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Friday, January 1, 2010

2009 in Review

A list of my Favorite items of 2009 and what I liked most about them.
BOOKS

Art Books:
Highlight: Environments (and Muskers' comment in my book)
Highlight: Character Designs
Highlight: Environments
Highlight: Characters
Highlight: Cute story with lovable characters
Highlight: Causes Smiles
Highlight: Amazing lineup of contributing artists
Instructional Books:
Highlight: Inspirational, BUY IT
Highlight: Great refresher on Illustration process
Book Books:
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
The Good Thief - Hannah Tinti

MOVIES:
Inglorious Basterds
beautiful shots
Star Trek
Camera effects reminded me of "Sunshine"
District 9
Prawns
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry high on Luck potion!
The Princess and the Frog
beautiful music, animation, and background painting
Avatar
I want a flying creature and a tree of life/death
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
hysterical

FAVORITE WEBSITES:
AMAZING resource for inspirational art from all eras and genres
Awesome resource for interviews and discovering new artists
(more for visual development field)
Great learning and tip resource
Video interviews with artists working in the industry
(variety, comics, illustration, concept, etc)
live demos with Q&As, very interactive
Reviews and info about Art Books, great way if you can't get your hands on a book to see what's inside

...and I absolutely can't wait to try out one of my Christmas present:
Rosetta Stone - French
I'm so EXCITED!

Thank you everyone who is following and supporting my artistic ventures through this blog :]
Here's to a happy, healthy new year. Hope everyone else had a Happy and safe Holidays!

It was a good year.
-Cheers

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