Mike Milo’s Journal

Yeah it’s been a while since I added a real post of any substance other than jokes and mostly it’s because I’ve been really busy trying to stay afloat with full time freelance instead of the typical 9-5 animation job since I finished at Cartoon Network back in May. I’ve had a number of small jobs but the coolest was for a sweet shop in Greece. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to show the art for it until I get approval. Also I have done a fair amount of design work for Fox21 which is a subdivision of Fox catering to the college set.

Below is some work from that show…

Rough designs ideas:

Final Designs

Three years ago I created a seven minute animated film called “Flavio” for Nickelodeon/Frederator Films, about an over-emotional goat who works as a dishwasher in a pizzeria and longs to be a famous inventor like his hero Leonardo DaVinci.

I have not been able to post it on my site because it had to air on telivision first to be eligible for Emmys and Annies and all that stuff that only animators care about. Anyway, I can finally show it. Please check it out and as always I love to here your thoughts!
You can see a production blog about the making of Flavio at Frederator.com and learn more about Flavio here.

A few pieces of art for an upcoming pitch

Don’t forget Flavio will be premiering soon! Set your Tivos and DVRs!

A bit about Flavio:
Flavio is a little 7 minute film I did for Nickelodeon as part of their show Random Cartoons. It’s about a goat aptly named Flavio who works as a dishwasher in a pizzeria and longs to be a famous inventor like his hero Leonardo DaVinci. It will premiere on Jan 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the east, 10:30 a.m. in the west.
I hope you all can see it! Remember it’s only 7 minutes long and it’s the first cartoon of three so if you tune in late you will miss it.
You can see the Production blog I did while making the film here.

So, after 4 looooong years Flavio will finally be coming to a television near you Jan 17 at 10:30 Pacific time and 1:30 Eastern time!

It’s been so long i can’t wait to see what the reaction is!

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Hey, Hey it’s Knishmas! will be airing on Thursday, Dec. 4th at 8pm on Cartoon Network!  We did some really cool stop motion to mimic the old Rudolph cartoons and it came out great! Watch it!

Ah if only I could handle my own problems the way Bugs handles his!

Iwantaneastaegg…Iwantaneastaegg…Iwantaneastaegg…Iwantaneastaegg…

Well I pitched my cartoon to CN today and they passed on it stating that it skewed too young.
Oh well… I’m still proud of how it came out. If you’d like to see it check out the storyboard.

I like this idea too much to let it go though and I really think I would like to make a graphic novel with it. We’ll see…

Check out this amazing Lego sculpture of the hero from my favorite movie, Iron Giant from a guy named Graznador!

You can read more about the Iron Giant Lego sculpture here..