I picked up a book at a library sale years ago. It’s called Talking Shadows by Ralph Jester. It’s about making movies, including in-depth info about all the newest technologies and techniques – from 1942.
It includes this map that location scouts used to find appropriate terrain for making moving pictures. I always thought those movies [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The World is California
Posted in Film Making, Talking Shadows on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Layers magazine and SILA show in LA
Posted in The Book That Eats People, Tricycle Press, character design, childrens books, picture books on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The book I just finished illustrating is slowly making its way into the big cruel world. Lucky for the book that it is a pretty tough bunch of paper. And it EATS PEOPLE!
Two pages from The Book that Eats People (John Perry, Tricycle Press – due out Sept. 2009) were featured in Layers Magazine in [...]
Sony Animation
Posted in Animation Monday, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, animation, animation art, character design, childrens books on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just spotted a trailer for the new animated film from Sony. I haven’t particularly enjoyed what Sony has produced so far when it comes to animation. I would hazard a guess and say they have made the worst feature animated films of any of the ‘big’ studios. They make Dreamworks look like Pixar. Ha…
Anyway, Cloudy [...]
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Posted in Eric Carle, picture books, tagged Amherst, Eric Carle, museum, picture books on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cool stuff. And I’m only 8 years late in discovering it!
Eric Carle (no need for an introduction – if you don’t know who he is – check out this link, and this) has spent some of his money and reputation to help establish this museum which I am excited to visit this spring when I [...]
Oregon Children’s Theatre posters
Posted in Digital painting, Oregon, Oregon Children's Theatre, Perspective, Photoshop Painting, cartoons, character design, illustration on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The final art for the poster – Sideways Stories from the Wayside School, based on the book by Louis Sachar.
This is another production from the Oregon Children’s Theatre in their new season. Click the are below to see larger versions.
Here’s a close up as the details fal lapart on the smaller version above.
Poster number 2
Posted in Digital painting, Illustration Techniques, Oregon, Oregon Children's Theatre, Paintings, Photoshop Painting, Work in progress, character design, illustration, kids books, tagged Oregon, poster, three little pigs on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the nearly final poster for the theatrical version of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Adapted from Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s book. The play is by Robert Kauzlaric.
This is another production being put on by The Oregons Children’s Theatre later this year.
The composition leaves room for the title and performance [...]
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