Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, Iona.LABS on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Kung Fu Panda currently has an impressive 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here is some of what people are saying: … Dreamworks Animation has finally managed to touch the brass ring of animated storytelling that has been exclusively in Pixar’s reach for over a decade. -Kevin A Ranson, Moviecrypt.com There’s an old saying about how [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Illustration on Jun 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Yahoo! has the new Clone Wars trailer in HD. Looking at it now, I think I have decided that I don’t think I like the visuals all that well. Some characters, like Yoda, look great. However, I think Dooku is extremely stylized in comparison to everyone else in the film and he, and a few [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Annabelle's Bistro, Community, Illustration on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Here is a brief clip from the film: The Triplets of Belleville. The unique nature of the film makes it just a joy to watch and the story is quirky and original. Or so I am told. I haven’t actually seen this film yet which is odd because it looks to be right up my [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on May 8th, 2008 No Comments »
For me, its never quite official until I see the movie poster. Alright, now its official. Thanks Dave!
Posted in Animated Features, Bradley Multimedia, Community on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, I promised all of you a daily blog and as soon as I do that, work kicks into high gear and suddenly I am on 12-14 hour days and this thing falls by the wayside. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my work very much, but I don’t like having to put everything else [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on Mar 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Where would you store 250 pieces of original Disney art? How about a janitorial closet at Chiba University in Japan? According to the NYtimes: A Japanese university plans to return about 250 pieces of original animation art to the Walt Disney Company that were mislaid in storage after traveling to Japan nearly five decades ago… [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on Mar 16th, 2008 No Comments »
I am just going to go ahead and call it right now. WALL•E will be Pixar’s best film yet. And I have proof in the form of one of the most amazing trailers for an animated film I have ever seen. Check it out. The space sequence is beautiful! And interestingly, it does look to [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, Movies on Mar 11th, 2008 No Comments »
/film has the story of Monsters vs Aliens. A new film by Dreamworks Animation that attempts to re-invent the B-movie creature feature. The photo certainly looks interesting and very stylish as all of Dreamworks films do, however, I cannot help but be a little concerned about the fact that so much is being made over [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community on Feb 28th, 2008 No Comments »
I stumbled across some beautiful pieces of concept art for WALL•E Today. These were taking from the upcoming issue of Total Film which will feature an interview with Director Andrew Stanton. Don’t miss it! -Matt via: Upcoming Pixar
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, Illustration on Feb 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Some images are starting to make the rounds and wow! Kung Fu Panda is looking fantastic! You’ve gotta love great character design like this! Very clean, very distinctive, very refined. I am also in love with the color treatment. My own personal tastes lean towards strong color schemes with a single dominating color and you [...]
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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