May 15, 2007

The Big Snit

Presenting my favorite cartoon about love, marriage, Scrabble and sawing for teens. It brings a tear to the eye:
Directed by Richard Condie
Canada, 1985



Spielberg and Jackson Team Up for Tintin

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Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have announced they will develop a trilogy of computer animated 3D Tintin films. Based on Georges Remi's (under the pen name of Herge) popular Belgian comic strip, each director will helm at least one of the pictures, though it's still unclear who will do the third.

Jackson explained that the characters will retain Remi's original designs, but alter the cartoon look to a photorealistic level, making them look "like real people — but real Herge people!" Or, in other words, they're going to look really fucking creepy. Looking like Tintin works in an illustrated world, but can you imagine it as reality? Imagine those beady little eyes, glassy and real, staring out of his perfectly ovular head, straight into your soul. Absolutely terrifying.

Balance

One of my favorite stop motion animated short films, from Germany, 1989. It's a great use of space and the creation of a world that can truly only work in animation.
Directed by Christoph Lauenstein & Wolfgang Lauenstein

May 12, 2007

TV & Movie Info

Early Poster Art From Sicko
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Nothing sells me on a film like the threat of Michael Moore's chubby fingers maneuvering their way into my sphincter, so I absolutely adore the new poster for Sicko, Moore's sure-to-be scathing documentary about America's wretched health care system, coming June 29th. The one-sheet is still obviously without the text, but it will supposedly carry the message "This might hurt a little." The clever double-meaning points out both that exposing the truth of health care will hurt and that it's going to really fucking hurt when Moore gets his hand up your ass, because he doesn't pull out until he's found food.

Tim Roth to Play Hulk Villain

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This one's going to be directed by the guy who did The Transporter, this story gives me reason to be optimistic.
A) Like Edward Norton, Tim Roth usually seems to me a pretty competent actor.
B) "Blonsky is a KGB agent who deliberately exposes himself to the gamma rays that caused Bruce Banner to morph into the Hulk. Blonsky has upped the dosage, making him larger and stronger than the Hulk, but unable to change back to human form."

Two Live-Action Star Wars Headed to TV

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George Lucas announced to Fox News that he has decided to continue making the Star Wars universe shittier, injecting more of his out-of-touch ideas of humor and romance into two hour-long made-for-TV Star Wars movies. The director added that the stories won't involve the Skywalker family, and he has not yet determined what network they will air on.

At this point, having completely given up on the chance of a respectable Star War, I'm hoping they do this on the Lifetime Channel. Dean Cain stars as The Perfect Jedi, a young Jedi powerful with the Force and great with the son of single mom Shmoora (Tracey Gold). But it seems her suitor has a dark side, and as his Sith powers (and alcoholism) take control, Shmoora must go to extreme lengths to save her son... and the galaxy.

Oh, and ol' Lucas also said Spider-Man 3 was "a silly movie." I don't think the irony of this needs to be explained.

Porn Posters
Here's a collection of Adult movie posters from the 60s and 70s. Absolutely hilarious.

Pussycow!



Walking

Aaron Springer's Special The Pussycat

Warning, contains graphic images, once you watch this, you can't un-watch it.

A Todd Ramsay Short

Robh & Gang

The Art of Robh Ruppel:

The Art of Gang Peng:

Eagle vs. Shark

The Golden Compass "Sizzle Reel"


The His Dark Materials trilogy looks to join Harry Potter and Narnia in the genre of young-adult-fantasy-spectacular with its first entry, The Golden Compass. Though the effects are far from finished, what I'm told is referred to as a "sizzle reel" has shown up online, giving a preview of the film. If, like me, you assumed anything with the term sizzle in it included bacon, bikini babes or a Sizzler, you're in for a disappointing surprise.

May 11, 2007

Vitamin

This show reel is absolutely phenomenal:

Gesture Drawing for Animation

While the title of this “book” suggests it is only for animators, the lessons within are valuable to anyone itching to be better at drawing expressive people. Walt Stanchfield was Disney animator who taught drawing at the studio. His handouts have been passed around and circulated for years, and Leo Brodie has organized them (based on the 60 handouts shared on animationmeat.com) into a book that Stanchfield might have written: Gesture Drawing for Animation.

Fine Design




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Diet Mountain Dew "Puppet Show" Commercial

A Drawing In Stages

Check this interesting little file out. It shows the steps of someone making a painting.