Batman Brawl! Is Picked Up For Distribution!

Batman Brawl! is now being distributed and available for brawling all over the world, including right here! The flash game features popular characters from Warner Brothers Animation's hit series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Batman and Green Arrow face off against villians such as Clock King and Gentleman Ghost. The game even travels underwater in a serious Black Manta battle! Enjoy the brawling!!

Batman Brawl!
Uppercut Animation
Animation Director: Dayna Gonzalez
Writer / Art Director: Michael Lapinski
AS3 Programmer: H. Stephen Mead

Launch of Uppercut Animation Team Website!

Uppercut Animation is the game animation team that developed Batman Brawl!, a Punch-Out style boxing competition. The game was made for Warner Brothers and Mochi Media, in association with DC Comics, as a promotional brand extension for Warner Brothers Animation's hit animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The website was developed by team members, Michael Lapinski (design) and Dayna Gonzalez (coding). Visit Uppercut Animation.

Launch of website for Multimedia Artist, Cheryl S. Elliott

Cheryl S. Elliott is a Multimedia Artist specializing in Motion Graphics and Animation. I worked with Cheryl to create a new look for her website, featuring her online portfolio. Three sample mockups were created and we eventually settled on a soft blue, painterly theme.Visit Cheryl S. Elliott's website.

More websites are on the way! Stay tuned!

www.thesupers.tv launches!

I'm happy to announce the launch of The Supers, a hilarious look into the lives of Park Avenue snobs who lose everything and must learn to work. I designed The Supers for show creators EJ Sepp and Pammy Salmon. It was a fun challenge to create a viral online presence to promote this exciting new show.

Pammy and EJ are looking for partners to produce this as a sitcom or stage play. If you know anyone who may be interested (a theater, network, production company, talent/literary agency, actor) please contact them through the site.

The Supers logline: After pretentious Upper-East Siders Catherine and Peter Bennington lose their luxurious lifestyle in a financial crisis, they desperately try to maintain their social status and exclusive address by secretly becoming the supers of their Park Avenue apartment building. Visit The Supers.

Batman Brawl!

I am proud to announce the release of my flash game, Batman Brawl!, co-developed with Michael Lapinski and H. Stephen Mead. The game was made for Warner Brothers and Mochi Media, in association with DC Comics, as a promotional brand extension for Warner Brothers Animation's hit animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. It is a Punch-Out style boxing competition. Mike, Steve, and I have worked together on a few animation productions in the past, most notably Blue's Clues, which had a six season run on Nick Jr. This is our first production as a solo team effort, and I think we make an awesome team!

Visit DC Beyond on the Warner Brothers Kids site to play Batman Brawl!

Batman Brawl!
Animation Director: Dayna Gonzalez
Writer / Art Director: Michael Lapinski
AS3 Programmer: H. Stephen Mead

Nintendo Week

This piece was created for a new show called Nintendo Week, found on the Nintendo Channel. The animation was drawn directly into the Nintendo DSI with an animation program called Flipnote Studio. This had to be one of the most interesting and fun client requests ever. You’ll find the finished piece in the spot above. I did the second animation with the horse on the DSI shown by Alison, about one minute in. The spot was done for Popular Arts Entertainment.

Georgia Lottery Commercial

The zany television commercial I animated, along with Animator Lori Samsel, for the Georgia Lottery has been uploaded to the portfolio section of my site. The spot was done in After Effects for Transistor Studios. View the commercial.

Research Art Added

Samples of the Research Art I designed and animated for Bubbleguppies and The Wonder Pets, both Nick Jr. shows, are now up. Check out the art.

Dude! Where's My Refund?

Steven Zelin, the Singing CPA teamed up with me to create an exciting new website, to help all dudes and dudettes find out the status of their state refund checks. I designed and implemented the site top to bottom and had a lot of fun working on this project. Click on the flash interactive map or the side navigation links to visit your state’s refund site. Visit Dude Where’s My Refund online.

See coverage of Dude Where's My Refund in the Wall Street Journal.

I've got a number of other web projects in development and will be sure to update here when they're ready for their debut.

New Painting Added

I recently finished an original painting as a gift for my cousin’s wedding. I did this in acrylic paints, and believe it or not, the painting depicts a rainforest scene in the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I thought it was beautiful and snapped a pic while I was there. The painting will help bring a little bit of Florida to the happy couple.

Pavaline Filmmakers' Network Advisor at Pavaline Studios

I've stepped into a new consulting role, as one of the Advisors over at Pavaline Studios. I'll be providing advice, support, and feedback to the filmmaking community, as it relates to animation, and the entertainment industry in general. I'll have a blog, and will be updating it about once a week or so. I'd love for you to read it, and send me your thoughts and comments, suggestions for future topics, etc.

You can read it here at http://blogs.pavaline.com/dgonzalez/.

Pavaline Studios is a creative environment with an innovative approach to finding, developing, and producing films that matter.

http://www.pavalinestudios.com

One Touch Diabetes commercials now online

The commercials I animated for One Touch Diabetes, done at Transistor Studios, are now online at http://www.onetouchdiabetes.com/ultramini/. Wait for the animals to appear on the top banner and click on play. I animated the piece featuring the elephant and some of the dog piece. These were traditionally animated in Flash.

Dark Knight web motion comic on Blu-Ray release

The web motion comic I animated for The Dark Knight, The Shadow of Ra's Al Ghul, is now available on the blu ray release, as part of the BD Live features. This piece was animated in After Effects, and was done at the visual effects house Motherland. I also found all four episodes online at http://www.wittysparks.com/video/611071430, featured on the Orange Wednesdays Movie show in four separate installments. I animated Episode 3.