"Both [drawing and storytelling] are incredibly difficult and both are constantly humbling. In order…"
“Both [drawing and storytelling] are incredibly difficult and both are constantly humbling. In order to do well at either you need to fail constantly and learn from each failure. Every story is different and every drawing is different. In both areas, people are constantly looking for easy answers, formulas and short cuts. And in both areas there are none to be had. And trying to find them will lead to cliched and unsatisfying drawings and stories. The only way I know for sure to make good drawings or good stories is to constantly work at them and rework them and rework them and rework...
read more"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet…"
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.” - Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes - Digits - WSJ / via @jenvalentino (via amzam)
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drawnblog: (via How Hard Is It To Get a Cartoon Into The New Yorker? - By James Sturm - Slate Magazine) James Sturm writes about his experiences drawing and submitting cartoons to the New Yorker. Interesting read.
read more"When I go see a film, when I leave the theater, I like a few things. I like to be happier than I was…"
“When I go see a film, when I leave the theater, I like a few things. I like to be happier than I was when I went in, I like the film to leave me with an up feeling. And I like a picture to have a sense of substance, I like it to be about life, about things that matter to me. And so I think that’s what we were trying to do with [Labyrinth]; trying to do a film that would make a difference to you if you saw it.” - Jim Henson, from the “Inside the Labyrinth” making-of documentary.
read moreMash // Kick // Walk // Dance
There’s something about this article and the collaboration it highlights that just makes me giddy. For centuries artists have found each other, discovered something magical when they combine forces, and created magnificent works of art…sometimes they’ve been unable to finish because they didn’t have the fame to get funding, or they had no audience. But today with the internet, artists can have instantaneous fame – and yes, even fortune. (Well, maybe not fortune…but the ability to raise enough money on Kickstarter to fund your project within one week due to...
read moreCrowdsourced Fanfilm? Crowdsourced Fanfilm!
When I first heard about this idea, I thought it sounded like a really neat concept, but not something I would actually watch for more than five minutes. Almost a year after it was released, I decided to check it out…and two hours later, I was blown away at how entertaining the whole experience was! The Emmy-winning “Star Wars Uncut” is the entire film of “Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope” cut into 15-second scenes and recreated by fans from around the world. Each fan or group of fans snagged one of those 15-second clips, and remade it in their own way. The...
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