Mr. Mike's Page

I am nothing more than an Artist...With Animation I can bring everything I dream to life; with art I can recreate all of it... ART the Ability to Recreate Time. My time!
Mr. Mike


Find more videos like this on Vision Animation Studio She is a new character I have created for a new line of winter clothing and sports equipment soon to be marketed in Canada!

This little tween age fairy is a klutzy, snail riding, snow boarding, snow fairy, banished from her tribe by the elders for being free thinking fun loving and a non conformist! She would rather ride and glide than fly!

Feel free to contact me at
Mr. Mike@visionanimationstudio.com
or mrmikeh@sbcglobal.net
or at one of my other sites
if you wish more information


Pre-recorded footage from Santa's workshop in the north pole

An animation I created for Santa speaking.com..

On Christmas Eve visit Santaspeaking.com and you can watch videos of Santa I created for them as he streaks across the sky to deliver presents to every good little boy and girl.. And the best part is, it is free!


I am the kind of artist not limited to visualizing then creating pictures and CGI animated films and the occasional movie, I contribute everything from writing, character creation, animation, animation scoring, voices, to directing….. I have even dabbled in the occasional Play as an actor, set designer, and publicist. I have acted in a few flicks like dick Tracy, ghost busters 2 and Bird to name a few, In addition I have produced and co produced projects, I have taught children Fine art and professed to a few collage students CGI animation, I even authored a university text book on Photoshop for Germany, at the moment I am undertaking the authoring of a children’s book along with seeking funding for a Brand new original CGI animated feature film the whole family will enjoy!

Perhaps we can collaborate on something!

Hobbies see above

Professions see above

Life, I’m just along for the ride, for more information see the man above

This is a still from a current CGI animation project, it is a Personal project
I named my latest CGI creation "All I HAVE"

Feel free at anytime to contact me through this site or at
mrmike@visionanimationstudio.com I would love to hear from you!

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This is A mouse named Squeaky from Katrina an unnatural disaster a film I wrote and am currently produceing

Here is a very brief His Story about ME ... Mr. Mike

I am nothing more than an Artist...With Animation I can bring everything I dream to life; with art I can recreate all of it... ART the Ability to Recreate Time. My time!
Mr. Mike

The cast of Katrina an unnatural disaster

A little Biography on me since it is all about me and if it isn’t then it should be if in doubt just ask me!

Starting as far back as I can remember, around the age of five I suppose, I needed to quench my thirst, my burning desire for answers to the curious world around me. I wanted to silence the incessant voice in my head that constantly repeated the word why.

Who am I? I am Mr. Mike, and that is how the 1600 plus children I taught fine art to refer to me. My career started with the desire to figure out how and why things worked. I had to draw, to entertain my mind, to disassemble the assembled … I drew everything from rocks and sticks to clocks and can openers and even the occasional cartoon character! For me even a pile of junk could be manipulated into a master piece!

I suppose I was never truly normal, something I can now see in hindsight. Although at the time, I wanted to be like everyone else, and in your childhood you assume you are like everyone else … I was being conditioned to be what people who labeled people normal wanted me to be. However, their perspective of normal frightened me more than my fear of being unique.

I was, and still truly am, flat out creative. Whether I am accepted by the masses, popular or not, I am what I am, I am an artist. I was always drawing and taking pictures, and when my parents would let me, I would take black and white pictures with a family brownie camera and make short 8 mm film with a Kodak movie camera. Unfortunately, however, funding often times covered the purchase but not the development of film.

Elementary school for me, as with most people, was eye opening. The numbing experience, of the daily routine, of Mrs. Rolland swatting my left hand with a ruler to make me use a pencil with my right hand was as sharp a memory as loving those chocolate chip cookies as big as my head. After three years of elementary school bad grades, Mrs. Gahanna discovered I couldn’t see the board ... In fact I couldn’t see much past my nose. So, at age 8, after three years of sitting in the back of the classroom, in a colorful blur, I realized my vision was far less than close to normal. After spending what seemed like years of testing to determine whether or not I could recognize the letters and numbers, the evil doctor Eagleberg presented me with a pair of glasses so thick I could fry an egg on the side walk in less than a minute. Viola! I could see!

I did at times wonder how my path lead me to become a CGI animation movie maker and after working several days on the thought, maybe weeks, time seems irrelevant, I discovered the events, the turning points, the key frames, that determined how and why I got to where I am and why you’re watching what I make, and to point out a portion of the contributing factors, here they are! Briefly I might add!

I was adopted. A blessing as I have been told. I know not who my biological parents are, I have never been told so I can not find them. I know not my true date of birth; I have in recent months discovered it was changed by my adopted parents to move me into a public school earlier than was proposed by the state. That being said I was adopted into a family. In addition, I know not who they are, only who they wanted others to know about them. I have discovered in hindsight, it was a family that felt my presence would keep a failing marriage together.

My father, mother, and younger brother were all very creative people! My parents worked at Disney. My Adopted dad was an imagineer, and he designed rides including Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. He went on to design weapons of mass destruction and some good things like the Lunar Lander for NASA and the space shuttle main engine before succumbing to Alzheimer. My adopted mom painted cells for animated motion pictures and passed on as a prescription drug addict. My brother was an artist and designer for Bob Mackey until his death related to AIDS. Together, they helped me realize that the path less traveled was the correct path for me.

I have been making movies since I was nine years old in one form or another. For the past eight years, I have been using CGI exclusively to make my movies at Vision Animation Studio. CGI allows me to bring to life anything my mind can imagine.

These, along with many other experiences have forged my mind, my attitude, and my soul into who I am. I am an artist with the desire to entertain and to send the message that everything is possible. Just look what I can do!

Please join with me to change the world with our positive conscious efforts! Together we can achieve remarkable differences for the betterment of us all!

I still am nothing more than an Artist...With Animation I can bring everything I dream to life; with art I can recreate all of it... ART the Ability to Recreate Time. My time!
Mr. Mike

This is another frame from Katrina a current VAS CGI animation project due for completion in late 09

A few of my current CGI creations on display at the HAFF animation film festival

Please Enjoy
They are posted here to assist you in smiling
In addition they may be able to shed some light as to what I as an artist can accomplish


HAFF2008 Iris and Mr. C viewed over 6,369 times on three different sites since Aug 2008


HAFF2008 MILK DOES A ZOMBIE GOOD! viewed over 1200 times on two different sites since Aug 2008

HAFF2008 SHAQTUS JUMPS the diesel Shaqtus viewed over 1100 times on two diffrent sites since Aug 2008



HAFF2008 Sweet Dreams Diner the Animated teaser viewed as of mid nov 2008 1,914 on YouTube alone and over 9,000 times on three sites since Aug 2008

I just need to say that is allot of smiles! Are you one of them? Thank you, you have made me smile! I think then it was well worth the effort!

These two STILLS are CGI images created for Rappers IQ

A STILL FROM A current CGI Animation project in progress for RAPPERS IQ

Here are a few of my creations outside the digital realm

This ... this is me... (Image taken the last weekend in Sept 08)... I toast yesterday good bye and raise my glass to a new and better tomorrow for us all.. A happy good first day to the rest of our lives

There has been some inquiring as to DID I ATTEND SCHOOL? WELL MY FRIEND I have a masters in Fine Art 80 and another in Digital Animation/CGI movie special effects 98 along with a PHD in computer science 2000…I was also a elementary school teacher of Fine Art and a College Professor at a university of computer animation, I’ve also Author a university TEXT book on Photoshop.....what does all this mean? Either I am stupid enough to stick with it until it is finished or I am smart enough to stick with it until it is finished.. One way or another it gets finished! And that’s about it

Well except for this, I recently discovered just because the orange juice bottle says concentrate doesn’t mean I can! haha.....

PEN AND INK ON PARCHMENT

FROSTED BLUE BERRIES pastel on canvas

DAWN pastel on canvas

CITY MAGIC acrylic on canvas




I am thankful
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter during night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
nothing is more uplifting than hope to start.
Obahma and the American people thank you,
for filling my heart with HOPE that is TRUE!
and draping us in the red, white, and blue
(Mr. Mike)
and thank you Emerson for the inspiration