This cartoon made my brother. Old vellum. The homemade light table. Stool. Fotoaparat. And most importantly, Pencil.
Then all this video was collected in Blender.
http://vimeo.com/6415626
http://vimeo.com/6415700
Totally love it!!
your brother can draw very good 
i love it when the bird and the cat and dog bounce against the guy.
grtz
Loved it! Nicely done!