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Jul 13
Preview of the new comic “the Wicked”
My artist friend and colleague Alex Schumacher along with writer Mark Peaslee have posted a sample of their new comic, “the Wicked.” The story is for MATURE READERS and is not appropriate for young kids. But I want to post a link to the sample since many of you ‘Big Kids’ will enjoy reading a …
Jul 11
Web resources for the Animation students at the Schulz Museum class.
Here are some animation (stop motion) resources for my students and their parents at the Schulz Museum this week. Everyone did a great job http://www.stopmotionworks.com/ – Stop Motion Link, News, History, etc. http://www.animateclay.com/ – the site has a free (PC) Stop Motion Program called Anasazi Stop Motion Animator plus links to other programs to use. …
Jul 09
Reporting from Sunny (HOT) Santa Rosa CA
It’s HOT here in Santa Rosa. Every day it’s been over 90 degrees. Luckily the kind folks at the Schulz Museum allow me to hang around after my class in their air conditioned environment. The class is going well and I have a great group of 9 boys who have been great to work with. …
Jul 06
Off to Santa Rosa this week.
This week I am in Santa Rosa CA to teach the animation class at the Schulz Museum. The class is brand new and hopefully it will result in some cool animations. If all goes according to plan I will have some video clips to show on-line the week after. I will be blogging later this …
Jul 06
Enchanted Fireworks for the 4th.
These are the new “Enchanted” fireworks for the summer at Euro Disneyland in Paris. I know that showing a fireworks show in France is probably not that patriotic of me, but this one is very cool and well done. The show does not have the usual Disney character voice overs and lots of bells and …
Jul 02
Sketch-A-Thon at the San Diego Comic-Con!
note: I edited in some new text from the Museum which is in quotes. — Are you an artist going to the San Diego Comic-Con? — Are you willing to donate an hour or so of your time to help the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco? (http://www.cartoonart.org) If you answered yes to both of …
Jul 02
Stop and Go! A week long Animation class for kids next week at the Schulz Museum.
I will be in Santa Rosa all next week for the Animation Class I am teaching for advanced level kids Grade 4 and above. I am told there are still spots open. JULY 7–11,2008 â— 9am–12:30pm | Stop and Go! Learn the basics of stop-motion animation and make your own animated film by the end …
Jun 29
Congratulations to Boot-Campers from week 1 and 2
This is just a shout out to my students from the first two weeks of Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum. As you might have seen here at the blog, the first week’s Character Creation Camp yielded many fantastic characters. Congratulations to: Joey, Len, Rachel, Clare, Decklan, Turo, Olin, Adam, Johnny, and Keevan. …
