sketch of two people. One happy, one unimpressed.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Yay, it's...Friday
Just to take a break from the children's book, here is a
sketch of two people. One happy, one unimpressed.
sketch of two people. One happy, one unimpressed.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Friday, 10 May 2013
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen
His movies shaped my fantasy world when I was a child.
His retrospective in parks on summer nights would be awesome. anyone know of anything like that happening in new york?
-Robin
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Ray Harryhausen
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen: RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!
Today at Drawbridge we honor recently departed stop-motion guru Ray Harryhausen, the special effects whiz behind such classic movies as Jason & The Argonauts, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and Clash of the Titans (I'm talking about the 1981 original-- the recent remake was an execrable pile of something unspeakable).
Ah, Clash of the Titans, you're not that bad a film. I enjoyed you as a child, even though I was driven nuts by the scads of mythological inconsistencies.
The top thing that drove me nuts was the Kraken. The Kraken is not Greek!! It's a Norwegian monster, from, like, two millennia later. In the original Greek Myth, the sea monster that jeopardizes Andromeda is Cetus, a giant whale monster. As an adult, I now know that the reason for the substitution was that Harryhausen thought that a giant squid monster like the Kraken would be more fun to animate than a giant whale.
In recent years the catchphrase of "Release the Kraken" has become something of a meme. And it is fun to yell-- I especially recommend shouting it while in the stall of a crowded public bathroom. I decided today to draw Harryhausen's Kraken to honor the man and his work, even if it wasn't Greek ;)
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| Release the, uh, me! |
The top thing that drove me nuts was the Kraken. The Kraken is not Greek!! It's a Norwegian monster, from, like, two millennia later. In the original Greek Myth, the sea monster that jeopardizes Andromeda is Cetus, a giant whale monster. As an adult, I now know that the reason for the substitution was that Harryhausen thought that a giant squid monster like the Kraken would be more fun to animate than a giant whale.
In recent years the catchphrase of "Release the Kraken" has become something of a meme. And it is fun to yell-- I especially recommend shouting it while in the stall of a crowded public bathroom. I decided today to draw Harryhausen's Kraken to honor the man and his work, even if it wasn't Greek ;)
R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen
Before there was CG, there was Ray Harryhausen. He animated many "monster" or sci-fi creatures who populated the scary movies of my childhood, but the scene that stuck in my head the most over the years was the skeleton fight scene from Jason and the Argonauts.
A movie can mesmerize, but that scene TRIPLE mesmerized me (If there is such a term).
You can see a clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY
And here's my sketch inspired by said scene:
A movie can mesmerize, but that scene TRIPLE mesmerized me (If there is such a term).
You can see a clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF_Fi7x93PY
And here's my sketch inspired by said scene:
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Jamestown Skeletons
With the news about the Jamestown colony skeleton showing signs of cannibalism, I'm being
a bit morbid and sketching a... skeleton this morning. What ever warms up your hands, eh?
You can read more about Jamestown cannibalism here if you're interested:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/skeleton-of-teenage-girl-confirms-cannibalism-at-jamestown-colony/2013/05/01/5af5b474-b1dc-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
a bit morbid and sketching a... skeleton this morning. What ever warms up your hands, eh?
You can read more about Jamestown cannibalism here if you're interested:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/skeleton-of-teenage-girl-confirms-cannibalism-at-jamestown-colony/2013/05/01/5af5b474-b1dc-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
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