Brian Kolm
Author's posts
Nov 02
Adventure Gamers and Adventure Developers
I have been a big fan of Adventure Games, particularly the original ones from Lucas Arts: Monkey Island, Sam and Max hit the road, Loom, Maniac Mansion. Even though the game graphics are bit limited, they are excellent examples of the Adventure Game genre that includes interaction, dialog, story, and puzzle solving all to tell …
Nov 02
Dr. Syn – THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH
….THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH is a combination of the Robin Hood and Scarlet Pimpernel stories: an outlaw robbing unjust rulers, in order to aid the people those rulers have impoverished; a man pretending to be a threat to no one, while secretly taking heroic action. THE SCARECROW takes place in 1775….THE SCARECROW is set …
Oct 25
AnimationMeat.com (link)
It seems that just when I find a website with lots of great 2D animation model sheets, it vanishes from sight, either from a Rights-holder expressing there rights to the material, or from lack of web storage to hold the images of a high quality. But then there is one of my favorites: AnimationMeat.com. The …
Oct 19
Doom Buggy Productions (link)
Ever want to make some spooky decorations for Halloween, or how about some spooky decorations for Christmas. It’s all good at Doom Buggy* Productions, where they use their fandom for a certain ride and theme park in Anaheim, CA to maker there own at-home Imagineering* projects. Just click on the At-Home-Imagineering button when you get …
Oct 19
They’re dying to meet you (picture, link)
It seems the Hitch Hiking Ghosts from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion attraction are looking for a ride back to the famous theme park. They were seen around many famous LA landmarks. Would you give them a ride? More photos can be seen HERE at Laughingplace.com _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic …
Oct 18
RobotJohnny.com-Pixar in the "Uncanny Valley" (link)
The web is wonderfull for getting people talking as things spread over the Information Highway. Here is another article on the “Uncanny Valley” theory that I linked too a few posts back, but in regards to PIXAR. Check it out: HERE http://www.robotjohnny.com/archives/2004/10/pixar_and_the_u.php Make sure to check out the fonts as well HERE. All the fonts …
Oct 15
Alexis E. Fajardo (Plato’s Republic and Kid Beowulf) in person (October 23) at the CAM
Here’s a heads up for you all. Artist/Cartoonist Alex Fajardo will be participating in the artist in residence program at the Cartoon Art Museum on October 23. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Alex Fajardo in Wondercon’s Artist Alley. He is an incredible talent and a hell of a nice guy. I recommend …
Oct 13
Click opera – The uncanny valley by imomus(link)
I recently read the article on the blog by imomus, Click Opera. There is an interesting article on the “uncanny valley” theory of robotics, and how it relates to CGI* animated humans. ‘This principle states that as a robot is made more humanlike in its appearance and motion, the emotional response of a human being …
