AS SEEN ON TV! (well...on the internet, at least)

Indy Mogul just featured my audition in their latest episode of Backyard FX! In the first day, more people viewed it on YouTube than there are in my entire hometown. Pretty awesome. Response is mostly good. Sounds like people want to see how I built the legs, the alien, the Mad hatter and even the turkey (which they thought was a chicken...close enough). What do you think?

New TV spot hits New Orleans.

We just finished shooting and editing a new TV spot for the SUBWAY® restaurants in New Orleans. Didn't have a lot of $, so we ended up doing most of the work ourselves. But the shoot went great. The actors were awesome. The costumes I built made it to the set in one piece (and back to ATX as well). Take a look here.

In the top 10!

Another costume contest! Yep, in July. So there. I stumbled across it on Yahoo Movies. Sent in a picture, and Shazaam! I'm in the top 10! More than a few people had nice things to say about it. So, in case you want to see how I built them, click here!

I can't wait to get started on this year's costume. Any ideas?

The Prize Arrives!

Thanks, IndyMogul.com! My GRAND PRIZE package finally arrived! Not bad for a little zombie makeup in April. More pics here.

More Masks!

I made a few more masks for my friends over at Blackbird. Swing by their store on North Loop in Austin, Texas to see all their cool stuff. So far I've bought a super-cool rockabilly shirt and Atari sunglasses. Beat that.

Winner-Winner Chicken Dinner!

I maaaaaaaay have just won a costume contest. In May. Which is interesting, because I rarely enter costume contests on Halloween. Too busy having too much fun downtown. But I did win a costume contest years ago with the premier of Van Helsing...which was also in May. Weird, huh?

Zombies in April? Why not?

When a good friend asks, "can you dress up in your zombie makeup for a photoshoot?" the answer is always a horiffic, "bbrerfffmfffogggle..." (translation from zombie language: yes). So that's what I did last week. It's for promotional material for her soon-to-be-released documentary, "Halloween on 6th Street." Check the movie facebook page here. And see more photos from the shoot here.

Have you ever made a mask with feathers? I have.

Who knew? Working with feathers is fun! I bought a bunch of bags of black feathers from the hobby store and went crazy with the hot glue. The result – a super-cool Blackbird mask for my super-cool friend's new clothing store called "Blackbird." Four more (girl) masks are on the way. Less punk. More precious. Will post pics when complete. If you're in Austin this summer, stop by her store on North Loop, or check out her website here.

Budcrud Auditions for BFX!

Hey, it was a fun way to spend a Saturday. If you don't know about Backyard FX, check them out here. It's a really fun website that I've referenced for years. So when they had open auditions to be the new online host, I HAD to throw my severed head...er, I mean "hat" ... into the ring. No word yet on who got the job. There were a BUNCH of great, creative auditions. I'd love to hear what you think of my STAB at it. Just leave a comment below...and....enjoy!

Halloween 2009 Photos are up!

Thanks to Antoine Harris, I actually have some pretty great photos of the Twisted Ozzians in action. Check out his FaceBook page for some wicked Twisted Land of Oz photos (dress rehearsal)!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2009!

Had a great "dress rehearsal" last night down on sixth street. Even made it into the local newspaper. Check out the Austin American-Statesman story!

Big day for BUDCRUD!

Found some pictures of myself online today. Some from Friday's sneak preview of ZOMBIELAND and some from Alamo Drafthouse's upcoming VAMPIRE BALL.

VAMPIRE PROM ... yeah, those are wings

Well, there wasn't a Halloween for me this year, but thanks to Alamo Drafthouse, there was a Prom! I guess there were a couple of Vampire movies opening this week at their theater, so they threw a prom. It gave me a week to finish what I had started working on for Halloween. It was just like a real prom, except they sold beer. And everyone was dressed like vampires. So, I guess it was actually BETTER than a real prom. Oh, and I was crowned the Prom King. Thankyouverymuch.

There are a few links to the right to more photos, and stories in "The Daily Texan" and "Austin American-Statesman"

Halloween 2008

Sorry, folks.
I was away on a 3-week shoot through Halloween this year...so no costume.

However, here's a video of what happened while I was in Barre, VT.

HALLOWEEN PHOTOS 2007

Downtown Austin was so much fun on Halloween night. Alien and Ripley were overwhelmed by hordes of photo-takers. Our "victims" (Justin and Crystal) and good friend "Big Boy" (Sparky) were a fantastic entourage. Click on the "MORE ALIEN COSTUME PHOTOS" link to the rght to see a few more of of the photos Justin took (away from the crowds).