From film to writing, cartoons to condoms (yup, he founded HotRod Condoms in 1994 and supports AIDS Awareness), Jon Kinyon is a jack of all trades! His latest project – "The Jimi Homeless Experience" – is a parody of Jimi Hendrix’s greatest hits, complete with a full length album and stop motion music video!

So how did Jon’s brainchild come to be? The idea sprouted from an interest in comic book publishing that took a turn to web comics with the help of “madman/genius with pen and ink” Big Tasty. Jon soon got the itch to animate, and was blown away by friend Christiane Cegavske’s stop motion work. “Stop motion has a certain power, a peculiar feel that you don’t get with any other medium, and I knew it would be perfect for Jimi Homeless,” he said.

While the creating process ­of molding clay and making props ­took the most time, the shooting and editing were completed over a rather productive President’s day weekend with clay sculptor Josh Curtis: "My experience as a producer and director helped," Jon added. "Shooting scenes with no dialogue and using simple  backgrounds helped us breeze through the shooting." After developing an affinity for Jimi Homeless, Jon assures us "there’s a lot more coming, that’s for damn  sure!"

What’s up next for the Jimi Homeless Experience? Jon, along with Josh Curtis and Jason DeCorse of Plastic Dog, are heading back into the studio to record a full length musical parody Off-Broadway with lyrics written to “reflect the state-of-mind of a homeless drug-addict living in skid row.” You can even catch the band playing live gigs around Hollywood – Awesome!

Another aspiration: Jon would like to put a team together to produce a stop motion animated feature or a series of shorts as a way to pitch to production companies who have the money to back his endeavors (We smell collaboration among the MyToons community…!). Be sure to visit Jon’s MyToons profile – we’re sure you’ll love little Jimmi Homeless’ creative way of cooking beans!

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