7 with Shiho Oshita at Cultiv!

Shiho Oshita's interview on CULTIV is up, folks! An incredible lady and wonderful artist. From animation school, to working with one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people (the only visual artist selected at the time), to breaking off on her own to follow her passions. We're very happy to be able to do these interviews and so glad to have Shiho start this thing off right.

Click HERE to check out 7's debut interview with the wonderful Shiho Oshita!
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More thing's with 7 in the title...

Hey Folks! We got some Cultiv news for you!

CULTIV is going strong and the response has been great! We're quickly approaching our 100th post, and to celebrate, we've launching a brand new segment called "7". 7 is a series of interviews where we ask artists we love, you guessed it, 7 questions about who they are, what they do, their thought process, and their craft.

To check out the announcement you can head over to Sing Along Pictures HERE and stay tuned! Our first interview is with the incredibly talented Shiho Oshita! We'll keep you posted with when you can see it.

Alright, folks - thanks so much for stopping by and we'll see you soon.


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Decisions

Monday again! You can find "Decisions", the new teaser for The Devil's 7 over at Sing Along Pictures illustrated by yours truly.

Starting to get into crunch time for this thing. The great part is a lot gets finished and you can really see things come together. Not such a huge fan of the sleep decrease but it's a crazy fair price to do stuff like this. I might be able to get more done if I wasn't pouring over episodes of Star Trek TNG. It's just sooo good even 26 years after the first episode... just so good.

What up, guys?

I loved it when I was young and spent a bunch of time watching it with my Dad before dinner but re-watching all the episodes now, my love has went from stun to kill...

Oh - this post almost turned into a Trek rant. Even a crew picture.. Alright I'll spare you for now. Check out the new Devil's 7 teaser and if you haven't got a copy of our first project OMO head on over to our shop and pick it up for as little as $5. You think I love you now, wait and see what happens when you grab a copy - from stun to kill, folks.

But I promise I won't kill you.


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Sing Along Pictures and ROCO

Hey Folks! Got some fanboy news for you - me being the fanboy unless you too are a fan of ROCO. Sing Along Pictures was featured on ROCO's official website at World Apart! As you may or may not know, ROCO not only created the music for our Title Card, but also makes an appearance in our debut project, OMO. Click HERE for a teaser and HERE for OMO!

So this weekend I had an epiphany about advertising. In the beginning I shied away from it. Maybe because it felt braggy or maybe because of years of other people's questionable advertising practices, I'm not sure. I just heard some guy in the back shout, "ALL YOU TALK ABOUT HERE IS SING ALONG - WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU SHY AWAY?!" First off, no shouting from the back - this is a blog not some factory that makes shouts AND SECONDLY, these days, Sing Along is a big part of my life, sir, and you should be thankful I'm editing out other details like bowel movements and inner monologues about cleaning or not cleaning my desk (what if this exact messy arrangement is responsible for idea generation? What if THAT?!) Either way, I'm just telling you what I did or am doing at my personal blog. It's different, right guys?

But if you're running a business, advertising is extremely important. So important, people will literally try anything just to grab your attention. From dressing up in costumes on the street to studying a viewers brain pattern while exposed to certain video clips so they can then create movie trailers that actively trigger selected emotional responses from an audiences.

Not sure if it's necessary to go that far but just imagine if you didn't see that ad for the latest Star Wars installment? I seriously don't even want to consider it. So my (overly obvious) epiphany was this: No one can enjoy your work if they don't know it exists. And why not talk about something you're proud of or you loved doing? That's the craziest part. So I'm jumping in with both feet, folks and I suggest all you other artists do the same. Get your stuff out there and share what you love so I can enjoy it - and hopefully you'll enjoy ours.

On that note...

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