Here is a new featurette for the ill-fated Watchmen film. I wonder if the cries of lament of millions of fans around the world will reach the ears of the Fox corporation. Perhaps if one day we all join hands and sing a song of love, not hate, perhaps then the Fox exec’s black hearts may just grow three sizes on that day.

Watchmen Exclusive

The awesome LEGO guys over at Classic-Space.com have amassed a giant collection of Sci-fi themed concept art on flickr.

Check em out! Very inspirational!

Three years ago today I gave birth to a beautiful baby blog. This year in particular has seen a lot of ups (quality of postings) and downs (quality of readership…I kid.) This tiny little blog has come a long way in such a short amount of time. Lets take a look back at the year that was:

It all started with…spam. Late December of ‘07, I was hit with a giant bomb of comment spam that effectively shut the site down. The times were grim. The “Under Maintenance” page was up for weeks. But suddenly, I got on the front page of Gizmodo and everything changed! Suddenly my site was getting new hits and I was re-invigorated to build something bigger and better than what had been for the last two years. I decided it was time for a change.

In March I unvealed the new look, and a new name: The House of Move. I had a new focus and a renewed dedication to the art of animation. This would prove to be the catalyst for my doing something I had been promising for years. I started working on my own animated short. Thus, I began my trepidatious trek into the unknown.

What will next year bring for the blog? The first half will be exciting for sure as the production of Annabelle’s Bistro starts winding up. Only time will tell if I have survived the film and am still alive to tell the tale on the 4th birthday of The House of Move. My thanks goes out to everyone who has supported me over the years and to everyone who has given me the inspiration needed to keep this little blog alive!

Love it or hate it, Moral Orel is coming to an end.
I never could get into this show myself. I watched a few episodes, but this charmingly animated spoof of Davey and Goliath just seemed to be a bit to insidious in it’s portrayal of Christians and the Christian religion.

That being said, it was fairly well received and had a strong three season run. The animation and art style was really solid. And it is sad to see another stop-motion show get the axe.

Latino Review has a review of Pixars newest short: Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.

I can’t say I am a fan of drifting, or street racing for that matter, (It kills tons of kids each year) and the idea that Pixar is, in a way, promoting this form of racing doesn’t make me feel warm and fuzzy. But to each their own I guess.

Hello all,

Well I haven’t been posting much lately so you know that means I have been working hard. Annabelle’s Bistro is coming along nicely. We have been creating animation tests left and right as well as working hard to get the set built. The latest podcast goes into some more detail about all of that.

For those of you who are podcast subscribers, last week you got a little treat in the form of concept designs and exclusive early model tests. Kyle and Katie put together a nice little PDF to show some of that off. The rest of you fear not! for I bring good tidings of great joy:

In addition, I have been giving the script a gentle massage…yet again… I think I have become so familiar with it at this point, I can probably recite the entire script from memory. Perhaps even sing it to the tune of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire.

This weeks podcast marks the triumphant return of my two co-hosts. We discuss our first impressions of Maya and how perseverance and hard work can help overcome the challenges that new 3D artists face. I think its going to be exciting to look back on this podcast at the end of the project just to see how far my students have come in a short amount of time.

Well it has been a little while. We took a week off for giving thanks, but we are back and ready to fill you ears with goodness. (…eww.)

Anyway, this week I share some of my favorite animation related podcasts. It is no secret to anybody who knows me that I love podcasts and I feel blessed that we are living in a very unique time where we have the opportunity to listen and learn from the legends who have worked in this field for decades and who’s sweat and blood have made it the art form that it is today. And we get to listen and learn for free none the less!

In more Oscar news, Micheal Sporn compiled a list of animated shorts submitted for nomination for an Oscar this year. The list includes links to the artists websites. There are some VERY good films among the group.

See you this time next year Mr. Sporn!

There is something rather bold and haunting about the image that Warner Brothers chose to use in their ad campaign for the nomination of Best Picture for The Dark Knight. The image seems to suggest that a real world Joker is a distinct possibility. He could be anyone, and he could be walking among us right now and we would never know it. A scary notion during these times for sure.

This is one of the best and most appropriate pieces of advertising I have ever seen for any film, let alone a Batman flick.

Today I watched a fantastically compelling film about Teri Horton, a 70 year old truck driving grandma who bought a painting at a thrift store for 5 bucks. After finding that it did not fit through the doorway of her friends trailer, she decided she might just throw darts at it. However a local art teacher told her that she may want to hold on to that painting. It could infact be a Jackson Pollock.

Everybody Knows that a fairy tale starts out with “Once upon a time…” But a truck drivers tale starts out with “You ain’t going to believe this shit.” -Teri Horton

The film documents Teri’s long battle to get her painting authenticated. A difficult task considering that the art world apparently holds a paintings “feeling” as higher evidence of its authenticity then fingerprints, and paint composition analysis. Thats right, in this film we learn that forensic confirmation means nothing without the authentication of an “Art Expert”. Check it out!