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Last week I set out to record a quick interview with my animation professor, Bruce Barnes. What began as a quick question session became an hour-long discussion. For sanity’s sake, I’ve transcribed a few key points as follows: How did you get into animation? I was taking a shortcut when I was an undergrad to […]
December 2, 2011
This past week, I visited my good friend Katherine at her apartment in Los Angeles. She is to acting as I am to animation, but we both share a passion for fine art. I ask her a few questions about art as both an actress and an art appreciator.
December 2, 2011
Hello! I’m Alex and I’m guest-writing for this blog. I study body language and its applications to interpersonal interactions. As such, my interests usually deal with observing other people but I found a pretty vivid sketch done by a British painter, Hubert von Herkomer, which uses plenty of body language imagery to get the emotions […]
November 19, 2011
I’m interviewing a good friend and animation fanatic for my first of three interviews, which range from the movie viewer, the art history fan, and the animator. Tori’s been put up with me for years now and is the writer to my illustrator. So, Tori, I’m very aware that you enjoy watching animation. What got […]
November 18, 2011
Mary Blair was born on October 21, 1911 in Oklahoma 1. She had gotten into art in a young age and had a bright future. So bright, in fact, that her art style influenced an entire generation of Disney films. Walt Disney was very enamored with Mary’s style. Mary remembers: “Walt said that I knew […]
November 11, 2011
Hiroshige was born in 1797 in an area to the west of Edo (present day Tokyo). His parents both passed at an early age and Hiroshige took up their posts as firefighters for Edo castle. Work was so lax that he could learn to paint in his spare time. He was an extremely prolific painter, […]
November 11, 2011
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is different from most artists touched on in this blog. Instead of barely surviving, he flourished producing his art. Toulouse-Lautrec was a son of a rich family, and was born in Albi in 18641. He had two unfortunate accidents in his youth, stunting his legs’ growth and rendering him a dwarf. He […]
November 4, 2011
Rembrandt van Rijn was born to a humble house in South Holland in 16061. His early success came from commissioned portraits and religious scenes from wealthy merchants. This allowed him to live a comfortable life of teaching and collecting art. That was, until he started living outside his means and died impoverished and alone. But […]
November 4, 2011
Gianlorenzo Bernini was born in 1598 and is one of the most influential sculptors of all time. His contemporaries said that his “influence on his time is without parallel in history”1. When one walks through Rome his works strike you in the face everywhere you turn. He spent most of his life working in Rome, […]
October 28, 2011
Next up is exaggeration. The principle is fairly straightforward: it’s taking something, like a nose for example, and pushing it even farther1. You could make a character comical or serious, but you create a much more memorable character if you push their appearance just a little bit further than normal. Auguste Rodin was quite good […]
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