media. while working on the titmouse produced motor city at disney, he caught the eye of chris and ben, and was their first choice to run their new vancouver studio .
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the company has recently been producing two shows for disney’s action oriented xd channel: motorcity and randy cunningham: 9th grade ninja. in order to receive its sub - contract deal from disney, titmouse signed a union contract to satisfy disney’s requirements in the iatse basic agreement. titmouse didn’t want to convert its entire los angeles studio into a union shop, and thus created a wholly - owned subsidiary called robin redbreast. the new company is the signator with the animation guild, iatse local 839, though it shares the same ownership and managements of its parent company, titmouse .
the company has hired game veteran aaron habibipour as the creative director for titmouse games. habibpour has spent the past eight years working on games such as guitar hero, darkwatch, and gun .
tufted titmouse build their nests in cavities, so putting up nest boxes is a good way to attract breeding titmice to your yard. make sure you put it up well before breeding season. attach a guard to keep predators from raiding eggs and young. find out more about nest boxes on all about birdhouses. you' ll find plans for building a nest box for tufted titmouse .
“we are cartoon - fist - punching each other in the face with rug burn, ” said chris prynoski, president and co - founder of titmouse, the animation studio behind adult swim hits like metalocalypse and black dynamite. “if six point uploads a huge hit to the channel, we will not rest until they drown in the laughter of the youtube audience while enjoying our retaliating titmouse show. ”
whether you know their name or not, you know their work. animators at titmouse are the masterminds behind cult favorites like avatar: the last airbender, afro samurai and the amazing screw on head .
titmouse games was introduced to the industry at the game developers conference this year, with its first console action rpg game, seven haunted seas. for more information please visit www. titmousegames. com .
teenage mutant ninja turtles: legends – ludia inc. – character animator: lucio mennillo, character: donatello vision, character animator: martine quesnel, character: leonardo vision, character animator: alexandre cheff, character: donatello larp, character animator: laura gorrie, character: leatherhead larp, lead animator: guillaume charrin, character: raphael vision
“teenage mutant ninja turtles: legends, ” ludia inc. ; character animator: lucio mennillo; character: donatello vision; character animator: martine quesnel; character: leonardo vision; character animator: alexandre cheff; character: donatello larp; character animator: laura gorrie; character: leatherhead larp; lead animator: guillaume charrin; character: raphael vision
titmouse. you need to remember that name. a full - service animation production company, they are one of the hottest in the industry right now and they are on the brink of becoming a household name .
prynoski takes his time when asked what titmouse’s highest profile project has been. “i’d like to say it’s venture bros. , ” he says. “that’s the highest profile amongst weirdo nerd people that i like. ”
the collaboration with titmouse represents a first for blizzard. they’ve never before commissioned short - form animation to play outside of the game product. not to mention that this is their first foray into 2 - d storytelling .
prior to titmouse, he worked in production at warner bros. animation & vfx. during his time there he helped develop their digital pipeline and worked on transitioning the studio from traditional paper animation to a digital workflow .
but, it' s not just couch potatoes that love them; gamers do too. titmouse created the aggressive rock cinematics for the last four guitar hero series and just finished work on the upcoming guitar hero: metallica .
titmouse is a full service animation studio located in hollywood, california. the company specializes in traditional animation using the latest in state - of - the - art digital techniques. in existence for just over five years, the studio has already produced a string of high profile, highly successful projects ranging from broadcast and cable television, to feature film, national commercial advertising campaigns and well known tv and film main title sequences. in addition to production, titmouse has harnessed a cutting - edge creative team with many collective years of success to create and develop an aggressive slate of original projects that span all media platforms. for more information visit www. titmouse. net .
titmouse is a full‐service, award - winning animation production company. its artist - run studios in los angeles, new york city, and vancouver keep 500 of the most talented people in the industry (that are guaranteed 100% human) employed and pushing creative boundaries. known for series such as venture bros. , metalocalypse, superjail! , big mouth and the feature film, nerdland, titmouse creates high - quality cartoons for all ages and interests .
titmouse hq is in the middle of hollywood. it’s a fairly large facility. in fact, they have a small dune buggy to get back and forth between the building. they also have offices in new york and vancouver .
titmouse has done a lot of opening sequences, including one for the first season of avatar: the last airbender. it’s the intro they did for a reality tv show, though, that made a major, lasting impression .
i caught up with titmouse’s president, chris prynoski, to find out more about the company, why many of hollywood’s hottest comedic talent names are dying to work with them and the sudden hunger for the r - rated animated movies .
but, titmouse also has a lot of commercial work to its credit and it’s those spots that have likely hit the biggest audience. “it was probably a budweiser commercial or a honda commercial or something like that, ” he says .
prynoski created the animated series motorcity, which ran on disney xd for one season. the car racing adventure didn’t last long, but it made a pretty big impact. the show opened up titmouse to get more work in the kids’ tv world, like randy cunningham: ninth grade ninja and a few in - the - works projects that they can’t discuss at this time. motorcity also racked up a lot of fans, who often turn up at titmouse’s convention panels .
the new york office launched in 2010. “two of my friends were both creators of adult swim shows and they needed places to do their shows, ” says prynoski. titmouse new york basically started for superjail! and the venture brothers .
on the heels of such gaming success, the company was able to bring aaron habibipour up to bat as the new creative director for titmouse games. an established veteran of the interactive entertainment industry, aaron has spent the past eight years working with triple - a titles (guitar hero, darkwatch, gun) and winning several awards for outstanding art and innovative gameplay. he comes to titmouse with a new arsenal of cutting - edge ideas to help drive the team' s creative vision .
’s president of original programming kent alterman, “had scott just asked, we would have given him a 10, 000 - episode order. oh well, lesson learned for him. ” mark brooks serves as supervising director, with animation by titmouse .
titmouse has had its hand in some big projects, but there’s a lot about the animation studio that even die - hard fans might not know. that’s why i headed down to the l. a. offices recently to tour the large facilities .
seven haunted seas is a a console - based action role - playing game set in a pirate world. an undead pirate, scurvy pete, returns from hell to find a dark, post - apocalypitic future where he must right all of his past wrongs to restore the world. the company is looking for a partner to publish / distribute the game and is weighing its options for digital distribution. titmouse has more than 100 employees and has not raised outside funding. titmouse games is in discussions for funding .
it’s from get a life, the 1990s tv show that starred chris elliott as a grown - up paperboy. specifically, it’s from an episode called “chris’ brain starts working, ” where an incident with toxic waste turns our hero into a temporary spelling bee phenomenon. “when it starts to wear off, he gets asked how to spell the word titmouse and he just starts giggling, ” says prynoski. “he can’t answer it because it’s such a silly, stupid word. that’s why i named it titmouse. ”
cartoon brew decided to investigate after learning that some new york titmouse animation artists who are working on disney’s upcoming tv series motorcity are earning as little as $ 400 per week. if not the all - time lowest, it ranks as among the lowest wages ever earned by an american artist working on a disney animation production. by contrast, an artist doing the exact same job working on the same show at titmouse in los angeles would earn no less than $ 1, 055 per week under the studio’s union agreement .
powerhouse animation studios, inc is a traditional animation studio based in austin, tx. since 2001, we have been bringing ideas to life. powerhouse produces film, television, and game animation, including commercials, video game cinemas, character designs, storyboards, animatics, flash games, facebook games and more. give us a call and let us walk you through costing and the production process, and tell us more about your idea .
six point harness and titmouse have launched a new youtube animation channel called rug burn. the founders of these prominent independent animation studios have been close friends for years, but their studios are in competition with each other in the tv animation industry, and now online .
titmouse mook is a book / magazine hybrid that features comics from titmouse artists and friends of the studio. prynoski describes it as being like a “cool french art book. ” so far, two volumes have been released. they have the material for a third installment, but haven’t built the mook yet. it’s a project that they do simply for fun. “we actually lose money on them because we don’t have a business model, ” says prynoski. “we do hardcover against the advice of people who know how to make money on comics. ”
he graduated from the school of visual arts with a bachelor of fine arts in traditional animation. he currently works as animation director for titmouse' s ny office, but also has experience directing, designing, and writing on projects including advertisements, television programming, and feature films .
dublin - based boulder media is handling the series from animation through to post - production and has already hired 50 additional artists and animators to work on the project for its two - year duration. los angeles - based studio titmouse is leading the pre - production creative for the series .
titmouse just had its eighth annual smashing party. when they started doing this, old tvs were a popular item. now, they’re breaking lots of stuff. “people get really creative, ” says kalina. he mentions items like small lightbulbs and large glass containers filled with christmas ornaments .
the concept for “motorcity” arose early in prynoski’s career, when he was an animator on “beavis and butthead” and “daria. ” he created his first series, “mtv downtown, ” while employed by mtv before moving to california and founding animation studio titmouse, inc. while pitching his series idea, prynoski worked on a number of award winning commercials, tv spots, music videos and television shows, including hit series “metalocalypse” which he continues to direct and producer for spike tv’s adult swim. it caught him by surprise when eric coleman, who he pitched the series to over five years ago, called. taking over the role of svp of production at walt disney television animation, coleman remembered the series and felt it would be a great fit for the disney xd channel .
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tufted titmouse are regulars at backyard bird feeders, especially in winter. they prefer sunflower seeds but will eat suet, peanuts, and other seeds as well. find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the project feederwatch common feeder birds bird list .
finally, we get to the major announcements. titmouse has made their first feature length film. nerdland starring paul rudd, and supported by a list of so many stars i couldn’t begin to name them (seriously the credits moved super - fast but they were all really famous and really cool trust me) will be an r - rated animated film. from what was seen, expect a gratuitous amount of violence, sex, nudity, and drugs from the film. given the success of the “doomstar requiem” special for metalocalypse i know i’m excited to see what titmouse can do with an entire movie .
juno lee: once the show is shot and edited, that' s when we really begin our portion, which is laying it out, making sure that zorn fits into all the shots. ds: titmouse is used to being in control of the productions, but this one is totally different ...
a new animated long version debuted on nerdland. the logo starts out on a dark sky with many clouds. then the bird from the logo flies onto the screen. then he flies closer to the screen. as he flies, a moon appears behind him. then a branch appears. the bird sits on the branch with the moon behind him. and then the logo fades into the first scene of the normal logo. then the logo plays as usual. also, the word
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it’s called 5 second day, says prynoski, because “five seconds sounds like about what somebody can do in a day. ” most of the shorts, though, are quite a bit longer. typically, he says, you’ll see things that are 30 seconds to a minute in length. animators at titmouse spend time planning for the event and the work they do is really cool. previously, they screened 5 second day projects at the egyptian theater in los angeles. a few of the films are available to view through rug burn, which is a youtube channel run by titmouse and fellow l. a. animation studio 6 point harness .
though they share the same name and the same owners, there is a wide starting salary gap between the two titmouse animation studios that operate in los angeles and new york city. while wages for artists in the new york tv animation industry have historically been lower than their los angeles counterparts, the gap appears to be widening .
tufted titmice are common and along with the similar black - crested titmouse, populations increased between 1966 and 2015, according to the north american breeding bird survey. partners in flight estimates a global breeding population of 8 million with 100% living in the u. s. the species rates a 7 out of 20 on the continental concern score. tufted titmouse is not on the 2016 state of north america' s birds watch list. these birds' range has been expanding northward over the last half - century. possible reasons for the range expansion include a warming climate, reversion of farmlands to forests, and the growing popularity of backyard bird feeders. back to top
titmouse, in large part, has thrived on both coasts for creating a laidback artist - driven studio run by people who are passionate about animation. the studio offers unique perks to artists, like after - hours availability of cintiqs for personal projects and independent freelance projects. the studio has made some positive impacts on the new york animation scene, particularly in the way that it deals with interns. the new york animation community is rife with stories of illegal internships at other tv studios like augenblick studios and world leaders. titmouse has committed to employing interns for no longer than one school semester, and by all accounts, makes a sincere effort to hire those who exhibit competence .
5 - second day is an annual tradition that gives titmouse animators the chance to bring to life whatever strange / beautiful / disturbing / funny ideas they’ve had all year as a short - format cartoon. tonight the studio opens up the screening of these masterpieces to friends, neighbors and fans, along with a selection of rarities from the studio’s vaults .
titmouse games is an independent video game developer that provides fierce, indie content for consoles, mobile and more. making hard - hitting games from their own original ips, and hand - picked licenses, the company strives to
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cartoon brew interviewed four new york artists working on the series. though titmouse offers group health insurance, none of the artists interviewed in the clean - up department could afford the option with their current salaries. many of the hirees are recent graduates from animation schools and could barely manage living expenses, much less begin to pay off student loans with their $ 400 per week salaries .
los angeles - - prior to its west coast premiere at this weekend’s beyond fest, samuel goldwyn film has picked up the north american rights to the first feature film from titmouse, chris prynoski’s nerdland featuring the voices of patton oswalt and paul rudd, in addition to hannibal buress, reid scott, mike judge, riki lindhome, kate micucci, laraine newman, and paul scheer .
the decision to split titmouse into two separate companies was not an uncommon tactic for a company in its situation, cartoon brew was told by union officials in los angeles. under the contract, titmouse must pay union scale wages to artists in los angeles who work on motorcity, but has the option of subcontracting work to non - union companies where it can pay lower salaries. while the studio sends work on the show to multiple places, including canada, it chose to subcontract the motorcity cleanup to its new york studio, along with some of the show’s animation. a staff of nearly twenty clean - up artists works in new york, where they are responsible for cleaning up the drawings of the animators in flash and coloring scenes as well as doing occasional animation edits .
one of titmouse’s earliest projects was the opening title sequence for mtv’s show the osbournes. originally, the idea was to animate ozzy osbourne in the style of the opening credits for i dream of jeanie or bewitched. “we kept running on the clock on it until there were only a couple weeks left to do the open, ” says prynoski. “i had to think of something that could be done. ”
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shorts feature judah, a drag racing hero with an 8 - track player in his chest. jim mahfood says that he teamed up with joe casey to pitch it around to multiple studios with no takers but when titmouse was working on the new incarnation of
liquid television ,
the animation studio jumped at the opportunity to signed off on the project .
i thought we were making this flash cartoon things that would look kind of wonky, but what titmouse did was way beyond what i [ expected ] ,
mahfood gushed. he says that the team all comes from different backgrounds with a shared love of music (the main character is a 70s rocker guy who only cares about preserving the rock and roll lifestyle) and their diverse talents all favored the quality of the series .
every year, the titmouse team gets together to break stuff. it’s called a smashing party and it’s a big deal. they set up a cage in the hollywood studio’s parking lot and bring in sledgehammers, bats, axes and, of course, safety equipment. there are medics and referees on hand. the guests, who have to sign a release to get inside the party, bring their own stuff to smash .
the first project for titmouse games is an action - roleplaying game called seven haunted seas, that the company' s official press release characterizes as
a mixture of steam - punk and graphic novel - like artwork, the game is a dark comedic tale about an undead pirate, scurvy pete, that returns from hell to find a dark, post - apocalyptic future where he must right all his wrongs to restore the world .
blizzard’s senior vice president of creative development, chris metzen, a living legend in the gaming world for his efforts designing the stories and worlds of starcraft, warcraft, and, yes, diablo, is well aware of your excitement. so to get you even more “geeked up, ” as metzen puts it, he commissioned a 2 - d, hand - drawn animated short from titmouse studios and animator peter chung, creator of aeon flux .
their first venture, which is currently under lock and key behind some door deep within the titmouse games lair, is the original console action rpg, seven haunted seas. a mixture of steam - punk and graphic novel - like artwork, the game is a dark comedic tale about an undead pirate, scurvy pete, that returns from hell to find a dark, post - apocalyptic future where he must right all his wrongs to restore the world .
titmouse’s operations in new york are expanding. the studio recently completed a move from its lower manhattan office space to the chelsea neighborhood, where they occupy two entire floors of a building. one artist told cartoon brew that the new offices were much much larger and fancier. “the last place was a dump compared to this place, ” the artist said. new cintiq workstations are continually being added, indicating that the studio plans to ramp up further .
“ randy cunningham: ninth grade ninja is one of an exciting new wave of global disney xd series, ” says marc buhaj, senior vp of original programming at disney channels, emea. “driven by the team here in london, the series draws on talent from both sides of the atlantic to help create a world class show. we are thrilled to be working with the outstanding teams at boulder in ireland and titmouse in la on this project. ”
the voice cast also features hannibal buress, riki lindhome, kate micucci, laraine newman and paul scheer. prynoski directs from a script by andrew kevin walker, who also produces with gavin polone. executive produced by kathy landsberg, chris prynoski, and shannon barrett prynoski, co - produced by ben kalina, with production design by antonio canobbio, and music by night club. nerdland is produced by akw worldwide, pariah, and titmouse, which did the animation .
5 second day is an annual tradition that gives titmouse animators the chance to bring to life whatever strange / beautiful / disturbing / funny ideas they' ve had all year as a short format cartoon. for the first time ever, the studio opens up the screening of these masterpieces to friends, neighbors and fans! join us for this crazed cartoon cornucopia, which will also include a screening of the unaired “motorcity” pilot and a selection of rarities from the studio’s vaults .
what does the
metalocalypse
studio have in store for 2013? well, expect more
china, il ,
more
superjail ,
more
venture brothers ,
and they' re working on something with both amazon and netflix. find out what else what titmouse had to say during their emerald city comic - con panel about
johnny the homicidal maniac
getting a movie and the insane
disco destroyer
coming to the revamped
liquid television !
titmice build cup - shaped nests inside the nest cavity using damp leaves, moss and grasses, and bark strips. they line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals. naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests. nest construction takes 6 to 11 days .
prynoski had spent years working in animation in new york, mostly on mtv fair like beavis and butt - head, daria and downtown. during the infancy of titmouse, he was still working freelance in the industry and had a lot of gigs. “you end up hiring friends and then hiring more friends and then more people and then before you know it, it’s a studio, ” he explains. “now, it’s a real business, more or less, but it didn’t start out that way. ”
cartoon brew has learned that some of the animation was being cleaned up in the los angeles studio as recently as last october, when titmouse decided to shift the entire clean - up operation to new york. an artist in the new york studio was told by his supervisors that the reason for the shift was because the quality of work by the los angeles artists was considered sub - par. chris prynoski declined to comment on the reasons for why the clean - up work was transferred to the new york studio .
heads up fans of nbc’s community. tonight’s episode has a retro anime sequence created by our friends at titmouse. the sequence has characters from community animated in the style of 80’s anime (robotech / voltron / bubblegum crisis style designs). enjoy these exclusive advance images below (update: full sequence is embeded above). the animation is directed by grif kimmins, animated by parker simmons, and produced by ben kalina. additional credits include: bg layout & paint: lauren airress & khang li, composite by mike newton. community airs at 8pm on nbc .
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disney tv’s london - based studio has commissioned ireland’s boulder media and l. a. ’s titmouse to produce a new animated comedy titled randy cunningham: ninth grade ninja. set to premiere on disney xd in the fall of 2012 and to air in more than 129 countries worldwide, the 52 x 11 - minute series follows the fast - paced adventures of unlikely hero randy cunningham who, armed with his magic demon fiber suit, the teachings of the ‘ninja - ing’ (an 800 year old ninja guide for dummies) and his best buddy, finds himself as the one thing protecting his school and the world from certain destruction .
“i really feel that giving young new york talent practical work experience is something that has long term benefits. as these artists learn and develop, they have opportunities within the studio for promotion. we encourage artists to pursue positions in which they have interest. we hope to help these artists develop into the next group of great animators, designers, and directors. right now our ny studio is in its infancy. as it grows, the talent will grow with it. as the talent grows, the talent base grows not just for titmouse, but for the new york animation community in general. i refuse to see this as a bad thing. ”
chris prynoski: it was pretty dumb because there was no idea. i lived in new york in the laste 90s and worked on daria and beavis and butthead at mtv then i created a show that only lasted one season before it got canceled so i decided i should move out to la. i started working on tv shows but kept getting represented as a commercials director - because there was less work in new york you had to take on whatever work came your way. even though i was living in los angeles, i kept on doing that but it ended up that i got so much work that i had to bring friends in to help. it just kept growing so we rented this room as an office and then i decided to start an online t - shirt company, titmouse - it' s named after a type of bird. not long after i got a job, it was for a movie for 20th century fox, to do some animation and they asked what our production company was called but it didn’t have a name because i was just this dude. they needed a name for insurance purposes and so on so i told them about my company called titmouse. because it all checked out and because we had a bank account and stuff, we went with that and it stuck .
titmouse makes short animated flicks too. maybe you’ve seen “pinched. ” if not, you can catch that on itunes. they’re about to start work with jhonen vasquez on a short based on his comic book squee. they do shorts when there is time, usually when the tv shows are in between seasons. there’s one day a year, though, where the animation team can work on their own shorts. it’s called 5 second day and it usually falls on a holiday like valentine’s day or saint patrick’s day, where offices don’t shut down. “you don’t have to do your jobby job, ” says prynoski, “but you still have to come to work so do this. ”
it has been nearly 30 years since betty boop has appeared in new animation and this is the first time that she has been animated for the digital age. realizing that there would be no shortage of animation studios that would leap at the chance to work on betty boop, king features, alongside betty boop owner fleischer studios, reviewed the contenders and decided to reach out to new york city - based titmouse and, for a completely original music score, to nylon studios, also based in the big apple. the playful three - part animated short they produced harkens back to the original fleischer studios betty boop animation with a contemporary soundtrack meant to engage viewers and gradually introduce her signature vibrant red color .
schoemann has worked on such prestigious pbs series as nova and the american experience. schoemann left the series to become director of business development for the broadcast design and production entity fuel and in 1999 sam served as executive director of creative services for columbia tristar international television. with the emergence of the internet, sam left the studio to manage business development for broadcast, interactive television (itv) and broadband engagements for the l. a. office of razorfish. in 2002, sam was hired to launch the entertainment marketing department of klasky csupo (rugrats), where he first met and worked with titmouse founder chris prynoski. schoemann received his mba from pepperdine university' s school of business and management and brings over two decades of experience in entertainment and advertising .
one friday, prynoski got a phone call from mike judge. the king of the hill creator asked prynoski if he wanted to go with him to meet country artist zac brown on monday. he said yes and that monday, they headed out to fayetteville, georgia. “we got drunk and threw throwing axes and went 4 wheeling in waist - deep mud and flipped over the 4 wheeler and made a big bonfire and flew back to l. a. , ” says prynoski. after a trip that lasted less than 24 hours, they went to work on a music video for zac brown band’s tune “the wind. ” judge directed it. titmouse produced it. the clip went on to receive a nomination at the 2012 country music awards for video of the year, but didn’t win .
nerdland – titmouse’s first feature film, nerdland, is a wild and adult - humor filled animated movie starring the voice talents of paul rudd and patton oswalt. as two hollywood losers about to hit their 30th birthdays, john and elliot are desperate to achieve overnight fame by any way necessary. the result is one insane plot after another to make their mark on history. in case you didn’t think it sounded ridiculous enough, this movie was written by andrew kevin walker, the writer for se7en – you know, the movie with a sexual murder suit and a head in a box. not only are the stars and writer enough to make you look twice, but the cast is rounded out by mike judge, molly shannon, hannibal buress, kate micucci, paul scheer, and other glowing cameos.
titmouse , inc. is an american animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming , feature films , music videos , title sequences , commercials and short films . the studio opened in 2000 , and has offices in los angeles , new york city and vancouver . some of their productions include motorcity for disney xd , metalocalypse , china , il , superjail ! and black dynamite for adult swim . 
titmouse, inc. is an american animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials and short films. the studio opened in 2000, and has offices in los angeles, new york city and vancouver. some of their productions include motorcity for disney xd, metalocalypse, china, il, superjail! and black dynamite for adult swim.
titmouse, inc. is an american animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials and short films. the studio opened in 2000, and has offices in los angeles, new york city and vancouver. some of their productions include motorcity for disney xd, metalocalypse, china, il, superjail! and black dynamite for adult swim.