Today I went with my firend Dar to the Oakland Zoo. It was her birthday and we went to draw animals. Here are some photos I took. And here are the sketches I did: click here for a bigger image click here for a bigger image _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for …
Aug 17
storybookers.com
Storybookers.com is a site that features homes from the 1920’s done in a whimsical fairytale style. The websites author, John Robert Marlow writes: …storybook architecture?” Can anything so varied in its manifestations really be defined at all? It seems a precise definition may not be possible, or even desirable—for, as Arrol Gellner wrote in Storybook …
Aug 16
Format, Format, Format
Yesterday (9-18-05) I sat down to do a smaller version of 24 Comic Book Day. I didn’t finish, but I got some good work done. The challenge was to create the art for six page comic story is six hours. Plus I had the goal of experimenting with different materials as well as page sizes …
Aug 13
Designing and Planning for BTGC #3
I promised myself that I would get started on the final art for issue #3 this weekend, so I did some design work and planning to try to solve some of the problems that might arises. The first panel will show a great party, including Ducelot’s adopted family and many , many fantasy characters. I …
Aug 12
Empress Chung, a animated collaboration
Empress Chung is a new animated feature that was a South and North Korean co-production. This news comes way of Animated-News.com. From an article at the english version of Digial Chosunilbo: After eight years of collaboration, the two Koreas will finally screen their first jointly made film later this week. The animated version of one …
Aug 11
take…The Road Less Traveled
The Road Less Traveled is a wonderful new blog with a cornucopia of information that you didn’t know you needed to know. The author has brought together a quiet package of interesting links to just about anything you can think of. Some of the current musings include: Baby Names, Gardening, and Tricks for MS Word. …
Aug 10
Where the Wild Things Are..test clip
There has been a lot of discussion on-line about master Disney animator Glen Keane moving from 2D (cel) animation to 3D CGI animation. To find out more, check out this article at Jim Hill Media. Back in the 1980’s, Mr. Keane did an early test of 2D animation on top of 3D backgrounds for a …
Aug 10
Alcatraz photos on-line
I finally got my Alcatraz photos on-line. They are in the FUN section. Enjoy. The post about my last day can be found HERE. Alcatraz Island Nation Park, early morning. _____________________________________ 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.
