Mickey the Moose

Out of thune

2011-04-15T13:06:00.001-07:00

I think it'll be a hobo summer.

Forver addicted...

2011-02-09T15:49:00.000-08:00

Watched "Gainsbourg: une vie heroique" the other day and I missed so much to hold a fag in my hand...

Honda

2011-02-02T04:34:00.000-08:00

Hidy hoo folks,
Here one of my latest commercial work I'm quite happy with.
It's been directed by the english duo Smith an Foulkes and for my part it was particles madness. I mainly worked on the cloud shot and the "tunnel of doom" (for the most geeky of you it involved a mix of particle flow, FFX and all rendered on Krakatoa). It was a good experience and learned a lot about atmospheric rendering (and got a few grey hairs on the way).
Here's the link

Rise and shine

2011-01-27T08:13:00.000-08:00

Brussels is full of weird monolithic creatures..

Hang on it

2011-01-25T07:54:00.001-08:00

The result of a monday night out with my sister.

reactivation

2011-01-25T07:22:00.000-08:00

Hi folks, loooong time I didn't post anything. So it's time to do something about it. New year, new resolutions bla bla bla, so mine will be to draw more, go back a bit into 2d animation and post here more often than once a year. Also some commercial I've been working on lately should be out quite soon so I'll put that here as soon as it is available.
See you soon

showreel 2009

2009-08-11T10:10:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,
So no I'm not dead, I was just working all the time and now I finally had some time to chillax a bit then freak out about the crises and put up a new reel.
For you ladies and gentlemen, the Moose's reel 2009 edition.

Showreel 2009 || Michal Firkowski from Mickey Moose on Vimeo.

PS: like for last year, there will probably be soon a redux version of the reel because there are some stuffs I can't show you right now.

Prehistoric Mices

2009-03-21T05:11:00.000-07:00

Well no, I'm not dead yet. I've been kind of busy with work lately but some new shit should be coming up soon.
Meanwhile here are some links to artist that kept my attention these last days.

The first one is Bonom, a Brussels street artist with his armada of dinosaurs and fossils invading Brussels and Paris. He's got a really great aproach of puting things into context and surfs pretty much on the wave of the intelligent/artistic street art like Banksy or Blu do.

Bonom Flickr

BONOM & LORK - Etterbeek Station
Uploaded by michaeluyttersp

The other one is the new little genius of animation, the one that makes you jaleous an push you forward, ladys and genltemen, I give you David O'Reilly.
His short/serie PSS (Please Say Something) is reinventing the classic cartoon duo of the mouse and the cat with a whole new dimension of narrative and graphical approache. After being broadcasted on festivals, the full piece is finally available on his website.
Defenitly have to keep an eye on this guy

Please Say Something - Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.

Summer and London sketches

2008-11-22T19:33:00.000-08:00

Long time hadn't update but generally it means the Moose is busy (but not dead yet)
Since the last time many has changed, I've moved to London, got in a studio there and try to get some time to enjoy this city.
Here are some sketches made lately

Pardon pour le manque d'updates mais généralement ca veut dire que le Moose est occupé.
Pas mal de choses ont changé ces derniers mois; j'ai déménagé à Londres et trouvé du taff et pendant mes instants de liberté j'essaie de profiter de cette ville de dinges (essentiellement dans des pubs).
Voilà quelques croquis dait dernièrement.

showreel 2008 deluxe

2008-09-29T00:58:00.000-07:00

showreel 2008 M|F deluxe from Mickey Moose on Vimeo.

A new version of the reel. Just minor changes and a better compression.

some nostalgic spaghettis

2008-09-25T07:15:00.000-07:00

Some old illustration from the time when I was chilling in Bourges on hollidays.

i ♥ WWA

2008-09-18T06:18:00.000-07:00

A T-shirt project for a good friend of mind who's in love with Warsaw and... puzzles
Had a lot of fun designing this one. The building is the symbol of Warsaw, the Palace of Culture and Science, a "gift" from Stalin.

Sorry about the colors, I'm curently working on my laptop and screen is getting kind of crazy lately.

2008-09-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

Took out the attic some 3d works made at supinfocom.

showreel 2008

2008-09-04T19:40:00.000-07:00

My showreel 2008. You can find here some exercices I made at supinfocom, the movie I worked on with Ben, Gildas, and Olivier; la Peste. There's also some stuffs I made at Platige Image during my internship last year.

the moose

2008-09-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

Greetings from the moose.

la peste

2008-09-03T09:57:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to the movie I worked on last year at supinfocom with Benoit Gildas and Olivier. The story take place in city taken over by a plague epidemie. A man try to get in to save the ones he cares about.
I really had a great time working on that project, the team was really great and I have not so much regrets. Even if it was really hard sometimes (the contexte of Valenciennes wasn't really helping :) ) I have plenty of good "souvenirs" of these four years.
You can see the trailer on the official web site. If you want to see the full movie just send me a mail.

showreel 2007

2008-09-03T08:23:00.000-07:00

For starters my old showreel in his sauce of sweaty nostalgia.
Bon apetit.