Óscar T. Pérez

Óscar T. Pérez is an illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. Perez has a group of animated shorts made to promote some of his recently published books. The Encyclopedia of Monsters and Other Terrifying Creatures, written by Enric Lluch.

Electropolis - watch this.

Electropolis from Kevin McCullough on Vimeo.

This is a group work by students from Sheridan College. It took them about 7 months. I think I'm going to have to watch it again.

Silent Film Series

I'm going to start a silent film series on Miles of Smiles today. There is an interesting genre that is blossoming in web video where no dialogue is used in the videos like when film was first invented, but these directors aren't directly mimicking the "old film" style, they are using current effects and shot styles, keeping them in crisp HD and telling the story visually. This is smart, because it is very difficult to find a good dialogue actor and this allows you to free yourself from bad acting and focus on mise en scene.

I present to you:

Adventure Glue by Karen Abad.

Adventure Glue from Karen Abad ♥s Dinosaurs. on Vimeo.

PRESS + Benjamin Ducroz

PRESS + from benjamin ducroz on Vimeo.

Tell em large marge sent ya

On tuesday I got my new wacom tablet in the mail that I order off of my amazon x-mas wish list and this is a fun toy. Its customizable and it feels like the real deal. I got to drawing this morning and here is the first practice image with my new tablet.

Last Day of Summer

click the pic.
from chichek brief

Neil Diamond

I know, not animation, but real quick, I was out at a country bar tonight called the office lounge and we were doing a little karaoke. Its not a bad idea to use your iPhone to pull up a video of the song you're about to sing with the youtube app. It helps remind you on how the verse goes.

This was the video I used to refresh my memory on Holly Holy. I did it true.

Frog Rocket

FrogRocket - New Media Manitoba Business Showcase from BlinkWorks -James Swirsky on Vimeo.

A sharp little video profile on founder of FrogRocket comics coloring studio.

Monkeymen

skinlines from monkeymen on Vimeo.

Our brandnew movie! Finished 2009

Greedy Boy

Greedy Boy from flew on Vimeo.

Jordan Clarke

Looking today at Jordan Clarke, a motion designer and video producer out of Vancouver. I believe he's at or was at Vancouver Film School, I think I saw a credit that mentioned that somewhere in there. Anyhow, really crisp work with After Effects and Cinema 4D.

Box Animation from Jordan Clarke on Vimeo.

Internet from Jordan Clarke on Vimeo.

Seconds Title Sequence from Jordan Clarke on Vimeo.

Broadcast 2000 "get up and go" Full from Jordan Clarke on Vimeo.

Syn Emergence

Syn Emergence from RICH BEVAN on Vimeo.

MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI

Another great animation from the national film board of Canada. Pay particular attention to the eyes, are they real?

Mr. Fortune by Eric Lerner

Sugimoto Kousuke!

SproutBox

SproutBox - How does it work? from SproutBox on Vimeo.

This semester I'm an intern at a company called SproutBox and I've been working on a web video for them for a couple months and it was finally completed this past week. I think it turned out pretty good.
This is my first commercial work as far as video goes but I'm proud of it and within its first couple of days its received some good traffic so I'm excited about it.

Also this weekend I showed my Skymall project that you can watch a snippet from here and also a new digital installation in another gallery. I'll have pictures from the events up soon enough. I think it went pretty well. A lot of people came out to see the art which was fun, it was sort of bloomington's night of art. I'll do a more introspective article on the night later.

Dueces, my friends.

Partly Cloudy by Pixar

Partly Cloudy from Pixar from xandru88 on Vimeo.

Probably the best animation I've seen all year. This one is remarkably cute and cuddly and sometimes that's what hits the spot.

Heart - Laurent Clermont

heart from laurent clermont on Vimeo.

Technically speaking it must have been difficult to sync the shaky camera movements up with the 3D figure. Cute.

The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello

I saw this a while ago and then a friend sent it to me as sort of a thanksgiving victorian steampunk surprise, and so I give it to you.

Going West by Andersen M Studio

Fluorescent Hill animates Tom Waits & Kool Keith

I've posted some N.A.S.A. projects before I think on another blog, but this one I feel like is blowing up the intranets everywhere.

The Machine by Rob Shaw

THE MACHINE from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.

Vladislav Delay

Vladislav Delay directed by Carolina Melis and Lorenzo Sportiello

Goldfish Fort Knox

Goldfish - Fort Knox. Animated by Mike Scott.

House

I'm really diggin on the music in this one. I also am into these types of old animations for kids (its sooooo vintaaaagggggeee, J/K). But seriously, it takes a lot of effort for the handmade and low tech, and again the music is what just hits home for me in a somewhat proxified way. House by Carmen D'Avino.

Jookabox - You Cried Me.

Jookabox came through my town a couple months ago, it was fun. And my roommate DM Stith did the album cover design on their new album, Dead Zone Boys.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Being a half white person, I get excited about white people things. (i.e. moleskin notebooks, taking a year off, hummus, unpaid internships, sweaters, the wire, graduate school, study abroad, mos def, knowing what's best for poor people, japan, art degrees, and of course, Wes Anderson Movies) So when I was doing one white people activity, (watching the previews before "where the wild things are") a movie preview showed and it was the Fantastic Mr. Fox. I saw the cast list but they didn't mention who was directing it, so I turned to my white girl date (something that both sides like) and I said I bet you that's a Wes Anderson movie. Now any self-respecting white person would be able to take one quick look at the cast list and say, yeah that's probably a Wes Anderson flick, but I've got a steep white person handicap and not all of us get the same tiger woods blend of say, being a phenomenal athlete in a white man's game. So I had to do some interdependent shaking from both the salt and the pepper. I had to read between the lines of the sunday paper, alright? I had to eat the oreo without splitting the halves. (Maybe I've taken it too far.) My point is, I had to use my soul to feel it out. The same detector that knew on the inside that Soul Food, This Christmas and anything Madea, was a "feel good", had to work together with the logic of a full blood Vulcan. The interesting thing about the Fantastic Mr. Fox is that from the previews, it feels like a Wes Anderson movie even though its in a different medium. Here is some concept art by Chris Appelhans

Themselves - Roman is as Roman does.

The Brainwashers by Patrick Bouchard

This one comes to you via the National Film Board of Canada.

Sphere's of Fury

Hecq Vs Exillion - Spheres Of Fury from Tim.Chris.Film on Vimeo.

So, not an animation, but I am not prepared to completely limit myself to only cartoons, I'm not a kid anymore you know.

“Sebastian’s Voodoo” by Joaquin Baldwin

This is pretty sadistic

RAMONA FALLS "I SAY FEVER"

Inking Comics with Doug TenNapel

Après La Pluie - Emanuelle Walker

Après la Pluie ©2008Gobelins from Emmanuelle Walker on Vimeo.

The Light House Keeper

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER from THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER team on Vimeo.

Paper Folding Animation - VIDEOGIOCO

VIDEOGIOCO by Donato Sansone from Enrico Ascoli - Sound Design on Vimeo.

One time at church I did a doodle where I folded the paper into fours and then ripped one side half way to the middle and on each panel drew a picture that changed the orginal panel in some way when you folded it. It was more of a one page comic for me. From what I can recall I did two or three of them, this might have been about four years ago, but I never thought about doing them in a video, wow, this is pretty dang cool. I might have to watch it again.

GUERRE NAIVE

Guerre Naïve from Guerre Naïve on Vimeo.

Deru - Peanut Butter and Patience

Deru - Peanut Butter & Patience from Mush Records on Vimeo.

I love this animation, quite a bit, but I hate the music.
Those things are hit or miss sometimes.

Something Wrong with this Picture

So I was on my daily internet browse today when this pop-up came along to entice.



I almost clicked to win, but then I noticed something. Who can tell me what it is?

Snow-bo by Vera Brosgol; Lambchop - Is a Woman

A cute little animation by Russian artist Vera Brosgol. I recognized her work from Flight Vol. 1, there was a little comic short she did in there. I really enjoy her site, its cute without being kitschy. Verabee.com And there is a nice interview with her on the animation show.

In the interview they reference a Lambchop video called "is a woman" and I've been listening to Lambchop, quite a bit lately, its good end of summer fall music. Well the album Ohio is, but really his music is seasonal, I should say. Whatever season you are in and listening to his music, the season becomes attached to the music in an interesting way. Anyhow, I decided to show the video they mentioned just in case you don't have time or desire to go to the interview, you can just watch it on my site. Its a really pretty video.



Know that I somewhat hesitate with this post since its so wintery and we are only at the apex of fall. I don't know what the weather is like where you are but Bloomington is about the prettiest place I've been to during the fall. The south was pretty but not as plentiful as Bloomington.

Destino

Disney and Dali - Destino from Jayme Johnson on Vimeo.

Here for the wiki entry on this 2003 Disney short after 58 years in the making.

Alberto Cerreteño

I guy who's blog I've been following for a while now, always seems to produce a very distinct illustration style, rich with autumn colors and culture, Alberto Cerreteño releases a new animation for children's song "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" by Brian Vogan.

That's How A Pumkin Grows from Alberto Cerriteño on Vimeo.

Tom Fun Orchestra - Bottom of the River

Tom Fun Orchestra-Bottom of the River from trunk animation on Vimeo.

So so pretty. Directed by Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney at Trunk Animation.

Cat Walk - Black Cat Crossing

Catwalk - Black Cat Crossing from no name party on Vimeo.

A really nice animation today by no name party. no name is out of germany. This is a 3d animation, so the site says but I'd be surprised if the figure animation wasn't after effects. But this is a really good one to come out by No Name Party.

Buddy Bradley

I'm really exited because today I went down to Boxcar books in hopes of finding my mother a birthday book and instead I got an autographed copy of Hey, Buddy! Volume I of the complete Buddy Bradley stories from Hate by Peter Bagge.

One of my favorite activities is to go down to the local comics shop and ask the owner for a suggestion. This guys knows that first off, I like something dense and as 90's as they come. And he suggested one day Buddy Does Jersey.



Buddy Does Jersey is brilliant. There are enough references to 90's Americana (grunge/post-grunge) that you can remember exactly how old you were when you experienced these things first hand. In this sequel to Buddy Does Seattle, Buddy has moved back to his hometown in Jersey to live in his mom's basement with his girlfriend Lisa from Seattle. All the old losers and junk heads are still there, all "recovering" from rehab and trying to move on with their otherwise scummy lives.

I could just imagine moving back to my own hometown and finding that one kid who's still there, that in the sixth grade ate a cigarette because no one had a lighter and he thought that you could get the same buzz off the nicotine. Then later in high school that same kid tried to get you to buy powder in the school bathrooms. You know the one.

Anyways, I'm a huge fan and word on the street is that fox has signed a deal to finally turn it into a cartoon. (Finally something to take care of every other awful fox cartoon (Yes, Family Guy)) To read it from the horse's mouth, visit and subscribe to FLOG!, the Fantagraphics Blog.

To my many many followers...

I'm sure you're all just dying to know why I changed my color scheme to all black. Well...I've gone morbid, that's all. Well that and I'm finally getting around to designing myself a personal portfolio site and I'm using this blog as part of the home page. So now you know. The page will be torlandomileshakes.com, so that's pretty exciting.

Until then, here is a video. Not animation, but there is animation in it. I like it cinematically, however, I think the sound design is unnecessarily creepy. I want to hear someone like Lambchop in the background. (No, not the doll)

twofur

I would have really liked this when I was about 8 which is probably why I really like it now. It was done as part of the Cartoonstitute Program at comedy central

This next one is a little different, its like a slide real for David M. Buisán's illustrations, so its not really animated, more like an X factor Ken Burn's Effect.

Buisan Book from David M. Buisán on Vimeo.

Iwa

Iwa from Kenneth Coker on Vimeo.

I don't have much of a commentary about this, but sometimes when I watch something it occupies my mind enough to be able to gather my thoughts on other things. Side note, I met Scott McCloud tonight and he told me he liked my art work. Anyways, I'm the kind of person that really likes to be brutal about things. I really like to take my small judgments and blow them way out of proportion and to be as least sympathetic as I possibly can. I don't know that I'm really as judgmental as I make myself out to be, it could be that I am actually much more so than I ever imagined. Either way, there are people who say that they care or say they are compassionate, but don't do anything about it and then there are folks like me, cranky and cynical because the world never done nothin' for them but in the end could never really bring themselves to turn away the homeless or help a kid with homework because his mom wont do it and the dad ain't around.

JumpTrumpRumpBump

JumpTrumpRumpBump from Molasses Murphy on Vimeo.

Temperley London Circus Zoetrope

Temperley London Circus Zoetrope from LEGS on Vimeo.

"A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words zoe, "life" and trope, "turn".
The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the prolific inventor Ting Huan (丁緩). Driven by convection Ting Huan's device hung over a lamp. The rising air turned vanes at the top from which were hung translucent paper or mica panels. Pictures painted on the panels would appear to move if the device is spun at the right speed.[1][2][3][4]
The modern zoetrope was invented in 1833 by British mathematician William George Horner. He called it the 'Daedalum' popularly translated as 'the wheel of the devil' though there is no evidence of this etymology. More likely it is a reference the to Greek myth of Daedalus. It didn't become popular until the 1860s, when it was patented by makers in both England and America. The American developer, William F. Lincoln, named his toy the 'zoetrope', which means 'wheel of life'."
source

Evolution

Evolution from Alex Glawion on Vimeo.

Visit

VISIT (Wizyta) from Daniel Zagórski on Vimeo.

I just started learning 3D modeling this semester and so all things 3D I've been looking at with that "I sort of understand how they did that" mentality. I thought this piece by Daniel Zagórski was nice.

Breathing Apple

Ecological apple (experimental short) from Andreas Soderberg on Vimeo.

Awesome

Carnivore Reflux

Another by The People's Republic of Animation.

Carnivore Reflux from PRA on Vimeo.

The Cat Piano

Perhaps to rival my last post: The Cat Piano, an allegory of cat abuse beautifully told and animated by The People's Republic of Animation. Check out the rest of their animations on your own time.

The Cat Piano from PRA on Vimeo.

The Black Dog's Progress

By Stephen Irwin
Music by Surenious Bonk

The Black Dog's Progress is a haunting short about an abused dog told in the fashion of tiny flip books merging together to create a larger mise-en-scene.

esteban diacono

I haven't seen a digital piece this beautiful. I've been thinking about my beliefs lately and I remember hearing an argument between an atheist and a "believer" and the atheist said when he was thirteen years old he decided he didn't believe in a god or The God and hasn't turned his back on that decision. (He was a professor of theology, consequently) The "believer" said "oh, that's interesting, you would trust the opinion of a thirteen year old to base your entire life and career."

Most of the big decisions people make in this life or rather views of life are made before the age of 12, or around that time. Some larger "decision time" moments come later in life but the actual choice, the left or right, comes from before. I joined a religion when I was 18 but the fact that I looked into it to begin with was because when I was 12 years old I made a new year's resolution to be an "open minded" person.

So if it is fair to ask the atheist if he can trust the opinion of a thirteen year old, I think the same question is viable to the quote "believer".

So do I trust my own youthful opinions? I can say this, knowing that in the 7th grade had you asked me what my favorite band was, I would have said Limp Bizkit. So what? So, I feel content with a majority of the big decisions I've made in my life but I do think it would be responsible to reevaluate and start with a clean slate on what it is that you believe. And see if you come to the same conclusions.

Recently I decided to clear out my favorite things list. I have no favorite actor, no favorite color or food or song or band. I got out the little pin or paper clip and hit the tiny concave reset button. And it is very hard to decide on new favorites. Its almost even more critical at this age. When I was a kid, I liked the disney channel, I liked roller blading, easy my favorite actor was Brink! (2:12-4:30 is particularly moving) But I am a man now and I need to rethink that decision.

So why say all this after watching that video? My thoughts are that beauty, subjective as it may be has to come from somewhere. And if one claims or is tought that beauty comes from God, what then is God? Where is God? How does God work? Are we the Gods? Even if in embryo? I believe its healthy to question the decisions you make even if you come to the same conclusion that you came up with before. Because by making the decision again you will have recommitted yourself to the life that you want to live in.

Little Dragon - After the Rain

I'm in love with the singer.

4th Estate 25th birthday vid.

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

Dan Britt

The Colouring from Dan Britt on Vimeo.

2nd Hand Music Video from Dan Britt on Vimeo.

Woody from Dan Britt on Vimeo.

Bad God from Dan Britt on Vimeo.

Dan Britt

Too many copy cats

You know, I like stop motion as much as the next man. And I liked this, but I will tell you it is not original, there are too many copy cats out there doing this same stupid trick and its getting annoying. But people do it because its what's viral and hip on the blogosphere.

Allow me to provide a short list of videos doing the same thing:

Cold Play - Strawberry Swing

I'm Late

The Last Laugh - Stop Motion

Stop Motion with Wolf and Pig

Friends

We Are Going to Be Friends

Human Skateboard

Re:Human Skateboard

Human Skateboard - NuckinFutz Edition

Human Skateboard 2

The Human Skateboard!

Deadline Post-it Stop Motion

Post-it Note Stop Motion

Vampire Weekend Cory and Rachel's Wedding Stop-Motion

and if you've come this far, watch not for the biggest chotchy of them all:

Roommate Row

yes, yes, thank you very much. I too fell victim to the alluring ease and tediousness of human stop-motion. Although mine was an ode to Norman McClaren and Louis Malle, who did these things with film! They were brilliant men.

Obama's Article in the New York Times on Health Care Reform

You know what? I'm one of the 50 million Americans who don't have health insurance. You know why? Because I can't afford it. I'm 24 and an independent student and am not covered by my parents anymore. I can barely afford my most basic needs. I have about two or three health items that could use some attention but they would all be considered pre-existing conditions because I had them checked out when I was on my parents plan, and got turned down by the insurance companies for coverage, and even after paying the doctors straight up, the problem is still there. Now ain't that somethin' else. Read this article in the New York Times by President Obama and pass it on. Why We Need Health Care Reform

A short Animated Film By Filippe Lyra e William Paiva.

Voltage from Bam Studio on Vimeo.

I was just blown away by this animation. Clarity comes to mind when I think of the illustration. I can't believe I found it on Kanye's blog.

In/Side Out

Another powerful animation brought to you by the world wide web.

inside/out from eranhill on Vimeo.

I was thinking lately how impressive much of the work in animation is spreading on the internet. It seems like there are so many solid works out there, its inspiring. People doing inspires me.

White Box by Makoto Yabuki

White Box from makoto yabuki on Vimeo.

I caught this one over at Drawn!. Some people just know how to pick the "hip" colors. I mean, I like the way they look, but I feel like you'd also expect to see the same combos in throw pillows and comforters. I also thought that the music was too repetitive. There could have been some nice moments of a natural ambience like when the trees sprouted up to make the world feel "real". This would have also slowed the pace down so that when music came back in the pace would speed up again creating an ebb and flow that is present in nature. Other than that I thought it was pretty. I wish my creative process was as peaceful.

paint-o-mation

I had a lot of fun watching this one today.

Music Painting by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

The People Tree

Faux vintage animation and intonation rap, who could ask for anything more?

N.A.S.A.
"The People Tree" (Featuring David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip)
Art by Marcel Dzama
Directed and Animated: Syd Garon and Johannes Gamble.
© 2009 Spectrophonic Sound under license to Anti- Records

Breeze - Djeff Regottaz

Breeze reflection by Djeff @ "Mal au pixel" France from djeff on Vimeo.

These types of interactive installations really excite me. Especially when you're able to go to the gallery to be a part of it. I saw a Janet Cardiff piece in japan in which the motion of your body dictated the course of the piece and it was very empowering and enriching to feel apart of the beauty inside of a gallery.

Malcolm Sutherland

Before I show this animation, I have to go on a mini-rant. (which is fun) When I watched the forthcoming animation, the drawing style and color palette immediately reminded me of the Nickelodeon cartoon Aaahh! Real Monsters Then the thought came to my mind, "you know, a very base and not clever person might be tempted to say, 'it's like aaahh real monsters on crack'" Now you must understand my frustration in such a thought. People who say "Its like _________on crack" are the same people who have been saying "that's what she said" jokes to every word you say for the past four years and still think its funny every time. And if they say that particular phrase then I am sure that, at least in high school, when they saw a poor movie they also said, "I feel dumber for having watched that movie." To which I say "really? is your mind so feeble to actually make you lose brain cells from watching a bad movie?" And then I think further back, because if they say all of those things then they were probably the type as kids to say this number, "that was sooooo funny, I almost forgot to laugh." And then I discover the root. People like that aren't funny enough to think of their own jokes. Now if you fall into this category, don't think I'm chastening you, I'm helping you become aware, because I love you. Its just that, those kind of jokes aren't good enough in America. Just ask Samuel Clemens. I mean, how can a cartoon smoke crack really? Anyways, without further adieu, I present "The Astronomer's Dream" by Malcolm Sutherland

The Astronomer's Dream (2009) from Animalcolm on Vimeo.

Eros by Tom Geraedts

Eros from Tom Geraedts on Vimeo.

Street Art

Man, Street Art is getting pretty deluxe. I mean, I got a kick out of the STOP sign I saw today that somebody wrote WAR underneath STOP and then somebody else wrote in between the STOP and WAR "listening to" and then put a "G" in front of the WAR. OK, stop, think about it....there you go.

But tonight over on the Juxtapoze Online Mag I saw some of the street work of artist Dante Horoiwa and man, pretty beautiful work. Too bad the interview was the most boring thing I've ever read in my life. It was like watching Michael Phelps on Saturday Night Live, it was that boring.

A Micrometer From Here

"a micrometer from here" (eng sub)- graduation project from amit zakai on Vimeo.

What is the video artists fascination with the silent film treatment? So many of us try to latch on to this nostalgia of a period we did not experience. Is it an emulation of the surrealists movement? Is it the timelessness trapped in a very defined epic? I think its that because we did not experience, we seek to imagine how it could have been. And the grit of film stock and low-fi reminds us of discovery and invention. Innovation springing from crude technologies. Imagination intersecting industry's intermittent illusions of inspiration and ingenuity. phwew...ill-iteration.
Not even necessary.

Richard Hogg

This is really funny to me.

Sunday Announcements

On my personal blog I started posting the doodles I do on the Sunday Announcements Program at church and so I've decided to move the segment to this blog. It seemed more appropriate.

Water Brain

Water Brain Complete Edition（16：9） from Johann.Poo on Vimeo.

We have here a Chinese made 3d animation by Ani7ime Studio and it is just terrific. The movie has a deliberate sense of beauty that just plain delivers. An entirely weird family with strange little kids and strange parents would really enjoy this together. I know some have slapped a steampunk label on this one for obvious reasons but its a lot more than that, this is about China. I really liked this one.

Artist Patrick Lee

I was in a small gallery in tokyo today rummaging through the art store inside and found a series of portraits called Deadly Friends by artist Patrick Lee. It wasn't until I read the description until I realized they weren't photographs.

McCormick

Some people ask me why I read Kanye West's blog, and that's because who ever writes it posts cool stuff like this sometimes.

McCormick from Boxlab Crew on Vimeo.

When the Day Breaks (1999)

very pretty. thank you canada
Amanda Forbis Wendy Tilby
Interview
Early Rotoscoping. Its legit.

Civilization - Brambilla

Civilization by Marco Brambilla from CRUSH on Vimeo.

This video is a composite of over 300 video clips seemlessly put together to create an elongated piece that is to be viewed in the Standard Hotel's (NYC) elevators. As the passengers go up they reach heaven and as they go down they reach hell.

The quality of this work is phenominal. And you all ought to visit his site.

My first video

Just doing a little reflecting on the past year since I first started video to where I'm now and I feel like I'm coming along at a steady pace. There is still a lot to figure out. I just re-watched my first video after not seeing it for a while and I remember when I presented it in class, it wasn't received so well and my professor said maybe if you look at it in a month or two you will have a clearer picture of things you would change. And watching it now I don't feel like I would change a thing. I really like my first video. Its refreshing to me and not convoluted with "concept". At the heart of the story is fellowship and belonging. It feels innocent. I believe innocence is the pathway to true wisdom.

Come On! from Torlando Hakes on Vimeo.

A Hunger Artist

I am very excited about this post. The reason for this is because I finally have jumped through the proper compression hoops to upload my and dear friend Erin Robinson's last video art piece from our video class last semester. We started the project around spring break time and finished in late april. We primarily worked in Adobe AfterEffects, and also used Flash, Photoshop for coloring, and Premiere Pro CS4 for the final edit. My good friend DM Stith provided the music from his album Heavy Ghost on the Asthmatic Kitty Record Label and he also portrayed the Hunger Artist himself. The story was inspired by Franz Kafka's short story "A Hunger Artist". Enjoy.

A Hunger Artist from Torlando Hakes on Vimeo.

Oldies but Goodies

When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was to stay home sick from school. I seemed to do that a lot during the second grade but then my mom sort of made me stop doing that. But there were two things I really enjoyed about this. First, watching "The Price is Right". It is too hard to catch the price is right with that 11:00 time slot. My second favorite part was watching old style cartoons. Merry Melodies and Tom and Jerry. To this day I will get down on some Tom and Jerry. (To see the cutest cartoon duck on earth click here.) One of my younger siblings shares my love for old cartoons. My parents would try getting her new ones but they could never quite hold her attention like an old 50's toon with very little dialog. This was pretty convenient for them because you can find loads of DVD's at walmart for a dollar that have old cartoons on them.

So my visit to the Drawn! blog today was a nice surprise.

Todd Schorr

Today on Drawn! I watched the short video spotlight on Beverly Hills artist Todd Schorr. He does acrylic paintings that look like oil, but they seem a little more matte finished which is because of the acrylics. They are calling his genre pop surrealism, namely because of the 50's style cartoon and monster themes. He's having an exhibit at teh San Jose Museum of art Saturday, June 20, 2009 through Wednesday, September 16, 2009.

Internet perusing.

over at Blink Productions website I found a few strange videos. One of them was a Peter Bjorn and john deal called nothing to worry about. It had all these japanese rockabilly dudes dancing in a park that looked a lot like the park that is right outside of my hotel in Osaka. With the going ons in that park I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same park.
Click here for video...

Wesley Allsbrook

The Leviathan is a good looking comic. It's a quick 14 pager by Wesley Allsbrook. Head to Tor.com to peep it. She loves the retro thing it seems, but not withstanding its too pretty to ignore, especially for comics available on the web. Toward the end I started to not understand what was going on, but within 14 pages who really cares. I mean, that's how actual retro comics are. (especially the soap-opera strips in the sunday paper like Rex Morgan M.D., who gets those?) But the leviathan is a lovely comic.

Illustrations and website.


Wesley Allsbrook. These are some good illustrations. I normally don't like that retro comic, all flat colors thing because generally the choice in color palette is too vibrant for me and too "lipsticky" which is a term I'm making up that doesn't really make sense. But I'm referring to comics like the old swamp thing or hulk, its just too bright and basic. But its what they had and its what they could do and thank goodness for digital coloring. But this chick is really picking the right color.