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I’m telling y’all it’s sabotage!
In a post on JohnK’s blog where he was explaining the problems in “Canadian-style” animation, he said:
TOO MANY ANTICIPATIONS Every pose is connected with the next by an anticipation and overshoot. Every single one! No one ever just moves from one pose to the next easily. There is no variance in timing or posing.
Good game visuals
Further to an earlier post where I criticized the visuals of an online chess game, I figured I’d post a couple games that do the visuals right.
Since ripping off Ferry Halim is in vogue right now…
I didn’t see the Olympic rip-off of Ferry Halim’s Winterbells but I did get to see this:
http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2008/04/offset_the_evil_panda.php
This also looks like a Winterbells clone. But some of the ways in which it differs serves to underline what was so good about Winterbells.
It has the same basic idea. In Winterbells, you control a rabbit that hops on bells, which disappear when you jump on them. In this banner ad, you control a panda that hops on rainbows.
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Righteous indignation
Dear sirs. I would like to complain about the comic you ran in the paper today. I am afraid I must take offense at what it depicts.
Ziggy is wearing pants. This is atrocious, as it renders all the preceding Ziggy comics as lascivious in retrospect. I demand you issue an immediate recall on all papers featuring this comic, and refrain from ever drawing attention to Ziggy’s pantslessness again.
If you do not do this, I will cancel my subscription.
Good day. Continue reading
Graphic design of a chess game
This chess game is hard on the eyes. I think the transparency wasn’t really necessary. And the dominant visual element on the screen? This thing:
Differences between Canadian and American copyright
I came across this lately, through BoingBoing:
http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2007/11/canadas-copyright-law-is-stronger-and.html
Howard Knopf wrote a list of ways in which Canadian copyright law is more restrictive than the American, in response to recent rumblings that the U.S. is trying to press Canada into adopting American-style laws similar to the DMCA. Continue reading
There are 8 and only 8 mouth positions
I’m helping with an animated project. One thing that’s come up a few times when I mention this to people is they’ll mention drawing the 8 mouth positions needed for lip sync.
Video games as accomplishment simulator
Carrington Vanston posted about video games. This is similar to some thoughts I’ve had before. He says:
That’s the big lie of video games: the illusion of activity.
Bond Villains
So on William Martell’s script secret site, he posted about Casino Royale. Some of what he says makes sense, but I’m going to dispute him on the need to be more clear and precise about the villain’s plan.
First up, I think this goes hand-in-hand with the idea of a more “realistic” Bond. You can’t very well have the villain hold Bond captive to give a powerpoint presentation about where the money will be spent.