July 26, 2011
July 25, 2011
Time Lapse Clouds and Sky Over the Canary Islands
If you could sit back and watch clouds and the sky move all night and day, what might you see? One answer from the island of Tenerife, captured over the course of the year, includes sequences that are not only breathtaking but instructive. Visible in the above time-lapse movie include clouds that seem to flow like water, a setting sun that shows numerous green flashes, the Milky Way Galaxy rising behind towering plants, a colorful double fogbow, lenticular clouds that appear stationary near their mountain peaks, and colorful moon coronas. The above video was shot solely from the Teide National Park on Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain, off the north west coast of Africa.
Filmed by: Daniel López, Music: Matti Paalanen,
Voice Actor - John Goodman
He has had a successful career as a stage actor in many live-action television shows and films as well. Even early on, he had a history of appearances on late night comedy shows, and was the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which won him the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch). He was a popular guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live, hosting the show thirteen times, while also making seven cameo appearances as Linda Tripp during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian's tumultuous 1980-1981 SNL season, but was rejected. Ironically, he is now one of the most frequently guest-starring celebritites on the show.
Back in 1982 Goodman started landing movie roles, beginning with a small role in Eddie Macon's Run. During this period he continued to work on the stage, starring in the Tony-winning Broadway musical Big River from 1985 to 1987. He landed his big break into movies in 1986, when he had a significant comedic role in the David Byrne mockumentary True Stories. In that film, his character Louis Fyne memorably utters the line "I'm 6' 3" and maintain a consistent panda bear shape," establishing his trademark size as an important part of many characters he would later play on film and stage. He is also known for his role as the Head Football Coach for Adams College in the movie Revenge of the Nerds.
Goodman is noted for his work in numerous films by Joel and Ethan Coen, including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
An interview:
Voice-over artist don't just have to read lines from a script... Watch (and listen) to this sequence, not much dialogue, just grunts and screams:
Here's his credit list:
| Bee Movie (2007, Computer Animated Film) | Layton T. Montgomery | |
| Bee Movie Game (2007, Video Game) | Layton T. Montgomery | |
| Cars (2006, Computer Animated Film) | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | |
| Cars Mater-National (2007, Video Game) | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | |
| Cars Race-O-Rama (2009, Video Game) | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan Truck | |
| Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004, Animated Film) | George Wolfsbottom | |
| Emperor's New Groove, The (2000, Animated Film) | Pacha | |
| Emperor's New School, The (2006, Animated Series) | Pacha | |
| Father of the Pride (2004, Computer Animated Series) | Larry | |
| Frosty Returns (1992, Animated TV Special) | Frosty the Snowman | |
| Futurama (1999, Animated Series) | Robot Santa | |
| Jungle Book 2, The (2003, Animated Film) | Baloo | |
| King of the Hill (1997, Animated Series) | Tommy | |
| Kronk's New Groove (2005, Animated Film (Direct-to-Video) | Pacha | |
| M&Ms (Commercial) | Yellow Peanut | |
| Mike's New Car (2002, Computer Animated Short) | Sulley | |
| Monsters, Inc. (2001, Computer Animated Film) | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan | |
| Princess and the Frog, The (2009, Animated Film) | Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff | |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998, Animated Film) | Santa Claus | |
| Simpsons, The (1989, Animated Series) | Meathook | |
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993, Animated Film) | Rex |
Voice Actor - Jeff Bennett
He voices various characters in movies, TV shows, and video games. He is best known for voicing Johnny Bravo as the title character; The Man in the Yellow Hat in Curious George, replacing Will Ferrell; Kowalski the penguin in The Penguins of Madagascar, taking over from Chris Miller; Dr. Hamsterviel in Lilo & Stitch: The Series and the sequels; Kronk Pepikrankenitz's father, Papi Pepikrankenitz, in The Emperor's New School, replacing John Mahoney; Dexter's Dad in Dexter's Laboratory; Raj the elephant in Camp Lazlo; The Huntsman and Mr. Jonathan Long, Jake Long's father, in American Dragon: Jake Long; Lloyd in the 2008 movie, Bolt; Bendy, Adam, Moose, and Bloppy Pants in Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends; Andy's father and Todd in Maya and Miguel; Kipper in Kipper the Dog; the Storyteller (Narrator) and Twinkle the Marvel Horse in Dave the Barbarian and Petrie in The Land Before Time (TV series).
He also had rare guest roles in live action shows, including Freddy's Nightmares and Married...with Children.
In addition, he took over for two actors who played different characters in the Star Wars series: as Jango Fett who was originally portrayed by actor Temuera Morrison and as Count Dooku who was originally played by Christopher Lee in the video game: Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter. He also played Jango for the video game: Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.
As of 2010, he is voicing Joker and other characters on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Dorkus on Planet Sheen, Doctor Beeman on The Secret Saturdays and as the voice of Fonghorn Leghorn on The Looney Tunes Show.
See his full credit list here.
July 22, 2011
The Art of Studio Ghibli - Part 2
Grave of the Fireflies - Backgrounds and Story Sketches:
Howl's Moving Castle - Backgrounds and Story Sketches:
Iblard Jikan- Inoue Naohisa's Paintings:
Various Promotional Art Pieces
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