And hello once more, after over a month... this involved being on holiday and having other design work to do, and the future holds some animation I'm doing at the moment for a project that a good friend of mine, Mr Jon Taylor, is working on. See what he's about at www.taylormation.co.uk, and say hi, and leave messages to get him to carry on his story via the medium of lego at http://www.mylegoshelf.blogspot.com/.
Anyhow, today's cartoon is a taster of an idea I've been wanting to draw that's been around in some form or another in my sketchbooks since I was in school, and in a change of tack for See What Happens so far, I'd like to start doing... we shall see how it develops. It's whatever is the most fun for me to draw in my spare time. Which is invariably what I'm not planning to draw. Maybe I should tell myself I need to draw a book documenting different styles of lampposts from around the world, then I might get on with one of my storytelling projects instead. As for the 'book in a year thing', well, it's still just about possible, it might just be a very tiny one. And I will need to do a drawing cram or two... I need a rich sponsor.
If you haven't seen The Reduced Shakespeare Company, you really should....
Well, it seems in the poll of WHAT'S BEST, the grand winner out of the carefully selected categories, were Pies. And what could celebrate their triumph better than a really badly drawn (with a mouse) picture of the aforementioned pastry?
What indeed.
The pie: humble, tasty and full of nutrients.
.....and a happy new year! Again. Because you've probably heard those words quite a few times already.
Over Christmas, one of my old friends commented that I often write words such as 'sorry it's been a while since the last update...', and this is one of those occasions. oops! Still, the weeks have been full of holiday, Christmas before that, and in the last week and a half other things took priority, and the need to do design work which pays....
I love drawing See What Happens, it's my pet project, and I definitely want to do the book. However, the real life need to produce work which will help the bank balance prevails! So updates might be a bit less than usual, but bear with me.... I think I'm going to have to try and play catchup later....
On a different note, the news that Disney are making another 2D animated feature film is great! I don't normally like Disney films (they got a bit too formulaic and are way too sugary), but I might just go and see it if it boosts their profits and makes them do more--- it was nice to see 2D in 'Enchanted', and it's about time it came back.
3D looks great too, but I did 2D at uni, and by the time I left it was well in decline. Which was a shame, because I tried 3D computer animation and didn't like having to make a model of the character in the computer, put a skeleton in it, (I can't remember if I actually did that bit..) and deal with terms such as 'phong' and 'curve nurbs', when I could just draw the thing.
2D has the 'swooshy line' factor and energy which most 3D doesn't have (unless you're incredibly good like the Pixar denizens). And I think there's been enough films with computerized penguins and other realistically furry animals for a while. (Ratatouille however, is in a whole other league...) Now if Pixar did a 2D movie, that would be fantastic....
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