Dogtoon Media takes part in a Bar Crawl for charity!
Doug Cowell of Dogtoon Media participated in “The Charity Pub Crawl” through Boston this weekend, earning money for Children’s Hospital. It was a fantastic time and for a great cause! The itinerary put the pub crawl through; the Bell in Hand, the Green Dragon, Paddy O’s, the Tap, the Purple Shamrock, Clarks, The Black Rose and Jose McIntyre’s. Those involved had a blast running through Boston’s bar scene wishing all a very Merry Christmas! The money was raised for the Boston Children’s Hospital and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (http://www.pancan.org).
The total amount raised came to $423 with a group of about 30 people (beating last years amount of $250 raised for the Wellness Community). The group consisted mostly of alumni students from Boston universities along with friends from all around New England.
Everyone had fun spreading the holiday cheer around Faneiul Hall with an occasional chant along the lines of “When I say happy, you say holiday.” Many spectators smiled and laughed with joy seeing everyone in the holiday spirit. It was a nice way to spend some quality time with your friends, but was also for a great cause.
Doug Cowell and Crystal Urban St.Jacques deadlocked in an epic holiday arm wrestle
So this week has been pretty crazy! meetings, projects, plannings! its nuts! but exciting! Currently Dogtoon Media has several projects it is working on not the least of which being some site upgrades. Dogtoon Media has had this site for about eight months and we have gotten a lot of great feedback since the site went live with “revision 2.0″. We have been taking that feedback and reviewing the site ourselves, we hope to have some new design stuff coming at you very soon!
On the video front, Gossamer 2 is coming around the corner. And we got some new videos from our own sound and Photo people hoping to get those up this weekend.
We also are in the planning stages for a new video project that is coming along nicely!
Hey Everyone,
No Comic update this Fridy. I have a long writing meeting coming up for our new project and a double shift at work followed by the office holiday party! So sadly I will be pushing back the Friday update. Sorry. but I promise it will be worth the wait!
If you havent seen the Wed update yet take a look! Finals weeks suuuuuch fun!
In other news our own Aaron Ramsey and CJ Mulcahy have been working on some video project that I will be posting up here soon! I really love the work they did and cant wait to show everyone!our Sound and Photo boys really showed some great video chops! glad I could help them and hope you all enjoy when its posted!
So, I pulled an all nighter to get the comic up before the afternoon; it was rewarding, but has made me a very tired guy today! I have more work on the next one, so the second half of the story will be ready for its Friday debut. I am really happy the comic has been running smoothly and on schedule! Keep an eye on it for more updates each week!
In other news I am starting work on some sub-pages for a few of our projects! I really am stoked about getting a theme together for our shows, if you haven’t seen Gossamer or Nautilus take a look in the video section. and Very soon take a look at the new pages we will have for them! YAY!!!
Working more on a new series idea thats coming up and found a lot of old projects that need a little polish and would be great for the web! so much more coming!
With so much going on, it’s been a mad house here. First things first, got my main system back up and running; just a few more add-ons and it will be ready to rock out some serious editing for us! And, not a moment too soon, as we are staging to finish off the Gossamer series and post more Nautilus! YAY!
So the comics have been rocking out the 2 updates a week for the past few weeks and I have to say that it’s been great getting them up more and more! And, the response has been AMAZING! SO, I will be keeping up the double updates from now on, but the Wednesday, Friday schedule of days may change. I’ll be keeping you posted!
Hope you are all loving the new comic! I loved getting to play more with shading! Much more to come! Have a great week!
I can’t even figure out where to begin! Last night I saw history made, I felt a ray of hope in what I thought was a merky and unavodable fog of fearmongering and depression; I see a light at the end of the tunnel and it feels good! It feels so good to think that change can happen, that people can make a difference! I was on pins and needles all night, trapped at work watching CNN.com for all the news - watching the numbers go up and down and up and down. It was CRAZY!
The race continued as time marched on and I started to panic: what would be the future of our country? What world would I wake up in tomorrow? And then 11:15pm happened, and Barack Obama was announced as the next President of the United States of America! Then, collectively from all across my city, cheers, yells, and a sense of collective hope could be heard and felt.
I was able to see John McCain’s speech while at work, and I have to say, that was the most sincere and honest concession speech I have ever heard - calling for his supporters to embrace his opponent and reminding them that we are all ONE country, ONE nation, and that together we are strong; it gave me chills and it made me remember why of all the republicans I saw, I liked him the most. Though I differed with him on several issues, though I felt mistakes were made, I congratulate him on a great run and I look forward to hearing more and more from him! After that, it was home through the screaming masses to hear Obama’s speech replayed, and I have to say that I have never been so moved - so excited for a new leader!
The most refreshing part for me was the honesty, stating plainly to the American people that the job is big and will be hard and that we may disagree but we are bringing this country to a better place! It was amazing! I have never before been moved to tears by a speech; it was so refreshing to be talked to like an adult, to be reminded that we are a nation of innovators, intellectuals, and freethinkers! And, that together, we make this country great! Needless to say, I am happy with how things worked out and I am hopeful! I cant wait to see what the next four years bring!
Hey, Everyone! If you are in the Boston area this weekend, Dogtoon Media has two entries in the Nor’Easter Film Festival playing at the Coolidge Corner Theater from 12pm to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Come support Dogtoon Media, as both “Family Treasure” and “Code Monkey” will go up for judging. Dogtoon’s own Douglas Cowell will be on the film maker panel as well, incase you have any questions. I really hope that you can make it down to show your support, and I’m sure there will be festivities to follow!
How to Get to the Coolidge Corner Theater,
Info on the Nor Easter Film Festival.
This past weekend, our new video “Code Monkey,” and all the feedback thus far, has been great! Thank you all so much for the support! It was so much fun making this video; both Steph and I had a blast! A huge thank you to everyone involved! I am hoping to get a higher quality version up soon.
Hey Guys,
So the next instalment of Nautilus goes up tonight! I am really glad for the positive feedback from our first ever web series! Also, the Comic is updated this Wed, and that marks the 3rd week that I was able to keep to my deadline! Woot! This keeps up and we may be able to rock out multi-updates per week! Here’s hoping!
In other news, Steph and I finally got a day to review and finish off Code Monkey, the music video we shot several months ago. I am so happy with how it turned out! I can’t wait to get it up on the site later this week
Have a great week all!
~Doug
Hey Everyone! I just cant stop adding new news!…. its what I do. So, this Friday, not only will we have a new comic up (if all goes well), BUT this Friday the next installment of Nautilus Awakening will be posted as well!
Nautilus has been getting some great feedback and I am so happy to hear how much you guys are enjoying it! Keep the feedback rolling in, and by all means comment; Nautilus was indeed a labor of love taking an entire summer to shoot every live actor you see. We spent a lot of time out of the sunshine in our studio in Reading, giving Nautilus its charm; not to mention all the fine folks behind the scenes. I want to give a big thanks to everyone involved!
