After creating several cartoon strips, and at the beginning of my final week, I made a suggestion: a cartoon gretting card, featuring the 2 characters we'd created wishing Reliv fans across the world, "Healthy Holidays!" Joined by the animated creators of the product, on which these two characters (Eppy G. Gnome and Lou Nussin) are based. Note the improvement from this animated bit to the next! Time does beautiful things.

[My involvement: Illustration, design, character design, script, animation]

Reliv International asked me back for a 2nd internship. Filing tapes for Brian (the Video Man), I thought of a better idea: Let's take these two products you call "The Dynamic Duo" and explain how they work against Inflammmation in a Batman-style, 6-minute animated cartoon, complete with Voice Actors, explosions, and a line-up of stellar characters!" Their response: "...Let's do it." And 5 months later, I had, indeed, done it.

[My involvement: Story, Script, Research, Illustrator, Animator, Character Design, Voice Actor]

My own personal product for my (still in live construction) website, tooncube.com. The Punkin was a Halloween idea I had scribbled on a half-torn envelope. I made it happen for the sake of getting to know animation better and also because I thought it would be a blast and friends would love it... it was. They did.

This version of the Punkin toon was my favorite. The question mark stem primarilly. At the very least, my 2 year-old nephew watched it about 100 times and laughed harder each time. How can you beat that?

Before there was tooncube.com, there was createtoons. This was my first cartoon I ever put up for public viewing. I did so on Valentine's Day for friends to share. I dare tell you I created this within 3 days (the final one was an all-nighter before work at 7) all to make it from my "big idea" moment to Valentine's Day morning. My poor fiance.