Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Jul 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Despite my best efforts, I am starting to go green. Recycling, carpooling, CF bulbs, etc. I have concerns about carbon emissions, and ground water contamination. But most importantly, I am concerned with the effects of deforestation.
We only have so much land on this earth, and we are quickly using it all [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Jul 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Josh Burton points us to a fantastic video with Glen Keane. Glen is an amazing artist who supervised animation on classic films such as Aladdin, Tarzan, and Beauty and the Beast. He also contributed to The Little Mermaid, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Fox and the Hound (To name a few).
In this video, [...]
Posted in Community, General, Illustration, Strange Tales on Jul 6th, 2008 2 Comments »
As I started writing this post I was preparing to scream out HOAX! I mean, come on, the picture depicts an elephant “painting” a very serviceable picture of another elephant complete with a blanket on its back and everything. Yeah sure. Some dude painted that and they stuck the elephant in the [...]
Posted in Community, Illustration on Jul 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Chad Udell points us to a cool little mashup that generates a “tag cloud” from a collection of text or an R.S.S. feed or Del.icio.us bookmarks.
I used it on The House of Move website. Its a neat little waste of five minutes.
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Illustration, Iona.LABS, LEGO on Jun 30th, 2008 No Comments »
(It’s rare that animation and LEGO come together so nicely, so this post has me excited!)
If your looking for a slightly different take on WALL-E, The Brothers Brick (one of my favorite sites on the net) has a nice interview with Pixar animator and LEGO fan Angus MacLane.
Mostly I build with LEGO [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on Jun 11th, 2008 No Comments »
So a few weeks ago I added a link to The Process Diary on my sidebar but never bothered to explain why.
The Process Diary is a blog and podcast which chronicles the creation of Paul Caggegi’s short film: Character Development. Much like Moon Town, this site is full of fantastic information for anyone [...]
Posted in Community, Illustration on Jun 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
Kiel Bryant Posted this great image of hand-drawn cell animation slides of computer screens from the original trilogy. Check out his flickr photostream for more great Star Wars and Science Fiction art.
Posted in Animation, Community, Illustration, Iona.LABS on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Chris Ware is one of my favorite comic artists. I have many of his books, but the prize of my collection is a beautiful poster he did for the 2002 Whitney Biennial that I have framed and hung in my dining room. Great stuff. (I should take a picture of it for you guys)
And [...]
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 [...]
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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