Floods
Floods in Iowa City have really put everything into a flux.
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Graticule Reads
- ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog
- Cartoon Brew
- Character Animation on Seward Street
- Digital Media FX
- Funny Cute
- fwak! blog
- Gene Blakefield, Idjit
- Goya's Los Capricios
- HaraldSiepermann
- Hypnotik Eye
- John K's Blog
- Justin Putney
- mad-t-party
- michael sporn animation splog
- Pelleas.net | AniPages Daily
- Persistence of Vision
- PIXELSURGEON
- Temple of the Seven Golden Camels
- The Animation Podcast
- The Blackwing Diaries
- The Iron Scythe
- The Rude Pundit
- The Ward-O-Matic
- ToonHub - Animation Links and Information
- Uli Meyer
Carrollhach Animation
Resources
- The Business of Animation: A Commentary
- Walter Murch on Final Cut Pro
- Brad Bird on Composition and Layout
- Animation Meat
- Don Graham on Animating Forces
- Animation and Background Layout
- Animation World Network, the Hub of Animation on the Internet
- Drawing Force
- Entertainment Art Academy
- 2D Animation Software | Toon Boom
Inspiration
The Corn Crib
- Here are some low-res shots of my studio. It is an actual corn crib, albeit one that hasn't had corn in it for many a year. Somebody should tell the mice, though... I sometimes see their traces in the morning.
Clench goes to the Dentist
- Here are some stills from the animatic of my current project. The anatomy needs some work. It's my first effort in color. This project is being done start to finish in Mirage (except for the editing, which will be in Final Cut). Not only is Mirage lovely to work with-- perfectly aping pencils, pastels, watercolor, ink-- it's also really useful to control workfolw in all the processes of making a movie.
Trucks
- Here are some stills from an animatic I did last year. I need to make a better print of it and do a soundtrack. Once again, it was an idea that didn't really have legs, but by the time I discovered this it was too late.
Voice of Reason
- This was an early-90's strip that was in a few weeklies. It was the transition between my mainstream work and the later graphic novel/ alt comix stuff. Some of the characters are pretty funny.
RAIL
- These were semi-political comics that were published in a leftist newspaper back in 94 or so. I even got paid, a rarity for the genre. Some of the gags are a bit stale (Bob Dole is a ROBOT!) but some hold up.
Boig and Bitty in Carry On
- This is a short comic story featuring Boig & Bitty, an odd couple who sort of asserted themselves to life back in 1992.
What is a graticule?
- graticule \Grat"i*cule\, n. [F. See Graticulation.] A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. A graticule is often mistakenly called a "field guide" by professionals and amateurs alike (and certainly a graticule has a field guide printed on it), but it is itself the plastic sheet laid over a drawing to determine precise layout. I chose this name because I would like this journal to serve as a measurement for myself as I grow as an animator.
Equipment
- Sony DCRVX2100 Mini DV CamcorderI use this for serious video stuff because it's huge. It sits well on a tripod or even a shoulder, is great in low-light and has superlative image quality. FOr quick captures I generally use a crummy Wal-Mart JVC or even the quicktime capture on my little Minolta.
- M-Audio BX8 Studio MonitorsThese are excellent reference monitors for the money. I've found them to reliably play back almost everything from music to foley.
- MXL 992 Condenser MicA fair mic for the money, but a bit noisy. It's absolutely necessary to use a pop-filter with this one. Does a great job with foley.
- TubeMP Mic PreampProbably the best 80 bucks I spent. This versitile unit makes even poor mic's sound pretty good. Has a great guage and some extras.
- Yamaha MG12/4The Onyx never came, so this is what I'm using instead. It's not bad... clean preamps and very easy to use. It can handle live drums and vocals, my basic requirements.
- ProTools 6This is the industry standard, but I must admit that I do use CoolEdit Pro and soundtrack nore often because they aren't so heavy about using specific USB devices to capture the sound.
- Final Cut Pro HDThis is superb editing software, powerful and easy-to-use. It can do just about anything, really.
- ToonBoom Studio 3
- Bauhaus Mirage 1.5This superb software does everything, literally. Need source video? Motion capture? Lovely tools for painting, drawing or sketching? Light? Incorporation of 3d objects? Sound? Wanna flip your tests as you would on paper? Look no further.
- Wacom Intuos 3
- Emachines 5305 laptop
- Mac G5 dual 1.8 with 4GB RAM
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