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2005 archive

Jun 29

‘Howl’s’ Paper Model

(from Nausicaa.net) A paper model of ‘Howls Moving Castle’, based on the new film by acclaimed film maker/animation director Hayao Miyazaki. Since the site is in Japanese: the first section has a complete PDF for the whole model, and an instruction sheet. The second section has the same project in sections for modem users. Check …

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Jun 20

Billy West interview on/in "the Onion"

The Onion, the best on-line source of fake news, has a very candid, real inteview with Billy West (the voice of Fry on Futurerama and Stimpy on Ren and Stimpy to name a few) Billy West in the interview, regarding using celebertys in animated feature films: …..The minute they mention a CGI film, they’re already …

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Jun 20

Lord of the Bean

In-production log of the independent animated feature: Lord of the Bean. Animation Kent Butterworth (the new adventures of mighty mouse), is bloging about producing his own animated feature staring Atilla the Ham. Verry interesting reading ahead. _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as …

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Jun 20

BTGC updates: some place to call home

Just to keep you folks up-to-date on Beyond the Great Chimney #3. I am working on the official map for the world in which Victor Grassrootâ„¢ comes from: The map will give readers an idea of the layout of the land(s) where Victor, Sir Tugert, Ducelot, Agacon and Wendell all come from. I am planning …

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Jun 19

Art Process Insight with Charles Vess

Follow along as fantasy artist Charles Vess works on one of his amazing paintings. LINK HERE from his website, Green Man Press: I thought that I would try to lift aside the curtain for you and reveal some of the mysteries of the thinking process that I make in producing a piece of art. This, …

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Jun 19

a good quote

a quote from savedisney.com “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”—Apple/Pixar’s Steve Jobs to Stanford graduate _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as other art, sketches and drawings.

Jun 17

Link Round-up (part 2)

As I clean up my bookmarks, I want to share some of the better ones with you. Artist Tom Stacchi (worked at Lucas Arts on projects like Monkey Island) – http://www.stacchi.com/folio/ The strange world of ARTOMIC. Lots of turn of the century style mechanical figures and such – http://www.artomic.com/ Top 10 copyright myths – http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html …

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Jun 13

Link Round-up (part 1)

Tom Morrow’s DC Universe Who’s Who – http://www.angelfire.com/ar/hellUSA/ (warning: ads)apendex of secondary characters in the DC Universe. 1001 Free Fonts – (mac and PC fonts) http://www.1001freefonts.com/ Mathematics for Design Engineering Technology (the math of a dark amusement ride) – http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mwp/book1/section1/abstract08.shtml The Hayao Miyazaki Web (Miyazaki created the recent release Howl’s Moving Castle) – http://www.nausicaa.net read …

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