September 27th, 2009
Last night was SCADanimate [skuh-dan-uh-meyt] or however you pronounce it… and it was awesome! Duck ♥ Teslacoil screened alongside many other wonderful student films. The fun was kicked up a few notches with Jason Maurer’s call to department head Jeremy Mooreshead, who was in Greece as the keynote speaker for the Animasyros 2.0 International Animation Festival & Forum, where it was about 2:30 in the morning. But the real highlight of the evening was the SCADanimate cake created by SCAD Animation alumnus and professional cake designer Ashlee Perkins. I personally was elated to see a sucrose recreation of Duck at center stage. We ate the cake, but unlike the Duck cookies earlier this year, I’m keeping the Duck.
Oh, and if anyone is in Northern California today, Duck ♥ Teslacoil is showing at 1pm at the Galaxy Theatre in Riverbank, CA as part of the California International Animation Festival.
September 4th, 2009
As an artist, I experience every now and then a blissful moment when my craft sees eye to eye with tasks in my daily life. One of my favorite instances is when I find myself suddenly faced with an event or holiday. I whip out the paper and my X-Acto and go to town exploring new card styles. Only in the past few months did I think to start photographing them before shipping them off across the country. As you can see, I’ve spent some time exploring cutouts. (Having already spent years making illustrated cards.)
Recently, I am moving into the 3D realm. After the work I did on Overlooked, I want to make my pieces more interactive with the viewer. The idea is that if the viewer must make a contribution to the piece then he/she will be more personally connected to it. This latest piece (my first attempt at a card of this format) is strong in concept but needs a lot more work to make it functionally strong and visually attractive. But what’s more fun than having room for improvement?
Next for Base14 cards? Well, they might not be made of paper at all.
Last night was SCADanimate [skuh-dan-uh-meyt] or however you pronounce it… and it was awesome! Duck ♥ Teslacoil screened alongside many other wonderful student films. The fun was kicked up a few notches with Jason Maurer’s call to department head Jeremy Mooreshead, who was in Greece as the keynote speaker for the Animasyros 2.0 International Animation Festival & Forum, where it was about 2:30 in the morning. But the real highlight of the evening was the SCADanimate cake created by SCAD Animation alumnus and professional cake designer Ashlee Perkins. I personally was elated to see a sucrose recreation of Duck at center stage. We ate the cake, but unlike the Duck cookies earlier this year, I’m keeping the Duck.
