September 24, 2008
The Corpus Clock & Chronophage
Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking is going to unveil a remarkable clock that has no hands and shows time with the help of light. Known as the Corpus Clock, the machine has been invented by and designed by Dr John Taylor for Corpus Christi College Cambridge for the exterior of the college's new library building. The Clock will be unveiled on 19th September by Stephen Hawking, cosmologist and author of the global bestseller, A Brief History of Time.
Dr Taylor, an inventor and horologist, has put 500,000 pounds of his own money and seven years into developing the clock, which has been inspired from a design by a clock made by the legendary John Harrison, the pioneer of longitude. Of John Harrison's many innovations, he came up with the 'grasshopper escapement, explained Dr Taylor, referring to the device used by Harrison to turn rotational motion into a pendulum motion for timekeeping.
No one knows how a grasshopper escapement works, so I decided to turn the clock inside out and, instead of making the escapement 35 mm across, it is 1.5 m across, he said. He calls the new version of the escapement a Chronophage (time-eater) a fearsome beast which drives the clock, literally eating away time
September 23, 2008
The Art of Samuel Ribeyron
September 22, 2008
VARIOUS RESOURCES FOR ANIMATORS & ILLUSTRATORS
For my 2,500th post, here's some sites and downloads I've found or compiled together over the last few months for all you students out there, enjoy.Stuart NG Sketchbooks
John K Notes
on Color Theory
Eric Larson Notes on Animation Techniques
Brad Bird and Chris Roman Notes on Composition & Storyboarding
Glen Keane Notes on Planning & Timing for Animation
John K Notes on Layout & Composition
Disney Notes on The Art of Thumbnailing
Mark Kennedy Notes on Composition
Walt Stanchfield's Visual Vocabulary & Gesture Drawing Booklet
Bill Peet Notes on Composition
Rowland Wilson Notes on Layout Composition
Disney Artsts' Notes on Dynamics for The Animated Drawing
Ham Luske Notes on Animation Theory & Practice
Notes on FX Design - 200 Page Booklet
Flooby's Recommended Book List
Here's some inspirational blogs that display, discuss, breakdown and showcase films and animation art:
Line Boil
Animation Art Direction
Background Art for Animation
Color Design for Animation
Full Circle Production
I Draw Girls
No Fat Clips
Last Studio Pics
September 21, 2008
September 20, 2008
Compositions For Your Consideration
Cinematography is an art form unique to motion pictures. Although the exposing of images on light-sensitive elements dates back to the late 1600s, motion pictures demanded a new form of photography and aesthetic techniques. Master cinematographers like Robert Elswit, Roger Deakins, Tonino Delli Colli, Wilmer Butler, and Jordan Cronenweth are just a few of my favorites.






















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Cinematography
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