“Inside every sophisticated grownup adult is a little kid just dying to get out.”
—Walt Disney
Monthly Archive: May 2005
May
28
2005
a good quote
May
20
2005
Atomic Bear Press update (May 20)
Since I have been bad about updating the blog/site for a bit, I thought it was time to give you a run down on what’s gong on with Atomic Bear Press.
- I will be appearing at the Golden State Comic-Con Comic Book Convention this weekend in downtown Oakland CA. You can find me off and on at the Ambition Studios Table signing the Ambition Studios Anthology #1 that my work is apart of. I will also have some of Beyond the Great Chimney on Hand. For more information, visit HERE.
- I will be teaching a Kids Cartooning Class at the Cartoon Art Museum on May 28th from 1-3. Please visit the official site for more information HERE.
- I am available for one-on-one tutoring, please e-mail me for more information and rates. A custom class that can be created for you to focus on what YOU want to work on.
- BTGC #3 has been delayed a bit in the story process. It is still estimated for a early 2006 release.
- Want to meet me at San Diego Comic-Con in July? Stay tooned for more information. For more information on the Convention visit HERE.
May
07
2005
AnimationMeat.com (link) returns
If you are a budding animator or just a fan, make sure to check out animationmeat.com. The site has been redesigned for ease of use. The website includes:
- Notes from classic animators in Movies and TV.
- Templates for Exposure Sheets and Field Guides
- Model sheets from Animated movies and TV
- Links
- Sound files with Exposure sheets for animators to experiment with animating dialog.
Just be warned, an interested person might loose many hours out of their life. 
May
07
2005
Remebering Joe Grant
Yesterday, Friday May 6, 2005, Disney legend Joe Grant passed away. Grant had worked at Disney for most of his adult life, brining animation, color styling and concepts to films like Beauty and the Beat, Snow White, and Pocahontas (that was released on DVD last week). He also created the concept for the short Lorenzo.
For more information on this amazing artist, START HERE (animated news)
May
05
2005
"The Animation Podcast"
Check out a new website, Animation Podcast.com (http://www.animationpodcast.com/) , that offers a podcast (mp3) interview with Disney Animator, Andreas Deja (animator of: Jafar, Gaston, Scar, Hercules, Lilo, Mickey Mouse)
At this time, the rumor is that Deja has refused to do computer animation, and still has a contract with Disney.
One to keep an eye on for sure!
May
04
2005
Disneyland 50 PODCAST
Disneyland is offering multiple podcast featuring trivia and commentary on the next 3 days. The park will be closed today, May 4th, for press, and tommorow for a private VIP party. It is offcial, so some of it is kinda fake sounding, but there are some nice live moments.
The pod cast are sound files you can play on your computer with interviews and trvia. The first one is 51 minuets of material: (from May 3)
- a tour down main street
- a talk with pin-traders
- Kelsey Grammer interview
- Jay Rasulo interview (heavy touting the company line)
- Block Party Blast Parade
- Girl who does her homework at the tables at Tommorowland EVERYDAY!
May
02
2005
Animation at the Bedford Gallery
On Sunday (5-1-05) I did a hands-on demonstration for the Bedford Gallery Family Day.
Using Boinx iStopMotion on a mac laptop and a digital video camera, we produced 1 min of animation in about 2.5 hours. That’s pretty good for animation.
Here is the set-up. The nice thing about iStopMotion it provides a ghost of the last frame taken so you know the difference from the last and current positions. They also have an onion skin feature, where you can see multiple frames, but we did not use that feature. The program is excellent, and only cost $40 for the basic version.
It was easy to save the movie as a DV stream and import it into iMovie where titles where added.
I would like to use the program again some time.
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