This is a crowd-sourced project that I REALLY want to see become a reality. click on this link and donate some money!! What is it? (This synopsys is cut and pasted from the link above)"Hullabaloo is the story of Veronica Daring, a brilliant young scientist who returns home from an elite finishing school to find her… Continue reading HULLABALOO!!!
Today was long and awful. and I don't want to talk about it right now.I'm going to bed.Nikkie
I kind of feel like the child who goes to their first day of class and is asked to stand and tell what they did that summer. All the other students have gone before you and told of their awesome adventures. All I have to say"I read a lot of books and played in the… Continue reading Summer Review
Today is the 222nd day of the year.The number is so perfect you'd almost think I chose this date deliberately to start writing on this blog again. I didn't. But it would've been so cool if I had...ANYWAY- when I first set up this blog I made a huge deal about how I was doing… Continue reading Random recap
First off- yes I did promise no more Disney... but this is kinda worth it. Secondly I did in fact say Disney and Dali. As in Salvador Dali. As in melting clocks man. (Among other fantastic works of art) Just in case you are still confused as to whom I'm referring to:So apparently in 1945… Continue reading Day 5: Inspirational Animated Shorts: Disney and Dali
This will be the last one from Disney. This one takes a step away from the others in that it doesn't feel as 'artistic' as the others- it feels like a short Disney cartoon. And it is. The things I find inspirational about this one is not really the art (though I do like the… Continue reading Day 4: Inspirational Animated Shorts: The Ballad of Nessie
Forgive the expression- but you'd have to have been living in a cave over the past two week on order to miss 'Duet' by Glen Keane. I think the thing I love the most about this is just the way he uses lines to express emotion and movement. Which is the point of the little… Continue reading Day 3: Inspirational Animated Shorts: Glen Keane
Paperman took the internet by storm a few years ago- it was a short film that was played before the Disney movie 'Wreck it Ralph' in theaters. I didn't have the opportunity to see it in theaters; but I was aware the instant it came out- suddenly it was EVERYWHERE on the internet. So I watched… Continue reading Day 2: Inspirational Animated Shorts: John Kahrs (director of Paperman)
Been a long day- so no real content to my post tonight- but have a happy 4th!!Nikkie
Today I spent some time collecting various short animated pieces by artists that I admire. I've never been interested in being an animator myself- my focus in art is more along the lines of epic fantasy art, concept art, comic books and children's books. Frankly the only reason that I've never wanted to do animation… Continue reading Day 1 Inspirational Animated Shorts: Ryan Woodward
Decidedly Nikkie 