OpenFilm Editor's Pick

Great News! Over at OpenFilm "The World of Snowboy & Crow" Episode #1 has become an Editor's Pick!

Cheers

FilmAnnex Featured Filmmaker this week!

Hey I'm being featured on @filmannex main page this week!  

http://www.filmannex.com/

Also here's the link to EP #1 for Snowboy & Crow:

 http://www.filmannex.com/webtv/kenturner/movie/the-world-of-snowboy-crow-episode-1/30736 

Cheers

FilmSchoolRejects - "Snowboy & Crow" Post

 

Special Thanks to Neil Miller of Film School Rejects for featuring me in the latest post on the site.  

 "We close tonight with the brief first episode in a new webseries called The World of Snowboy & Crow, brought to our attention by its director, Ken Turner. It shall take you into “the world of Snowboy, a boy made from snow, and his friend a Crow. These two misunderstood child-like characters live in a snowy landscape full of vampires, ufos, monsters, death and love.” All of those things are pretty cool and the animation is just plain pretty. Consider us watching, Mr. Turner."

Check it out via:

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/movie-news-after-dark-george-lucas-and-his-wood-dont-need-you-but-klown-and-snowboy-crow-do.php

Site Link: 

www.filmschoolrejects.com

Animation Nation - "Snowboy & Crow" Post

 

Special Thanks to Charles of Animation Nation for posting about "The World of Snowboy & Crow" Series.

 "There's a new Web project emerging. It's called 'The World of Snowboy & Crow' and is a series of animated shorts created in 2012 by director Ken Turner and animated by Freak Show Studios. The characters Snowboy & Crow appear in the mini-comic The World of Snowboy & Crow, also created and illustrated by Ken Turner, from which the Web series is based.

In the series, you enter the world of Snowboy, a boy made from snow, and his friend a Crow. These two misunderstood child-like characters live in a snowy landscape full of vampires, ufos, monsters, death and love.

Who could ask for more!

Take a look at the teaser trailer below. You can see Episode #1 of Snowboy and Crow at this link here and also here. For production credits and more links head on over to the Forum topic."

Check it out via: 

Homepage article:
 
http://www.animationnation.com/component/content/article/7-charles/416-the-world-of-snowboy-a-crow-new-web-series
 
Forum topic:
 
http://www.animationnation.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3578 

 Animation Nation links:

http://www.animationnation.com/
http://www.animationnation.com/community

Cheers

Episode #1 "The World of Snowboy & Crow" - The Birth of Snowboy!

Check out Episode #1 for Snowboy & Crow at http://youtu.be/90Uow_rhVhk and you'll be helping to support the Snowboy & Crow series!

"The World of Snowboy & Crow" Teaser Trailer!

Check out the teaser trailer for Snowboy & Crow at http://youtu.be/47SZsQy1l98 and you'll be helping to support the Snowboy & Crow series!

"The World of Snowboy & Crow" Teaser Trailer!!!

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=47SZsQy1l98

Teaser Poster #2 - The World of Snowboy & Crow

Here is the second teaser promo poster for the "Snowboy and Crow" animated web series.

The 1st episode will make its debut in June, which is only about a week and a bit away.  

 So mark it down in your calendars, set your phone alarms, stick a post-it to your forehead, tell your family, close friends, imaginary friends, neighbors and even your pets that "Snowboy & Crow" are coming to a computer screen near you!  (*probably the one right in front of your face as you read this)

Stay Tuned!!!

Achmed!

This was a early character concept I did for an animated flash TV show in development featuring ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's "Achmed the dead terrorist". 

 I'm a big fan of Jeff Dunham, so it was a real treat to do this particular gig.

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dunham

Happy Mug

Happy Mug (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Orange-Suit Man

Orange-Suit Man  (Death Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

The Armageddon Letters: Was Castro Crazy?

 Seen below are 3 screenshots from a short film I finished, a few weeks ago, for the award winning filmmaker/producer, of Virtual JFK, Koji Masutani and the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

"The Armageddon Letters" is a series of short films which will reveal what it was like for leaders in Washington, Moscow and Havana to look straight into the barrel of nuclear war in 1962.

 

Entitled - The Armageddon Letters: Was Castro Crazy?

This short that I directed focuses on Castro.  I animated the film in a "Catch Me If You Can" type art direction style with narration from Prof. Jim Blight (seen in his "Animated Style" in the first still).

I'll let you know as soon it becomes ready to view and I will make it available via my VIMEO page: 

http://vimeo.com/kenturner

For more information on the project go to:

https://www.facebook.com/armageddonletters

http://www.armageddonletters.com/ 

https://twitter.com/#!/armageddontweet

Stay tuned

Cheers

TCAF 2012 is in the books!

TCAF was great as always.  Special thanks to all who came by for their support, especially:

Spence, Mattias, Katie, Mike, Robert, Melanie, Kelly, Sarah, Sam, Myke, Colin, Mitch, Tabitha, Stephen, Andrew, Saurin and Jodi.

Hopefully I'll be here again next year!

Cheers

TCAF 2012 this WEEKEND!!

 

A is for Avengers (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink pen, water color on paper. 9" x 12". © 2012 Ken Turner.

TCAF 2012 starts tomorrow May 5 and goes thru Sunday May 6, so be sure to get over to the Toronto Public Library and check out the madness that will ensue.

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012

at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.

Saturday May 5^th, 2012, 9am-5pm

Sunday May 6^th, 2012, 11am-5pm

FREE ADMISSION

I'll be at table 158 on the first floor by the water.

Here is what I will have there:

1. NEW GICLEE PRINT - The Nightmare Before Christmas "Tobogganing Trio"
2. Giclee Prints - Cheshire Cat (Only 2 Left), Wizard of Oz, Edward Scissorhands and the Henry: The Heart Boy prints
3. HENRY: THE HEART BOY BOOK - illustrated story book
4. PERSONAL ART WORK prints - monsters, pirates, ghosts, etc...
5. FAN ART prints - The Avengers (seen above - only 10 available), Dark Shadows, Alice in Wonderland, Seinfeld, Vincent Price/Peter Lorre, Evil Dead, Harry Potter, Batman, Bane, etc...
6. SNOWBOY & CROW mini-comic - comes with limited edition TiM postcard (only about 20 left) *those who purchase the mini-comic are guaranteed to get the free mini-promo poster for the new animated series "The World of Snowboy & Crow"
7. POSTCARD sets - 5 different postcards in each set/comes with envelopes
8. "TiM" T-SHIRTS
9. FREE - The World of Snowboy and Crow mini-posters (While supplies last)

See you all there!

"The World of Snowboy & Crow" A New Animated Web Series - coming this summer!

Freak Show Studios proudly presents

"The World of Snowboy & Crow"

A new animated web series, based on the mini-comic of the same name, will further expand on the world of a boy made from snow and his friend a crow.

The mini-comic encompassed 10 stories, which will now be told through 6 animated episodes.

"Enter the world of these two misunderstood child-like characters living in a snowy landscape full of vampires, ufos, monsters, death and love."

Snow is coming this Summer...Oh Boy!?!

Keep checking back for when and where "The World of Snowboy & Crow" will debut!

I will be making exclusive Snowboy mini-promo posters (while supplies last) to all who come by at TCAF this weekend.

Cheers

Floor Plan and Exhibitor List for the TCAF 2012 is up!

TCAF NEWS: The 2012 floorplan and exhibitor list has been officially released. 

http://torontocomics.com/news/2012-floorplan-and-exhibitor-list/

I'll be at table 158 on the first floor.

I'll be doing one other post this week on the stuff I'll have this year at TCAF!

Stay tuned for that!

Cheers

TCAF Profile: Ken Turner

 My TCAF profile is up on the site.  Go check it out and many many others before TCAF arrives this weekend.

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/ken-turner/

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/

Also of note: My good friend Kris Pearn will be doing a work shop and signing at TCAF.  Make sure to check out his workshop on Sunday.

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/kris-pearn/

See you then!

TCAF 2012 - MAY 5 and 6

  I just got the confirmation today that I got into TCAF 2012.  I will be there both days so be sure to come by and check it out.

Stay tuned for more info on TCAF as it just next weekend!

Cheers

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  INFO on the event:

Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012 Poster by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

Toronto Public Library presents

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

TCAF’s 2012 programme will feature more than 300 international cartoonists

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012

at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.

Saturday May 5^th, 2012, 9am-5pm

Sunday May 6^th, 2012, 11am-5pm

FREE ADMISSION

 WWW.TORONTOCOMICS.COM

TORONTO— The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is back for another triumphant year on the first weekend in May,  returning to the Toronto Reference Library & The Appel Salon for its fourth consecutive year. Last year TCAF (as it is affectionately known) welcomed more than 15,000 patrons at its various venues and events around Toronto during the festival weekend, and 2012 is expected to be TCAF’s biggest and best edition yet. Over 300 international cartoonists are on the schedule, representing more than a dozen countries, confirming TCAF as the preeminent celebration of comics and graphic novels in Canada, and one of the most celebrated literary comics events in the world.

Here's a link to last year's TCAF with some great photography:

http://www.squidfaceandthemeddler.com/art-illustration/tcaf-2011/

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Prom Pumpkin Present

Prom Pumpkin Present  (Death Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Henry Sketches

Henry Sketches (Henry: The Heart Boy Series). 2012. Ink pen on paper. 6" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Willie Loomis

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Willie Loomis (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 6" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Victoria Winters

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Victoria Winters (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 5" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Carolyn Stoddard

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Carolyn Stoddard (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen, pencil crayon and water colour on water colour paper. 4" x 9.5". © 2012 Ken Turner.

WIZARD WORLD TORONTO COMIC CON is this weekend!

WIZARD WORLD TORONTO COMIC CON is this weekend!

http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-toronto.html

SAT 10-7 SUN 11-6 / Metro Toronto Convention Centre/April 14 - April 15 in Toronto, ON.

I will be at Table 2163

Here is what I will have there:

1. NEW GICLEE PRINT - The Nightmare Before Christmas "Tobogganing Trio"
2. Giclee Prints - Cheshire Cat, Wizard of Oz, Edward Scissorhands and the Henry: The Heart Boy prints
3. HENRY: THE HEART BOY BOOK - illustrated story book
4. PERSONAL ART WORK prints - monsters, pirates, ghosts, etc...
5. FAN ART prints - Barnabas Collins, Alice in Wonderland, Seinfeld, Vincent Price/Peter Lorre, Evil Dead, Harry Potter, Batman, etc...
   
6. SNOWBOY & CROW mini-comic - comes with limited edition TiM postcard
   
7. EYE CANDY Volume #2 - LAST ONES!
8. POSTCARD sets - 5 different postcards in each set/comes with envelopes
9. "TiM" T-SHIRTS

Here's a floor map to see where I'll be at:

Look for this banner & the black and white striped table...

See you all there...Cheers

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen, pencil crayon and water colour on water colour paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

JohnnyDepp.ru

"JohnnyDepp.ru" has posted all of the Dark Shadows characters, I've done so far, on there site...Check it out!

http://www.johnnydepp.ru/jdportal/html/index.php?newlang=russian

Delightfully Dark Art

Emma of "Little Gothic Horrors" did a post piece on my work entitled "Delightfully Dark Art"!

http://littlegothichorrors.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/delightfully-dark-art.html

Go check out her blog and facebook at the links below for more delightfully dark art:

http://littlegothichorrors.blogspot.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/LittleGothicHorrors

Thanks Emma

Cheers

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - David Collins

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - David Collins (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 5.5" x 8.5". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Ken Turner Dark Shadows Wallpaper

The Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site) has made a custom wallpaper from the first four Dark Shadows characters I designed...

Check it out!

http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2012/04/ken-turner-dark-shadows-wallpaper.html

Cheers
https://twitter.com/#!/iKenTurner

JohnnyTim.com

"JohnnyTim.com" has posted all of the Dark Shadows fanart I did in a post on their website.
Check out the site for more Dark Shadows pictures and other related stuff...

http://www.johnnytim.com/temat/new/new.html

Cheers