Archive for April, 2008

Ponyo is coming

Friday, April 11th, 2008

GhibliWorld.com brings news of the official japanese release date of Miyazaki’s new film Gake no ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) in July, together with some really interesting comments from producer Suzuki San. Maybe we should book a weekend charter flight to Tokyo in July! GhibliWorld.com also features [...]

Neat!

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Remember this image from UP? Well here’s a 3d render of it … pretty neat, uh?! You can see it in high res here.

more work in progress

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Thought I’d show you the pencil drawing for the cover. Unfortunately I only have an iphone photo of it, should’ve scanned it really. Anyway, so there you have it! The piece is done and finished on the media side of things, but there’s plenty to do on the computer. It’s time to scan it and [...]

Mongol - an awful/awesome trailer

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I’ve been a fan of Tadanobu Asano for a while now, he has this presence about him that’s really enjoyable to watch on screen. I’ve seen most of his movies, good ones and bad ones - I’d recommend: Vital, A taste of Tea, Itchi the Killer, SharkSkin Man PeachHip Woman, Party 7 - When I [...]

Cooley!

Friday, April 4th, 2008

My friend and colleague Josh Cooley has a pretty darn funny blog. Check it out and be sure not to miss his interview with our talented (and Canadian) friend Nick Sung. Priceless.

Fio fix

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I think we need a fix of cuteness this morning, goes well with a latte
… to perk up the spirit.

2.5 upgrade

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Just upgraded to the new WordPress 2.5. Most of the new features are under the hood but it looks like a great upgrade. The new gallery feature looks really promising, I’ll see if I can use it soon.

Work in progress - 5

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Ok, fifth installment of this work in progress thing! The little cat took some decision making. Went for a stripped tabby, the colors fit in that corner and I like the stripes. Then I started working into the building’s windows, adding some dark for contrast. Next was figuring out a treatment for the off white [...]

Gone hybrid!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Yay to our new Prius! She loves trees and so do we.