We did a pencil test today of some of the students flip books. There will be more added to this video in the next few days. These were recorded in iStopmotion.
Jul 16
Cartoon Boot Camp ’08: Titan War
Stop Motion film made by the Cartoon Boot Camp students at the Cartoon Art Museum TODAY!
Jul 13
Kid Bewoulf and the Blood Bound Oath printed books.
This last week I received my copies of Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath from author Alexis E. Fajardo. I did the cover coloring as well as watercolor rendering on the prologue pages too and all I can say is…the cover looks really sexy. The color printing is rich and has a smooth satin …
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 …
