A young Alien Girl, from Byrd (2011). Xsey Tman helped with some of the early versions on these designs.
Alien Girl
A young Alien Girl, from Byrd (2011). Xsey Tman helped with some of the early versions on these designs.
Amazon Gal
While directing the Flying With Byrd series, I was given the opportunity to adapt a design from one of my own projects to the “Amazon Grace” episode. Xsey Tman helped, and I incorporated elements from both his design and mine into the final character. In this sheet I’ve also included some of the reference imagery used, and “look development” stages.
Voice Acting: Paddle Pop Lion series
Pre- and Post-Production Voice
2 Principal Characters:
Evil Villain, "Shadow Master"
Igor, the twisted Assistant
Voice Actor: David J Smith
Evil Villain, "Shadow Master"
Igor, the twisted Assistant
Voice Actor: David J Smith
3 Characters:
Professor Owl
British working stiff, Harry
Dead Pirate Kings & extras
Voice Actor: David J Smith
Professor Owl
British working stiff, Harry
Dead Pirate Kings & extras
Voice Actor: David J Smith
More demos at
Voice123
Stay tuned
Yes it's been a while since I posted.
I'm busy directing a project called "Flying With Byrd" with Shellhut and Anya. Everyone's having fun and we are getting lots of laughs in the reviews.
ACE conference in Phuket coming up. Helping Thai Govt agency SIPA to encourage international producers and investors to develop relationships with studios in Thailand. Looking for investors, producers, and clients for future projects. Organizing attendees for conference. Busy Busy. Lots of trend towards co-productions, but everybody seems under-funded, especially on the Asian side.
I'm busy directing a project called "Flying With Byrd" with Shellhut and Anya. Everyone's having fun and we are getting lots of laughs in the reviews.
ACE conference in Phuket coming up. Helping Thai Govt agency SIPA to encourage international producers and investors to develop relationships with studios in Thailand. Looking for investors, producers, and clients for future projects. Organizing attendees for conference. Busy Busy. Lots of trend towards co-productions, but everybody seems under-funded, especially on the Asian side.
Validation
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This short film, written and directed by Kurt Kuenne and starring T.J. Thyne and Vicki Davis, has won a variety of awards including Best Narrative Short at the Cleveland International Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Updates - teaching, developing, marketing
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David:- Is teaching Character Design, Storyboarding, and Production Management at Mahidol University in Bangkok.
- Is continuing development of projects, seeking funding.
- Is continuing marketing The Monk Studio.
In Development, Bidding, Marketing
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David is currently:- Bidding on projects.
- In development on two creative properties - The Monk Studio is providing development support.
- Marketing The Monk Studio and Creative Services to clients and co-producers.
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Pyrata (2008)
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David's been directing animated TV series, developing projects, and teaching, mostly in Bangkok, Thailand, for the last year or two, with the nice people at The Monk Studio.
"Pyrata," the second season in the 'Paddle Pop Lion' TV series franchise to give him a 3D makeover, was completed in July, 2008. We produced 49 minutes (7 episodes x 7 minutes each) of animation in 6 months, including English writing and pre-production, with a team of 40 Thai artists. Distribution was Asia-Pacific, and later, Europe.
"Pyrata," the second season in the 'Paddle Pop Lion' TV series franchise to give him a 3D makeover, was completed in July, 2008. We produced 49 minutes (7 episodes x 7 minutes each) of animation in 6 months, including English writing and pre-production, with a team of 40 Thai artists. Distribution was Asia-Pacific, and later, Europe.
PaddlePop Lion: "Pyrata"
Directed by: David J Smith, Juck Somsaman
Selected Still Images from the Series
Produced in English with:
and Unilever Asia
Kara and Krong
More tough guys and bad guys. Pyrata (2008) rough test design sketches. We didn't choose these designs as the final versions, for various reasons, but they were fun to do.
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