Here’s my Nickelodeon short Earmouse and Bottle I made a few years ago. Now available for mass public consumption. #nickshorts #earmouseandbottle https://www.facebook.com/NickAnimatedShorts/videos/235129540681778/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BneQHSohNmA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eyeya94w6jfx

Tomorrow Nickelodeon will release my short Earmouse and Bottle on the Nick shorts Facebook page and the Nick animation YouTube page. Stay tuned I’ll post a link once it’s up. #nickelodeon #nickshorts #earmouseandbottle (at Nickelodeon Animation) https://www.instagram.com/p/BncXHMqh842/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x2w1etof9arw

Earmouse as a character is hard to draw, even for me. I had a lot of weird rules and ideas of how he should work. He never blinks, his eyes don't move, and should have a distinct way squashing etc. Unfortunately I don't think I was clear enough in my storyboards. So when the first batch of animation came back my weird little character was just all over the map. For the most part Bottle always would turn out great. Here are some draw overs I did from the animation I got. Some of it was Earmouse specific and some of it was just making the pose stronger and making it read better by getting rid of tangents. I loath tangents... #earmouseandbottle #nickshorts #backafterabreak #deathtotangents

Bottle is a timid, nervous character (he’s made of glass after all), and the heart of the duo. He was brought to life by an evil wizard to act as his indentured servant. He eventually escapes, and is out in the world for the first time. This was an early model sheet I threw together for the actors auditioning to voice Bottle. The hilarious (pre Silicon Valley) Thomas Middleditch got the part. #earmouseandbottle #nickshorts #hopfullyyournottiredofthesepostsyet

Earmouse and Bottle doodles . Maybe one day Nickelodeon will take these characters off the high dusty shelf and let me make something cool with them again. But until then- doodles. #earmouseandbottle #nickelodeonanimation #nickshorts #propertyofnick

Yeah you, the one watching this video and reading this caption right now.