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"... it isn't what you achieve that matters. What counts is how you comport yourself." (Alex Cox, True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker Continue

Just wanted to say thank you to Tim for his character animation and lip-syncing talk and demo last night. I learned some very useful things, especially about organising assets when using Illustrator/Flash/AfterEffects procedures on a project that might involve several animators. I keep whistling (or humming) the World of Burt theme tune today. I hope that's a good omen for Tim's series.

Just pressed the update button on my BANG page and it asked me what brings me here.

I just wanted to see what the Update button did, obviously!

Anyway, now that I'm here, may as well post something. Especially as Patrick has been enquiring about my activities.

I've been doing a bit of photography. The pic… Continue

Oh well. It looks like my transparent attempt to ignite a storm of controversy over the Live Music animation has been a failure. I was hoping the tone of my recent post might spark some discussion or at least ridicule. No such luck. It seems no-one cares that much. Which isn't surprising. If this is such a great way of working, why do the results look so boring? Yet reluctant as I am to contribute even more to Sony’s irrelevant pr stunt, permit me one additional comment.

Yair Landau, Mass Anima… Continue

Just looked at the trailer for the “mass animated” short, Live Music. I know this is an innovative piece of film making because Intel says it is, but personally I consider it an insult. When you consider the workmanship that’s gone into some of the work that I’ve put up here, for example, it’s hard to see projects like Live Music as anything other than a slap in the face to real animators. Mark my words: Facebook and Intel represent a real and present danger to animators everywhere!

While we’re… Continue