Posted in Animation, Community, General, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Jan 28th, 2010 1 Comment »
If your like me, (and I know you are) then you love robots. You also probably really love very finely crafted experiences that center around robots. If this is the case, then you are sure to love Machinarium. It is one of the most beautiful and meticulously created games I have played in a [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Illustration, Iona.LABS, Movies on Jan 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
The cartooning and animation communities recently banned together to help the family of Tim Hodge, a former Disney animator and a writer and director on the very popular Veggie Tales series. I don’t know Tim personally, but being a big fan of animation, and a HUGE Veggie Tales fan, his work has influenced me [...]
Posted in Animation, Artwork, Bradley Multimedia, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS, Robot Beach, Work on Jan 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
Well, 2010 is going to be an amazing time for Robot Beach and I wanted to share my plans for the coming year with all of you.
In addition to the comic, I will be creating a series of animated shorts for Robot Beach! Now, many of you probably already know this, but Robot Beach started [...]
Posted in Animation, Annabelle's Bistro, Artwork, Bradley Multimedia, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS, Robot Beach, Work on Nov 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
Recently I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Paul Caggegi for his wonderful podcast show The Process Diary. We talked about Robot Beach, Annabelle’s Bistro, and other animation and illustration related topics. This was my first interview about my comic I and I think it turned out great. (Even though at [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Nov 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
I love me some John Cleese, and he has kind of a fascinating take on creativity. (Although I don’t want to believe it, because I care for my laptop to much.) I will say that about half of the stuff I’ve written has been thanks to a spark that hits me when I am asleep.
via: [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, Iona.LABS on Oct 5th, 2009 2 Comments »
This. Is. Awesome.
Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Sep 25th, 2009 1 Comment »
Ok, So I fully admit that I missed out on some amazing stuff with Samurai Jack. It was the best designed cartoon ever to exist. I’ve seen like, three episodes. I suck.
But you can watch this and not suck:
Samurai Jack Cutout (Cartoon Network Promo) from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.
via: drawn!
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on Sep 17th, 2009 No Comments »
There are few relationships as scary as that of a Sonic the Hedgehog fan and his Sega Genesis. As proof of this, a devoted sonic fan is attempting to create a feature-length fan film. The following is a trailer developed to raise capital for the film:
Some choice quotes about the film:
I’m planning [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, Iona.LABS on Aug 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
Brad Bird speaks on Fostering Innovation and stimulating creativity.
I said, “Give us the black sheep. I want artists who are frustrated. I want the ones who have another way of doing things that nobody’s listening to. Give us all the guys who are probably headed out the door.”
What are you still doing here? Go [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on Jul 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Disney is soon to be releasing a new film entitled: The Princess and The Frog. It is a gorgeous looking film which marks Disney’s triumphant return to traditional animation. And while that should be the focus of media attention, it appears that more and more stories are popping up around the topic [...]
Matt Forcum
Currently employed as a Motion Graphics Artist at The Iona Group and as an Instructor in Character Animation at Bradley University
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