This blog is worth checking out by anyone who is interested in animation.
The great people at Cartoon Saloon put together a production blog while creating Song of the Sea, one of the best animated feature films I have seen in a long time. The first few pages of the blog are mostly post production and oscar parties, interesting to read, but I went ahead and provided a link to the start of the blog that deals with production.
songoftheseamovie.blogspot.com
March 29, 2015
March 19, 2015
Eyvind Earle and his thoughts on being an artist
Eyvind Earle has always been a huge inspiration for me, not only through his art, but his life as well. This is the end of a three part video biography that Earle created, In it he shares his insightful thoughts on why we create and what art is.
March 10, 2015
Bill Murray and feeling yourself
Bill Murray has been an inspiration of mine for a long time, not just the fact that his movies brew genuine delight and joy in me, but he also is a very intelligent and wise person who understands how he wants to live his life and has no problems doing it.
I recently read an Article which details the seven steps to live like Bill Murray, and although the seven steps all seem fun and amazing. They will probably only all work for Bill Murray, because I am not Bill Murray why would I want to live like he lives?
I encourage you to give the short audio interview a listen and hear what Bill Murray says about being yourself, and asking what it must be like to be someone else.
This is relevant to this blog because I think a lot of young artists try to imagine what it would be like if there were a Bobby Chiu, or a Stephen Silver or a Pen Ward. When that is not the question anyone should ask themselves, because you will never have the same things happen to you that happened to them. Something different will come to you are you need to be open to any and all possibilities!
This is a prelude to a series of posts that I will be writing about the important people in Television animation and what the did to make our lives better, why they changed animation, and how. And I want everyone to remember that even though we are learning from what the greats before us did, we need to forge our own path, and improve or change what they have given us.
I recently read an Article which details the seven steps to live like Bill Murray, and although the seven steps all seem fun and amazing. They will probably only all work for Bill Murray, because I am not Bill Murray why would I want to live like he lives?
I encourage you to give the short audio interview a listen and hear what Bill Murray says about being yourself, and asking what it must be like to be someone else.
This is relevant to this blog because I think a lot of young artists try to imagine what it would be like if there were a Bobby Chiu, or a Stephen Silver or a Pen Ward. When that is not the question anyone should ask themselves, because you will never have the same things happen to you that happened to them. Something different will come to you are you need to be open to any and all possibilities!
This is a prelude to a series of posts that I will be writing about the important people in Television animation and what the did to make our lives better, why they changed animation, and how. And I want everyone to remember that even though we are learning from what the greats before us did, we need to forge our own path, and improve or change what they have given us.
March 03, 2015
Seeing the paper as you draw
Drawing is a very active process that requires a lot of mindfulness and focus. As I thought about that idea the other day I remembered hearing one of my favorite artists talking about how he looks at the paper while he draws.
This is just something that I heard and although I am not 100% certain it is true I will go ahead and talk about it as if it is true. One of my all time heroes, Iain McCaig mentioned in passing that when he is drawing he tries to look at a spot right above where he is drawing. To put that another way, he is not focusing directly on the tip of the pencil but rather letting his peripheral vision see the drawing.
Drawing this way requires a huge amount of mental effort to keep up, I compare it to meditation, where you are sitting and as you try and be mindful and focus on your breathing your mind will wander and it is your jobs to bring the focus back to the breath.
I encourage you to give this a try the next time you are drawing.
This is just something that I heard and although I am not 100% certain it is true I will go ahead and talk about it as if it is true. One of my all time heroes, Iain McCaig mentioned in passing that when he is drawing he tries to look at a spot right above where he is drawing. To put that another way, he is not focusing directly on the tip of the pencil but rather letting his peripheral vision see the drawing.
Drawing this way requires a huge amount of mental effort to keep up, I compare it to meditation, where you are sitting and as you try and be mindful and focus on your breathing your mind will wander and it is your jobs to bring the focus back to the breath.
I encourage you to give this a try the next time you are drawing.
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