These are stills from the most involved art project I’ve ever done, the new video for “10 31″ by Buckethead. The live action footage was shot by Carl Morano, Andrew Sterling and P Sticks. I did all of the animation, FX and editing. It started with doing the cover for the album 5 13 10 31 (pictured last) - which was my first original art for a vinyl release, also a dream come true - and ended with packaging for the DVD of this video included in the limited edition “Slunk Pass” release of the record. My apologies to the fans - my filmmaking inexperience caused much or most of the massive shipping delay on that.

This project took over my life for many months and also incorporated characters, artwork and animation going way back, so from my perspective it has been years in the making. It has personal meaning to me in part because my mom passed away near the end of it. I had just done a green screen shot of a decorative mask she’d made as a kid (seen above, the still before the album cover).

Special thanks to Syd Garon for inspiring my After Effects experiments when I helped a little on his “Spokes For the Wheel of Torment” video and when I watched the DVD extras for Wave Twisters. Super-special thanks to my wife Jen for emotional support, patience and assistance above and beyond the call of duty. But most of all thanks to Buckethead for his world, his collaboration and his friendship.

Please CHECK OUT THE WHOLE “10 31″ VIDEO at his store Buckethead Pikes.