http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk Art, Text & Icles Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:41:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/09/02/big-bang-big-boom-its-blu-again/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/09/02/big-bang-big-boom-its-blu-again/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:20:38 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2531 The crew at BLUBLU.org have found some sponsors who appear to have hundreds of litres of paint at their disposal. The team are really stretching their ideas by the bucketload, too. It’s an amazing amount of work, as you will see from browsing the website. Have a look at BLU’s many works here, and if [...] Related posts:

1. Online Animation Festival at The First Post Magazine

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/09/02/big-bang-big-boom-its-blu-again/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/22/life-turns-animating-a-cast-of-a-thousand-strangers/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/22/life-turns-animating-a-cast-of-a-thousand-strangers/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:05:20 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2520 (Click this image to see the eight required poses for contributors) There’s a collaborative animation project gathering momentum at blipfoto during the Edinburgh Festival. The idea is that thousands of participants upload photos of family and friends one by one, posed in one of eight poses that together make up an animated walk cycle. The [...] Related posts:

1. Sylvain Chomet Interview With Matthew Sweet on Radio 4

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/22/life-turns-animating-a-cast-of-a-thousand-strangers/feed/ 3 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/18/sylvain-chomets-sale-of-key-drawings-at-arludik/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/18/sylvain-chomets-sale-of-key-drawings-at-arludik/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:43:59 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2508 Follow this link to see a gallery of drawings from “The Illusionist”. (You might find that these drawings and paintings move into the tab marked “Artists” when the current exhibition is replaced. Look for the thumbnail image for “L’Illusionniste”) The site uses Flash, so give up all hope of good navigation. Here’s one of the [...] Related posts:

1. Sylvain Chomet Interview With Matthew Sweet on Radio 4
2. Donkey Xote Released on 5th of December
3. Stills From Sylvain Chomet’s “The Illusionist”

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/18/sylvain-chomets-sale-of-key-drawings-at-arludik/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/14/sylvain-chomet-interview-with-matthew-sweet-on-radio-4/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/14/sylvain-chomet-interview-with-matthew-sweet-on-radio-4/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:39:53 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2496 (Click to enlarge, as usual) Still from Django Films “The Illusionist” “The Film Programme” on BBC Radio 4 featured an interview with the show’s presenter, Matthew Sweet, and the director of “The Illusionist, Sylvain Chomet. Here’s the link to the programme – the interview is the first item on the agenda.  You can listen to [...] Related posts:

1. Stills From Sylvain Chomet’s “The Illusionist”
2. Sylvain Chomet’s Sale of Key Drawings at Arludik
3. New Edition of Richard Williams’ “The Animator’s Survival Kit”

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/08/14/sylvain-chomet-interview-with-matthew-sweet-on-radio-4/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/07/24/art-design-in-the-british-film-the-last-chapter/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/07/24/art-design-in-the-british-film-the-last-chapter/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:19:46 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2475 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/07/24/art-design-in-the-british-film-the-last-chapter/feed/ 1 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/30/the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-for-5th-july-2010/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/30/the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-for-5th-july-2010/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:38:43 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2388 “After Escher: Gulf Sky and Water” by Bob Staake (Please click this image to enlarge it) More New Yorker covers here. No related posts. No related posts.]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/30/the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-for-5th-july-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/09/second-day-of-gobelins-student-films-at-the-annecy-festival/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/09/second-day-of-gobelins-student-films-at-the-annecy-festival/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:20:06 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2370 The second film to be shown at the Annecy Animation Festival, made by the 2nd year students at Gobelins school is called “Soapy Trip”. Here’s a sequence of screenshots. You can enlarge by clicking on them.- The crew were: Théo Boubounelle, Chloé Bury, Jean Baptiste Cumont, Claire Fauvel, and Vincent Nghiem. See the movie in [...] Related posts:

1. Gobelins Student Films at Annecy Animated Film Festival – Wrapped Up
2. Gobelins Student Films at 2010 Annecy Animated Film Festival
3. Gobelins Students’ Films At Annecy Animation Festival – 9th June

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/09/second-day-of-gobelins-student-films-at-the-annecy-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/08/gobelins-student-films-at-2010-annecy-animated-film-festival/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/08/gobelins-student-films-at-2010-annecy-animated-film-festival/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:26:28 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2357 For the past eight years, the second year students at the Gobelins School of Communication in Paris have worked in small teams to provide the opening shorts for screening sessions at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival & Market that takes place every year in early June. This year’s opener is a short called M.Eustache, [...] Related posts:

1. Gobelins Student Films at Annecy Animated Film Festival – Wrapped Up
2. Second Day of Gobelins Student Films at the Annecy Festival
3. Gobelins Students’ Films At Annecy Animation Festival – 8th June

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/08/gobelins-student-films-at-2010-annecy-animated-film-festival/feed/ 1 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/02/art-design-in-the-british-film-30-lawrence-paul-williams/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/02/art-design-in-the-british-film-30-lawrence-paul-williams/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:20:40 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2322 Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published. This chapter deals with Lawrence Paul Williams (1905 – 1996) Compressed charcoal sketch for “So Well Remembered” RKO Pictures 1947 (Please click these thumbnails to enlarge them) he became the prime mover in [...] Related posts:

1. Art & Design in The British Film #26 – Paul Sherriff
2. Art & Design in The British Film #29 – Alex Vetchinsky
3. Art & Design in The British Film #22 George Provis

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/06/02/art-design-in-the-british-film-30-lawrence-paul-williams/feed/ 0 http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/05/05/transformations-through-light-photos-by-helmar-lerski/ http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/05/05/transformations-through-light-photos-by-helmar-lerski/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 15:52:48 +0000 michael http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=2301 There’s an interesting reference resource for all you CGI modellers and lighting artists looking for new ways to build on the standard three lamps setup. Take some time to study an exhibition of eighty-eight photographs by Helmar Lerski (1871–1956) currently showing at the Ubu Gallery in New York and running until the 25th of June, [...] Related posts:

1. Two Faces of Modernism

]]> http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/2010/05/05/transformations-through-light-photos-by-helmar-lerski/feed/ 0