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Maik Hempel

Maik Hempel’s animated infomercial “Petsicle” will solve all of your holiday pet-sitting problems. Plus, he gives us a little insight into why sometimes laughs outweigh style, and why a high SPF sunscreen is extremely important during an Australian Christmas.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Maik Hempel: After high school, I studied architecture for about one year, before I realised I should have stuck with my original choice of animation. So I slapped my lecturer in the mouth with a set square, traded my graphics pens for a peg bar and learned the astonishing art of the “moving-picture-bonanza” at Griffith Film School in Brisbane, Australia (“Bachelor of Animation with Honours” they call it)

CF: Who or what has influenced your work the most?

MH: Like everyone else at some point in their life, I was pretty amazed by
Disney, but the biggest influence animation-wise for me was Ren & Stimpy. I used to tape them and watch them [Read more…]

Animals abound in this week’s episode of Channel Frederator, featuring an eclectic mix of bunnies, robots, monsters… and frozen parakeets. Would we lie to you about that? We most certainly would not.

“Do Robots Dream of Bunnies?”, submitted by Piotr Karwas – Pink bunnies vs. little robots. Need we say more?

“Honkbarn: Episode 5”, submitted by Todd Ramsay – Musical monsters pose life’s most pressing question… “Whatcha talkin’ ‘bout?”

“Petsicle”, submitted by Maik Hempel – Don’t worry about boarding your pet for vacation. Ever again.

You can watch this week’s episode of Channel Frederator through all the usual places, like iTunes, My Yahoo, Tivo, Miro, YouTube, MySpace, AOL, Google, Veoh, Pando, Bloglines, and, of course, at the Channel Frederator website. Or you can see watch right above, if you’re so inclined.