Rocket Racoon

Wanted to keep practicing my traditional skills and enjoyed the character, so why not do something fun with both?! Rock-et-Roll!

Tyler Kakac - Rocket Racoon from Tyler Kakac on Vimeo.

SpongeBob Bounce About

Since working at Nickelodeon, I haven't had the opportunity to work with SpongeBob or the Bikini Bottom crew. It's hard to see a 3 foot LEGO statue of SpongeBob at work and not want to help out on the show. So I decided to try it on my own and have a little fun at the same time. Plus practice is always a plus. Here is a short, simple, and, hopefully, sweet test I did. Enjoy!



I do have other SpongeBob related tales from my time and Nickelodeon that I am eager to share. Hopefully soon!

Pencil Test - Animation with a Tortoise

This little guy originated from a small sketch in my last sketch book. He was surrounded by other attempts at who-knows-what and there he was with a simple charm about him. I decided I wanted to see him move and live. Then I thought, "what was I thinking?!"

I chose the traditional route for this animation because I want to constantly improve those skills in my career and I simply love the hand drawn medium. I had downloaded the program Pencil a while ago and proceeded to think of the personality which would drive this turtle into motion. If you have ever heard of the program Pencil, check it out! It's 'traditional animation software' which you can download for free.




It may not have been as successful as originally hoped but you don't learn unless you fail. I don't consider him a complete failure but I did learn a lot through this project. In James Baxter's podcast interview he encourages young animators to have the discipline to try and learn more by not constantly testing their animation. Just to absorb that learning experience's successes and failures.