tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155004502024-03-07T01:51:52.405-08:00Steven E Gordon's BlogA few comments, a few drawings and maybe some discussionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-67099654798705001092013-05-25T10:28:00.000-07:002013-05-25T10:32:07.647-07:00It's a miracle.......two post in one day (actually two posts in one month would be pretty fantastic all on it's own).<br />
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As I'm getting ready to mail some prints and commissions it occurred to me that I never mentioned the prints that I have for sale on the blog (or maybe I did and I'm just getting old). So that is what I'm going to do...<br />
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I have several new prints that my wife essentially designed (she's the smart one in the family) that everyone seems to like quite a bit. Usually I sell them just at Cons, but I realize not everyone can get out to a Con to see me so I decided to make these available to everyone. Here they are:<br />
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and these are the prices:<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 18px;">Every print is $10 (+shipping)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 18px;">Choose any 5 prints for $45 (+shipping)</span></b><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 18px;"><b>or choose and 10 prints for $90 (+shipping)<br /><br /><i>Just message me and let me know what you'd like</i></b><i>.</i></span><br />
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I'm juggling multiple projects right now as well as the occasional commission.<br />
Let's see...I've got my 'day' job (which also turns into my 'night' job as well) working as a director on <i style="font-weight: bold;">NFL: Rush Zone </i>and I'm working on development on a couple projects - including <b><i>Captain Action </i></b>as well, as one that I'm doing some design work for that needs to remain hush, hush for now. I'm also working on a couple of comic-type projects that you should be hearing more about soon enough (and I've already hinted at earlier).<br />
I was just at the <b>Big Wow comic fest</b> in San Jose, CA where I created a few commissions that I thought I'd share here in case you haven't already seen them on FaceBook....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-81096610210029293572013-04-21T12:52:00.001-07:002013-04-21T15:05:38.977-07:00Bringing everyone up to date......in theory.<br />
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In May I'll be headed up to the <a href="http://www.bigwowcomicfest.com/">Big Wow Comic Con</a> in San Jose, CA - May 18 - 19 and sitting in Artist Alley. I've never been there but I understand that it's one of the better conventions and definitely worth going to. I'll also be going to several other cons after that one and I'll let you know as soon as those are locked into place. As far as SDCC goes it doesn't look like I'll have a table (I'm on the waiting list for what that's worth) - though I might be on a panel. If you know of any other cons that would like to invite me I'd be willing to discuss it with them....<br />
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And with all Comic Cons in mind, my wife (being the genius that she is) figured out the type of prints I should be printing to sell at these cons. X-Men: Evolution-centric prints. Seems obvious after she points it out, eh? She even art directed them to make sure they suited her taste - which is better than mine in almost every case. I had a test run at the <a href="http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/ctn-plans-a-special-road-trip-in-april/">CTN RoadTrip</a> last weekend and she was right they sold great - and that wasn't even a comic or animation crowd like you see at conventions. In fact, they sold so well that I need to re-order a couple of them and I decided to create a few new ones prior to Big Wow if I have the time.<br />
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I'm taking a survey of sorts and trying to decide who else to include. At this point it seems like Jean and Toad are definites and <i>maybe</i> a Logan. I'm also considering a brotherhood group shot and possibly Walk on the Wildside groupshot. So if you have any other suggestions feel free to include them in the comments.<br />
Also if time permits, I might venture outside of XME and create a Holli Wood and Lonette (from Cool World) and one from Swan Princess.<br />
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I'm also considering putting them together to sell as a set for on-line customers. If that happens I'll let you know....<br />
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Also don't forget I've got two new sketchbooks for sale via the <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=index">CTN Store</a> (where you can also get other artists' work as well).<br />
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The direct link to the "art of Steven E Gordon is <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=66">here</a>. It sells for $11.95 and comes signed and with a doodle on the first page.<br />
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And the direct link to my 2013 sketchbook is <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=80">here</a>. It sells for $15 and also comes signed and with a doodle.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-15642040065151303582013-03-22T11:31:00.002-07:002013-03-22T11:31:50.357-07:00Something new....For all of you that have been waiting with bated breath, my new sketchbook has finally arrived and available for purchase by all of you very discerning art fans.<br />
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You can either pick it up from me personally at <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/wca">WonderCon</a> where I'll be in Artist Alley (table AA-038) March 29 - 31 or at <a href="http://www.bigwowcomicfest.com/">Big Wow</a> where I'll be May 18 and 19 or you can order a copy through the <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_32&products_id=80">CTN store</a> where you can also pick up <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=66">my other sketchbook</a>.<br />
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While at those conventions, besides selling books and prints I will also be doing on-site commissions. With my busy schedule I don't always have time for commissions, but it is my practice to take on commissions prior to a convention. I have taken on as many as I can already prior to WonderCon, but I will start taking on more commissions shortly before Big Wow. I'll announce when that will happen pretty soon.<br />
Here are a few of the commissions I'm working on for WonderCon (there are a couple I can't show due to they are planned as surprises - or are NSFW)<br />
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<br />Now for the mad rush to get these finished in time for WonderCon so I don't have to work too much on them while there....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-3246601425882418422013-02-24T10:44:00.002-08:002013-02-24T10:47:31.353-08:00Kickstart this...I'm the artist for a proposed graphic novel called The Craver. It's a really cool story that features a cool monster design (my design of course), mad scientists and Nazis. The plan is for this to eventually make it's way to film and Doug Jones (of <b><i>Hellboy</i></b> and <b><i>Pan's Labyrinth</i></b> fame) is going to play the Craver. I can't imagine anyone that likes monster movies wouldn't like this project.<br />
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I'll let you read more about the project here: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecraver/the-craver-comic">The Craver</a>. There's details as to what you receive for a specific contribution and there will be updates aplenty.<br />
Here's some of the art of created for the project:<br />
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I assume all of you know what <b>Kickstarter</b> is...? If you don't, it's what is called "<i>crowd funding</i>" which means a project is put out to the masses and everyone can contribute and by contributing they can receive some cool rewards as well as helping to get a project they like made. The money you promise to the project is only given to the project <i>if</i> it receives full funding. If it doesn't reach the set goal then no money exchanges hands. This is a really great way for independent productions to get funded without having to go through the usual corporate back and forth.<br />
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So go <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecraver/the-craver-comic">there and contribute</a>. You'll be glad you did...<br />
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...and feel to pass this onto anyone that you think might also find this interesting.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-65872876341654674132013-01-31T10:09:00.001-08:002013-02-24T10:48:43.322-08:00AH! inspiring....<br />
I was having a discussion with someone on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon">"art of..."</a> page on FaceBook about the different face and body types I designed for the ladies of X-Men: Evolution and I thought I would share it here as well.<br />
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The obvious reason I designed different body and face types was to help try and create specific personalities for each of them. Though if you're familiar with animation (and comics) you know that's not really necessary since so many other animated shows create cookie cutter faces and body types and just change voices, hair color and costumes to differentiate one character from another. The other reason is because I was inspired early on in the process.<br />
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Boyd Kirkland showed me a lot of artwork he admired from comic artists to try and get the ball rolling. Comic artists I was unfamiliar with since I hadn't really looked at comics much since the glory days of Buscema, Kane, Kirby and others from that era. The art he showed me had one particular piece of art by Adam Hughes (who since then I've become quite enamored with). It was this piece he created for Wizard magazine of these super heroines ladies all lined up.<br />
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Every one of them had a unique face - and a face I'd never seen before in comics or animation. Even though I greatly admired the great artistic abilities of the legends Buscema, Kane, and Kirby, I recognized that for the most part each of these great artists had an idealized version of a woman they drew and all their women were all basically cookie cutter designs.<br />
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I was so impressed with the unique and individual faces Adam Hughes gave each one of these women (as well as their body types) that I decided that was how we should proceed with our show's designs and, thankfully, Boyd agreed.<br />
From that point on I strove to make Jean different from Rogue who was different from Kitty and they were different from Mystique/Raven who was different than Storm.<br />
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This carried on into the second season when we introduced Boom Boom and the other new recruits.<br />
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Jean was more athletic and had a runner's figure and wasn't very large on top while Rogue didn't have much of a butt even though she was very busty ( in fact she was the bustiest of the girls). Kitty was very slender and somewhat gawky while BoomBoom had a more curvaceous bottom though her bust was pretty non-existent.<br />
The details on their faces that made them different from one another are too many to really list, but I will say that almost all of them had different head shapes, types of lips and often different eyes and noses.<br />
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I also carried this through with the guys as well, but that's not quite as unusual in animation - or even comics.<br />
This idea also followed through when I designed attitude poses for each character and their walk cycles. No one was ever posed or moved the same way. They were all unique and kept in character as i perceived it.<br />
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Needles to say the KidsWB execs were happy to see that not every female was built like a Playboy bunny.<br />
Of course, by the time the animation came back from overseas some of that was lost, but I think enough of it still came through that it was clear to most of the audience we had tried to do something a little different....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-13795298072403105342013-01-12T09:57:00.002-08:002013-01-12T10:48:09.256-08:00"Shticks and Stones"...Well, here I am blogging again - and it's only been a (relatively) short time since my last blog. Who'da thunk it, eh? I figured this time I'd give you a little of <i>this</i> and a little of <i>that</i>...<br />
Last night was the Animation Guild holiday party so I guess the holiday season is officially over now. I believe they have the party so late after the real holidays so that they can get a good deal on a venue (the Gene Autry Museum near the LA Zoo) and since they're spending union dues they have my blessing on that. It was good to see old friends, meet some new people and just to be amazed at how big the animation community has grown. I recall union parties that were held in rooms no bigger than my living room without any crowding. Last night the upstairs and downstairs foyers of the museum were so crowded with people that several strangers probably left on more intimate terms than they arrived.<br />
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Just some small updates since last time.<br />
I'm still working on new sketchbooks, etc I have a lot of more material then I originally thought so I'll have to weed through the folders and decide what works and what doesn't - and try to avoid too much overlap (not always easy) accept for the compilation book of the two <b><i>Expressions & Attitudes </i></b>books, of course.<br />
Still working on development of the <b><i>Captain Action</i></b> series (did I mention that before...?) and that's coming along very nicely. If you want to see the teaser we created for last year's San Diego Comic-Con you can check it out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DGpKz3euqw">here</a>. We've come considerably farther than that, but I still like to watch this occasionally for inspiration...<br />
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The next season of <a href="http://nicktoons.nick.com/shows/nfl-rush-zone/"><b><i>NFL Rush Zone</i></b> </a>(that's the current show that I'm one of the directors on - as well as part-time designer) is starting up soon and I'm going to spend some time working up some walk cycles and other types of stuff that there never seems to be enough time for in the chaos of a first season. Even though our <i>first</i> season was technically the <i>second</i> season since <i>the real first</i> season were webisodes that were put up on the internet.<br />
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I'm still working on those graphic novels for <b>Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics</b> and the announcement about the secret project that I spoke of last time should be pretty soon. Here's another sample drawing I did with that in mind:<br />
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I've also started to do some work on some pages for a noir/crime comic for my friends at <b><a href="http://www.artoffiction.com/HouseOfSecrets/">House of Secrets</a>.</b> They're the guys that put together my latest sketchbook (which is available at <a href="http://stuartngbooks.com/new-arrivals/gordon-the-art-of-steven-e.-gordon.html">Stuart Ng Books</a> and at <b><a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_32&products_id=66">CTN's Store</a> </b> as well as at <a href="http://www.artoffiction.com/HouseOfSecrets/"><b>House of Secrets</b></a>.Come on, you knew I was going to plug that somewhere, right?)<br />
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I'm also currently working on a couple of new <b>HarperCollins</b> books. One features the <b><i>JLA</i></b> fighting <b><i>Starro</i></b> and another features <i><b>the Green Lantern </b></i>- not the film version, but the comic version. A <b><i>Man of Steel</i></b> adaptation that my son is working on the color for should also be coming out at the same time as the film hits theaters.<br />
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One last thing for now...someone asked for a specific page from one of my <b>HarperCollins</b> books that they could use for a wallpaper that they couldn't find on-line. So I thought I'd post it here (I'm quite the giver)...<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Added: </i>I should mention that I stole the title of this particular post from a song by Allan Sherman. An old recording artist I highly recommend if you enjoy song parodies...and Jewish humor.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-83364296266255774412013-01-01T11:12:00.004-08:002013-01-01T11:12:43.746-08:00Happy New Blog.......and <b>Happy New Year!!</b><br />
One of my (many) New Year resolutions is to blog more frequently so those of you that don't follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon">FaceBook</a> (and even those of you that do) can keep up with what I'm doing. Assuming I can keep up,with what I'm doing, of course.<br />
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First up this year in addition to the other Graphic Novels I'm working on (ERB's <i>The Eternal Savage</i> and <i>the Curse of the Werewolf of Paris</i>) I'll also be working on an additional soon-to-be-announced secret project with many other artists for Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics and written by Martin Powell.<br />
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Now to bring you all up to date, I'm currently I'm still working on NFL's Rush Zone (on NickToons) and waiting for the next season to start.<br />
I'm also working on a couple of kids books for HarperCollins featuring DC characters and I'm planning a new sketchbook or two. My original two (Expressions & Attitudes 1 and 2) sold out and the only one I have available is the <b>The Art of Steven E Gordon </b>that you can purchase at the <a href="http://ctnstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20_32&products_id=66"><b>CTNX marketplace</b></a> for $11.95.<br />
I think one of the new sketchbooks will be a compilation of the first 2 sketchbooks for those of you that missed them as well as adding some new material. I also might create a sketchbook that includes mostly my convention sketches.<br />I'm also thinking about self-publishing a children's book, that my wife helped me create, that is pretty independent of anything else I've done.<br />
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Needless to say this should be a pretty busy year for me....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-21765164964690889202012-11-29T08:13:00.000-08:002012-11-29T08:15:17.887-08:00CTNX post mortem...I felt I needed to blog a little bit about how it went at CTNX since I cajoled everyone into going.<br />
This was my second year having a table and selling books and doing commissions and I know now that the first year wasn't a fluke. Not only did I sell out of my first two books (Expressions & Attitudes 1 and 2), but I sold quite a few of my new one, drew several commissions and got to meet a lot of very talented students and some old friends and fans.<br />
This is easily one of the most professional conventions I've been too and that's even more impressive when you consider that this is only its fourth year. If you are interested in animation and want a chance to meet some of the big names (and not so big names like me) in animation, listen to lectures, see demos and check out art schools then this is the con for you. <b>And </b>if you want to try and break into the industry then you absolutely need to go to get advice from professionals and to get your portfolio reviewed by artists and studios.<br />
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Here are a few of the commissions I drew up at CTNX this year:<br />
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Sorry about the quality of these...I opted to use my phone instead of my usual portable scanner....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-34840206311116338642012-11-15T07:04:00.001-08:002012-11-15T07:04:16.565-08:00Come to CTNX...If you're interested in animation in any way - whether as someone in the business already, a student or just a fan - then this is the convention/expo for you. It's in Burbank (the heart of the animation industry) and all the info is available at this <a href="http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/">link</a><br />
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This convention has been a huge success and is easily one of the best I've attended. There's lots of great panels and speakers - something for everyone.<br />
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I'll have a table there selling my sketchbooks (including my new one), prints (like the ones below) and original Convention Commissions.<br />
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SO, if you do make it to CTNX swing by my table (T108) and say "hi".<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-48811335827385681152012-10-20T10:25:00.001-07:002012-10-20T10:25:08.187-07:00Long time no post...Yep, I know it's been a very long time since my last post, but since I post so often on FaceBook (and sometimes on Twitter) I feel like I've remained in contact with most everyone - more or less. And the longer I went without posting here the more awkward it seemed to do it, but I guess I need to just jump right back into the water and start again. I will make more of an effort and I apologize to any that have gotten annoyed with my lack of postings...<br />
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I've been very successful for the last few years selling my two sketchbooks, <b><i>Expressions and Attitudes 1 and 2</i></b>, but those have pretty much sold out and so I got together with the fine folks at <a href="http://www.artoffiction.com/HouseOfSecrets/">House of Secrets</a> in Burbank and we co-produced my next sketchbook which you can see below.<br />
It's different than the last two in several ways. There's color in it and less emphasize on expressions, attitudes and model sheets, and it's cheaper! $11.95 for 60 5x8 pages (shipping is additional, of course)<br />
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Feel free to e-mail me or contact me if you'd like a copy and we can arrange it via PayPal.<br />
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<i>BTW any of you that don't follow me on Twitter and FB probably should. My FB fan page is: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon">https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon</a> and my Twitter account is: twitter@s_e_gordon</i><br />
<i><br /></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-3990687254882670842012-04-10T10:39:00.004-07:002012-04-10T18:04:48.201-07:00A just fight......and a good <i>cause</i>.<br />
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I know it's been quite awhile since I last blogged and I will blog again to bring you all up to date a little later, but in the meantime this seemed somewhat time sensitive....<br />
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As many of you know (or have surmised by now) I've been an<b> Edgar Rice Burroughs</b> fan since I just about started reading. One of my favorite series of his was the <i><b>John Carter of Mars</b></i> series. This was even before I started to see Frazetta's wonderful and sensual depictions of the characters in these books. I first started to collect the books with the Abbett covers.<br />
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It wasn't just the images that captivated me but the excitement and swashbuckling derring-do as well as the romance. If asked I'd have to say that ERB's sense of right, wrong and romance had a lot to do with shaping my way of thinking and treating women.<br />
Over the years I'd tried my hand at drawing these wonderful characters and after entering the world of animation there always seemed to be plenty of opportunities to talk about the possibility of working on a feature based on <i><b>A Princess of Mars</b></i>. At one point I even worked out a Thoat run cycle that (if I recall right) was pretty decent and towards the end of production on <i>Fire & Ice</i>, Ralph Bakshi said he was in discussions with ERB, Inc. about producing a John Carter of Mars feature. Ralph said he wasn't interested in directing it (just producing it) so he approached me and another animator (my friend, Bruce Woodside) about directing on it. The budget was going to be minuscule and it all hardly seemed feasible. Thankfully, in retrospect, it all fell through for one reason or another. Even though it would've been exciting to do this (small budget or not), I suspect it would've been a major disaster and disappointment to ERB fans - including myself.<br />
Since then I'd always kept the idea of a Barsoom film in the back of my mind and always thought it would make a great film if done right. Needless to say I kept track of all the various incarnations of who was currently working on developing it and when that would fall through and so on. So when Andrew Stanton finally took the project past development and to filming I was cautiously optimistic. Unlike many film fans (especially animation fans) I had issues with Stanton's Pixar films (<i>Finding Nemo</i> and <i>Wall-E</i>) and could argue to death why I thought they didn't work, but everything I read about his take on Barsoom gave me the feeling he was on the right track. Even the really bad marketing (or lack of ) couldn't deter me away from seeing this film when it finally premiered. I convinced my wife and oldest son to go with me using the lure of easy popcorn and candy.<br />
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Perhaps I was primed to like the film anyway (though I was braced for major disappointment), but I did find this film to do everything I had hoped it would. I was ecstatic and willing to see it again and again and that's something I can rarely say about any film. I was surprised to find that my wife really liked it as well and wouldn't mind seeing it again - this is really not her type of film at all. <br />
I'm not saying the film is perfect in every way (what film is?), but it gets so much right that the minor flaws are completely overwhelmed and not even worth dwelling on in my opinion. The most important part is they got the TONE right. The feel of a pulp adventure with a sense of wonderment and romance. They also got the most difficult part right: Dejah Thoris. Even though she is an iconic character that every fan-boy worth his salt has an opinion on I hardly expected her to really work. But she does. In spades. If you need an excuse to see this film, Lynn Collin's performance is reason enough. Her acting is absolutely worth the price of admission alone. I hope Ms Collins gets an Oscar nomination, but I rather doubt the acting branch will acknowledge what she accomplished here.<br />
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Anyway, enough of the long-winded fan-boy prelude and time to get to the meat and bones of why I'm posting this and titled this post as I did.<br />
Disney so screwed up the marketing on John Carter (in ways too numerous to discuss here), as I'm sure all of you know by now, appears to be a flop in the domestic Box Office and the chances of a sequel being made are pretty slim. So a bunch of fans that are as equally ardent as I am (maybe even more so, if possible) have started a Face Book page called <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Take Me Back to Barsoom</b></span> and a<i><b> petition</b></i> to try and persuade Disney into greenlighting the planned sequels to John Carter.<br />
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Here is the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/backtobarsoom/"> link for the FB page </a> - if you're a fan, and on FaceBook, I encourage you to join this group. There's lots of good people and discussion (as well as bellyaching) there.<br />
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And here's a<a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/richard-ross-chairman-walt-disney-studios-bring-back-john-carter-take-us-back-to-barsoom"> link</a> to the petition which was created to help show Disney the fans' desire for sequels to be made - it only takes a second to sign.<br />
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feel free to post your own thoughts here if you'd like, but I'd rather not get into any arguments if you disagree with me....you're obviously wrong and I don't have the time to educate you (just kidding, of course).<br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">For all their effort I promised to do a drawing of a character of their choosing. Blaze Rocket chose Wanda and Jim asked for a drawing of Jean in her normal uniform and what she would look like if she had ever turned into Phoenix on X-Men: Evolution. Before the questions or misunderstandings start I want to make clear that this design is just something I came up with to respond to Jim's request and was not something that was ever considered all those years ago on XME</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So congratulations and thank you to Jim and Blaze Rocket for playing along. I might try this again sometime in the future since there were many more characters that were inspired by celebrities in XME as well as on The Ultimate Avengers.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-85410051319351101682012-02-25T10:01:00.001-08:002012-02-25T10:05:29.430-08:00Who's that girl....This is a commission I'm working on of the XME bad girls. This is the first rough drawing for it and the tight rough that I transferred to an 11x17 board. I'll also post the next steps as I finish them.<br />
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</a></div>I posted this on Facebook the other day and it received a lot of attention and a few curious people asking who they were. I'm sure everyone coming to this blog recognizes them so that's not an issue. I'm also sure many of you have heard me discuss the fact that many of the XME characters were based on actual people - celebrities to one degree or another. I then asked if anyone could guess what celebrities these were based on ...and I was surprised no one really tried to guess. So I even offered up a clue: <i><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">One's from an old Sci-Fi show (I think BBC), one was an actress in 2 iconic movies and the other was based on a popular singer.</span></i><br />
<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Of course, you </span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"></span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">need to keep in mind when XME was on TV, but at least one of the celebrities is still somewhat in the public eye.</span><br />
<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Anyone willing to venture a guess?</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Just to sweeten the pot I'll do a sketch for the winner of any XME character they choose and post it on this Blog. </span><i><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> </span></i><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">And just for fun here's another commission I'm working on as well of Rogue and Gambit.</span><i><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"></span></i><br />
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</span></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-54520381630407297442012-01-10T09:46:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:46:29.840-08:00Take 2....<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">At the suggestion of my Art Director, Michael R. Hudson, I did a little tweaking to the colors of the promo piece for The Eternal Savage and added some more fauna and such. Definitely looks better, eh?<br />
THE ETERNAL SAVAGE will be a Graphic Novel Adapted by Martin Powell and illustrated by me. Authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. Coming your way soon from Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics</span></span></h6><br />
What do you think? <br />
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And here it is with the appropriate log and credits.<br />
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Also I want everyone (that haven't already discovered it on their own) to go check out the latest incarnation of my <a href="http://stevenegordon.com/">web-site/portfolio</a> . The old one was great (created by my good friend Francesco Francavilla) and did what I needed it to do, but it was getting old and dated looking so I finally found someone to give the site a fresh new look. Even though it's not complete yet I think he's succeeded wonderfully and I'm very happy with the results.<br />
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Okay, now that I've finished with business (more or less) I'll get onto something a little more fun. I've already posted this in several spots, but I wanted to make sure all of you got a good look at this as well. I finally finished the color for the promo piece for The Eternal Savage based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ THE ETERNAL SAVAGE as adapted by Martin Powell and illustrated by me (<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">authorized by ERB, Inc. and published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics). </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">And so I continue my quest to be the oldest person to start a career in comics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">And here;s the black and white for that art.</span></span><br />
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You can view all of them on FaceBook on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.294371017269623.68625.241476712559054&type=1">"Art of..."</a> page (just click on the link) and just message me to see if a piece you'd like is available and to arrange payment (through PayPal), The range from $45 to $100 +postage.<br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;">I don't have a problem with anyone copying my art for their own enjoyment, as fanart, or for educational purposes or does not acknowledge where the original came from. When someone seeks to profit from the copied art and /or denies it's a swipe is when I react.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">At first I just posted a comment on his page asking if he had used reference for his drawing. The he removed my message and blocked me so I contacted DA and filed a greivance sending them the drawings I've posted below.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It evidently worked because a few hours later I received an e-mail from him telling me that he removed the art, but still denied that he had copied it.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, thank you Wren.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The top drawing is mine (obviously), the next drawing is the swipe and the third drawing is the mine laid on top of his - after I flopped it (the one change he made to the art other than changing the characters) </span></div><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-79722586005372679732011-11-13T08:26:00.000-08:002011-11-13T08:26:24.270-08:00We don't need no steenking free time...Oddly enough I've found myself with a little more free-time than usual and I'm not sure why.<br />
I just finished a quick turnaround on a HarperCollins Batman book and I'm starting the next one (can anyone say Man-Bat?) and I'm still working on a Young Justice storyboard assignment as well as all my normal day to day duties on Voltron Force.<br />
But I still manged to create a banner for <a href="http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/">CTNX</a> (and probably other Cons afterwards - if I can get a table),... <br />
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...finish a long overdue commission based on a Fan Request Friday drawing of Spike and Buffy (Spuffy)...<br />
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...and do these 2 drawings for the <a href="http://focsketch.blogspot.com/">FOCer's SketchBlog</a>. Well, actually one of the drawings (pterodactyl) was done for the graphic novel I'm gearing up for and seemed like a good reason to use as a entry in the dinosaur theme week.<br />
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And this other drawing for the FOCer's Sketchblog was done for the Golden Age of Comics theme week. My choice was Miss Masque and as many of you know from reading this blog I have a soft spot for these Golden Age Heroines.<br />
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So overall I've filled in the free-time voids pretty decently I'd say. This coming week looks like I'll be able to wrap a couple of other projects I've been working on as well. I hope.<br />
And remember to come to <a href="http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/">CTNX</a> and say "hi". If you haven't already gotten your tickets you can still get them at a discount by using my discount code: GORANIX11<br />
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</span></h6>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-39402178320092105062011-11-02T16:29:00.000-07:002011-11-02T16:29:01.242-07:00Lon time no see...I actually have a few minutes (something that doesn't seem to happen too often these days) so I thought I'd toss down a post and give everyone an update.<br />
This last weekend I went to the Long Beach Comic-Con and had a great time (Saturday was much nicer then Sunday, but that's not too unusual from what I hear) and I did several sketches and sold some books - and best of all I was able to see some old friends as well as meet some new ones.<br />
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These are the sketches I did at LBCC.<br />
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This month I'll be at CTNX, The Creative Talent Network Exposition, doing more of the same I hope. So if you'd like to come to this one-of-a-kind Animation Con Nov 18-20 you can still use my discount code <strong>GORANIX11 <span style="font-weight: normal;">to purchase tickets. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">If you're into animation and the people that make it then this is the Con for you.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Also, in case you haven't already seen it on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon">FB</a> of the <a href="http://focsketch.blogspot.com/2011/10/lon-time-no-seeby-steven-e-gordon.html">FOCer's Blog</a>, I thought I'd share with you my latest drawing for the FOCer's Blog. The theme was <b>Universal Monsters</b> and I chose the <i>first</i> Universal Monster:<b> Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera</b></span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-50569394018728078292011-10-26T08:24:00.000-07:002011-10-26T08:24:57.217-07:00Go and do my bidding...<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}">Lots of great artwork is being auctioned for a worthy cause. So go to New Jersey <a href="http://store.comicfusion.net/wonder-woman-day.html">Comic Fusion</a> web-site and make a bid! Online Bidding ends at Midnight Saturday Night! Comic Book Pages, Original Artwork, Signed Items and more! Please share so they can raise a ton of money for SAFE in Hunterdon! Domestic Violence destroys families and leaves a scar on those it touches! Healing starts at shelters like SAFE! </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}">And head over to the <a href="http://www.womenofwonderday.com/">Portland</a> site to bid on the art they have available there as well.</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}">These are the pieces I made specifically for the event: </span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpMjLSBm3HxeyqCvxBbD8qhGA9-eqlPozNwWgwZ9yFW6pxiB_OSuIY7igGIvt90bo3RNH86DADPosaVCN2HUyAUGYGUNRlDeNPsZxr7-0IEvnFxNBPFD5XA15rFeRQpACYESI0Q/s1600/rule63_COLOR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpMjLSBm3HxeyqCvxBbD8qhGA9-eqlPozNwWgwZ9yFW6pxiB_OSuIY7igGIvt90bo3RNH86DADPosaVCN2HUyAUGYGUNRlDeNPsZxr7-0IEvnFxNBPFD5XA15rFeRQpACYESI0Q/s400/rule63_COLOR.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br />
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<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}">This weekend I'll be at Long Beach Comic-Con in Artist's Alley [Booth #1409A] come by and say "hi". I'll be selling sketchbooks and doing Con -Sketches.</span></span></h6>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-39081162358892697042011-09-26T09:47:00.000-07:002011-09-26T09:47:21.212-07:00A little of this and a little of that...I thought I'd give an update on this post as well as answer a few questions that have piled up since last time.<br />
As you may know I stopped doing my FanRequestFriday series a little while ago because I kept finding myself too busy with work and falling weeks behind on the suggestions. But I missed drawing for fun and so when some of the members of the Frank Cho messaage board, which I visit occasionally, decided to start a sketchblog I thought this might be another opportunity to do a weekly drawing just for fun. And since I'm not the only one participating, if I happen to miss a week no big deal.<br />
So here's a link to the <a href="http://focsketch.blogspot.com/">FOCer's Sketchblog</a> (FOC stands for Friends of Cho), so go there and check out what I'm posting and what the other artists are doing. If you don't want to go there for whatever reason don't worry, I'll also post my drawings here. <br />
The first post was just a painted version of one of my FanRequestFriday drawings which coincided with the first week's theme: Liberty Meadows - the great Frank Cho's great comic strip. It worked out good for me since I was already pushing other deadlines.<br />
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Here's from this week's theme - Samurai. I'm also going to reveal my first and second roughs for this piece. Unfortunately this isn't an exclusive since I also posted these on my Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon">Art of page</a> , which you should also check out if you haven't already.<br />
I originally envisioned this as a female samurai warrior, but decided to pull in my libido a little and go full on nasty male samurai with it instead - as you can tell by the second rough.<br />
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Dani's Blog asks:<br />
<div style="color: blue;"><b>Hello, I have a question.<br />
I really liked the Storyline between Kurt-Mystique-Rogue, and also the way Kurt show he liked his mother in "Impact". Did you ever discuss how these characters would end up? It seems Mystique wanted to get both of them to like her and to be a mother.</b></div>I really liked all those dynamics as well that started with Shadowed Past - an episode I directed in season 1. I wish I had an answer for you, but if this was discussed I wsn't part of that discussion. I assume that since the storyline was so meaty it would have been re-visited if the show had gone onto another season <br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Thanks for posting this, x-men evolution was a fantastic show! Heres my question: In season 1 Mystique has a different blue on her face and hands than on her arms/legs/back, I was just wondering what was the thinking behind this? Thanks</span></b><br />
<span style="color: black;">Originally her legs and arms were the same as the rest of her skin. KidsWB was skittish about so much flesh showing so instead of completely redesigning the character (we were already into production at that point) we opted to just give her sleeves and leggings and painted them in such away that it wasn't too distracting. KidsWB accepted this as a solution, but when season 2 came up we took the time to completely redesign the character because we weren't very happy about the final look</span><b><span style="color: blue;"></span></b><br />
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<div style="color: black;">BlazeRocket asks (or says):</div><b style="color: blue;">ee, now I'm amused because the "Pietro was probably 8 and Wanda was probably 6. But I could be wrong..." was the answer you gave me a few years ago when I asked. I like your new answer better though!</b><br />
<span style="color: black;">Sorry about that, but it just goes to show you we never discussed it much and my personal opinion was never clear. Though, if I answered "8 and 6" years ago that very well might have been the directions I was given by Boyd when I asked him what their age difference was when I started designing Wanda. I like my new answer better as well ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">another Anonymous asks:</span><br />
<div style="color: blue;"><b>Hi, Steve. Any chance of seeing early concept art for X-Men: Evolution? </b></div><div style="color: black;">I think I only have one or two of those early drawings. I'll look around and post them if I can find them.</div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;">Also everyone should check out some of the fan art linked to on the comments on the previous post. Some fun stuff! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-23595403644126239112011-09-05T13:23:00.000-07:002011-09-05T13:23:19.352-07:00Questions from XME fans<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ITimCYxuvTxy0X9RdVyjFo9yD3_0E6bDnkPvpbnZqmgLDldtIHbGhZmLA_McMOJlbDRa5IGTG1yz0Uz8c95OCZIrucUh3YIeqX7X3MHGYoXtBa6QGN99WNpLmjuRn3j2J4qJQ/s1600/X-KidsPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97ITimCYxuvTxy0X9RdVyjFo9yD3_0E6bDnkPvpbnZqmgLDldtIHbGhZmLA_McMOJlbDRa5IGTG1yz0Uz8c95OCZIrucUh3YIeqX7X3MHGYoXtBa6QGN99WNpLmjuRn3j2J4qJQ/s400/X-KidsPoster.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Recently I was asked by a very nice young lady (a young lady who sometimes dresses as XME Jean Grey) if I wouldn't mind answering some questions from members of a group that she belongs to - an X-Men: Evolution group, of course. I told her I'd do my best and from the looks at some of the questions these fans seem to know a lot more about the show then I do.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">WHY did the show have to end?</span><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That's an answer that I can only answer in vague terms since I don't want to offend any future employers. I can tell you another season had been originally part of the original contract and plan, but<b> </b>for several reasons KidsWB and Marvel decided not to go through with the next season and just wrap it all up at the end of season 4. Needless to say we were disappointed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Do you ever read any of the fanfics or look at fanart created by the fans for the show?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I've never read any of the FanFic (though I understand some of it can get quite "interesting"), but every now and then I stumble across some of the FanArt (some of that can get quite "interesting" as well). I do get sent some photos of some of the Cosplays though </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">every now and then. Feel free to send me any of the FanFic or FanArt. I'm always curious....I think.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why did they create the acolytes with good-guy characters?</span><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I wasn't part of that decision so I can't tell you the exact reasons since it wasn't one of the discussions I was involved in. In fact, I knew nothing in regards to the Acolytes prior to this show - as I've said in other interviews, I hadn't read or collected comics in a lot of years prior to getting the job on XME so I wasn't even aware of who Wolverine was. </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I regards to the Acolytes, I suspect the reason we used these specific characters is that they wanted to bring them onto the show and this seemed like a good way to bring them in as opposed to bringing in some bad guys never to be used again. Especially since (or so I've heard) that there was some history of these characters being bad guys at one time or another.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why wasn't Dazler/Marrow/the White Queen/Polaris ever included?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I can only address two of these since I don't recall any discussion in regards to Polaris or Emma </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(though I'm not sure why - especially since Emma she seems to be a fan favorite and a favorite of Craig Kyle who was the Marvel guy starting in season 3). I know that Marrow wasn't used because we accidentally</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">created a new character (Spyke) that had the same basic powers as Marrow</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Believe it or not, we truly had never heard of Marrow until after we had already went forward with the Spyke intro episode. Kind of surprises me , in retrospect, that Marvel never said anything.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The other character that you mention that I remember some discussion of is Dazzler and, if I recall right, it was determined she was <i>too dated</i></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What are the main character's ages?</span><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117"><i>We never determined specific ages other than the obvious ones. Kitty was young enough to just be learning to drive in season 2 (if I'm remembering right) and Scott and Jean were seniors. Most of the characters were discussed in more general terms. Like so-and-so was in their 30's or so-and-so is younger than Kurt, etc.</i></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Sounds like you have it right to me and I don't think I can add anything more to it. I don't think we thought of them in any more specific terms than these.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Are there ANY plans to continue the series someday? Maybe in comic form?</span><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117"><i>Anything is possible...but I seriously do not believe there is any chance of the show coming back after being cancelled so long ago at this point. Unless DVD sales are huge (like Family Guy) I wouldn't hold my breath.</i></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">All I can say is anything <i>IS</i> possible, <i>BUT</i> I really can't imagine it happening. Marvel never really accepted the show (even though many of the ideas we came up with they adapted and claimed as their own) so I can't imagine now that Marvel is in charge of their own animation that anything more will ever happen with the XME universe. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
<br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117">If the series hadn't ended, what storyline would they have tackled next?</span><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117"><i>To my knowledge the next season's shows had never been seriously discussed (this usually only happened after the next season was green lighted) and these visions were created as just a way to wrap up the series for the fans - and ourselves.</i></span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Where was Gambit's flirtatious side in Evo?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I wasn't involved in story discussions for season 3 and 4 (I was only freelancing the character designs and the occasional storyboard - my day job was at DreamWorks) so I don't know what their thinking was in regards to Gambit. I thought they tried to use it a little bit, but it didn't become quite as big a deal as it did in the comics. Keep in mind we liked (and I think the fans did too) that Rogue had sort of a thing for Scott and too much Gambit/Rogue flirtation would've interfered with that. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why wasn't Gambit at the final battle with Apocalypse?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I have no idea...sorry. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Too many Mint Juleps...?</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why wasn't Rogue and Gambit's relationship explore further?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I think I answered this in the earlier question as best as I could. When I was involved in story discussions I know we didn't feel it was necessary to replicate all relationships and personalities from the comics. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We sure went quite different with many of them like Rogue (no longer the big haired Southern Belle but now Goth Trailer Trash</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">).<br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">If the show had continued, would Gambit have joined the X-men, and if so, how?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">It wouldn't have surprised me, but if anything was specifically planned I couldn't say for sure. My best guess would be that he would've only been an occasional guest star on the show and used for specific episodes. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Does Rahne shed?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Constantly. That's why they didn't let her on any of the good furniture. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why did Rahne get taken out from the show?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">After season 2, I think it was determined that we had too many characters to adequately service and give quality time to so they used the outing of Mutants in season 3 to move some of the characters off screen. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What is the correct way to pronounce "Rahne"? In the show, both "Rain" and "Rawnee" are used.</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">When we checked with Marvel they said it was pronounced "Rain", but I had a friend that was actually from Ireland and even though she'd never heard of that name before she assumed it would be pronounced "Rawnee" and couldn't imagine it ever being pronounced "Rain". Why was it pronounced both ways on the show...? I can only assumed someone made a mistake and it wasn't caught. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Was Moira MacTaggert Rahne's foster mother in Evo verse?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I don't think we ever went that far in our thinking<b>.</b> If someone had come up with a good storyline that involved that connection we might have used it.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Would you say Magneto is a: Misunderstood old guy in a helmet or Crazy old guy bent on worldwide domination?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Even though it wasn't real apparent in season 1, I think our goal was to try and show that he was someone that had been wounded by the Human race and felt he needed to do what he could to save Mutant-kind. I think this actually worked much better in Wolverine and the X-Men then in XME. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I also think he suffered from being forced into the position of being the Big Bad in XME and this caused any subtleties to be smoothed over quite a bit</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Where did Pietro disappear to for the end of "Shaddowdance"? (He's seen arriving with his four dates, but after arriving all five are never seen again).</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Though I haven't read any of them, I suspect that FanFic has probably addressed that better than I could.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117"> </span><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Would Wanda have ever gotten her memories back?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I'd be willing to bet that would have come up in a future episode. We were very proud of that whole "Wanda was institutionalized by her father and was damaged goods" storyline we created, so I imagine it would've come up again.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117"> </span><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Who is older, Pietro or Wanda? How old were they when Wanda was institutionalized?</span><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117"><i>Pietro was probably 8 and Wanda was probably 6. But I could be wrong...</i></span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I always assumed they were fraternal twins - isn't that what they were in the comics (not that mattered in the XME universe)? But I'm not sure we ever discussed it. If pressed I would assume Pietro was slightly older </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What exactly happened to Kurt in those experiments?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">We never really discussed it (that I recall) and we purposely left it vague so the audience could come to their own conclusion. BUT I always assumed that Magneto had done something to force his mutation to occur sooner then it would have naturally (we were working on the hypothesis that mutations didn't usually manifest until the character in question reached adolescence). Whether that caused his mutation to be different than what it would have been if left to evolve on its own is anyone's guess. </span><br />
</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What does the "E" stand for in Kurt E. Wagner? (from "Bada Bing Bada-Boom" where Tabby has doodled what fans speculate to be her initials (T.S.) and Kurt's initials (K.E.W.) in a heart <a href="http://www.xmenetv.com/images/caps/02/02_03_56.jpg">http://www.xmenetv.com/images/caps/02/02_03_56.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.xmenetv.com/images/caps/02/02_03_57.jpg">http://www.xmenetv.com/images/caps/02/02_03_57.jpg</a> )</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I have absolutely no idea...sorry. My guess is it was something the writer came up with. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">How much can Kurt eat in one sitting?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I don't know...as much as a normal teenager - In other words, a lot! </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What's X-23's real name?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I'm pretty sure there was never one created. I think the idea was, since she was a clone and had no real parents, that she was just given an identification number and X-23 was the 23rd attempt at the cloning process. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why were two entire episodes devoted to X-23?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">There might be a couple of reasons for that. The first is that it was a way to make a couple of episodes specifically involving Wolverine without them being directly about him and the other reason is that the Marvel guy in charge of the show starting in Season 3 was Craig Kyle and he created the character X-23. X-23 was based on the niece (I think she was the niece) of Craig's fiance. She was used as the original model for X-23 and Craig's fiance was used as the model for Dr Risman.</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Paul: Where did he come from, and why wasn't there MORE of him?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I assume the writer's came up with the character so Scott could have a non-Mutant friend and eventually they found fewer reasons and less of a need to include him. I did try to insert him into crowd-shots whenever possible, but that was pretty limited </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Did Paul ever realize that his milk was overflowing? (While he's watching the X-men on TV in "Day of Reckoning: Part Two")</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">If he never figured out Scott was a Mutant then I suspect he never realized his milk was overflowing and probably is still overflowing to this day </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What colour are Scott's Eyes? (In the show, in various flashbacks, and single-frame freezes, his eyes are shown as being Green, Blue, and Black (or possibly a very dark brown).) <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Hmmm...I'm not sure. I know we did come up with a color model, but I couldn't tell you which color was the official one...sorry </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">What ethnicity is Avalanche?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">American Trailer Trash. Pretty sure we never worried about his heritage </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">beyond that.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Why was Spyke blond?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">We were just trying to come up with a unique look for him and it helped tie him in a little with his Aunt Ororo. Originally he was designed with Corn-rows, but the people in charge thought it looked too "gangsta"<b> </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">and might scare the children (?)</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Blob vs Juggernaut. Who'd win?!</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">Juggernaut</span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117"> </span><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Since Forge appears underage, does he have a hard time buying beer or getting into clubs and stuff?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Forge doesn't party - he's a geek. At the end of MiddleVerse originally Forge was going to give Kurt the Star Trek "live long and prosper" sign and Kurt would try and return it unsuccessfully (he was NC at this point), but the KidsWB didn't want us to reference Star Trek.</span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Was Piotr an artist, like in the comics?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I'm not sure and I doubt we would have gone there, but anything is possible. </span></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="yui320151313346354972117">Was there a back story or origin story for Ray Crisp? Why was he at the institute? How did he know about the Morlocks?</span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I'm not sure his backstory was ever really worked out (same for many of the new recruits), but we did know he had a relationship at one point with the Morlocks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span class="yui320151313346354972117">I'm afraid I wasn't nearly as authoritative as some of the XME fans would've liked, but I did my best and I'm always willing to answer more questions (assuming I know the answers) In the future.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15500450.post-16135361497353616102011-08-27T07:51:00.000-07:002011-08-27T07:51:09.263-07:00In the meantime......I've been working on a couple of very long posts so I thought I'd just give you a little something to tide you over. If you're following me on <i>FaceBook</i> at:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon"> https://www.facebook.com/StevenEricGordon</a> you saw that I posted this the other day. I suspect that a lot of you don't follow me there so it seems like a good idea to post it here as well. If you are on FB please feel to wander on over to my "Art of..." page and LIKE it so you can see more little bits of animation and drawings that I usually don't post elsewhere (or, at least, until I get the next version of my web-site up and running - maybe....).<br />
Anyway this is from <b>American Pop (1981)</b> and my second feature that I worked on from beginning to end and the second feature I worked on for <i><b>Ralph Bakshi</b></i>.<br />
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It was a film that I struggled on quite a bit because every part of me wanted to simplify and stylize the animation (of course, what did I really know about animation at the time...) and I ended up in some weird fights with the ersatz Art Director and Character Designer because of my refusal (inability?) to trace every line, crease, wrinkle, bump and tiny nuianse that was in the photos that we were using for the animation. I also instinctively exaggerated poses and pushed attitudes for effect. I had originally been told and trained that was the way to work and I fell into it very easily. Unfortunately so many of my fellow animators were happy tracing the live-action slavishly that I was pretty much the odd man out and started to be shifted off of any of the main characters and given Second Unit stuff (for lack of a better description). I ended up doing a lot of the dancing (like the Spaz in the Punk Club) and the band shots during the Jefferson Airplane song as well as this piece of Jimi Hendrix.<br />
My animation of <b>Jimi Hedrix</b> seems to be really well remembered by a lot of people and when I was looking through the film to grab this little piece I do have to say that it's easily my best animation in the film. Of course, that's not saying much since despite the fact that I think <b>American Pop</b> is a pretty good film - mostly for what Ralph tried to do and almost succeeded at - though I don't think the animation is anything to write home about and looks like what it was: a film animated by a bunch of very green artists that traced the photos exactly.<br />
In this case, once again despite the Art Director's glowering and screaming behind closed doors I pushed, exaggerated and stylized the animation to some degree. I even worked with one of my fellow animators that was a musician to try and get some of the guitar playing right - though I see now where I could have improved that a LOT more. <br />
As it turns out I think I did the right thing on that film since on Ralph's next film he offered me the role of Animation Director. Which ties in nicely with one of the longer posts I'm working on...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12765213900367650396noreply@blogger.com1