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Livestream link for June 8 (TOTB new cut + qna)

https://youtube.com/live/T3ppscKqN-4?feature=share

Join that you people!

Tonight 5PM CST - Livestream - TOTB new cut + QnA

3PM PST 5PM CST 6PM EST

All tiers

QnA will be posted afterward

Under the condition that I have questions to answer

So it will be helpful if youve already seen and are revisiting

Love it yet?

Jonni

Sunday June 8 @ 5PM CST - "Take Off The Blindfold" patreon livestream + qna

Hi everyone- I'm going to be doing a patreon livestream on Sunday, June 8 at 3PM PST / 5PM CST / 6PM EST where I'll show you guys the new cut of the movie (it's only slightly different, just cleaned up editing/sound + random fixes), and then I'll do a QnA after. My plan is to upload just the QnA portion to Patreon afterwards.

If you can't ...

Talent Show episode 6 - The Department of Looking w/ Janet Lee

I'm getting back to editing episodes of Talent Show- this is something my friend Janet and I did last February where we went around our school pretending to be an official department called "The Department of Looking" based on a thing we do where we just look around and try to find stuff. There's also footage of our teachers' union protesting fo...

Program notes

Program notes for the upcoming TOTB screening at Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on Wednesday May 7 at 8:30PM. (Free screening, come to it!)

From miles away, you are hearing the news.

As you walk this cursed ground, visiting for the first time in many years, a messenger arrives.

Her eyes are bloodshot, her voice distorted,...

We're in the final stretch people...

I just submitted an advance copy of TOTB to my school as my thesis film, to have it premiere at Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Final runtime is gonna be 1 hour and 25 minutes. I have until April 14 to finish it fully. We're scrambling! Let's go!

For the Talent Show fans- The snake in this clip is voiced by Aram, and the news reporter ...

(Spoiler) Clip from TOTB ending

I'm turning in Take Off The Blindfold as my thesis in grad school, so I have to have it completely done by April 15. I'm feeling really good about it.

Sketchbook people

Field Notes From The Orphanage

Characters from a cartoon I want to make called Field Notes From The Orphanage .. I want to do it after I finish Take Off the Blindfold

2024 recap

Hi everyone! Happy new year.

One update: I'm finishing Take Off the Blindfold as my thesis film at SAIC, so it's going to be completely done in the next few months, or else I can't graduate.

Still working on the other stuff! But I need that kick in the pants to get it done. I'm so close...

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(New short) "Analyzing That"

New short I made cuz Im trying to have fun making things again

Thanks to my friend Lula for voice

Song is Brimful of Asha Nightcore

Playlists for Patreon Babies December 20 2024

You know it..

1. Hannah Montana transition music

2. Leenalchi - Bird

3. Mall City episode 4 - The Tower (I did a voice in this!) by Mallbat

4. Thousand Knives - Ryuichi Sakamoto

5. Answer (1980) (Classic animation from Vietnam)

6. Dustin Wong and his Infinite Love Orchestra

7. Fish Eatr by Stickerpodz<...

December update

Hi everyone!! Above is Sonnyé Lim's amazing guest animation for TOTB that they finished last week.

I'm doing well, I'm in finals mode and losing my mind, but I'm managing.

I'm pushing TOTB back again, and I'm actually finishing it as my thesis film at SAIC ...

Patreon updates!

Hi everyone- I have made some changes to the way the Patreon works. As most of you know, I have taken all of my work off of youtube and most of it is no longer free on demand. My main films now all have listings on Gumroad.

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$2+ Tier video access

Hello!

Here's a folder with all the videos you can access on the $2+ tier.

Right now this includes: Dreaming of Neptune, Uber, Uber 2: Halloween, Davis Crosbee, Dr Sam Mulaney's Burden, Monkeys Who Live in a H...

I am reformatting my online presence

Hi everyone! I'm reformatting how I want to show my work online and the type of context I want to provide to my audience. I will post updates soon! Thanks!

Talent Show episode 5 - Zach Dorn

Here's episode 5 of Talent Show! It's with my dear friend Zach Dorn (Mailman Westchester, writer/animator/voice for Jonni Makes the Best TV Show) who is currently living in Korea teaching at Seoul Institute of the Arts

I forgot to post episode 4 here which is about me climbing Jiri-San in Korea to see a shrine dedicated to Japanese occupat...

"TOTB" Patreon upload date - December 13 2024

Hi everyone,

I've made a lot of progress on "Take Off the Blindfold, Adjust Your Eyes, Look in the Mirror, See The Face of Your Mother" since the beginning of summer, so I'm feeling very confident about it now, and see a pretty clear path to the finish line. My goal is that I am going to post it on Patreon for you guys on December 13 2024....

Transfiguration IFF in Los Angeles next week!

Hi everyone, I'm doing the LA edition of my traveling film festival next week on Friday July 5:

Hope to see you there!

Playlists for Patreon Babies June 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwwahyZ9d7WUaM04eRUpUvh3kayPeEn0r

• Pm 34:5 - Yowie

• Hi - Huayi Hsu

• Cathy's Last Resort

• The Burden of Expecting Happiness - Suzanne Non-dua...

  2024-06-14 14:32:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Playlists for Patreon Babies May 2024

Epic style

Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain

Hi everyone! Super excited to finally share this.

I decided back in 2022 that I wanted to start making live action work, and instead of fantasizing about it forever I decided to just start doing it. I happened to visit Harrison and Parker in Chicago around this time and after a few conversations and revelations I decided I wanted to make ...

Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain poster

by legend Garrett M. Davis!

Movie is basically done, we're putting finishing touches on it :D

Transfiguration International Film Festival 2024 Poster + Dates

Hi.. Here's the awesome Transfiguration poster by longtime friend/collaborator Kelly Ficarra (instagram.com/kficc)

Transfiguration is for sure coming to Toronto, LA, Chicago and New York- and probably some other places too. Right now Toronto and LA are confirmed:

Toronto - Pleasure Dome, Thursday May 16th - They will also be having ...

Updates - Feb 28 2024

We finished filming my first live action feature Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain! :D I'm really excited about it, it's super weird but it says and does really interesting things thematically and formally. It's around 2 hours. Next I'm going to spend a while editing it, as Vania Junco finishes the music for it. I'm excited to share it! ...

Talent Show episode 3 - The HANA Center Ghost Busters

Episode 3 of Talent Show- I followed Aram and her friends at Hana Center as they perform Jishinbalpki rituals  (banishing evil spirits for the new year) for local restaurants :) 

Title song from Smelling The Dirt And The Coming Rain

By the amazing Vania Junco! https://www.youtube.com/@peachmoonn/videos

We're super close to being done with this, a few more scenes to shoot. Vania is doing the music for the rest of the movie as well.

2024 Update

Hello everyone,

I'm starting a film festival, Transfiguration International Film Festival, based off of the program I did last year. The website is here. The program for this year is figured out, most of my filmmakers have approved my req...

Talent Show episode 2 - Aram Han Sifuentes

Hi! This is episode 2 of Talent Show :D It's with Aram Han Sifuentes who's another teacher of mine at SAIC, she's an amazing artist and immigrant justice activist https://www.aramhansifuentes.com/

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Trailer - Smelling the Dirt and the Coming Rain

Trailer for my first live action feature!! Starring Harrison and Parker. About fraying relationships, spiritual quests to find the Self, channeling transdimensional entities for groups of people, and becoming blurred into the background on accident and on purpose

We're finishing it in the next few months! I'm really excited about it <...