Saturday, February 28, 2009
Opa -Illustration animation
part of my dem reel I am working on. To show my illustrations as a book in my reel.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Top 10 Best New Cars Under $14,000 - 2009
3. Smart Fortwo Pure
The Smart Fortwo “Pure” edition is a very thrifty, two passenger vehicle. Currently, it represents the only European offering on our list and the only 2-seater as well. Despite its diminutive dimensions, the Smart Fortwo is a highly rated engineering marvel getting some of the best test scores of any economy vehicle. Fantastic ergonomics and flamboyant design etiquette make the Smart Fortwo very unique. Despite its micro size, its bright demeanor makes the Smart Fortwo very visible. The only transmission is a semi-automatic 5 speed automated manual transmission, 70 horsepower (68 lbs feet of torque) 1.0 liter, 3-cylinder engine. That may not sound like much power, but keep in mind that the Smart Fortwo weighs about 1,800 lbs (and change). Combined EPA mpg: 36 automated-manual. Interestingly, the Smart Fortwo has narrower (yet taller) 155/60 R15 front tires and wider (yet less sidewall) 175/55 R15 rear tires. This most likely has to do with the fact that the Smart Fortwo is rear drive. In fact, the engine is in the rear too. These vehicles are hugely popular in metropolitan areas where parking and commuting take up precious time.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
"9"
A new era in animated storytelling begins on 9.9.09. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch) join forces to produce wunderkind director Shane Acker’s distinctively original and thrilling tale. 9 stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer and Crispin Glover and features the music of Danny Elfman. When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they’ll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Waltz With Bashir
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there is a connection between the dream and their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.
I would love to work on a project like this movie, We just came home from the movie theater were we saw Slumdog Millionaire, which I thought was an amazing movie....one of the trailers was "Waltz with Bashir", the animation looks amazing and I can't wait to see it. It looks like they did rotoscoping, Flash, After Effects and 3 D animation to make it!?
Sunday, February 08, 2009
A Couple in Chicago
On May 26, 1996, Mariana Cook visited Barack and Michelle Obama in Hyde Park as part of a photography project on couples in America. What follows is excerpted from her interviews with them.
MICHELLE OBAMA: There is a strong possibility that Barack will pursue a political career, although it’s unclear. There is a little tension with that. I’m very wary of politics. I think he’s too much of a good guy for the kind of brutality, the skepticism.
When you are involved in politics, your life is an open book, and people can come in who don’t necessarily have good intent. I’m pretty private, and like to surround myself with people that I trust and love. In politics you’ve got to open yourself to a lot of different people. There is a possibility that our futures will go that way, even though I want to have kids and travel, spend time with family, and like spending time with friends. But we are going to be busy people doing lots of stuff. And it’ll be interesting to see what life has to offer. In many ways, we are here for the ride, just sort of seeing what opportunities open themselves up. And the more you experiment the easier it is to do different things. If I had stayed in a law firm and made partner, my life would be completely different. I wouldn’t know the people I know, and I would be more risk-averse. Barack has helped me loosen up and feel comfortable with taking risks, not doing things the traditional way and sort of testing it out, because that is how he grew up. I’m more traditional; he’s the one in the couple that, I think, is the less traditional individual. You can probably tell from the photographs—he’s just more out there, more flamboyant. I’m more, like, “Well, let’s wait and see. What did that look like? How much does it weigh?”
BARACK OBAMA: All my life, I have been stitching together a family, through stories or memories or friends or ideas. Michelle has had a very different background—very stable, two-parent family, mother at home, brother and dog, living in the same house all their lives. We represent two strands of family life in this country—the strand that is very stable and solid, and then the strand that is breaking out of the constraints of traditional families, travelling, separated, mobile. I think there was that strand in me of imagining what it would be like to have a stable, solid, secure family life.
Michelle is a tremendously strong person, and has a very strong sense of herself and who she is and where she comes from. But I also think in her eyes you can see a trace of vulnerability that most people don’t know, because when she’s walking through the world she is this tall, beautiful, confident woman. There is a part of her that is vulnerable and young and sometimes frightened, and I think seeing both of those things is what attracted me to her. And then what sustains our relationship is I’m extremely happy with her, and part of it has to do with the fact that she is at once completely familiar to me, so that I can be myself and she knows me very well and I trust her completely, but at the same time she is also a complete mystery to me in some ways. And there are times when we are lying in bed and I look over and sort of have a start. Because I realize here is this other person who is separate and different and has different memories and backgrounds and thoughts and feelings. It’s that tension between familiarity and mystery that makes for something strong, because, even as you build a life of trust and comfort and mutual support, you retain some sense of surprise or wonder about the other person. ♦
When you are involved in politics, your life is an open book, and people can come in who don’t necessarily have good intent. I’m pretty private, and like to surround myself with people that I trust and love. In politics you’ve got to open yourself to a lot of different people. There is a possibility that our futures will go that way, even though I want to have kids and travel, spend time with family, and like spending time with friends. But we are going to be busy people doing lots of stuff. And it’ll be interesting to see what life has to offer. In many ways, we are here for the ride, just sort of seeing what opportunities open themselves up. And the more you experiment the easier it is to do different things. If I had stayed in a law firm and made partner, my life would be completely different. I wouldn’t know the people I know, and I would be more risk-averse. Barack has helped me loosen up and feel comfortable with taking risks, not doing things the traditional way and sort of testing it out, because that is how he grew up. I’m more traditional; he’s the one in the couple that, I think, is the less traditional individual. You can probably tell from the photographs—he’s just more out there, more flamboyant. I’m more, like, “Well, let’s wait and see. What did that look like? How much does it weigh?”
BARACK OBAMA: All my life, I have been stitching together a family, through stories or memories or friends or ideas. Michelle has had a very different background—very stable, two-parent family, mother at home, brother and dog, living in the same house all their lives. We represent two strands of family life in this country—the strand that is very stable and solid, and then the strand that is breaking out of the constraints of traditional families, travelling, separated, mobile. I think there was that strand in me of imagining what it would be like to have a stable, solid, secure family life.
Michelle is a tremendously strong person, and has a very strong sense of herself and who she is and where she comes from. But I also think in her eyes you can see a trace of vulnerability that most people don’t know, because when she’s walking through the world she is this tall, beautiful, confident woman. There is a part of her that is vulnerable and young and sometimes frightened, and I think seeing both of those things is what attracted me to her. And then what sustains our relationship is I’m extremely happy with her, and part of it has to do with the fact that she is at once completely familiar to me, so that I can be myself and she knows me very well and I trust her completely, but at the same time she is also a complete mystery to me in some ways. And there are times when we are lying in bed and I look over and sort of have a start. Because I realize here is this other person who is separate and different and has different memories and backgrounds and thoughts and feelings. It’s that tension between familiarity and mystery that makes for something strong, because, even as you build a life of trust and comfort and mutual support, you retain some sense of surprise or wonder about the other person. ♦
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Merkel: Pope must reject Holocaust denial
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Bavarian-born Pope Benedict to make clear the Vatican does not tolerate any denial of the Holocaust in an unusually strong statement on Tuesday.
It was her first response to an outcry over a decision by the pope to rehabilitate four traditional Catholic bishops, including one who denies the extent of the Holocaust.
....The pope has caused a furore with his lifting of the excommunications, including that of Briton Richard Williamson who denies there were gas chambers and says no more than 300,000 Jews perished in concentration camps.
An estimated six million European Jews were killed by the Nazis.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/merkel-pope-must-reject-holocaust-denial-1544471.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_pope_holocaust
The issue is particularly sensitive in Germany, where denial of the Holocaust is a crime and Roman Catholic leaders have worked hard to restore relations with the Jewish community.
It was her first response to an outcry over a decision by the pope to rehabilitate four traditional Catholic bishops, including one who denies the extent of the Holocaust.
....The pope has caused a furore with his lifting of the excommunications, including that of Briton Richard Williamson who denies there were gas chambers and says no more than 300,000 Jews perished in concentration camps.
An estimated six million European Jews were killed by the Nazis.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/merkel-pope-must-reject-holocaust-denial-1544471.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_pope_holocaust
The issue is particularly sensitive in Germany, where denial of the Holocaust is a crime and Roman Catholic leaders have worked hard to restore relations with the Jewish community.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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