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Friday, July 13, 2012

Thinking Outside The Pill Box, Agent 88 - The Web Series By Digger T. Mesch

Thinking Outside The Pill Box, Agent 88 - The Web Series By Digger T. Mesch Isn’t it time we had a deadly assassin/spy who can field strip a 9mm while knitting a sweater? Listen Up Geek-monkeys, we have been

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Thinking Outside The Pill Box, Agent 88 - The Web Series By Digger T. Mesch

Thinking Outside The Pill Box, Agent 88 - The Web Series By Digger T. Mesch Isn’t it time we had a deadly assassin/spy who can field strip a 9mm while knitting a sweater? Listen Up Geek-monkeys, we have been

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Monday, April 23, 2012

TEAM 88 Welcomes SANTINO RAMOS !

Team 88 Welcomes Santino Ramos!

As a post productions specialist and animator, Santino's has worked on projects that have made their way across the film festival circuit. His short film Mind Polish: Master Hubbard's Special Reserve was an official selction of the Short Film Festival of Los Angeles. He also animated a major segment for the pilot episode of Polyphony, a children's show that was featured in Coachella's green cinema. Santino is currenly working on the post production for the cutting edge series Agent 88 and is doing pre-visualization and animation for Paul Mooney's upcoming animated series, American President.

Side trivia- Santino is also the brother of Martial Arts Legend Ernie Reyes Jr. so don't fuck with him. :) His skills seem to know no end.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

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<p><img class="posterous_plugin_object posterous_plugin_object_image" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-04-20/eEzowvpFvJfxnEwofFHcHgCaijdtfGjGsDitAFzlyqhJxJxDvmJvepFBdAJw/A88-Opening-Screen.jpg.thumb100.jpg?content_part=sGdnqhyxnoicpAIbxquA" alt="" width="100" height="100" />Dear 88 to Lifers, </p>

<p>AGENT 88 is proud to welcome animation director/ producer Jeff Sheetz (founder of the DAVE School) to the hyper violent geriatric fold. It's been a few years since I worked with Jeff, the last project was XMEN DARK TIDE MINIMATES which was around 2006. Before XMEN, Jeff had his DAVE School team work their magic on many other Digger and the Art Asylum projects including PSYCHO PUMP, SPECIDEMONS, BATMAN MINIMATES and more. </p>

<p>I'm so proud that he's come of board with his insane schedule to do all the VFX for the world's most deadly assassin that I needed to give it a quick web blast. I included some links to XMEN DARK TIDE and STAR WARS: THE SOLO ADVENTURES ( by far the best Star Wars animated concept I've ever seen.) Ironic that we'll have a formal announcement soon about the Mighty Chewbacca himself as well. </p>

<p>On top of being one of the nicest guys on the planet, Jeff has worked on so many cool projects that I might as well just list them below from his IMDB so you have a better idea of why I'm so overjoyed that he's bringing on his team to help us navigate yet another super octogenarian creative mine field. </p>

<p>If I had more time I'd go on and on but I need to save something for the AGENT 88 blog which will be going live the end of this month. </p>

<p>Thanks Jeff- you rock! </p>

<p>Long live the resistance, </p>

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<div class="filmo-row even" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;"><span class="year_column" style="float: right; text-align: right;">2007</span><strong>Creepers</strong> (short) (supervising producer) <br />

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<div class="filmo-row even" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;"><span class="year_column" style="float: right; text-align: right;">2005</span><strong>Specidemons</strong> (short) (producer) <br />

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<div class="filmo-row odd" style="background-color: #f6f6f5; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;"><span class="year_column" style="float: right; text-align: right;">2005</span><strong>Batman: New Times</strong> (video short) (producer) <br />

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<div class="filmo-row even" style="background-color: #fbfbfb; vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;"><span class="year_column" style="float: right; text-align: right;">1999</span><strong>Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles</strong> (TV series) (animation producer)<br />

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AGENT 88 WELCOMES JEFF SHEETZ!

Dear 88 to Lifers,

AGENT 88 is proud to welcome animation director/ producer Jeff Sheetz (founder of the DAVE School) to the hyper violent geriatric fold. It's been a few years since I worked with Jeff, the last project was XMEN DARK TIDE MINIMATES which was around 2006. Before XMEN, Jeff had his DAVE School team work their magic on many other Digger and the Art Asylum projects including PSYCHO PUMP, SPECIDEMONS, BATMAN MINIMATES and more.

I'm so proud that he's come of board with his insane schedule to do all the VFX for the world's most deadly assassin that I needed to give it a quick web blast. I included some links to XMEN DARK TIDE and STAR WARS: THE SOLO ADVENTURES ( which is by far the best Star wars animated concept I've ever seen.) Ironic that we'll have a fomral announcement soon about the Mighty Chewbacca as well.

On top of being one of the nicest guys on the planet, Jeff has worked on so many cool projects that I might as well just list them below from his IMDB so you have a better idea of why I'm so overjoyed that he's bringing on his team to help us navigate yet another super octogenarian creative mine field.

If I had more time I'd go on and on but I need to save something for the AGENT 88 blog which will be going live the end of this month.

Thanks Jeff- you rock!

Long live the resistance,

Visual Effects (3 titles)

2007Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (TV series) (effects producer - 1 episode)

– World Enough and Time (2007) (effects producer - as Jeff Sheetz)

2000Today's Life (short) (visual effects supervisor)

1998-1999Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (TV series) (visual effects supervisor - 9 episodes)

– Rohan's Doubt (1999) (visual effects supervisor)

– The Drageen (1998) (visual effects supervisor)

– Night of the Spirits (1998) (visual effects supervisor)

– Aideen and the Stone Princess (1998) (visual effects supervisor)

– Tyrune (1998) (visual effects supervisor)

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Producer (8 titles)

2010The Solo Adventures (video short) (executive producer)

2007Creepers (short) (supervising producer)

2007Tofu the Vegan Zombie in Zombie Dearest (short) (executive producer)

2007Once Upon a Christmas Village (short) (animation producer)

2006Teddy Scares (short) (executive producer)

2005Specidemons (short) (producer)

2005Batman: New Times (video short) (producer)

1999Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (TV series) (animation producer)

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Writer (3 titles)

2010The Solo Adventures (video short)

2008NASA Seals (short)

2005Batman: New Times (video short)

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2008NASA Seals (short)

2005Specidemons (short)

2005Batman: New Times (video short)

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2008NASA Seals (short)

2007Once Upon a Christmas Village (short)

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2007Once Upon a Christmas Village (short)
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2007World Builder (short) (thanks)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

FUCK BATMAN - Agent 88 Production Starts In 4 days

AGENT 88 on the move!

Great production meeting last night with a bunch of incredibly cool talented people that I'm honored to be working with. 4 big production days ahead of us starting Saturday the 24th and running until Monday the 27th. 2 of those night will be on location in North Hollywood, 1 night in Culver City and a full greenscreen night on a big sound stage in Santa Monica.

Vincent Guastini Productions is on the practical SFX so I'm actually getting 4 hours of restful sleep a day...more than enough. I can't release information on who our fight director is but he's an old friend and he's flown into Los Angeles from a far away land to save my sorry ass with a couple of his best power players - so major payback due. Thanks brother!

I wanted to share some of the pre production art below. I have so much art it looks like we're shooting a 2 hour feature already. Blessed with the best of the best in the 2-D dept as well, I've attached art here is from the original viking prince of NYC Reynir Hauksson, the lord of west coast speed production design and storyboarding Axel Ortiz, Gus Vasquez the crusher of lead and the world traveling martial arts legend Yuri Timg who's working on 88 out of manila right now.

The schedule is super aggressive so we're plotting every second of it as tightly as possible to save time and sanity for all of us but the man who has to truly defy more gravity that our martial artists is is the one and only Joseph Setele ASC who has a shot list that looks like CRANK on Crank.

Batman 3 is shooting so talent is scarce or on 24 hour notice and that's slowed us down a bit in assembling the team but we finally lined up the Avengers in the 11th hour.

See you next week dead or alive,

LOVE D

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Monday, September 5, 2011

AGENT 88 goes into pre production !

Dear Digdeepaphiles,

Giving a quick shot out early to announce that the first AGENT 88 short is in official pre production. We're on the fast track til production starts the last week of Sept.

Dig Deep Entertainment, Hurricane Enertainment and Derrick Red Earth Productions are proud to present AGENT 88.

AGENT 88 will be a 10 minute short introducing the continued adventures of the world's most dealdy assassin who just happens to be an 88 year old woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

I'll launch some more information next week. We have some amazing talent on board and I can't wait to share.

LIVE LOVE DIG

"As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify."
Arthur Conan Doyle

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Friday, August 5, 2011

OAKLEY: The Road to Design Mecca

Dear Fashion Slaves,

I had the most unique private yesterday to OAKLEY'S main headquarters thanks to my mega talented friend the venerable James Lareau. James is the type of guy who can turn a pile of junk into work of art in less time than it takes you to fry an egg.

I've always been an enormous fan of Oakley's design aesthetic. No other brand has ever spoken to my personal taste in the same way and visiting their facility yesterday reignited my passion for all things Oakley. The exterior of the building is a fortress prepared for World War 3, complete with functional tank, torpedoes and giant spiked metal studs that emote a super strength yet somehow feel hypnotically inviting.

The cyber-industrial entrance design is based on an American Indian headdress. It's just brilliant! You feel as though you are walking into the mouth of a minimalist H.R. Giger painting. it was the first time in my life I fantasied about having......what do they call that again? Oh yeah... A JOB!

Whatever Kool Aid the staff are drinking looks rocking because I've never seen so many genuinely happy employees in my whole life.

LIVE LOVE DIG