Behold!

A Chicken

Just a quick something out of my sketchbook.

So right, as some you might know, I went to the Tower of Youth's teen film festival this last Friday to see what teens have been up to in the film and animation world. There wasn't much in the way of animation (aside from the CSSSA exquisite corpse and abstract cutouts) but there were quite a few interesting films on show that day. What I found more interesting though was meeting with the directors of each film. It’s just interesting to meet other artists before the whole of life and business rights beats the shameless innocence out of their creativity. Overall, it was a fun experience I’m looking forward to next year’s competition. (On a fun note, I got to say “Damnit!” on live streaming video while on stage)

Here are two examples of the videos showing that day:

A Sign of the Times

My First Time

On an unrelated note, Double Fine, makers of Psychonauts and the upcoming Brutal Legend, have released a new game on their website based on their newest webcomic Tasha. [link] Tasha is a semi-autobiographical comic about one of Double Fine’s animators and her observations out of mundane everyday life. With a crude style and charming innocence, the comic has become something of a hit and has inspired Double Fine’s latest flash game found on their website: [link] Tasha’s Game is an quaint platforming puzzle game with a few elements of time manipulation mixed with the art and characters straight from the comic (and some neat useless unlockables). Kee in mind that you do have to read the comic to get the full effect of the game. So if you have some free time and have any interest in what crazy video game animators do in their free time, I suggest taking a look at Tasha and indeed all of Double Fine’s web comics.

Peace be with you
-Vince