Posted in Community, General, Iona.LABS on Mar 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Eddie Pittman pointed this out: Watch this video taken from an interview with Frank Zappa and substitute the word “Music” with Comics, Animation, Film, or any media of your choice.
Here is a snippet of what he said:
“One thing that did happen during the Sixties was some music of an unusual or experimental nature [...]
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 Bradley Multimedia, General, Iona.LABS on Nov 19th, 2009 1 Comment »
Found a very interesting article on how a user reads content within your website. In this case, a study was performed which tracked eye movements across three websites. The Resulting pattern of eye movement resembled an “F” shape.
Very interesting and not terribly surprising. Although I would like to see a similar study [...]
Posted in Bradley Multimedia, General, Iona.LABS on Oct 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
I have been thinking a lot about web design and user interfaces lately and so I found this article about perception, time and user experience really fascinating.
0.1 second is the response time limit if you want users to feel like their actions are directly causing something to happen on the screen. For example, if you [...]
Posted in Artwork, Bradley Multimedia, General, Illustration, LEGO, Strange Tales on Jul 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Holy Cow. What Can I say? The teaser for Tron 2 has made a believer out of me. You CAN update that movie and give it all the style and excitement of the original.
Posted in General on Jul 13th, 2009 No Comments »
I cannot think of a better tribute to the memory of Michael Jackson than Eternal Moonwalk. So long as it’s not taken over by people trying to peddle their own products. (I have seen more than a few)
-Matt
Posted in Animation, Community, General on Apr 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
By the time I post this, everyone will have already seen it on twitter.
This is a hilarious look at one of my favorite web… thingies… Man, do I love Twitter.
-Matt
Posted in General, LEGO on Mar 29th, 2009 No Comments »
LEGO has introduced a new train for all of us LEGO train heads out there. And along with it, they put together a fun little video highlighting some of the process of developing a train for the serious LEGO enthusiast. It is worth taking a look at.
via: The Brothers Brick
Posted in Animation, Community, General, Movies on Mar 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Now I would watch this show!
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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