Trademark dispute Jack Daniels vs Patrick Wensink

Jack Daniels v. Patrick Wensink This much-publicized dispute led to a much better (and funnier) outcome than most trademark cases ever do. Author Patrick Wensink was in the midst of launching his book, Broken Piano for President. The cover of the book bears a remarkable resemblance to the Jack Daniels whiskey label that you find on bottles of the popular Tennessee whiskey. While it’s all-too-common for large, corporate entities to scare the little guys out of using their trademarks, Jack Daniels went a different route and sent the following letter to Wensink: “It has recently come to our attention that the cover of your book Broken Piano for President, bears a design that closely mimics the style and distinctive elements of the JACK DANIEL’S trademarks…We are certainly flattered by your affection for the brand, but while we can appreciate the pop culture appeal of Jack Daniel’s, we also have to be diligent to ensure that the Jack Daniel’s trademarks are used correctly…If we allow uses like this one, we run the very real risk that our trademark will be weakened. As a fan of the brand, I’m sure that is not something you intended or would want to see happen…As an author, you can certainly understand our position and the need to contact you…In order to resolve this matter, because you are both a Louisville “neighbor” and a fan of the brand, we simply request that you change the cover design when the book is re-printed. If you would be willing to change the design sooner than that (including on the digital version), we would be willing to contribute a reasonable amount towards the costs of doing so. By taking this step, you will help us to ensure that the Jack Daniel’s brand will mean as much to future generations as it does today. We wish you continued success with your writing and we look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.” It’s rare for a cease-and-desist letter to carry such a nice tone. Understandably, Wensink obliged and changed the cover of his book.

Paper Kill Paper by Scrubs Galore - making of - part 2

Here's the background where Paper Kill Paper will take place.

By me.
It'll be printed out on an A3 and should be ready for shooting this weekend, given the other scrubs and I are done with our character sprites.

Paper Kill Paper by Scrubs Galore - making of - part 1

Scrubs Galore is comprised of 3 core members; Morgan, Matt and Me. The three of us have shown a great balance of synergy and co-dependency in this project so far. All decisions regarding Paper Kill Paper are made unanimously through thorough discussions.

Propaganda

Propaganda to me is the ptb exploiting information media in order to have the public think in a way that is beneficial to them. Google describes propaganda as ''Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect.''
Same thing.

Matthew Patrick aka MatPat and Film Theory

Game theory logo

MatPat is a youtube celebrity who made his debut with his channel The Game Theorists (April 2011). In this channel he works hand in hand with other youtubers overanalysing video games. They cover it all from diving into the lore of Five Nights At Freddy's, researching the tech of Halo, or picking apart the dark secrets of the Mario universe. If you love taking your gaming to the next level, then Game Theory is a channel for you.
It's a well presented show and they always come up with new intriguing ideas for videos. What really hooked me to it was the fact that they are all normal people who talk about their hobbies and present it so charismatically that it appeals to millions of people.

As of May 2014 a new channel, The Film Theorist was released. It's the same as Game Theory, a nerdy overdissection of movie logic and physics. It also includes a new show called Frame by Frame which looks into the history of cinematography. 

All in all, these guys are amazing and I strongly recomend both channels to anyone who likes video games and movies.
  

Latest works for Principles of Animation.

It's been great fun learning to use the wacom tablets for the past 6 weeks, Felicity's turn around poses were very challenging for me having never used a tablet untill now.

My first .gif still needs work

I've been working on turn around sheets for other characters in my animation recently. They are pencil drawn, ready to be traced and saved for further .gif  animating.

There are five more secondary characters I am planning on making turn around sheets for, (to use later on when animating Funklore), they are; Felicity's parents, Iruri's parents, the robber.

I believe I should be able to start working on the Funklore splash art picture once I get better at mastering the many tools PS has to offer while working on my characters' poses.



 

Iruri 'Groovesman' Groove

Dode the psychopomp monkey

 

Sloth 

                          By Luke

Egoraptor and the 'Awesome' series.

Arin 'Egoraptor' Hanson is the creator of the hugely popular online webseries the "Awesome Series" including "Metal Gear Awesome" and "Poke Awesome".
What started as a hobby on newgrounds.com quickly turned into a fruitful life-long career, widening his viewer base using youtube and creating his own website egoraptor.net.
Arin still remains a dedicated video gamer, his original take on animated game reviews (the 'Sequelitis' series) were welcomed with high acclaim by the youtube community. While his colloquial language and style make him seem unprofessional at first glance, the time and research he invests in really convey the passion he has on the subject at hand.

      Whether it be a fan-based parody or his highly opinionated point of view, any animation Egoraptor creates will surely appeal to anyone who already has had their own experience. Someone fairly new to video games who watches him for the first time will be very likely to see it as an ad.
Egoraptor's animating style and innovative way of communicating with his audience has greatly influenced me and will continue to influence me as I further my animating career.   

Scanned Sketches.

Both portrait and drawing were drawn 4 months apart and took less than 30 minutes to create.

Good shading/shaping practice.

The bird and boy's face were drawn by my neigbors the rest was just me filling the paper.

The Garden of Words by Makoto Shinkai

Garden of Words or 言の葉の庭 (kotonoha no niwa) is a drama/romance anime released on May 13th 2013 by CoMix Wave Films. Directed by Makoto Shinkai who I believe to be the best anime artist in the world, he has been called the ''new Hayao Miyazaki'' (lead Ghibli studio artist) in many reviews.
Garden of words has come highly recommended by the iTunes staff and was selected as iTunes best animation of 2013. In addition to the high acclaim on iTunes it won the 2013 Kobe Theatrical Film Award. At the 2013 Fantasia International Film Festival, it shared the Satoshi Kon Award for Achievement in Animation with Berserk: Golden Age Arc III - Descent while winning the Audience Award for Best Animation Feature. At the 2014 Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, it won the AniMovie Award for feature films. The daring coloring style and inovative backdrop style are what appealed me the most to me, I also believe that any kind of artist would easily relate to the main character.
During production, a novel coloring method was used to mimic the refraction of light on the characters' skin. Like other japanese anime Garden of Words was created using a combination of hand-drawn animation, rotoscoping and CGI. Makoto Shinkai drew half the backgrounds using photographs as a base and usign Photoshop over the top. The character retain the basic anime faces but are still convincing and realistic.
It's way up there in my top 5 favourite animes.

                                                        Makoto Shinkai