My sister Lori and I are working together on a new album. The first track we finished is about rice krispie treats! It’s called Mellows On My Mind. My kids did a bunch of marshmallow cartoon drawings for the music video, so I decided to make them into a coloring sheet. My niece (photos below)...Continue Reading
Hey everyone. Here’s an animated music video I made for Bari Koral’s Gingerbread Man song. Since I already had the artwork, I decided to make a printable toy to go with it. Enjoy the video with your kids, print out the template, and let them do some crafting and playing! Happy Holidays! Template: Click on...Continue Reading
In my excitement about the new Star Wars film, I got the bug to re-record this Star Wars inspired funk rap I wrote 20 years ago in my band days. Here is a quick music video I created with the help of some drawings from my 8 year old son. Also, you can download the...Continue Reading
Hey everyone! Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted. Over the past few months I’ve been working on a lot of exciting projects and commissions, and I’m very happy to finally start sharing some of them with you! Most recently, I’ve been working with Bari Koral, artist and musician from New York. She’s got a...Continue Reading
I just finished the music video for my sister’s (Lori Henriques) new album. The jazz style music reminded me of the Sesame Street videos I used to watch as a kid. I pictured having geometrical shapes dancing around to the song, but rather than animating them, I created simple paper puppets. The only materials needed...Continue Reading
I just finished shooting this music video for my sister Lori’s new Dinosaur song. Feel free to watch it with your kids! It was really fun to make! And I’m also finishing up a Dinosaur Paper City set to go with it. Should be done in a day or two! You can see my wild...Continue Reading
I just finished a new music video for my sister’s upcoming kids album. The song is “When I Look Into The Night Sky.” It was a really fun video to make! I painted some paper and made abstract space objects, tied them to some thread, and basically did a puppet show. Our almost two year...Continue Reading
The little Christmas Cat from the Holiday gift tags got the job of posing for my sister Lori’s little piano holiday album, “Playing for Christmas.” You can listen to it here on iTunes, if you’d like. Happy Holidays!Continue Reading
Wow, I’m so excited for my sister Lori. Today her album, “Outside My Door – Songs For Children Of all Ages” got a Parents’ Choice Gold Award! Nice work Lori! See the Parents’ Choice review of Lori’s album here if you’d like! Listen or get Lori’s album at her site, or on iTunes. “We are excited to...Continue Reading
Here is another fantastic album that I got to design the cover for. Becky Billock is a classical pianist who has recorded Muses Nine, where she performs a wonderful selection of classical pieces by female composers. The cd is available on Becky’s site, or you can get it here on iTunes. If you enjoy classical music, definitely...Continue Reading
My sister Lori has a new album of original songs entitled “Outside My Door – Songs For Children Of all Ages.” I did the artwork for it, which some of you might recognize since I used the Paper City and added some color and a few extra details relating to her lyrics. The design layout...Continue Reading
Here is the music video for Mnemonic Sounds! I decided to go with an abstract art theme for the video. It ended up working quite well I think. The band came to my studio last week, and we had a great time shooting it. Everyone got to be involved, which made for a lovely variety of puppeteering...Continue Reading
I’ve been given the exciting honor of creating a music video for the amazing Portland band, Mnemonic Sounds. It’s going to be a ballet of puppets and toys, which I think will go perfectly with the band’s enchanting electronic pop sound. We’re going to shoot the video next week, and I can’t wait! Until then, here’s...Continue Reading
Cheerios just posted the second video I made for them. Here it is. A rubber band box guitar! Very fast and easy to make, and also quite entertaining to play. Could be fun to decorate it with paint or stickers too!Continue Reading
Some friends of mine have a great pop rock band and they asked me to do the cover for their debut album. I ended up doing a 36X36 inch painting on canvas. They did a great job of incorporating the painting into the design of the cd packaging too. Very fun! If you’re curious and...Continue Reading
This post is a shout out to my sister. She recorded this classical piano album after becoming a mom. I think it’s brilliant, but of course I’m partial. I also did the artwork. It is available on iTunes Music Store, or at lorihenriques.com.Continue Reading
My nephew Leo just turned 3 on Sunday. He loves music, so I made him this trumpet, which gave me a great excuse to use some of my “new” vintage buttons. As usual I just made this up as I went, and the whole thing was a big experiment. I think it turned out well...Continue Reading