Day 12
It was a Saturday afternoon and Ladder 17 was on the scene. It ended up being a false alarm.
10:51pm on Tuesday 15th October 2013
Day 11
Saved this custom built workshop desk from a potential trip to the dumpster. It even has a vice!
3:11pm on Monday 14th October 2013
Day 9 Revised
Wondering if using a GIF instead of uploading an MOV works better for showing the work?
8:52pm on Sunday 13th October 2013
Day 10
Was able to set up the landscape animation slate today. I’m eventually going to tuck the projector into the ceiling and out of the way, but it was nice to be able to see it up and running again. I’ve had it tucked away for the past few years because I just didn’t have the space to put it up. Oh, Bronx, how I love you and your seemingly endless space…
2:45pm on Friday 11th October 2013
Day 9
Juuuust a little bit of animation to get the juices flowing. Everything is set up and the camera and computer and everything are all lubed up and nailed down to the floor.
4:46pm on Wednesday 9th October 2013
Day 8
Finished setting up. I guess it’s time to get to work. :)
6:36pm on Tuesday 8th October 2013
Day 7
In the morning no slates were on the wall but Gary Millus and Matthew Caulfield used the new workbench (you can see a corner of it) to make it happen.
3:12pm on Sunday 6th October 2013
Day 6
Perfect way to end the first week!
3:11am on Sunday 6th October 2013
Day 5
Office or break room, or some room that doesn’t really have a purpose yet.
8:15pm on Friday 4th October 2013
Day 4
The Internet.
8:14pm on Friday 4th October 2013
Day 3
Set up workstation.
8:13pm on Friday 4th October 2013
Day 2
Morning light after moving stuff and boxes and gear into the new space.
7:49pm on Friday 4th October 2013
Day 1
Signing the lease for the new space in the South Bronx.
7:47pm on Friday 4th October 2013
Devin Home Movies from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
Today would be my little brother Devin’s 30th Birthday. My uncle Art always carried around one of those two-piece VCRs with a camera so heavy you could only hold it up for a few minutes. But he’s a big guy and managed to carry it around for twenty years, and these are some of the clips that shot of Devin over those years. There wasn’t a lot of later footage, 18-21, maybe somebody can send me that? Devin, you are sorely missed. Gone, but certainly not forgotten.
3:01pm on Saturday 20th July 2013
United We Test Animation for Digitas from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
Created this three minute video for Digitas.
Producer: Peter Barg, Z Animation
Director: Dustin Grella
Design: Dustin Grella
Shih-Heng Huang
Animation: Shiouwen Hong
Shih-Heng Huang
Chu Chi Lin
5:39pm on Thursday 18th July 2013
Animation Hotline: Breakfast from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
I built a little television and phone system to collect messages and it has been set up in the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon for the upcoming NW Animation Festival.
1:47pm on Wednesday 15th May 2013
Animation Hotline: Breakfast for NW Animation Festival from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
The Animation Hotline Hotspot has been set up in the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon and has been harvesting tons and tons of messages! Thanks so much for participating. Here is a little one about someone’s breakfast, love the inflection in his voice.
Animation Hotline is a series of short animations where potentially anonymous messages on my voice-mail provide the content for these sometimes insightful, sometimes bizarre micro-shorts. If you have a story give me a call:
US +1 212-683-2490
Australia 1800-636-642
1:46pm on Wednesday 15th May 2013
Animation Hotline: Double Knot from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
Animation Hotline is a series of animations based on the voice-mail messages you leave me. If you have a story please give me a call at +1 212-683-2490!
2:11pm on Monday 6th May 2013
Animation Hotline: The Tow from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
This is one of my most favorite animations I’ve done in a long time. It was so simple but I’m really please with how the two parts came together. This morning when I was thinking about it I said to myself that I should just do them all like this from now on, but then I figured that would defeat the whole joy of experimenting and finding new and exciting possibilities.
If you have a story to tell please leave it on my answering machine:
In US +1 212-683-2490
Australia 1800-636-642
1:29pm on Monday 29th April 2013
Illustration Friday: Farewell Penelope from Dustin Grella on Vimeo.
I used to submit these little animations to Illustration Friday, and even though they weren’t exactly illustrations, there was an illustrative element to them and it was a fun project. Penelope Dullaghan is moving on after running the site for ten years. Ten years? It sounds like such a long time.
2:13pm on Friday 26th April 2013