By David Bigler on March 10, 2010
I just came across an excellent interview with my fave film composer Danny Elfman, who discusses his film score for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland! I’ve been a fan of Danny Elfman since Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, which was his first film score and Tim Burton’s first film.
Here’s a great quote from the [...]
Posted in Film, Music | Tagged alice, alice in wonderland, composers, danny elfman, film scores, tim burton
By David Bigler on March 2, 2010
Are you an Apple fan like me? If you, you’ll probably enjoy this painstakingly beautiful cg-rendered Apple products video, created by 3D design and visualization studio Transparent House:
Anatomy of Apple Design from Transparent House on Vimeo.
Special thanks to Mashable.com for the tip!
Posted in Apple, Art and Design | Tagged Apple
By David Bigler on January 11, 2010
I’m a child of the ’80s, so of course I have to share the first trailer for The A-Team movie with you! Here’s what I had to say about it in a tweet for @theanimeblog:
“Just saw the trailer for the new A-Team movie. It alternates between awesome and horrible. You’ll see: http://bit.ly/7j5GOO”
I’m sure we’ll see [...]
Posted in Film, Pop Culture, Randomness | Tagged 80s, a-team, Movies
By David Bigler on January 3, 2010
Today’s Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day is from Avatar, the amazing film by James Cameron just made over a billion dollars worldwide. So I decided to do a really, really quick (seriously – two minutes tops) sketch of Neytiri, the Na’vi played by Zoe Saldana.
This is my first Avatar sketch, so I hope you like [...]
Posted in Film, Illustration, Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day | Tagged avatar, james cameron, na'vi, neytiri, zoe saldana
By David Bigler on December 22, 2009
From now until Christmas I’ll be posting lyrics to some of my favorite Christmas songs, along with links to each one (if available).
The first is from one of my favorite Christmas specials: A Charlie Brown Christmas, which you can watch at hulu.com (until January 1, 2010)!
Christmas Time Is Here (listen at Last.fm)
By Vince Guaraldi Trio
Christmas [...]
Posted in Music | Tagged charlie brown, christmas music, christmas specials, holiday
By David Bigler on December 14, 2009
For today’s Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day, I decided to draw Invader Zim! What more can I say other than it’s my favorite cartoon ever. Which is different than my favorite anime series. That would be either Chrono Crusade or The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Anyway, here’s what I used:
Pencil, ink, Prismacolor and my favorite drawing [...]
Posted in Illustration, Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day | Tagged drawings, invader zim, sci-fi, zim
By David Bigler on December 11, 2009
So remember my Monster-A-Day Halloween Drawings during the whole month of October? Well, I’m trying to do something similar – only this time, it’s now called Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day. So let’s get started!
Today’s Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day is ‘My Stormtrooper’ (from Star Wars). He’s a little different than the others: He has [...]
Posted in Illustration, Sci-Fi Drawing of the Day
By David Bigler on December 11, 2009
I’m not exactly excited about the film, but here are the first New Clash of the Titans posters, which debuted here. I like the texture and atmosphere the photos create, but I don’t like the logo. The typography is weak and the metal/stone texture doesn’t work for me either. But what I really dislike about [...]
Posted in Film | Tagged clash of the titans, Movies, pegasus, perseus, posters, sam worthington