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May 18, 2008
The Jean Claude gallery has been added.  Visit the photo link above for a look.


May 17, 2008
So, there's been plenty going on that I haven't covered here.  Some of it has been mentioned on the blog.  Between Jean Claude, teleprompters, the premiere of The Rapture, and other jobs it's been a busy time.  Once again I find myself in front of the camera, but not as a homeless person!  I've got a whole bunch of photos to upload to a Jean Claude gallery, and a few new prop pics as well.


January 21, 2008
James and the Giant Peach heads are done.  This year's touing production from Signstage Theatre was once again in need of costume heads.  There were a total of 7 heads I made, Mr. Grasshopper, Ms Spider, Worm, a shark, the rhino, and a happy and angry cloudman.  Also a large "spanking hand" was made for one of his aunts to wear.  Pictures can be seen in the puppet sample gallery.

With that off my plate work begins in a mad dash for a short film that begins filming this coming weekend here.  Jean Claude.  The makeup is needed, as well as body parts, brains, and other fun stuff.  Possibly some other fun stuff in the works, at least in the discussion stage.


November 17, 2007
Just wrapped up a whole mess of costumes for Near West Theatre's production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Long hours, tight deadline, stress, but all in all interesting.  The show opened yesterday and I worked up until show time, actually a few things got finished during the show...adding straps and the last bit of padding into them.  I haven't done too much with theater so it was a new experience, not too terribly different from film, but things have to work, there's no "post" to save you.  The thanks of cast and crew were very nice. I hope I catch it before it closes. I'm happy to have done it.  A great bunch of people there.  If I can manage to get some pictures they'll show up here and/or the blog.

In other news, looks like things will be just as hectic until the end of the year, two shorts and another play to do some costume work for. Stay tuned.


October 29, 2007
I opened up my email for a pleasant surprise the other day.  A copy of the trailer to Wardog The Movie as well as a link to the Myspace page was waiting for me.  Wardog is a movie I did some work on earlier this year, props and suits of armor. I'm sure the artists out there will relate to the fact that you can just glance at something you've done, even in your peripheral vision and see all the "defects" and things you hate about it.  Well, I'm happy to say that Zeb's done a nice job with this and I wasn't cringing nearly as much as I have with other work I've done.  Like everything new in life it was a learning experience and I walked away with something. It looks good, so check it out.  In other news, I got a few Halloween jobs done.  Things are ramping up for a couple shorts coming up in the next few months, as well as another play.  It's surprisingly hectic for this time of year.  A bit too hectic really...when things get this busy I always get nervous.  Besides the shorts I've got a little CGI work to do again, and a few custom props.


October 13, 2007
The beat goes on.  Learning new software, Particle Illusion and Blender.  I had used PI for a lot of the work for Green Lantern: New Dawn, but I wasn't using it to the full capability, so more learning is in order.  Speaking of GLND, Brian's got the shots dropped in and is working on it, shouldn't be too long now.  Busy busy busy with a couple movies and a handful of other things.  The pickup shots went well.  


August 28, 2007
God, has it been that long?  Well, there's been lots of things going on.  Projects taking longer then they should have, more stuff coming up, DSL issues, and life in general.  Updated a few galleries for now, a few more sometime in the near future. Don's working on Scarehouse again, and has been for most of the summer.  I finally got to see some of it over there, great stuff.   I'm doing more GLND work, CGI stuff at the moment.  Just wrapped and shipped a private commission prop of Sam Fisher's goggles from Splinter Cell, you can be some of the first people to see it in the samples>props gallery.  Building some quick cryo tubes for some pickup shots for another film, and may be doing some more puppet work in the near/mid future. Good thing I've got a sewing machine finally.  Congratulations on a film festival win to a movie I had the pleasure of working on/in, Fanboy.  Big thanks to both HobbyTownUSA (specifically the Strongsville store)and Miller Engineering for saving my bacon on the goggles.  I killed two other inverters and needed one to get the job done.  HobbyTown carries Miller's experimenter's kit and it fit the bill perfectly. Miller's getting some more of my business in the near future.


March 28, 2007
All goes well, been working on a few things.  I will also mention that for the next month or so we're booked up.  Sorry.  Got a chance to take a tour of P13, great place, thanks Al.


January 26, 2007
Things are in the middle of a transition.  We're changing hosting, so the mail may not work for a couple of days.  Please email to: Tom AT Clevelandfx DOT com with the appropriate substitutions.  We're shooting to be back up and running as soon as possible.  We'll also have some additions and a few small changes.  


October 30, 2006
Wow, it's been a long time since an update.  Besides time, things march on, post-production work on The Rapture continues.  Work on other movies also continues, and we're finally getting around to an update.  Plenty of new, and old, pictures have been added.  Don's page has been updated.  Had a couple more weddings to attend besides all that, congratulations to my cousin as well as long time friends Tom and Missy!  


August 8, 2006
So, another year is over at TNW.  Lots of cool folks, as always, but here are a couple that really stood out.  I'll take this opportunity to throw some of them some more traffic, as if it's necessary.  I talked to Erik Campos of film threat a bit, OK, I talked his ear off a couple days, great guy.  The other most impressive folks there were Character Dynamics.  Don DID make it up for the show, and hung over at Mike Watt and Amy Lynn Best's table, fitting since he has be helping out on Abattoir (a different abattoir then I worked on.)   The 501st was in attendance and a few members' band played.  I was a bit surprised, but they were pretty damn good, just sad that they didn't play in their stormtrooper armor.  

Robyn, as usual we had a great time.  We are already looking forward to next year.  


July 30, 2006
If you're anyone in Cleveland, you were at the premiere of MADNESS.  Heck, even if you're a nobody like me you were there.  It's a great movie, and seeing it on the big screen at tower city to a nearly sold out crowd was a nice touch.  I'd like to extend my thanks to Bill for inviting me onboard as well as a big "excellent job" to everyone involved.  If we get a few more projects like this turned out I think we're well on our way to putting Cleveland "on the map" as a film making city.

Turning our attention to those upcoming things, some more puppet work is underway for the fine folks at Calamity House Productions.  You'll just have to wait and see what that will be comprised of, but we're looking towards an early September shoot schedule at the moment.  Besides that, a couple small jobs are floating around.  Perhaps some light CGI work for The Rapture, but nothing major at the moment.

On a sad note, this will be the first year of Twisted Nightmare Weekend that we will not have an official presence at, but Tom will be there lending a hand, just look for the guy with the big beard and say hello.  Don's trying to juggle his schedule to make it in for the show, but we'll have to wait and see if he can or not.  You should come out and see what it's all about the weekend of August 4-6.  There's another convention in town that weekend, but don't let that stop you, all the cool kids will be at TNW ;)


July 16, 2006
Well, long time no type.  Been a busy little while actually.  Fanboy has wrapped shooting and is moving into the editing phase.  I (Tom) played the video store manager, just look for the beard and you'll find me.  The Rapture has come and gone, at least mostly, there's always a chance for pickup shots, and the CGI will be a bit heavier then first thought.  At least that isn't primarily on us, but we may lend a hand if we can.  Also finished up a nice looking prop revolver.   The prop gallery has a few pictures of it, and the puppets gallery has the guts of the wings that you'll never see on screen in The Rapture.  I was right by the way, the movie was the biggest physical drain I've had in a while.  Audra over at CHP has begun hinting that I need to get to work on some things for her, so do that I shall.

Don's been a busy little beaver as well.  He's been doing a few things for Happy Cloud Pictures plus had a nice little vacation.  His computer is down, so as soon as I can back down to Pittsburgh I'll get some new photos from him.


April 30, 2006
Things are going just peachy keen!  Spent today with the fine folks at Calamity House Productions shooting some things for Green Lantern: New Dawn, specifically, "painted the bad man purple."    A huge thanks to Audra for deciding to push back her film until the start of the school year instead of rushing to get it shot by the end of this year.  I can't wait until the bulk of Fanboy gets underway, I get to show how horrid an actor I am again, and this time I'm not a bum.

Afterwards, I stopped over at MDI to pick up a couple DVDs of the teaser trailer for The Rapture.  Johnny does it again!  This project is going to be a lot of fun, a lot of work, and should look great with all the talented people tossing their hats into the project.  For more info, be sure to head over there, the teaser is online, and you can keep track of what's going on with the production blog.  If you like the teaser, which is a but a mere shadow of what the movie will be, please spread the word.

Spiderman 3 is still in town, they were supposed to be wrapping up today, but have decided to stick around until Tuesday.  I wish I had the time to get down there and do some snooping.  Maybe Cleveland can start attracting some more films to town and give all the talented people in this town a break.  If you'd like to see what all the hype was about you can hop over here.

Got a screener copy of Sabbath in the mail recently as well, hats off to William Victor Schotten for his work on that.

Don's been doing a few things out in Pittsburgh, and we hope to have some pictures added to his page in the near future.  

More news to come in the near future, just don't want to get too long-winded right now.


April 13, 2006
Wow, it's been a while huh?  Well, things are just busy, that's all.  Been working on a few props, some stuff for a teaser trailer for a film shooting this summer, The Rapture, and trying to set up a new area to the shop.  Of course there's all that pesky "life" stuff too.


January 26, 2006
So, while we here at CFX didn't have anything to do with it, a local film maker has just sent me a link to his newest short over on ifilm.  If you are a Nintendo geekboy like I am you'll love it.  Keep up the good work Larry!


January 23, 2006
So, Robyn Griggs was on Dateline the other night.  The show focused on a movie she was involved in when I first met her a few years back.  An interesting show, a bit frightening, especially for someone involved in the "film biz" who's worked with some questionable people from time to time.  I don't know if they will air it again, but if they do check it out.

Working on a few things, but this time of year's always a bit slow here in lovely gray-until-July northeastern Ohio.  Going to put a few props on ebay soon, so check back, I'll post a link.  Also, anyone local with old bikes (see this page) get a hold of Tom.


December 31, 2005
Happy New Year, that is if you go by the Gregorian calendar, if you don't happy new years to you whenever your's occurs.  Be safe, enjoy yourselves, and we'll see you back here next year.



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