Ric Heitzman

Thanks for checking in. This is the first time since last year, “07” that I’ve had time to update this Blog-o-wog. I’ve been working outside of the box cause the box is plum full.

Two of my larger ink drawings are currently included in an exquisite drawing show in Eagle Rock. “Drawing Los Angeles” on display at the Eagle Rock Art Center for the next few weeks. Here is the announcement and location of the center.

http://www.centerartseaglerock.org/index.php/exhibition/current

Sonja Sung curated this exhibit.

I‘m finally finishing my Palm series of drawings, see http://richeitzman.com/drawings.php .

Look for an announcement soon in this space for a series of prints from that very palm series.

The first month of 2008, I designed this bed puppet and performed it for
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris of BOB Industries directing this spot for Burger King.
Click here.

As of this date I’m developing and directing a pilot project for children combining live action with puppets and animation…sound familiar?
In due time…

During the month of April, I directed the animation for a McDonalds campaign with Digital Kitchen of Seattle, produced at Stokes/Kohne & Associates in LA. I believe these spots are intended for a Spanish speaking audience because we were animating about a hundred various colored toy blocks to spell out different words referring to a certain sandwich in Spanish. Bueno! (Check back here soon to view the spot.)

You read it here first…In the fall of 08’ I’ll be teaching and mentoring seniors at Woodbury University adjacent to beautiful downtown Burbank, CA. I’m looking forward to this opportunity.

Let’s see there’s the solar/wind powered drumming machine and a tween age graphic novel that I am working on. I hope I don’t get the two mixed up somebody could get hurt.

Now you’re caught up. I hope to Blah-li-wog this captain’s log again soon.

My new improved site has been up for a few weeks and during this time omissions and miss labeling has been discovered. In an effort to correct these errors until I correct the labeling on the site, here are some glaring omissions from various images and animations.
design/Design & Art Direction/Bacardi Campaign. The great director of these spots is PES.
design/Design & Art Direction/Pee-wee’s Playhouse series was directed by the genius of Paul Rubens, John Paragon, Wayne Orr and Steven Johnson.
design/Design & Art Direction/Others/Michaels.  Sevrin Henderson at Digital Kitchen, Seattle, creatively directed this Michaels Arts and Crafts spot.
animation/Michaels.  Sevrin Henderson at Digital Kitchen, Seattle, creatively directed this Michaels Arts and Crafts spot.
animation/Sprint. The charming and vivacious Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris at Bob Industries directed this spot entitled “Dreams”.
animation/Snapple. This spot was produced by Bob Industries and directed by the incomparable Spencer Susser.
art/drawings/palms series. Slide of palm no. 7 is miss labeled. It is the second slide of an image labeled palm no. 5, the last slide in the series.
Hope this clears things up and I stay diligent in finding errors and will re-label and post the changes by the end of never.
Thanks, and have yourselves a Happy Holiday of your choosing and a grand New Year.

the management.

If this is your first time visiting my blog you are not alone; I just launched my new site this month.
I want to thank Nathan Creek of Tonal Values Design for his help in getting this site up and running.
nathan@njcreek.com

Welcome to this collection of my art and commercial work. Some of the work is very casual, off beat, even stupid. Other newer work is more studied and crafted. I work from drawings, to painting and sculpting to writing and back and forth.
Finishing up a series of ink drawings, some of which are pictured here in Palm series.
The series is a meditation on LA and iconic images of place. I experimented with the palm image, abstracting it from other plant forms, making it something it is not. After drawing a few of these images I noticed they added up to a third artifact. The series is an optical experience as a result of re-drawing and re-interpreting a similar image. It is an arboretum as parlor game.

Constructing a musical  sculpture and a UFO.

Commercially,

Animated on a new title sequence for ABC-TV’s, “Pushing Up Daises”. Produced by Picture Mill and Directed by William Lebede.

I am currently being barely seen in a very clever Sprint commercial, which was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris of Bob Industries. My fellow animators/actors and I are animating on camera with flashlights as well as pixilated acting.  http://richeitzman.com/ani_sprint.php.
Also, supplied effects shots, elements and animated the logotype for “Nickelodeon”, an animated logo for Nickelodeon Pictures, produced at Stokes/Kohne and Associates. Directed by Rick Probst for Picture Mill and Nickelodeon.

In the spring I will be speaking at Columbia College in Chicago on my animation, design and other media work.