Maybe it’s the holidays and snow coming down, but this has been my latest addiction… they took the best elements of Tinywings, and ski jump games, and created a very simple game with addictive music, smile inducing art and fun gameplay.
Here’s a good interview with the creators
http://www.gameplanet.com.au/ipad/features/1002502.20120522.Developed-down-under-Ski-Safari/
I’m feeling like a kid again and earning my badges over at DIY.org… the art was done by the same people who worked on Fantastic Mr. Fox, and are involved in the Trout Gulch Farm.
there is a great interview here:
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/11/28/diy-kids-website
and you can view my portfolio over here: https://diy.org/workroom
The badge system they set up works great and there are even rumors of being able to get actual patches!
here’s one of my projects – “draw your avatar”
and here’s my Moroccan Chicken dish that got featured! yay!
“Morris Lessmore” is filled with such elegant and well-worn turns of phrase — narrative refrains that seem imported from the land of right and proper children’s books, and that give the story a sage poise. (If the book ends up as a classic, it will be, at least in part, because it feels like a classic: Joyce’s tale follows the incantatory order of a high Mass in print.) Yet some burnish of originality may have been lost along the way. Joyce, a veteran of Pixar who helped to create the characters for “Toy Story,” and whose C.G.I.-animated TV series “Rolie Polie Olie” also became a series of books, is best known for vivid whimsy, his oeuvre including zany robots, extraterrestrial sailboats shaped like butterflies and shrinking children.
I can’t imagine how long it must’ve taken to develop the latest in the Lost Winds series… it’s absolutely beautiful looking, with sound design to match. I also really love seeing the behind the scenes concept work that went into it.
This animation is not only beautiful visually, but has a strong message about keeping one’s creative curiosity. An amazing piece of work.
More behind the scenes from Shaun Tan here:
Maira Kalman has always been one of my very favorite illustrators…
Some of our clients:.
