gus torres: illustration - animation - design

Friday, October 17, 2008

The Font Conference

I’d been meaning to share this link for some time now. You’ll get the humor if you work with fonts a lot. The best joke is the one about Courier New.

Now I really do need to get back to work. Sorry.

Check it out! (courtesy of Daring Fireball)

Monday, November 20, 2006

Sandbox: Interview Elwood H. Smith

It’s been nearly forever since I’ve posted anything. Life is returning to “semi-sanity” and I’ll have a few regular posts coming.

I’m a fan of illustrator Elwood Smith. The Sandbox (a site devoted to children’s entertainment) has a wonderful interview with this talented artist.

Find out more here… (courtesy of Drawn)

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Cold, Hard Flash: Flash animation news and links

A revised blog site for fans of Flash animation (like me!). The fine folks of drawn.ca describe it as follows…

Flash users of the world rejoice! Cold Hard Flash, the best resource on the net for all things Flash animation related, has been given a redesign. The site, run by the all knowing Aaron Simpson, who has had an extensive career as an animation producer and is currently working at everyone’s favorite studio, JibJab Media, has big plans for the site. There is a newly added Community section plus interviews with the Brothers Chaps from Homestar Runner and prolific animator Steve Whitehouse on the way. Plus, if you happen to be in Austin in September, you can catch Aaron speaking at Flashforward.

Find out more here… (courtesy of drawn, of course!)

Thursday, May 18, 2006

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog

The International Animated Film Society: ASIFA-Hollywood has embarked on an ambitious project to create an animation archive, museum, and library for the benefit of the animation community, students and general public. The first phase of this project involves the creation of a Virtual Archive which will house images, movie clips and sound files pertaining to the art of animation.

“ASIFA-Hollywood is a California Non-Profit Arts Organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the art of Animation.”

Read more here…