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ShareHere’s a photo we got in the e-mail the other day. We’ll update if we learn it helps with enlightenment.
Secondhand News
ShareTurns out we’ve been using our Twitter feed as a newsline: www.twitter.com/asteriskpix. Most of it is non-Asterisk animation stuff. Here are a few stories from the past few days. BLAKE EDWARDS PASSES Blake Edwards, of course, wrote and directed the … Continue reading
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Things Happen
ShareSomeone should have told me not to leave the Final Cut Pro machine on for 9 months straight. Apparently it isn’t good on the inner bits. We have another machine with Final Cut installed -I loaded it when the main … Continue reading
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Gettin’ Abstract Wit’ It
ShareDavid Levy wrote earlier this week about a new trend in broadcast animation away from the hard-edged “CalArts” style towards a more idiosyncratic “RISD” style. There’s something to this shift away from the geometry seen in kids programming. In part, … Continue reading
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I Can’t See No Reason To Put Up A Fight
ShareWe posted Ed Smith’s animation from The Buddha’s “Fire Sermon” a little while back. I wanted to look at the simple way he achieved a fairly rich elemental animation with just a few drawings. Three cel levels of 8 drawings … Continue reading
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Fire Sermon
ShareI’ve been meaning to post this for a while. The “Fire Sermon” sequence we produced for David Grubin’s film “The Buddha”. Ed Smith animated it. His work was seemingly piecemeal, but just following the exposure sheets it all came together. … Continue reading
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Pay Per View
ShareBrian took this shot with his phone off the TV. Time Warner Cable, renown for it’s one-of-a-kind synopses, makes a questionable attempt at giving credit where credit is due. Sometimes people get Brian’s name wrong so I guess it all … Continue reading
Leveling. Animation Leveling. With, Like, Cels and Junk. But Not Color Leveling -That’s a Whole Different Story
ShareThis is an outtake from The Buddha. The great Doug Compton did the animation.It’s a fairly straightforward shot that illustrates the concept or “cel levels” pretty well. We’ve got four levels of animation plus the background. Each level is a … Continue reading
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Some Housekeeping
ShareHere’s where we ask for your money. If not your money, your clicks. Unfortunately, we don’t actually get any of your money either way. ***** First, please vote for our panel at SXSW. I’d love the glamour of a free … Continue reading
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Darwin Be Damned!
ShareMonkeys evolved into cows. At least that’s what happens here. This is one transformation in a sequence Doug Compton animated for The Buddha. No inbetweens, all Doug’s drawings. You’ll see two nice four legged walks and a simple morph between … Continue reading
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