Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Illustration, Iona.LABS, LEGO on Jun 30th, 2008 2 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 as [...]
Posted in Annabelle's Bistro, General, Iona.LABS on Jun 27th, 2008 No Comments »
B.J. Aberle, good friend and Sound Designer on Annabelle’s Bistro has recently entered an online competition to remix a Glen Phillips song. He is currently doing very well in the competition, (Seriously, I listened to about 50 entries and his remix is by far the best.) but he needs your help to win! Check out [...]
Posted in Animated Features, Animation, Community, General, Iona.LABS on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
First Showing has an interview with Andrew Stanton about Wall-E. And its not the typical fluff that your likely to find when it comes to animated feature interviews. The only thing I did that was a little unconventional, is the manner in which I formatted the script. I was very inspired by Dan O’Bannon’s script [...]
Posted in General, Movies on Jun 19th, 2008 3 Comments »
Stan Winston, one of the true visionaries of our time, passed away on June 15th 2008. Stan Winston is responsible for some of the most iconic movie creatures in the last 30 years and his work in the realm of special effects make-up and animatronics have pushed the artform forward in a way that we [...]
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 General, Movies on May 30th, 2008 2 Comments »
I am unsure how to feel about this one. In a recent chat event, Producer Peter Jackson and Director Guillermo del Toro talk about The Hobbit and another film which will TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE HOBBIT AND LORD OF THE RINGS! For those who may not know, there was never a book written to fill [...]
Posted in Artwork, General, LEGO on May 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
In which our heroes battle Skype, technology, and the language barrier to discuss LEGO as an artform. And as artists, do we build for ourselves or for others? And why the heck do we play with LEGOs anyway? Check it out!
Posted in Animation, Community, General on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
My boss pointed this one out to me. One of the funniest commercials I have ever seen! Great find! The tears in her eyes are both tragic and awesome.
Posted in Animation, Community, General on May 13th, 2008 No Comments »
This one had me my wife and I laughing pretty hard last night. This is Family Guy at its best. I love it when cartoons take the time to explore a joke in this way. Its so rare to see that anymore. It’s also a great study in timing. By the way, dropping the box [...]
Posted in Animation, Community, General, Iona.LABS on May 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
It has been a little while since I posted a video, so here is a classic. Gertie the Dinosaur filmed in 1914 by Winsor McCay. According to Wikipedia: In creating the film, McCay came up with a number of techniques that would later become standard in the animation industry. He used registration marks to keep [...]
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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