Nearly Complete . . .

It should be immediately obvious if you've been here before that things have changed rather quickly over the last couple weeks on this blog. New graphic treatments, new links, a cleaner layout with more obvious tabs, and the promise of an even more dynamic approach to how I share videos and content in general.

Motivated entirely by the launch of a brand new portfolio site to compliment this one. What the portfolio site does is makes it easier for folks to directly find any of my projects, which often links back to the production notes or official project post that I've done here. The portfolio site is a hub for all my online activity, and this blog remains an important part of that - hence the need to merge concepts and broaden the brand 'Editing Luke' that I've created for myself.

Take a moment to check out the new tabs - all that's left is launching the portfolio site and activating those links. It's all about to happen pretty quick. Check in for a sneak peek in the coming week - the new site launches in days!

Merry Christmas!

In the same tradition as every media outlet today, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas, the glad tidings, decked halls and so on and so forth! For the final time this season I've posted my holiday special, We Two Kings for you to enjoy. Have an amazing Christmas Day everyone!

Santa Claus Comes Tonight

And just like that all the waiting is over - it's time! From a series of early attempts at claymation in 2001, I thought it would be fitting to share Clumsy Claus one more time this season.  My old claymations (especially) feel very nostalgic and reminiscent of a time that I desperately wanted to teach myself how to do stop motion.  The movement is rough and obviously flawed, but as I've grown older I've learned to appreciate my past work more and more for what it represents - a willingness and ambition to stretch my creative boundaries.  They're fond memories of a simpler time, as the saying goes.

Who doesn't like campy Christmas animations anyway?  Soak up the holiday cheer, Santa Claus comes tonight.  Have a great Christmas Eve everyone!