dmteevee13/08/2008
After leaving the California Institute of the Arts in 1979, Burton went to work as an apprentice animator at Disney. Here, he came face to face with the reality of working in the animation industry. He recalled being “strapped to a table all day, and you have to draw. I just flipped out.” Working with animator Glen Keane on The Fox and Hound (1979), he realized his visual sense was different from the Disney norm; he “couldn’t even fake the Disney style.” His then developed character sketches for The Black Cauldron (1980), none of which were used.
Feeling out of place and ready to leave, Burton was given the opportunity to direct Vincent (1982), a six minute short based on a children’s story he had written. The film is a humorous look at a suburban boy named Vincent who reads Edgar Allen Poe and identifies with horror film star Vincent Price.
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CG Society Special Feature:
From cel 2D to DreamWorks 3D - The Artist as a Storyteller
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Like most U.S cities, Chicago is a magnet for immigrants, and this trio of Mexican-Americans have named themselves Allá (Over There), as a way of referring to their background. But apart from the fact that their vocalist Lupe Martinez sings in Spanish, there’s little about their psychedelic Latin pop that might indicate their roots.
The band’s debut album Es Tiempo (It’s Time) is apparently the culmination of four years work in various venues, including John McEntire’s Soma Electronic Studios. Perhaps unsurprisingly then, parts of this album suggest the influence of his post-rock ensemble Tortoise, most obviously El Movimiento, and the stumbling percussion and saturated sounds of Tú y yO, which closes with an intriguing blitz of electronic effects. With its surging string and brass arrangements, Un Pedazo reflects the space jazz experiments of Chris Bowden, with an additional nod to Milton Nascimento. The hypnotic title track underlines the band’s declared love of Krautrock, while Golpes del Sol sounds like a subtle tribute to Brian Wilson.
More Here info:
http://www.crammed.be/crammed/133/index.htm
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The Blackheart Gang create a hypnotic animated spot for United Airlines.
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Yet another list:
50+ Articles to Make You a Better Web Designer
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Master yer hot keys: 10-killer-photoshop-combo-moves
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12/08/2008
“MOO” is a service that offers business card printing (and more) from images uploaded to your flickr account. You can order 50 business cards - each with a different image - for only $21.99 U.S.
Details here:
http://www.moo.com/products/business_cards.php
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BBC Sport’s marketing campaign and titles for the ongoing Olympic Games are based upon the traditional Chinese folklore ‘Journey to the West’. The animation and music were specially produced by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn (Gorillaz).
Higher res version here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/monkey/7521287.stm
I’d also be remiss not to remind you all of this:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25234
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Visually This Modern World draws inspiration from a retro, 1950s sensibility, with brightly colored illustrations that are also inspired by clip art. Initially, the strip was almost completely composed of actual vintage clip art and magazine cutouts, assembled collage-style and often manipulated and retouched. However, Tomorrow has gradually replaced cutouts with his own drawings, which merely mimic the clip art look. Usually drawn in four panels, it is not uncommon for all panels to be identical or nearly so, with only the dialogue and/or facial expressions changing.
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Sigur Rós - Sæglópur
The new Sigur Rós is quite awesome. Especially the first single “Gobbledigook”. However; that video is a bit NSFW for these pages - so I will leave you with this old favourite and leave you to seek out the latest video youselves…
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Days With My Father is a photographic journal by Phillip Toledano of the waning life of his 98-year-old father. Beautiful.
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Packaging pornography: Desire versus responsibility.
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Part One of Rotten Tomatoes behind-the-scenes look at Neil Gaiman (“Sandman”) and Henry Selick’s (“Nightmare Before Christmas”) upcoming stop-motion animated feature “Coraline”.
More Here:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coraline/news/1748615/exclusive_sneak_peek_at_coraline_video_2
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29/07/2008
Colour in 101 Dalmatians: an introduction (link courtesy of Neil Lee)
More:
http://colorfulanimationexpressions.blogspot.com/2008/07/color-in-101-dalmatians-1-home-sweet.html
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