Mike Owens is a designer and animator currently residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It appears as if he learned Flash on his own and with the help of Cartoon Smart. The results are wonderful.

Working under the banner of his freelance animation company, HUMDiNGER! productions, Mike created 4 Flash animated cartoons for Gateway Mortgage. Below is one titled ‘How NOT to Market Your Branch!’

The other 3 are also on YouTube:
How NOT to Submit a Loan!
How NOT to Budget!
How NOT to Treat a Customer!

According to Mike’s blog, “the episodes were screened at a training seminar for Gateway employees.”

Mike has also posted a few other short segments on YouTube worth checking out. First, you should look at a clip from the pilot episode of ‘The Brick & Wood Show,’ which was produced as a pitch for the STARZ! cable network. Mike designed and animated the piece, which was written by Dave Barber and produced by Fischer Edit. ‘Cactus Charlie’ is the star of a show Brick and Wood like to watch.

And proving he’s got traditional animation chops, Mike posted a short animation test for an upcoming film from Chewbone Animation.

Thanks to illustrator Greg Scherrer for the story tip. Check out his blog!

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