Design and Wonder in the Everyday

Look, “Up”!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

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So like me, you loved Pixar’s newest masterpiece, “Up.” As a guy who thought Pixar’s latest movies were somewhat weak (i.e. Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E), “Up” truly brought back the magic for me. Quite by accident, I came across Lou Romano’s blog which posts a lot of development and production work he’d worked on for the movie. This includes paintings, sculptures, and early animation tests. It’s worth the look to revisit the magic (and to download a neat desktop background or two). Link

Getting by with looks: Mark Coleran

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Mark Coleran is a visual designer, creating spiffy UIs for Hollywood flicks including Bond and Bourne films. This is plain eye candy with a cool factor of 10. On Motionographer, Coleran ran down his toolset:

“Design and layout – Illustrator & Photoshop
3D work – Electric Image & Cinema 4D
Animation – After Effects
Post Process – Debabalizer
Playback – Quicktime Master (custom software from Useful Co), Director, Flash”