Saturday, May 29, 2010

The New Doktah



I like Matt Smith as the new Doctor Who, but I'm really not a fan of the new intro music.

Also, above is an animation background I did recently as part of an art test for Spark-Flow

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Epic Music

Anyone who knows me knows how obsessed I am with soundtracks. When it comes to music, the more theatrical the better for me. When I listen to that kinda stuff, I tend to get really inspired and my brain goes crazy thinking about movies, movie-making, shots, stories, images, and it feels like I'm on a creative high. I think the treatment of a soundtrack (or lack thereof) can EASILY make or break a movie and it's something that's overlooked by a lot of us visual types. I mean how much impact would that "married life" montage from Up have if that song wasn't there? How much identity did the soundtrack give to the original Star Wars? Anyway below are links to a few of my favorites, check them out.


Moving Mountains by Two Steps from Hell - It's pretty much as epic as it sounds, it's been used in a few shitty trailers -
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Freedom Fighters by Two Steps from Hell - used in one of the Star Trek trailer song -
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Hollywood and Vines by Michael Giacchino - It's the song they used in Lost when people walked around. This is the song they WALK AROUND to. (I recommend you fast forward to 1:00.) The version I'm linking to is one where someone combined the different versions of the song used in the show-
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Baidir Trailer - And awesome trailer made in france as part of a pitch for a new animation project. It's pretty amazing -
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Barbarian Horde by Hans Zimmer - It's from Gladiator. The whole reason I listen to this song starts at around 5:35 -
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Character Studies



These are some loose sketches of the protagonist starring in my next set of storyboards.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

messin around






trying to focus and failing utterly.