I'm back, sort of...

Sorry for the lack of posts here lately. I've decided to migrate over to Tumblr and try to post a little more often... I hope you'll join me.
http://mikedeee.tumblr.com/

SpongeBob Christmas This Friday!

Don't forget to watch the premiere of "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!" this Friday, November 23rd at 9:30pm on CBS. I'm proud to have been a part of it! Lovingly produced at Screen Novelties.

Stop Mo JCPenny Ads

Check out these three stop motion JCPenny commercials I recently animated. It was a fun project -- I've never animated full scale props or live humans before. They were produced by Buck and animated at fabulous Starburns Industries.

SpongeBob Stop-Mo Christmas Special!

I recently had the privilege of animating on the upcoming stop motion SpongeBob Christmas special, "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!", produced by my pals Mark and Seamus at Screen Novelties. Fun project, great crew, and the SpongeBob puppet really was made out of a sponge. Check out the trailer here.

iMattress Commercial

Animated aliens selling bedding. Here's a commercial for iMattress we worked on recently at world famous Pencil Test Studios.

Director/Editor/Music/FX: Bill O'Neil, Chicago Spots
Animation: Ed Schofield and Mike Dietz, Pencil Test Studios
Agency: Capitalist Agency in Chicago.
Producer: Garry Gassel

No More Kings - "Robots Don't Cry"

Here's a Mini-Music-Video we animated at Pencil Test Studios to promote the song "Robots Don't Cry" by our good friend Pete Mitchell and his band No More Kings. Visit their site and buy their music at http://www.nomorekings.com and iTunes.
Steve Guttenberg!

Happy Christmas Everyone!

Pencil Test Studios On Cold Hard Flash!

Check it out. Pencil Test Studios' animated spots for Public Storage are featured today on Aaron Simpson's Cold Hard Flash. Click on the image above and it'll take you directly there.