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JoeOtisCostello ♂️ [26201948] [2013-04-03 20:12:55 +0000 UTC] (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 405; Deviations: 59; Watchers: 86

Watching: 95; Pageviews: 19733; Comments Made: 512; Friends: 95

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Liam Sharp, Ben Wolstenholme, Dave Gibbons, Brian Bolland, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Buscema, John Romita, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner
Favorite movies: Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Ben Hur, Blade Runner, The Ten Commandments, etc...
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Star Trek, The Odd Couple, The Twilight Zone, The Three Stooges
Favorite bands / musical artists: Frank Sinatra, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Dean Martin, The Who, Billy Squire (Don't Say No), Dinah Washington, Elmer Bernstein
Favorite books: God Killers, Mono, Captain Stone is Missing, Marvel Comics the Untold Story, Omnivore (by Piers Anthony), The Foundation series (Asimov), Starship Troopers
Favorite writers: Liam Sharp, Paddy Chayefsky, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Steven King, Ernest Hemingway
Favorite games: Defender, Space Invaders, Donky Kong, The Simpsons Tap Out
Favorite gaming platform: Arcade (the kind you put a quarter in)
Tools of the Trade: Coffee, wits, computers, pints of lager, controlled panic
Other Interests: Comics, writing, cosmology, biology, food, friends

# About me

I am a 20 year veteran of the entertainment industry with a passion for science fiction, comics and animation; and a deep love for all stories: graphic; digital and analog. I've has spent the past few decades working on animated television shows and video games as an animator, director and and project manager.

I'm currently the Production Manager for Madefire- the MOST AWESOME STUDIO I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF!

I mainly function as the bridge between art and engineering with a focus on the functionality of our Motion Book Tool.

# Comments

Comments: 40

krukof2 [2014-10-22 08:53:28 +0000 UTC]

Merci Thanks Gracias

Grazie Danke Shkran

Dzieki Спасибо ありがとう

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yuki161994 [2014-10-06 03:20:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for the watch! :D (Big Grin)

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DarkChroniclesCom [2014-10-02 09:41:58 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for all the favs ;) (Wink)

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to DarkChroniclesCom [2014-10-03 03:36:02 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! Great work!

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ReGaSLZR [2014-10-02 03:24:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG~! Thanks for the watch~! Here's a llama for ya

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to ReGaSLZR [2014-10-03 03:35:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That's awesome!

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ReGaSLZR In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2014-10-03 05:15:03 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure ^_^

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DarkChroniclesCom [2014-09-04 07:41:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the fav ;) (Wink)

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to DarkChroniclesCom [2014-10-03 03:35:36 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely!

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yuki161994 [2014-07-15 03:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Hello! thanks for the fave :D (Big Grin)

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to yuki161994 [2014-07-30 06:51:46 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! Great work!

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yuki161994 In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2014-08-02 14:40:56 +0000 UTC]

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LeoColapietroArt [2014-04-12 22:06:07 +0000 UTC]

Hiiii, that's meee!!!!

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to LeoColapietroArt [2014-04-12 22:15:24 +0000 UTC]

Hi Leonardo!

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elgranmono69 [2013-09-10 14:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Hi Joe! Nice to meet you!

I'm very impressed by the work you upload here. I've read you use The Motion Book Tool and that you work at Madefire. You guys rock! It's really awsome! You are going to change the way people read comics, for sure!

I would love to try Motion Book Tool! Is there any trial version I can check?

One more thing, how do you make the character move and the background stay still? Do you need a separate .jpg files for background and character, or you can make different layers from a .psd (or something like that) move independently?

Thanks for your time!

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to elgranmono69 [2013-09-13 23:22:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kind words!

Right now there is not a trial version, however we are working hard and getting a release version out to the dA community soon.

You do need a separate .png file (we use .png's instead of .jpg's) from the foreground to have a character move, however both can come from 2 different layers in the same .psd file.

I hope that helps!

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elgranmono69 In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-10-31 12:53:22 +0000 UTC]

That helps a lot! Can't wait to see that release version. Thanks!

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Tickie-Art [2013-09-10 02:16:03 +0000 UTC]

omg im so jelly your art is sooooo epppiiccccc what do you use to animate your comics?

;-; plz tell me it's not photoshop....

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to Tickie-Art [2013-09-10 02:23:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! We use proprietary software we are developing at Madefire called The Motion Book Tool- which you can learn a little more about here:

motionbooktool.deviantart.com/

We will be making it available to the dA community as soon as we can (we are still working out the details to make it ready)...so when it is ready I hope you'll give it a try!

Thanks a lot!

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Tickie-Art In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-09-10 02:57:08 +0000 UTC]

np~

omg thank good...

and thank you!~

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Bluebuterfly72 [2013-06-30 05:47:47 +0000 UTC]

Your stuff is awesome!!

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to Bluebuterfly72 [2013-07-11 23:52:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! Your stuff is awesome as well!!

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AL-818 [2013-05-24 16:16:01 +0000 UTC]

Happy Birthday!

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to AL-818 [2013-05-24 19:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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AL-818 In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-05-24 23:00:50 +0000 UTC]

Just hope to have a great time on your special day - I always treat my own birthday like a personal holiday to myself, usually trying something different like travel or such ;) (Wink)

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joriley [2013-05-15 05:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Any word on when this is coming out on deviant art or where I can buy the app?

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to joriley [2013-05-15 21:27:55 +0000 UTC]

Well, the authoring tool is coming out in a few months, and the app is available now for the iPad and iPhone at this [link]

You can learn more about Madefire at this [link]

The apps on iPad and iPhone is all free at the moment...nothing to buy!

But you can read any of the books right here on dA at this [link]

Thanks!

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joriley In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-05-20 04:01:46 +0000 UTC]

How deeply do you need HTML to work with the Madefire app?

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to joriley [2013-05-20 07:54:33 +0000 UTC]

You don't need to know HTML at all.

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-05-23 03:09:25 +0000 UTC]

It looks like we are full up on testers at the moment- but we are getting closer to releasing the tool and I'll keep you updated as that process gets closer...Thanks!

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joriley In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-05-20 12:46:09 +0000 UTC]

Hey Thanks Joe...do you know if there is a beta I can try out?

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to joriley [2013-05-21 02:45:12 +0000 UTC]

Hmmmm...let me look into that...hold tight...

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joriley In reply to JoeOtisCostello [2013-05-21 04:18:02 +0000 UTC]

Ok will do thank you.....I recently purchased Motionartist from smith micro but it only allows (as far as I can tell as I am teaching myself the program) for making motion comics but not interact unless you know HTML 5. A small sample of an advert for a comic I am working on that I did can be seen on my facebook page or on youtube under Jim Oriley. Madefire looks more like the tool Id like to work with.....let me know what you find out and thanks again....Jim

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JoeOtisCostello In reply to joriley [2013-05-22 19:52:24 +0000 UTC]

Willdo! Thanks!

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HalHefnerART [2013-05-12 17:47:39 +0000 UTC]