Posted in Animation, Community, General on Dec 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Love it or hate it, Moral Orel is coming to an end.
I never could get into this show myself. I watched a few episodes, but this charmingly animated spoof of Davey and Goliath just seemed to be a bit to insidious in it’s portrayal of Christians and the Christian religion.
That being [...]
Posted in General, Iona.LABS, Movies on Nov 25th, 2008 No Comments »
There is something rather bold and haunting about the image that Warner Brothers chose to use in their ad campaign for the nomination of Best Picture for The Dark Knight. The image seems to suggest that a real world Joker is a distinct possibility. He could be anyone, and he could be walking [...]
Posted in Community, General, Illustration on Nov 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Today I watched a fantastically compelling film about Teri Horton, a 70 year old truck driving grandma who bought a painting at a thrift store for 5 bucks. After finding that it did not fit through the doorway of her friends trailer, she decided she might just throw darts at it. However a [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Iona.LABS on Nov 20th, 2008 No Comments »
This link includes clips which document the unique and beautiful process of stop-motion film making. As CG animation continues to get cheaper, quicker, and more prevalent, my hope is that we never loose this amazing art form.
For more on the film Coraline, Check out the official site.
Posted in General, Movies on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Which of these two movie posters offends you more as a parent?
if you said Zach and Miri Make a Porno, then you are a real American.
In this weeks episode of SModcast, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier discuss efforts to market their film with integrity and social responsibility in a world where the [...]
Posted in General, Movies on Nov 3rd, 2008 4 Comments »
I had to post this here because it is simply the greatest Youtube video ever created. Everyone else should quit trying now. The internet is over.
Posted in Animation, Annabelle's Bistro, Artwork, Bradley Multimedia, Community, General, Iona.LABS, Work on Nov 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
The 4th episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast is available now. In this week’s episode, we speak briefly with Amanda Sanchez and then Kyle learns why keeping it simple is a smart thing to do.
I would like to add that these podcasts are going well, but we need everyones help to get the word [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, General, Iona.LABS, Work on Nov 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
CGTantra has an interview with Apurva Shah, effects supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios. We don’t often see interesting interviews with effects guys who work in animation, so this is a real treat.
On Ratatouille we worked on several different problems at this early stage – quadruped rig for the rats, organic modeling and edge displacement [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, General on Oct 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
Whenever I get too big for my britches, I watch this video. It puts me back in my place pretty quick.
Posted in Animation, Community, General on Oct 16th, 2008 No Comments »
The studio wants pants!? Do they know how long that will take!?
We have all had moments like this in our professional careers.
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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