Thursday, January 29, 2004
Pixar Drops Disney
I'm not surprised by this, it looks like Pixar is going try it alone:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/georgemannes/10140569.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040129/media_pixar_disney_5.html
I'm not surprised by this, it looks like Pixar is going try it alone:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/tech/georgemannes/10140569.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040129/media_pixar_disney_5.html
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
True Majority
Here's a cool flash animation staring Ben Cohen from Ben and Jerry's about the Fedral govenment. Check it out:
http://ww11.e-tractions.com/truemajority/servlet/Gamelet;jsessionid=0DE9E741EB63D38A62DD80D1CCEFB187?req=BjEzO6PaM3E3tzM6bjEFtXM6B3Ef%2BWC3Q%2FmabjF9b9Z1ozM3Q%2FdaK6Frb4H0bA%3D%3D
Here's a cool flash animation staring Ben Cohen from Ben and Jerry's about the Fedral govenment. Check it out:
http://ww11.e-tractions.com/truemajority/servlet/Gamelet;jsessionid=0DE9E741EB63D38A62DD80D1CCEFB187?req=BjEzO6PaM3E3tzM6bjEFtXM6B3Ef%2BWC3Q%2FmabjF9b9Z1ozM3Q%2FdaK6Frb4H0bA%3D%3D
Monday, January 26, 2004
Opus
For those of you don't know. Berkely Breathead is back. His new comic is named opus. You can catch up on your opus reading here:
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_11-23-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_11-30-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-07-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-14-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-21-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-28-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-04.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-11.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-18.jpg
http://waxy.org/random/images/opus/opus_2004-01-18.jpg
Thank you obsessive compulsive internet people!!
For those of you don't know. Berkely Breathead is back. His new comic is named opus. You can catch up on your opus reading here:
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_11-23-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_11-30-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-07-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-14-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-21-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Dec03/Opus_12-28-03.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-04.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-11.jpg
http://www.geeklife.com/images/Jan04/opus_2004-01-18.jpg
http://waxy.org/random/images/opus/opus_2004-01-18.jpg
Thank you obsessive compulsive internet people!!
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Gollum, Serkis and Uncanny Valley
Reger Ebert does a pretty interesting review of Serkis's work in The Lord of the Rings. I'm pleased to see that he points out that Gollum is done though a team effort and it's not all Serkis. Don't get me wrong Andy Serkis did some great work with the character. If the animators on feature films were allowed to go that in depth into our characters and Serkis was allowed to, you'd see a lot stronger characters in animated feature films as well. But as long as budget and time holds us back, we'll just have to make due with what we can:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/answ-man/sho-sunday-ebert11.html
Reger Ebert does a pretty interesting review of Serkis's work in The Lord of the Rings. I'm pleased to see that he points out that Gollum is done though a team effort and it's not all Serkis. Don't get me wrong Andy Serkis did some great work with the character. If the animators on feature films were allowed to go that in depth into our characters and Serkis was allowed to, you'd see a lot stronger characters in animated feature films as well. But as long as budget and time holds us back, we'll just have to make due with what we can:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/answ-man/sho-sunday-ebert11.html
Cool 2003 Pictures
MSNBC, who I normaly don't like, published a cool slideshow website of 2003's year in pictures. Sit back and enjoy, there's some really good ones:
http://www.msnbc.com//modules/yip03/slideshow.asp
MSNBC, who I normaly don't like, published a cool slideshow website of 2003's year in pictures. Sit back and enjoy, there's some really good ones:
http://www.msnbc.com//modules/yip03/slideshow.asp
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Pixar is so sued!!
CORRECTION
After doing some research I decided that this is a scam. The outline to the book was published in '95. But the book itself was self published in '02. This is long after the look of the film had been established. I think this is someone out to make a quick buck.
Check out these images. A French children's book author is attempting to sue Pixar for making a movie about a clown fish that looks a lot like his book does:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/2951913818/pictures/14/171-3025501-2605023#more-pictures
http://www.worldmoviemag.com/MovieMagazine/News/newsdisneysued.htm
It's not the first time Pixar is accused of this. The one eyed character in Monsters Inc looks a lot like a 60's poster designer's drawing. And their short film "For The Birds" looks a lot like an old CalArts student film.
CORRECTION
After doing some research I decided that this is a scam. The outline to the book was published in '95. But the book itself was self published in '02. This is long after the look of the film had been established. I think this is someone out to make a quick buck.
Check out these images. A French children's book author is attempting to sue Pixar for making a movie about a clown fish that looks a lot like his book does:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/2951913818/pictures/14/171-3025501-2605023#more-pictures
http://www.worldmoviemag.com/MovieMagazine/News/newsdisneysued.htm
It's not the first time Pixar is accused of this. The one eyed character in Monsters Inc looks a lot like a 60's poster designer's drawing. And their short film "For The Birds" looks a lot like an old CalArts student film.
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
I can see your house from here
This is a lot of fun. See if you can find your house:
http://www.terraserver-usa.com/default.aspx
This is a lot of fun. See if you can find your house:
http://www.terraserver-usa.com/default.aspx
Monday, January 05, 2004
Bush in 30 Seconds
There are 15 finalists in the Bush in 30 Seconds competition. If you go to the website you can watch them using quictime. There's some really, really good ones!
There are 15 finalists in the Bush in 30 Seconds competition. If you go to the website you can watch them using quictime. There's some really, really good ones!
Sunday, January 04, 2004
Pack The Cat
Well Christmas break is over, and it's time to go back to work. I have updated the main page on Pack The Cat. It now has a copy of our style guide for our wedding.
Well Christmas break is over, and it's time to go back to work. I have updated the main page on Pack The Cat. It now has a copy of our style guide for our wedding.
