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Gaijin Yakuza

Jacob Stephens Animation

About Me

My name is Jacob Stephens and I am animator specializing in developing high quality characters for animation in film, television and theme park attractions. You can see some of my professionsal work at www.jacobdstephens.com .Recently I married my beautiful wife Sascha who keeps me sane and well feed. We live in the Hollywood Hills with our chucklehead golden retriever, Inuki, adopted cat, Momochan, a handfull of fish.

My Interests

Art, Film, Aikido, Mixed Martial Arts, Comics, Animation, Design, Architecture, Robots (hopefully, by the time I'm old; I'll have a robot of my own, turning me over in my bed so I don't get sores...ahh the future.)

Music:

Tool, Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Tori Amos, Nick Cave, Johny Cash,Tweaker

Movies:

Yojimbo, Spirited Away, Alphaville, Shogun Assasin

Television:

Simpsons, South Park (who doesn't?)

Books:

Dhalgren, Naussica and the Valley of the Wind, Illuminatus! Trillogy, Lolita, Neuromancer, Stranger in a Strange Land

Heroes:

James Jean, Ashley Wood, Claire Wendling, Craig Mullins

My Blog

Working Weekends

Oh how I do love them too,Yes the life blood of the entertainment industy, the endless supply of bodies trading rest and well being for a few more dollars and the opportunity to continue working weeke...
Posted by Gaijin Yakuza on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:44:00 PST