Sounds Like AshcraftAnimated Voices

A Picture Worth 1000 Words

While I do love doing good commercial work, this project is one of those where I get to use my talents for a greater good than straight-up capitalism and I’m very proud to share it. The video presents and explains a new therapy method helping hospitalized kids recover more swiftly and feel more “normal” during their hospital stay. It’s the Interactive Theater at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital: It’s me you hear about :26 seconds in saying, Read More...

Video Game Voiceovers

As an example of how “one-thing-leads-to-another,” when work is slow, I often call production studios, animation houses, agents and agencies across the country attempting to put a few of my voices in their heads. Well, in doing so, I called a bright, charming woman at Rex Production & Post in Portland and sent her my commercial and corporate narration demos, because that’s what they do. But in the course of the conversation, I mentioned I love doing character work and Read More...

Reading Out Loud

So, I signed on to read a novel on tape. I read financial book on tape a few years back that, ironically, was a total financial disaster for me. But this novel, by Brett Arquette, is the story of a rogue billionaire seeking revenge for the terrorist killings of his family by methodically killing the people who sold weapons to the terrorists who did it, with super high tech weapons. What’s not to like? There’s also a beautiful CIA spy Read More...