Pete Paquette

I thought I’d post this quick color sketch I did of my buddy Somchi and his fiance Kristi.  Critiques are welcome.  Thanks.

Nick gives Pimpcane a Valentine’s Day gift in Treehouse Studio’s first holiday special ever.

DISCLAIMER: **Please keep in mind that these episodes are for ADULTS ONLY due to language and adult themes.**

In all seriousness, we would not be able to finish our productions without the help from temp animators.  So hats off to you guys and gals!!  We cannot do these films without you!!

We couldn’t simply overlook the current events of the studio. If you didn’t read my last post, please do so before watching this episode. It will help you understand it a little better.

One of the coolest things about working in an animation studio is that you’ll never know what each day will bring. Sometimes we’ll get to watch the latest cut of our movie, sometimes we’ll get a celebrity visitor and sometimes the press will come around to shoot for a dvd or something.

In this particular instance, the high ranking state officials came for a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open our new studio. So with these officials came a lot of publicity. After the ceremony, everyone was given a tour of the studio.

The media couldn’t get enough of the treehouse. We were all interviewed for a good part of the afternoon. Long story short, I found a clip of my mug at the end of this news report by the NECN network:

Some other links covering the story:

http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/2009/01/22/Gov-Rell-praises-Blue-Sky/1232669168.html

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-bluesky0123.artjan23,0,7866707.story

http://www.connpost.com/businessnews/ci_11532053

http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Blue_Sky_Studios_completes_Connecticut_relocation_P102087/

http://businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=11669

Thanks to Pimpcane’s brilliant idea to purchase an HD antenna for the Treehouse TV, we were able to watch the inauguration live today. Most members of the animation department were on hand to watch:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!  Blue Sky Studios has officially relocated to Greenwich, CT and the new studio is really quite amazing.  With the move came the opportunity for us to rebuild the treehouse to the way it was before the flood of 08.  Scott “Pimpcane” Carroll did a good job documenting our progress that day:

The Tree House Lives!

So I was watching the original Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer last night with my kids and I realized for the first time, after watching it like a thousand times over my lifetime, that Santa is portrayed as an impatient, hard-nosed ahole in this show.  I was going to piece together clips proving this, but I found on a video on YouTube that does a great job at illustrating what I’m talking about .  This video is your proof.  Keep in mind while watching this that there’s some foul language, but proves what I’m saying here.

This is really overdue, but I’d like to congratulate Paul & Jen Downs on the arrival of thier son, Eric.

I would also like to congratulate Scott “Pimpcane” Carroll and his wife Wendy on the arrival of thier second daughter, Lilah.  Hannah has a new sister!!

The arrival of Eric makes all the 12 year old’s that reside in the tree house at Blue Sky, Daddies.

Nick with Taryn

Me with Emma & Landon

Now that everyone and thier mother can own a digital copy of the movie, I assume I can post this again.  I had to take it down a while ago because of property issues. We’ll see what happens over the next couple of days.  If you care to check it out, simply click on this image or check it out under my animation page.