HoC moustache contest

Today was a big day in the history of House of Cool; the finale of the HoC Moustache contest. After 4 weeks of grueling, itchy facial hair growth the manly men of the studio strutted their stuff, (literally) to win votes from the distinguished panel of judges, (thanks Katie, Christina and Alex). Many titles were handed out but in the end Saud stole the show after working the catwalk like seasoned pro. Perhaps there are some things we don't yet know about him?

faces.

Random sketchiness.

skin & velvet

Good people. Good food. Good ink

Just a few folks from around my neighborhood.

"Weekends"

Congrats to Trevor!

As a studio slaved to admiring artists work; we are always telling each other about different people's blogs, watching countless short films and independent productions, gawking at new creative insights... We get so inspired from talents around the world.
So when Trevor Jimenez, one of HoC's own, won an award at TIFF and at the Ottawa Animation Festival for the short film, Keylime Pie, we were ecstatic.
From all of us at House of Cool... CONGRATS Trev... you're doing some amazing stuff! Thanks for inspiring us!

New guy.

My name's Trev, and I'm one of the new guys at HOC.

Mipcom 07' - The 15 min. pitch

The dream to entertain the world begins with the 15 minute pitch. Knowing how hard the artists and production crew worked; the long hours, dedication and unified vision that we all want to create cool stuff... it boils down to 15 minutes with a distributor or broadcaster. "We gotta make this count." Mipcom is all about 15 minutes. In an arena where there are thousands of content providers, what is going to make your property stand out? For HoC, it's a unique story scope mixed with distinct characters and environments... but you better believe we practice our pitch to make the most of our 15. If you've got a great idea, you've got to have a great pitch.
Here's some pic's of RC and I in Cannes, France along with a poster of "The Dibble Show."
We can't thank the HoC crew enough for their talent and time.

Horny

Adapt

I was a guest speaker at the ADAPT conference on 2D/3D and visual FX conference a couple of weeks ago. On the panel along with me were Brad Booker from Reel FX, Andrew Jones from Massive Black, David Levy and Jesse (I forgot his last name). While we spoke about concept development we worked on this piece. It's nothing much but I thought I would share it with everyone.

Edgar...

HoC Island party pics!

Some pics from HoC's Toronto Island party. Good times!

This is Ian.
This is Ian at 10 am, working hard at being an intern .
He has proven himself to be a hard worker and an even harder drinker!
We would love to have him here forever, but we fear his liver will quit any day now.
In between his runs to the bathroom for prayer lessons, he has shown a strong aptitude for drawing.
He tends to slur his words together a lot so we have no idea what he's saying, but he has a smile on when he does and that's all that matters.
He's living the dream people!!!!