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GERMAN TOYS
A friend is in Germany right now and I wish I could have gone with him. I yearn to see real traditional architecture, even if it exists mostly in touristy pockets like the village above. If I was...
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EMIL NOLDE'S PAINTINGS
I've blogged before about the mysterious and aggressive quality of color, especially when it's relatively unrestrained as it is in the Nolde picture above. Lots of people wouldn't agree with that. For...
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MY BEST AND WORST JOBS
I'll start with the worst animation job I ever had. No, I didn't draw the picture above. It was a handed out as reference for a cartoon I was invited to freelance for about a zillion years ago. It was...
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MORE OF MY VIDEO GAME IDEAS
Another Theory Corner first: here's more of my video game sketches. In this drawing (above) I tried to give Aztec/Mayan motiffs a sort of Basil Wolverton sensibility. Above, some fake Aztec wall...
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MY BEST AND WORST JOBS
I'll start with the worst animation job I ever had. No, I didn't draw the picture above. It was a handed out as reference for a cartoon I was invited to freelance for about a zillion years ago. It was...
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THE AESTHETE
Haw! I looked up "aesthete" on the net and here's (above) what I got.This type really exists! I wonder if that'll be me somewhere down the line?
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DISNEYLAND ARCHITECTURE
Yep, I had another weekend trip to Disneyland! I wish I could have spent the day taking pictures of the interesting people that the park attracts, but I didn't know how to do that without coming home...
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MORE VIDEO GAME IDEAS
I thought the Theme Park Level needed a founding genius (above) who was ever present, compulsively making sure the park ran okay. These sketches weren't approved, maybe because they looked too much...
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STILL MORE VIDEO GAME SKETCHES
Above, a wacky Mount Rushmore-type background for the Western Level. I hate to say it, but it probably didn't work very well. A vivid border graphic like this brings too much attention to the game's...
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TALES OF HOFFMANN
If you saw the Powell/Pressberger film "Red Shoes" and didn't like it then you're not going to like this film either, because it's Red Shoes on steroids.I like Red Shoes a lot but I sympathize with...
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SUPPORT GROUPS
HORACE: "As the group leader I'd like to welcome you all to the first session of the Extremophile Support Group. Daisy, maybe you'd like to start."DAISY: "Sure, I'll start. What are we all doing here?...
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My kid's feeling down in the dumps now and I thought I'd post something to cheer him up. Here, courtesy of Steve, is Jack Stanford, "Eccentric Dancer Extraordinaire."The Jazz number Stanford dances...
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VIDEO GAME IDEAS
Above, a Theory Corner exclusive. It's an idea sketch for a Spumco laxative commercial, never made. Although this was done on another studio's paper, I think this (above) was part of a test for a...
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LEVIATHAN 2012
Here's another film that I saw at Steve's recently. Don't confuse it with another film made two years later with the same name. Ask ten people what the film's about and you'll get ten different...
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STILL MORE VIDEO GAME IDEAS
I confess to getting carried away with the "Bad Side of Town" concept on the video game I worked on. I figured a bad side of town ought to LOOK like a bad side, thus the buildings took the shape of...
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DISNEYLAND...AGAIN?
Yep...again! I have a friend who has an employee's Silver Pass and when he calls, I'm always up for it. Anyway, this time we decided to concentrate on Frontierland. The land is so big that even with an...
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CARNIVAL BARKERS
I don't know about you but I love to listen to carnival barkers, Shamwow salesman, racetrack announcers, auctioneers, streetcorner preachers, medicine show pitchmen....anyone who can entertain with the...
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SALOON ART
A while back I did a blog about the nude pictures that used to hang behind cowboy bars in the old West. Well, I just got a request for info about currently available posters of that kind. I don't know...
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EDDIE FITZGERALD CARICATURES
Caricatures OF me by other artists, that is. Here's one by John K. He's convinced that I survive entirely on a diet of mayonnaise sandwiches and fast food. Uh-oh...John again. Oh, Man! Is that (above)...
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
I'm rereading Sarah Susanka's book, "The Not So Big House" and it's inspired me to try a couple of home improvements. For specific ideas I need look no farther than the architectural posts on this very...
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