September 24, 2008

The size of stars & planets is all relative...

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

Another Great Sci-Fi Concept Art Site

The Art of Tobias Schwarz

The Art of Jeff de Boer

September 23, 2008

The Art of Samuel Ribeyron

The links below and in the sidebar have been fixed
(sorry about that)
...and now check out this radical artist:

September 22, 2008

Play Crappy Cat >

Bakshi

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


Check Out The Art of 'Fanbot' - A New Nick Show

Last Studio Pics

My bulletin board, barely a single work-related thing on it.


Matt Sheppard, reviewing the very last
Collideascope scene to go out the door to the client.



Oh, wait! Matt spots a common rookie mistake,
Pat forgot to draw in an ARM, tisk, tisk, REVISION!



Pics of my office just as I begin to dismantle it,
8 years of accumulated junk, I will miss it:







Thanks everyone for your support, I've received dozens of e-mails from people from all over, it's good to hear how many employees had enjoyed their time here, and to get a sense of the many fans Collideascope had out there.

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.