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It’s been a while since I posted a random selection of links: A look at the progression of colour through Pixar’s UP, Better Off Undead: a wonderful short film by Bobby Pontillas, a short piece on subtractive game design as seen in Ico and Portal … and stylish mockups of collectors edition game cover art. [...]
Seven Camels
Posted in Animation, Art on Mar 7th, 2009 1 Comment »
There’s a great post at Temple of the Seven Golden Camels on how posture can be used to say different things, and how effects can lead the eye… I don’t have to tell you how this could apply as much to games as it does to drawing.
The intertubes of course are a never-ending supply of interesting things to read, so here’s a selection of the intriguing persuasion: Splinedoctors walk three ways… Jordan Mechner has an epiphany about player motivation … and expands on the development of Sands of Time. Hans Bacher makes an interesting point about restraint and 10 things are [...]
The making of Teddy
Posted in Animation, Art, Teddy, Writing on Oct 5th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve finished writing the “post mortem” on my short film. It feels like saying a long goodbye to the project, sad but satisfying. I tried to cover what I would find interesting if it were someone else’s film: Main – Research – Story – Production – Thoughts
Some various links of interest: CarlosBaena.com – great stuff on acting, composition and storytelling. The Art of Braid – an interesting look into the process behind getting art and gameplay to work together. Sounds of the Snow – an interesting article on capturing the sound of winter. Nice crunchy-sounding snow has always been a pet [...]
Odds, Ends
Posted in Art, Games, Links, Travel on Apr 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Some pictures from my recent trip to Paris: ate the food, saw the museums… the touristy thing. Finally finished watching all the Warren Spector lectures and interviews mentioned earlier. For me the highlights were the intro with Spector himself, Harvey Smith, Marc LeBlanc, Seamus Blackley and Richard Hilleman, but really every single one made fascinating [...]
Sweet Disney concept art on this blog… comments in French, but you don’t need ze language skills to appreciate ze pictures. Also included is Pixar, which is its own flavour of awesome. I still don’t really count them as being part of Disney – corporate takeovers being high on the list of things I make [...]
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