Coco is the latest animated feature from Pixar animation studios and one of their ever anticipated original films, the first since “The Good Dinosaur” released back in 2015. That’s not to say Pixar hasn’t been busy, they’ve been working on sequels released between `15 and ’17 such as Cars 3 and finding Dory. As well as expected sequels Incredibles 2…
Hour 5: Animating on a mobile phone.
Over the past few days I have made a dramatic change to the technology I keep on my person on a daily basis by moving away from my trusty iPhone 6 which I purchased on launch day back in 2014 at a random 02 store in the City. I am now rolling with a Samsung Galaxy Note 8. It’s a…
Creativity Inc. – Ed Catmull
I’ve recently been in a position where I haven’t had been able to dedicate any significant time to reading, but mainly because I spend a lot of my usual down time driving. As a big fan of radio and podcasts I figured it would be good to listen to some books whilst I travel so the time isn’t entirely wasted.…
TTT Review: The Incredibles
As I begin to scale this website to include coverage of animated films I thought I’d begin to review what films I watch regardless of how old they are in order to pull together a sort of Archive of Animated Movies and my thoughts on them. The Incredibles was released way back in 2004 and much like other animated movies…
Hour 4: From Imagination
Since approaching this challenge I’ve learned that creative inspiration can come from so many different places, and that one of the incredible things about Animation is how it brings ideas to life that would otherwise be considered crazy. For example, if you watch the film Up from Disney’s Pixar, it’s largely about an old man who’s struggled since the passing…
Hour 3: 1 Point Perspective – Streets
Damn. This reminded me of school and why I hated art. It really is hard to just draw and make it look good. I have never learned anything about this technique before but after googling how to draw a cartoon room, I ended up here. This image is based off a tutorial on TheVisualInstructor.com. I found myself getting really frustrated…
Hour 2: The Book
The book that stiumalted this project and has reinforced what a difficult task this is was a book called Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. I’d read about the 10,000 hour rule on a number of different channels over the past few years and it seems to be a well established theory in the self improvement space with countless articles on blogs,…
Hour 1: Goals and Reasoning.
This blog and this website will be the landing page for my attempt to become an expert. It all starts with the theory that it takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice to become an expert in any given topic. As discussed in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. I considered pursuing expertise in my profession, or my existing hobbies however having given it…