PARANORMAL GIRLFRIEND

Click Here to see Paranormal Girlfriend on Youtube

Music by Jim White VS The Packway Handle Band (from the album Take It Like A Man) 
Copyright 2015 Yep Roc Records
Animation and visual story concept by Jeanne Hospod copyright 2018


From a quantum level, scaling up to a multiverse, mysterious forces influence and attract each other. When they meet, it yields both destructive and creative energy.

Special Thanks To:

Jim White
The Packway Handle Band
Yep Roc Records

David Huntsberger
Emily Rose Oachs
Janice Hospod
"Malcho" aka "@Studio_M" (on twitter)

Lola

16 Second Story 2018

I'll update on this blog about my trip to  David Huntsberger's Junk Show variety show in a future post. Here's another collaborative 16 Second Story that wrapped up this April at the venue. I did the title card with the top heavy instruments sticking out of the Bloody Mary, and the concluding segment at the end at 3:18. I was racing to get this done right up to my flight and encountered some technical glitch with the timing as I was exporting the file to video. Fortunately, David gave it the editing tweaks it needed to fit.

Link to video here for smartphones

David kicked off a new cycle of 2019's future 16 Second Story, and I'll be animating the first segment. It has a sunrise, a dog (As a dogwalker I certainly have a choice of models there!) and deja vu. 

Edit (9/30/21) The host place for the 16 Second Stories was moved, so I relinked them on the other pages. I had a preview for the 2019 in this original post, but it was since completed so here it is. Mine is the very first 16 second clip. I featured a dog I used to walk and sit regularly, a sweet old girl named Elsie. Sadly she has since passed on, but I'm glad I got to make a tiny piece of art based on her, and share it with her people.

                                                                                          

link to video for smartphones here

Completed Animation!!

So my epic labor of love/short form story telling/self educational animation project is finally complete! Whoo! This is my longest creative project I've ever worked on. It only clocks in just past two minutes, but building it was quite a journey. (Update May 10 - There is additional ambient audio provided by the songwriter involved to where was previously dramatic silences. It beautifully enhances both the main song and the visuals. I'll reveal the musicians involved when I get approval to upload it.)

 I'll be flying to Los Angeles to share a short reel of work at my comedian friend David Huntsberger's fourth anniversary Junk Show at the Copper Still. I'm also wrapping up another year's collaborative Sixteen Second Story animation that will also be shown that night. I've never been to LA before, I'm quite excited.  I usually work alone in my room, and feedback on any art work I've made is usually delayed and only offered by a few close friends and supporters. It will be fun to get an immediate reaction from an audience in a festive atmosphere.

I will be uploading the animation sometime after I return from my trip, and get a few needed final approvals from some folks. When I get back I really need to tackle my website. It's been long overdue to finish reformatting it from a flash to html friendly site. I was too caught up in this project to give it the time it requires.

If you're in Los Angeles, come check it out!