Focus Session One For Getting Married.

Focus session one for Getting Married.

C-clamp?

I-clamp maybe.

Critical integrity failure. Thank gods the technician still had one hand on the light.

You know the main problem with the “live action” Lion King? Why it looks so lifeless?

The hyper realistic style is actually limiting the animators, rather than freeing them. The style makes it much harder to have memorable character designs and good expressions. Real lions don’t need to do things like emote in a way that humans can understand – but characters in a film do. The original movie was more cartoony not due to animation limitations of the time, but because that style genuinely serves the story better.

To show you what I mean, compare these two shots of Simba, from right after Scar says “run away and never return.”

Here is a clear reaction, with a strong beat for us to connect with before the character makes a decision. Even without any dialogue, even without any context, you can understand the emotion there just by the expression and the mannerisms. Is it realistic? No! He’s bright yellow and has eyebrows. But do we empathize with him? Yes!

Meanwhile, here is… a lion. Turning and running. No expression, no beats, no character moments, nothing. He actually can’t express himself because the animators are locked into the realistic style. If they tried to animate a strong expression as warranted for the scene, it would look terrible. Is it realistic? Hell yeah! Look at those textures! Look at that fur! But do we empathize with him? …nah. Not really.

To conclude: when you’re retelling Hamlet with a bunch of animated lions, cartoonish-ness is your friend, not your enemy.

Unpopular opinion, but: If you don't understand that a Mandatory Left Turn lane is NOT a through... Maybe you shouldn't be driving.

NOR is it a "wait until the end then try and merge by pushing me out of the way" access...

The rest of us got over 800 meters ago. Get the fuck out of here with your entitled shit. Waiting in a line is kindergarten level manners.

Just because I'm a little motorcycle you can bull me around? Bring it.

Lighting Graveyard:

Who's that control board?!

It's NSI MC 7008!

Down in the sump room and found this old beauty.

Back in the day when you could literally hard print the operating instructions on the bottom of the console, instead of needing to download a 250 page PDF.

Star War sCelebration 

Mural: Jason Palmer’s art

Ready for Easter!