Kryptonians

This is just too cool not to comment on.  Yes, I’m geeking out here – this is an article on Make.com on how to create old-style Cylon armor as papercraft. And here’s the link to the article itself on Make Magazine’s web site. The reason this caught my attention is that one of my first [...]

Updated for Computer Animation I’ve spent a lot of my life studying animation informally, and then I got myself a position at a major motion picture studio (Rhythm & Hues) and for the past six years I’ve been immersed in the art, technology and culture of feature animation.  I’ve helped write the animation training curriculae [...]

Ray Bradbury, one of the world’s most notable secular humanists and one of the greatest writers of all time, came to speak at the Simi Valley Senior Center last Sunday, and I took my wife and son to see him.  It was a fundraiser for the city library – Mr. Bradbury’s a huge supporter of [...]

The next time you think to yourself, “I can’t do this, they won’t let me do that” – think about the boy who harnessed the wind. There’s no such thing as luck, really – it’s just a matter of being in the right place with the right stuff, often enough or long enough for the [...]

The best content for your production is arguably the content you make yourself. However, sometimes the best content is stuff you just buy and use, because it’s not center stage content or the time and resources required to create the content exceeds the time and resources you have. Here’s a list of sources for models [...]

It’s very easy to be convinced that you’re on the wrong track. All it takes is a good heart and a conscience. If you’re a reasonable person, you listen to things others say about you even if they’re negative or unflattering. You’re always watching over your own shoulder to make sure you’re not accidentally doing [...]

A good friend of mine has a husband who is a master chef, and Italian.  He once told me that the Italians have a saying: “Between words and deeds lies an ocean.” When people judge you, they judge you by your actions.  It’s not enough to sit on the sidelines and watch your life go [...]

Unlike other cars’ E.P.A. estimated mileage, the Toyota Prius actually delivers on its claim of 50 miles per gallon. I just bought one, and I was amazed to discover that I could get as much as 70 miles per gallon depending on where I was going and what the road conditions were. Yes, it was [...]

My Eagle Talon decided to commit suicide days before I left on my business trip to India during the month of March – the studio sent me there to teach the art of animation to apprentice animators in Hyderabad.  Blow-by pressurized the cooling system in the car, which manifested by explosively disconnecting the top hose [...]

Hi, everybody – I finally decided to toss my entire old web site in the trash and start over with a WordPress blog like every other busy creative professional I know. I finally picked up on the reason everybody uses WordPress – who the heck has the time to update HTML pages?? I sure don’t. [...]