Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 17, 2012 · 1 Comment
[reposted from My Modern Met] “Last year, over the course of a month and a half, Pixar story artist Emma Coats grabbed the Internet’s attention when she shared some of Pixar’s golden rules of storytelling, via Twitter. They were guidelines that she had learned, that she wanted to pass along to others. There were 22 … Read more
Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on August 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Watch out—today I am unleashing… THE CHAIN GANG is a hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles led by Poppa Wheelie that band together to wreak havoc on the world, one neighborhood at a time! Instead of waiting years for me to draw all 1,000 pages, I’m going to be releasing … Read more
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I came across this beautiful animation this morning by Aaron Wendel, and was struck by its stunning narrative in such confounding simplicity. If you have a spare couple of minutes, I can’t recommend enough watching this short.
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Graphic novelist Nate Powell delivered this presentation on storytelling in comics to students and guests at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Posted by Jess Smart Smiley on June 17, 2011 · 3 Comments
My boy and I like to pick out movies from the library to watch (they’re free and we get ‘em for two weeks!) and this week’s picks included Contact, starring Jodie Foster, from 1997. What an incredible film. I picked it up because I remembered liking it, but I’d forgotten just how great it really … Read more
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