"where the line is drawn"

Thursday, March 31, 2011

The date is set. now the work begins

The A-Kon show is on the schedule. So, there's a crapload of stuff we gotta do before then. 2 months. Gotta make a list and check it twice.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

the eye

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Look me in the eye...

Sunday, March 27, 2011

just walk on by

cameratest01.swf Download this file

Didn't I walk by this guy before?

fun with cel setups

cameratest00.swf Download this file

I don't usually use the peg functions in Toon Boom. I spend most of my time just doing frame by frame animation and any movements are drawn out. But, I'm thinking why work harder in some cases? Gotta learn to use the tools.

Friday, March 25, 2011

scales

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Scale and relative camera position.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

fun with 2 frames

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hell nurse 2frame another

HellNurse2frames01.swf Download this file

hell nurse 2frames

HellNurse2frames00.swf Download this file

ease in ease out

Keyframeup01.swf Download this file

Whoosh!

messing with keyframes

Keyframeup00.swf Download this file

3 seconds on loop.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

and Butterfield 8

Trivia for Cleopatra

Trivia for Cleopatra: "In 1958 'Collins, Joan' was cast in the title role but after several delays she became unavailable. Collins had previously starred in a similar role in Land of the Pharaohs (1955). After Collins' departure, Audrey Hepburn was considered as a replacement by producer Walter Wanger. Wanger then offered the role to 'Taylor, Elizabeth' . He called her on the set of her latest film, Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and related the offer through Taylor's then husband Eddie Fisher who had answered the phone. As a joke, Taylor replied 'Sure, tell him I'll do it for a million dollars.' This then unheard-of sum was accepted and in October 1959 Taylor became the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for a single picture.

- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Liz and Cinemascope

Chapter 16

Cleopatra

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

bemused monster

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I'm curious if anybody is really watching these loops. The counter shows 50 hits shortly after I post, are these hits from search engine or keyword bots? Not that I'd expect the bots to tell me.

yay redux

YayRedux.swf Download this file

Redone "yay" now with more frames and lineboil.

walk stop tap walk

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2frames

2framesM1.swf Download this file

Monday, March 21, 2011

yay

Yay00.swf Download this file

Yay.

The Millennials - Pew Research Center

The Millennials - Pew Research Center: "They are the first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia, not as astonishing innovations of the digital era, but as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding.

- Sent using Google Toolbar"

The Millennials - Pew Research Center

The Millennials - Pew Research Center: "They are more inclined toward trust in institutions than were either of their two predecessor generations -- Gen Xers (who are now ages 30 to 45) and Baby Boomers (now ages 46 to 64) when they were coming of age.

- Sent using Google Toolbar"

lame by lame west

SXSW has lost the plot.

But it sounds like the filmfest part is still doing okay.

Friday, March 18, 2011

DVD Savant: PARALLAX VIEW: The Incredible Montage

DVD Savant: PARALLAX VIEW: The Incredible Montage: "The insidious crimes Parallax has already committed give the viewer an ominous feeling. Will Beatty be tortured by some unknown kind of Ipcress or Ludovico process? What horrible things is this movie going to contain?"

the animated version

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Todd Goldman VS Jess Fink, animatic.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

throwing some rocks

Apparently Todd G*ldman stole another one of Jess Fink's tee shirt designs. This one: http://www.threadless.com/product/342/Cookie_Loves_Milk So I drew these.

The City (1939)

Articles for The City: "The City is about heaven and hell, riding the traditional bias of a rural America that saw cities as sin magnets. The city is the bad guy here. The small town is the good guy. Except that it doesn't quite work out that way as a viewing experience. Small-town America of the past and the neat little greenbelt communities of what the film hopes will be the future seem a bit false and forced, however well-intended. And life in Manhattan hums excitingly, even with the overdrive. This may be the place to mention that for many Americans living in the Pittsburghs or their farm and factory town equivalents, cities were what they longed to escape to, a view rudely but vigorously immortalized in the recently restored Baby Face (1933), to name but one cinematic barometer of the time. Not surprisingly, the city steals The City away from its good intentions. Most films of the period do. The real message they deliver, whether in frothy comedies or earnest documentaries, is that cities are where it's at. There's a reason why they are people magnets, and the more The City presses its indictment by speeding up the camera, the more we're struck by how vital its supposed target seems. One of the blatantly entertaining bits of editing involves quick cuts from traffic signs saying NO PEDESTRANS, NO RIGHT TURNS, NO CROSSING until it seems the city itself is saying NO to all forms of life."

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Trippin'

Sweet. Trip Shakespeare is on Pandora.

Forgot to put out the recycling. It was cold, and I was barely awake. Needing something in my belly and something to moving my thoughts.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Ears

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Cube

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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Fire Hands

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3 frame headache

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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Okay, let's try it this way

Headhurtz

Don't understand why Posterous is doing this. It kinda pisses me off.

My head hurts

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An animated depiction of my headache. Ow.

sketchy dude

Doodle04a022

Oh, hey. There's a Woot-Off today. Looks like I missed some good stuff. A Woot-0ff is a sure way to make the day drag on and on. A Flip SlideHD? That's really tempting.

Bad Headache

Doodle04a038

Woke up with a pounding headache. Damn allergies. Looks like West Texas is on fire and all the crap in the air is heading this way. Crud.

Monday, March 07, 2011

More Mister Heart

Doodle04a049

Mister Heart Sketchy

Doodle04a048

Heart walk breakdown

Doodletoshibaa055

Sketchy

Doodletoshibaa054

Colour Sketchy

Doodle04a036

Sketchy

Doodletoshibaa053

A quick doodle.

Friday, March 04, 2011

Cinderella 2000 sounds like this

Cinderella_2000_Main_Titles.mp3 Listen on Posterous
Dr. Mila posted the trailer for Cinderella 2000 on AnimeHELL.  I tracked down a copy and it's even worse then the trailer suggests. So, I'm sharing the pain.  Here is the opening theme song from Cinderella 2000, enjoy!  Maybe latter I'll transcribe the lyrics.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Ring Tailed Tom

CatMew02.swf View this on Posterous

Either I screwed something up, or Posterious stopped hosting my flash animations. Which is pretty much the only reason I was using Posterious. Thanks for the let down, guys.

Flash Embedding Test

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Ignore this

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More Cat, Better or Worse

CatMew01.swf View this on Posterous

More layers of animation, not sure if it needed it or if it makes it any better. But, hey. Cat's got a tail now. And another paw. What else does a cat need?

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Cat Mew Mew

(download)

Some animated cat attitude. Took longer to get this one punched into shape. Because the cat was bothering me while I was working. Srsly. Turned out pretty good despite the Wacom handicap.