Sunday 31 March 2013

Pieces Done Recently- January 2013 onwards

I thought I get around to sharing some of the other pieces I have worked on during this year. The above image was based on a exercise, in which I felt the object, but didn't see what the object was. My guess was correct, but I was able to illustrate the description of these cookie cutters in a conceptual way.



These images were done off-the-cuff back in January, based on a negative experience of packing for a popular toy company that have a local warehouse. I written a piece about the experience which uses the notion that I was 'orchestrated by red-tape'. So I guess it was natural to revisit this striking imagery of myself, as a puppet, with red tape as my strings. I loved how it came out.
I loved how this image came out during an exercise done this month. Think Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Rashamon) meets Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexter's Lab), as I created this samurai illustration.

Thursday 28 March 2013

'The Shining': 33 Years Later, 'Room 237' Asks Why Moviegoers Can't Leave the Overlook

'The Shining': 33 Years Later, 'Room 237' Asks Why Moviegoers Can't Leave the Overlook

I found this a very interesting article about the classic Kubrick film. So whilst some of the theories here may take a moment or two to work out, it makes reasonable justice to check out this documentary, as well as the film that has such spawned numerous theories over the years.

Friday 22 March 2013

Sigur Rós - Brennisteinn

Having just experienced the audio-visual awesomeness of Sigur Ros' excellent stage presence, you can forgive me for showing off their latest video with an uncontrollable appreciation/bias for their material.

Monday 18 March 2013

Italian Composer Ennio Morricone: I'll Never Work With Tarantino Again | Billboard

Italian Composer Ennio Morricone: I'll Never Work With Tarantino Again | Billboard

Tarantino is a bit of a love-hate figure in American contemporary cinema. Particularly, although not limited to, when it comes to choosing music for his films. Whilst picking vintage tracks has create some of crime cinema's most distinct scenes in recent history (Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction), I can fully understand Morricone (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) getting a bit tired of him picking out his previous pieces rather then letting him produce original music. 

Thursday 14 March 2013

FLIP: Tom Sito's History of Computer Animation

FLIP: Tom Sito's History of Computer Animation: Ivan Sutherland demonstrating Sketchpad on his computer -1963. Being of a generation for which computers represented the futu...

This is an entertaining, and interesting, article from animation veteran, Tim Sito, about the real history about the medium of computer animation. So instead of everyone saying that the medium all began with Pixar needs to start looking at the iconic work done on Vertigo, and all the other early sources of using computers to create animated effects, before making such a populist, and wrong, assumption about this technical medium.