A while back I did a post on Superheroes on stage (Dec 04). I just found some photos of stage sets for the DC Superheroes show at one of the Six Flags parks. If you look closely you can see figures of Superman, Green Lantern, and Batman. It’s fun to see how they re-dressed the …
Sep 06
artist Floro Dery
Floro Dery is a cartoon, comic and animation artist. A highlight for me is his work as a storyboard artist on shows like: Pirates of Dark Water (HB), X-Men and Spiderman (Marvel), King and I (Rankin Bass), and the Scarecrow (based on “feather top”). In some examples, the storyboards are much better then the final …
Sep 05
Visit creativethink.com when your stuck
Ever have one of those times when you are having a hard time being creative. Well give a visit to creativethink.com. Everytime you visit the main page a new ‘card’ with an idea of encouraging creativity is shown. The website is the work of author Roger von Oech, creator of the Creative Whack Pack. The …
Sep 04
rhinohouse.com artist reference on DVD
Rhino House is a company that sells special DVD’s of life reference for Animators and Artist. Each DVD has multiple video tracks that give reference on a handful of animals and how they move. The DVD’s come in both Animal and Human versions. From a review by Greg Singer at AWN.com: Assuming you don’t have …
Sep 04
"Kid Beowulf" in living color
For the first time the wonderful graphic novel Kid Beowulf will be distributed through Diamond (the big comic book distributor) to stores across the US and the rest of the world. To celebrate, artist/writer Alexis Fajardo asked me to take his illustration and give it a whole new look. So, with the help of the …
Sep 02
BTGC #3 update
I have taken the drawings I inked with a brush and added some washes of black watercolor. Here are some images. Here is the first image of a person shrouded in a hood. Who is it? Ah you have to wait and see?
Sep 01
James Baxter Dances (link fixed)
Just discovered a wonderful animation on James Baxter’s website. The master (former) Disney animator animated himself dancing. HERE Mr. Baxter animated characters like Quasimodo in Hunchback and King Triton in Mermaid. This little animation has more life then a bulk of most things I see on TV and in movies. It’s just so good. _____________________________________ …
Aug 31
Zombie Pirates
Zombie Pirates is an independent animated short that is being produced in stopmotion with clay figures. I like the sculpts a lot, and it looks like it should be lots of fun. Check it out. The producer also has a general stop motion website, animateclay.com _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my …
