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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Caption of the Week: Contest.
According to the New York Times, Depression and Brilliance go hand in hand. Test your creativity by captioning a still from “Rocks In My Pockets,” a funny film about depression, currently in production. There will be prizes! Rules: Each Thursday … Continue reading
Posted in Caption Contest
Tagged animated films, animation, art, arts, awards, cartoons, entertainment, funny film, humor, illustration, new york times, rocks in my pockets
4 Comments
Animated Film Production: Stop Motion.
After dodging the necessity of storyboards, and making elaborate but cheap sets, it is time to get things moving. Stop motion is a perfect way to get things moving. The problem with stop motion for me is that I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in The Work in Progress
Tagged animation, animation technique, art, arts, film, illustration, movies, nikon d80, stop motion, stop motion animation, video
4 Comments
Merry Summer Solstice!
Dark Shadows of Economic Meltdown, Global Warming and Personal Worries are waving their ugly arms at us again. Will they win? Will they grasp our warm hearts and squeeze the living juices out of them? Once a year Sunlight beats … Continue reading
Posted in Greeting Cards
Tagged animation, art, artist, climate, humor, inspiration, lighting, nature, solstice, Summer Solstice
3 Comments
Animated Film Production: Sets.
You could call “Rocks In My Pockets” a mixed media project, since it mixes drawn animation and stop motion like in a Screwdriver (we could argue which media serves as vodka and which as orange juice, but the effect is … Continue reading
Posted in The Work in Progress
Tagged animation, arts, entertainment, film, illustration, making sets, oscars, pixilation, screwdriver, sets, stop motion, stop motion animation, story
7 Comments
Animated Film Production: Storyboards.
Storyboards are an essential part of animated filmmaking process. Everybody wants to know how you storyboard. We decided to decipher some of “Rocks In My Pockets” animation production process into a comprehensive, easy to access form, starting with storyboards. Everything … Continue reading
Posted in The Work in Progress, Uncategorized
Tagged animation, arts, Bill Plympton, bill plymton, film, rocks in my pockets, stop motion, storyboards, video
8 Comments
Stonehenge Brooklyn.
They say Manhattan is the Stonehenge of the New Age. Manhattanhenge, they call it. Manhattan, of course, is a popular place, but to my opinion, it’s relationship with the Sun is a little bit strained. Who has seen a beam of … Continue reading
