How do I love thee, let me count the ways: this isn’t so much a book review, but a book RAVE . Craig Yoe’s massive new tome reprinting the comic book art of Milt Gross (IDW/Yoe Books, 354 color pages, $39.99 or cheaper on Amazon ) is an absolute must-have by everyone reading this blog. Buy it now…  Read More →

Phillip Geiger says that he does not intend for his paintings to carry a narrative, but a narrative element is often implied by the posed subjects that inhabit his room interiors. His interiors are at once quiet and lively, calm and energetic. It is in his treatment of light and painterly handling that Geiger conveys energy. The confident application of paint and contrasts of tone and color, along with the play of light, bring almost every surface... 

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the title Tangled isn’t the only thing being changed about Disney’s production of Rapunzel – it’s repositioning the film to attract a male audience. From the article : The makeover of “Rapunzel” is more than cosmetic. Disney can ill afford a moniker that alienates half the potential audience, young boys, who are needed to make an expensive family film a success. Concluding... 

3D interior rendering can be very beneficial for architects and interior designers, as it will save their time and effort and allow them easily explain what is in their mind. Also, it let them experiment with different designs and choose the best among them. Organization offering services for 3D interior rendering always play a very important role by creating these designs and helping both clients and designers to decode the complex architectural... 

If you have not heard of anime, you have surely seen sings of it. Anime has exploded into a global trend in the past decade.  Read More →

Quick, watch the first five minutes of this before the Academy removes it from You Tube: (Thanks, Matthew Gaastra)  Read More →

Alright, session 4 of my iPhone Game Development course is now available for download (if you already bought it, new dl links should have just arrived). The two big things taught this session were NSUserDefaults and NSPickerViews. The defaults let you save the state of your game in numbers, strings, or arrays, and use them immediately when the game relaunches. So in this case, the character in the image below got his previously-earned armor... 

In theaters March 26, 2010  Read More →

Pixar’s Up has just won the Academy Awards for Best Original Score. Congrats to composer Michael Giacchino and everyone at Pixar involved in bringing both the film and music to life.  Read More →

Jason Seiler is a caricaturist, character designer and illustrator whose clients include The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Weekly Standard, Business Week, MAD Magazine and many others. As a caricaturist, Seiler often pushes his exaggerated portraits to extremes, to the point where they have a fun-house mirror feeling. He can then turn around and deliver a straightforward portrait, though he obviously enjoys the freedom that caricature allows.... 

Pixar’s Up has just won the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature. Congrats to Pete Docter and everyone at Pixar on this much-deserved win.  Read More →

The Oscar winners were announced tonight. UP won two Academy Awards: It won for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM and Michael Giacchino won an Oscar for its musical score. The winner for BEST ANIMATED SHORT was LOGORAMA . The highlight of the broadcast was a segment featuring lead characters from all five nominated animated films, Coraline, Mr. Fox, Louis the Alligator (from Princess and the Frog ), Ashley (from Kells ) and Carl & Dug from Up... 

Ray Favata (l.) with Jules Feiffer at Terrytoons My pal, Ray Favata, is the subject of a lengthy profile in this week’s Post-Star paper . He started his career at Tempo Productions, one of the early ‘cartoon modern’ studios that was later shuttered because of the blacklist. He went on to design commercials at Academy Pictures, John Sutherland Productions, and Deitch-era Terrytoons (where he boarded an unproduced sequel to Flebus... 

Artist Name: Christine Kane Location: Chicago, IL USA Title of Artwork: Before Dusk in Deep Snow Dimensions of Artwork :   16  Read More →

Gouache is a medium that doesn’t get its due. Often looked on as a “less than” subset of transparent watercolor, or a “wannabe” substitute for oil, gouache has some of the characteristics of each. It is a form of watercolor, pigment suspended in gum arabic, and does give the ability to work in light over dark like oil and unlike transparent watercolor. Most importantly, though, gouache has its own character, with...