Gene McGuckin
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Animator, Layout Artist, Character Designer, Conceptual Designer, etc. |
| Location | Burbank, CA, United States |
| Introduction | Employment: (2007, 2009) RENEGADE ANIMATION INC./CARTOON NETWORK: ("The Mr. Men Show" season 1 and currently season 2), (2009) FOX TELEVISION: (A pilot from the Director of "Family Guy"), (2008) SOUTH PARK STUDIOS/COMEDY CENTRAL: (Episode: "Major Boobage"), (2006) CARTOON NETWORK: ("Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"), (2005) NICKELODEON-- NYC DIVISION: (Various pilots for Nick Toons, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Spike T.V., and MTV), (2004) ANIMATION COLLECIVE: (Episodes for AOL.com called "S.K.W.O.D."), (2003) SPUMCO: ("Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes" and on a pilot for Jim Smith), (1998-2002) VIVENDI-UNIVERSIAL: (various CD ROM games including Fisher-Price: Ranger Trail and Rescue Heroes, Knowledge Adventure: Jump Start Music, Jump Start Explorers, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Disney: pilot for Mickey Mouse and Friends, Harvey Entertainment: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Universal Studios: Jurassic Park-- Danger Zone, among others). |
| Interests | Animation, Character Design, drawing comics, NFL football (Washington Redskin's fan), Listening to music, Hanging out with friends, Concerts, Video games, Darts, Pool, Collecting movies. |
| Favorite Movies | It's a Wonderful Life, The Shining, Psycho, The Godfather I & II, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Goodfellas, The Devil's Rejects, Lord of the Rings, The X-men movies, The Exorcist, Fantasia, Easy Money, Office Space, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, High Noon, The Hombre, The Big Lebowski, Natural Born Killers, Modern Times, and the list goes on... |
| Favorite Music | Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jethro Tull, Muddy Waters, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Louis Armstrong, John Lennon, Black Sabbath, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty, Santana, Bob Marley, The Doors, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Sonic Sum, Nine Inch Nails, Swollen Members, Nirvana, The Grouch, Talib Kweli, U2, Cunninlynguists, Pearl Jam, Dilated Peoples, and the list goes on... |
| Favorite Books | The Holy Bible, Chronicle of the 20th Century, 1984, The Lord of the Rings, Misery, Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Shining, The Nine Old Men, Chuck Amuck, Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair, The Illusion of Life, That's All Folks!, Ken Hultgren: The Art of Animal Drawing, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life, Leonardo, Rembrandt, Essential Michelangelo, Hirschfeld's New York, Hirschfeld's Hollywood, Gerald Scarfe, various books on Salvador Dali, Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters, Dante's Inferno, Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets, The Many Lives of John Lennon, The Lizard King, The Exorcist, and the list goes on... |