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Project 366, #1: Stream
Welcome, 2012! I’m kicking off a Project 365.. well, 366 as it’s a leap year. I’ll be posting a new photo every day to practice photography and add to my portfolio. Today, a stack of paper bags at my local grocery store became a flowing abstract piece.
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Yi Studio: New Photo Portfolio
I just launched a small portfolio site with my photographs! See them at http://yistudio.zenfolio.com Enjoy!
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Run Robot Run!
*Update: I’ve revised the run to make it more rickety, after getting some feedback from Keith Lango. Character modeled and textured by Patrick Hughes. Rigged and animated by Sunny Kharbanda. One of our graduating students, Patrick Hughes (http://www.pat-tactics.com/) has some cool characters he’s designed, modeled and textured. I asked him for two of them, to ...
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Gigacon Returns!
It’s been a year since the first-ever Gigacon, and the second round is shaping up to be bigger and better! We’ve got a bigger and more diverse panel of guests, a bigger space and lots more activities. It’s happening next Friday and Saturday (January 14th and 15th) at the National Building Museum in downtown DC. ...
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Out of Sight
Another inspiring student animation, this time from Taiwan. Heartwarming and full of quiet wonder. Enjoy!
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Le Royaume
I’ve seen plenty of impressive animation come out of the Gobelins school, but this one blew me away. An obvious homage to Hayao Miyazaki — both in form and content — “Le Royaume” is fun, expressive, visually delicious, and true to its point. Hats off to the team behind this film. Enjoy the short!
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Flat Life
I like the deceptive simplicity of this short from Belgium. Little pieces of the typical human drama play out in subtle, quirky ways. Stick with it through the end credits for the real ending. Well, it’s an “ending” in a delightfully cyclic sense. To me, it nicely wraps up the metaphor of the apartment as ...
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Sketch Sunday // Quickies, part 3
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Sketch Sunday // Quickies, part 2
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Sketch Sunday // Quickies, part 1
Here are some quick gesture drawings from last quarter’s open sessions at the institute. All were drawn small, on a 3.5″X5″ pad, in one to five minutes. click to enlarge click to elarge
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Sketch Sunday // Torso Studies
Continuing the series of life drawings from Spring Quarter. By this time I was drawing on whatever I could find – brown paper bags, cardboard boxes… Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge
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Sketch Sunday // Hands
More studies from Spring quarter’s open life drawing. Here are some hands (and an arm). click for larger image