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Fresh off the heels of showing Who Saved the Moon? at this year’s SOLD-OUT San Diego Comic-Con, Illustrator/Artist/Animator (whew!) Luke Feldman’s Who Saved the Moon? makes it’s podcast premiere on Channel Frederator this week!

1. How did you come up with the idea for this film?
Berpunzel, the lead character in Who Saved the Moon came to life a few years ago. The idea was inspired from my love of old Chinese proverbs and myths. It wasn’t until last year that I felt the storyboard finally captured Berpunzel’s loveable personality. He is a naïve, happy go-lucky guy that has nothing but the world’s best interests at heart.

2. Who are some of your influences?
I have always been a big fan of surrealism and artists such as Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and MC Escher. I have always been fascinated by Dr Suess’ quirky illustrations and story telling. I’m also a massive fan of asian art and culture.

3. What do you do when you get stuck creatively?
I think I’m pretty fortunate because if I get stuck on an illustration, I play around with an animation and then if I get stuck on both of these I write music and play on the guitar. It’s rare for me to go blank on all three mediums. Getting outdoors, traveling and practicing Taekwondo definitely opens my mind to new ideas.

4. What do you imagine the moon to taste like? (I imagine Bleu Cheese or maybe Feta cheese… Yum.)
Hmmm…. to be honest, I think the moon would taste quite bland. So, I would envision something like the Hawaiian dish, poi (boiled taro). And, in terms of the texture, I think it would be like eating a bowl of lettuce that hasn’t been washed properly (refreshing and crisp with the occasional crunch of soil grit).

[*ED.Note: EW! lol!]

5. What are you working on currently?

Well, I have just got back from the 2007 Comic-Con convention in San Diego. It was my first time to the ‘Con’ so for a first-timer I was chuffed to have my short film “Who Saved the Moon” featured at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.

[*ED.Note: YAY! Congrats Luke!]

I have a solo art exhibition that I am preparing for in October 2007 in Seattle. It’s called [i]“The Whimsical World of Skaffs: visual and audio art by Luke Feldman”[/i]. I will be exhibiting limited edition giclee prints as well as featuring my animation shorts that are accompanied by self-composed music.

[*ED.Note: Very Cool!]

I have plans to launch a line of vinyl toys called Misskaffs with the company Wheaty Wheat. Check out www.skaffs.com to preview the cool prototype sculptured by the super-talented Rich from Wheaty Wheat.

[*ED.Note: I’m Jealous!!!]

In terms of animation, I will continue to develop my series of animation shorts for both the Berpunzel and the Skaffs chicks (Misskaffs) for online media and television. Currently, I have 26x 1-3 minute animation short ideas for each of these series. I also have other animation series concepts that can be seen on www.skaffs.com.

[*ED.Note: This is getting annoying, isn’t it?]

[*ED.Note: I apologize.]

Thanks Luke! Stay in touch!

-Jeaux Janovsky

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