James Farr
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James Farr is a freelance animator
and animation director
based at present in Tulsa, Oklahoma
. He is widely known by the online community for his animated series Xombie
, which quickly gained cult status in 2003 and has spawned an illustrated novel, Xombie: Dead on Arrival, a comic book series published by Devil's Due, Xombie: Reanimated, as well as an upcoming animated feature film. His films are particularly popular on Newgrounds
, where they have over 4.5 million views. All of the Xombie chapters are almost always within the top-50 list, and James Farr is currently the sixth-highest-rated artist on Newgrounds (for many years, he was in the top three). http://www.newgrounds.com/rankings/artists
His portfolio includes work for Epic Level entertainment, New Line Cinema
, GeekRescue.com and the Oklahoma City Blazers
. He has a son, Vector Farr, and a Jack Russel Terrier named Courage.
One of the producers for the 2007 film Transformers placed Farr at the scene of an accident involving a Decepticon
, at the fictional company website, http://www.sectorseven.org. There, Farr moonlight
s as Lead Researcher, the accident occurring while performing an experimental procedure on an unnamed decepticon subject.
plague has wiped out most life on Earth and replaced it with bloodthirsty reanimated versions of the planet's previous inhabitants. She is saved from a swarm of zombies by Dirge
, a "variant", a zombie who has retained their conscious mind and the ability to think like a human. (According to the official website, the variants are called "xombies", but the term has yet to be used in the series itself, likely because it is pronounced the same way as "zombie".) Dirge takes it upon himself to perform one last good deed before his zombie body withers away and begins a journey to reunite Zoe with the few remaining live humans and save her from a gruesome death at the hands of the undead.
Recently, Farr has released a book displaying the events of the first saga the series, entitled Xombie: Dead On Arrival. There is also a six issue comic book series called Xombie: Reanimated, the first issue was released April 2007. The series will be the second part of the intended Xombie trilogy.
s, she is flung into a secret war of monsters, to which the rest of the world is seemingly oblivious.
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and animation director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
based at present in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
. He is widely known by the online community for his animated series Xombie
Xombie
Xombie may refer to:*Xombies, a 2004 zombie novel by Walter Greatshell*Xombie *Xombie...
, which quickly gained cult status in 2003 and has spawned an illustrated novel, Xombie: Dead on Arrival, a comic book series published by Devil's Due, Xombie: Reanimated, as well as an upcoming animated feature film. His films are particularly popular on Newgrounds
Newgrounds
Newgrounds is an American entertainment and social media website. Founded on July 6, 1995 by Tom Fulp, the site primarily hosts Adobe Flash animations and games, but also features a music-oriented page, along with an art portal...
, where they have over 4.5 million views. All of the Xombie chapters are almost always within the top-50 list, and James Farr is currently the sixth-highest-rated artist on Newgrounds (for many years, he was in the top three). http://www.newgrounds.com/rankings/artists
His portfolio includes work for Epic Level entertainment, New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
, GeekRescue.com and the Oklahoma City Blazers
Oklahoma City Blazers
The Oklahoma City Blazers were a professional ice hockey team that played in the Northwest Division of the Central Hockey League. The Blazers played at the Ford Center, located in downtown Oklahoma City. Their colors were burgundy, gold and white...
. He has a son, Vector Farr, and a Jack Russel Terrier named Courage.
One of the producers for the 2007 film Transformers placed Farr at the scene of an accident involving a Decepticon
Decepticon
The Decepticons are usually depicted as the antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers stoyline and related comics and cartoons, and the enemies of the Autobots and the University of California Davis Aggies...
, at the fictional company website, http://www.sectorseven.org. There, Farr moonlight
Moonlight
Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon. This light does not originate from the Moon, but from sunlight. The Moon does not, however, reflect sunlight like a mirror, but it reflects light from those portions of its surface which the Sun's light strikes. See diffuse reflection.In...
s as Lead Researcher, the accident occurring while performing an experimental procedure on an unnamed decepticon subject.
Xombie
Xombie tells the story of a little girl named Zoe, who washes ashore several decades after a zombieZombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
plague has wiped out most life on Earth and replaced it with bloodthirsty reanimated versions of the planet's previous inhabitants. She is saved from a swarm of zombies by Dirge
Dirge
A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral. A lament. The English word "dirge" is derived from the Latin Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam , the first words of the first antiphon in the Matins of the Office...
, a "variant", a zombie who has retained their conscious mind and the ability to think like a human. (According to the official website, the variants are called "xombies", but the term has yet to be used in the series itself, likely because it is pronounced the same way as "zombie".) Dirge takes it upon himself to perform one last good deed before his zombie body withers away and begins a journey to reunite Zoe with the few remaining live humans and save her from a gruesome death at the hands of the undead.
Recently, Farr has released a book displaying the events of the first saga the series, entitled Xombie: Dead On Arrival. There is also a six issue comic book series called Xombie: Reanimated, the first issue was released April 2007. The series will be the second part of the intended Xombie trilogy.
Call of the Cryptids
An animation series in production about the struggles of Kendra Call, a young cryptozoologist, haunted by ghoulish visions of her childhood, desperately searching for proof of monsters unknown to modern science. Upon discovering a note addressed to her and written in riddleRiddle
A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and...
s, she is flung into a secret war of monsters, to which the rest of the world is seemingly oblivious.