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Animation Photo Productions 

Having fun with photographs  to include a little animation and characters is sure fun way of getting people to pay attention.  

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Portfolio of Animated Productions 

Written, Directed and Edited by Renee Conway-Grotefend aka TheseStars of 
Videos from the Heart ​

The Axe is Back

Below is a small body of my work in the early years as an armature animator having some fun with the craft. 

How TheseStars found the Yellow Canary

HOOT! on Cafe Press

​HOOT! is a Baby Owl.  He is my own character design who eventually was born as a animated character 2009 when he was divinely gifted with movement by the famous Australian artist, David Arandle.  ​

In this episode, HOOT! shows his friend Stick Figure that he has his image on products available on Cafe Press.  This animation adds a little back story to the developement of these two characters as friends.

In this episode, TheseStars uses her friends HOOT and Stick Figure to tell the story about how she found the Yellow Canary. 

Battle of the Sexes

This next  animation won TET's Animation and Video Blog contest. The winner of this contest gets an interview and one of their aniamted productions of featured on his popular blog.  The production had to be only 1 minute long with use of only GoAnimate Classic Cartoon theme.  

 Karls Tavern's annual holiday Party's 
featuring the live band WILDCARD

I was commissed to do two fun video production advertising a local Pub's Halloween and Christmas Parties for their in house advertisement on one of their 10 Flat Screen Televisions.

Halloween Party Event

Christmas Party Event

Christmas with HOOT! and Stick Figure

Make Me Believe by Kyle Keefe

Kyle Keefe was a personal friend of mine.  We met and became friends in Canon City, Colorado.  He died after being hit by a car while riding his Bicycle (most likely on his way out to Red Canyon Park located outside of Canon City) on September 27th, 2012.  Before the heavens took him home, Kyle had sent me a CD of his music in which he believed there was the perfect guitar instrumental that could be used as a theme song for my cartoon owl character HOOT!  I was travelin' and in New Jersey when Kyle sent along the CD to my Ohio home.  When I returned home after his death I found that CD inside the envelope was opened was broken.  I will never hear the song he was referring to---I am grateful that before his death he shared with me this wonderful song, 'Make Me Believe' attached as a MP3 in an one of correspondences for a first listen.  This is just something for my own heart.  Miss you much Kyle.

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