I entered and was a finalist in the Sydney Opera House’s GRAPHIC animation competition! I’ve whacked the stuff I had to make for the contest on YouTube. First, there were two video diaries: My head looks larger and pinker in the second one, but the clip is shorter and has a better ending. And here’s…
GetUp’s visual communication problem
GetUp! is a grassroots political organisation which claims not to support any particular political party. They’re going to be handing these cards out at polling places on Saturday. I’m a member and I like what they do but I have a problem with the cards from a “visual communication” perspective. This is the e-mail I…
Opera House Follies
I spent the weekend in Sydney at the GRAPHIC comics/animation-related festival/event-series/thing! It was a very nice com/an-rel fest/ev-ser/thg which I certainly wouldn’t have gone to/been able to afford if I hadn’t been a finalist in their animation competition. I did not win the animation competition! Dave Thomas, Canadian, won it. He’s a very nice chap,…
Dianetics Got Junk
Saw this today from the highway and had to take a picture.
The Good Guys
I’m continuing to be interested in seeing this new show called The Good Guys, as it sounds a bit like a live action version of The Precinct. Also, it apparently features Bradley Whitford being silly, which is a great thing. AV Club writer Todd VanDerWerff has written an article about the latest episode which includes…
Precinct is kicking goals in Opera House animation comp
Haven’t had time to post properly lately as I’ve been extra busy. Hopefully the Tweeting makes up for that. The good news is that things are going splendidly on all fronts! I’ve been doing new Precinct animation (well… really a jumped-up animatic with some colour) for the Sydney Opera House’s GRAPHIC animation competition, and it’s…