Tumblr (3.0; @toughpixel)http://toughpixel.com/<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704454304575081524097067884.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter">What Does a Visual-Effects Artist Do? - WSJ.com</a>http://toughpixel.com/post/422224374http://toughpixel.com/post/422224374Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:25:15 -0800“The end of the assembly line usually inherits all the problems.”I know this feeling all...http://toughpixel.com/post/391811478http://toughpixel.com/post/391811478Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:28:00 -0800animationartistdisneyfilmmoviewalt disneyinkpaintFantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Based on the book by Roald Dahl and directed by Wes Anderson,...http://toughpixel.com/post/363923192http://toughpixel.com/post/363923192Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:54:41 -0800filmmoviewesandersonfantasticmrfoxstopmotionanimationroalddahlRichard Williams note to all Animators working on “Roger Rabbit”via Letters of Notehttp://toughpixel.com/post/337619376http://toughpixel.com/post/337619376Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:53:00 -0800animationanimatorscartoonfilmmarypoppinsrichardwilliamsrogerrabbitDisney<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvzurzuCW31qzxkxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226774/" target="_blank">In the Loop (2009)</a> dir. Armando Iannucci<br/> HIL-ARRR-IOUS! <br/> A biting political satire based on Iannucci’s British series “The Thick of It” (which I’ve never seen). Tight, sharp and fast dialogue with keen insights to both British and American politics that had me laughing while keeping my head spinning to keep pace with the story. It took me a good few minutes at the beginning to get used to the various U.K. accents and this film demands your entire attention as the story rapidly rolls ahead at top speed that keeps you working on keeping up — in a good way. It’s filmed documentary style like ‘The Office”. Not surprisingly, the discussions about entering war, which is clearly Iraq, though the country is never directly mentioned,is more about the careers of the politicians then about the good for any of the countries involved. Instead many conversations quickly veer off to petty and small details that make up bureaucracy.<br/> And yay, <a href="http://bit.ly/8xOR5v" target="_blank">soon on DVD </a> so I can turn on the English subtitles.</p>http://toughpixel.com/post/327445229http://toughpixel.com/post/327445229Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:56:00 -0800filmintheloopmovieUnfortunate Holiday Happenings at DWA in Glendale: Box prompts bomb scare Ragged package left at...http://toughpixel.com/post/313968995http://toughpixel.com/post/313968995Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:00 -0800dwadreamworks animationmelted my timer while baking mochi. i over cooked the mochi just a little… http://toughpixel.com/post/302882412http://toughpixel.com/post/302882412Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:08:00 -0800cookingmochibaking“what kind of staycation is this when ABC Family is not showing Gilmore Girls repeats?...http://toughpixel.com/post/299308360http://toughpixel.com/post/299308360Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:15:00 -0800tvgirlmore girls I don’t bake much, but i might have to seriously get me a set of these cookie...http://toughpixel.com/post/292698597http://toughpixel.com/post/292698597Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:21:00 -0800bakingcookies my local laundromat is a continual source of amusementhttp://toughpixel.com/post/292039786http://toughpixel.com/post/292039786Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:42:23 -0800photography<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyoztbIm01qzxkxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>C IS FOR COOKIE!  Decorating holiday cookies at work for immediate consumption. (click for larger image)</p>http://toughpixel.com/post/291968572http://toughpixel.com/post/291968572Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800christmascookiespdidreamworks animation SF Muni is discontinuing the 26 Valencia which goes right by my house. I don’t catch it very...http://toughpixel.com/post/270905008http://toughpixel.com/post/270905008Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:52:35 -0800munisan franciscobustransportationJChurch Zombieland, 2009, dir. Ruben Fleischer Zombies have long since past the point of being scary...http://toughpixel.com/post/270916470http://toughpixel.com/post/270916470Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:03:00 -0800filmzombielandmovie Late night silk screening at workshopsf by indie-mart! Although I live in the City, i work well...http://toughpixel.com/post/252044678http://toughpixel.com/post/252044678Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:32:00 -0800craftsilkscreeningdiymake<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8x9dIsyU1qzxkxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yes, as is American custom, Christmas starts a week before Thanksgiving.<br/><br/>”<a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1526300/">Merry Madgascar</a>” airs tonight, Tuesday November 17, at 8p on NBC and will repeat on November 28th  @ 8p.<br/>Some clips <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tv.com/merry-madagascar-/show/78141/videos.html?tag=page_nav;videos">here </a>and the DVD is exclusively sold <a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12494784" target="_blank">here for just $5 <br/><br/></a></p>http://toughpixel.com/post/247066399http://toughpixel.com/post/247066399Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0800animationmerrymadagascarpditelevisionmadagascardreamworks animation<a href="http://www.unlikelywords.com/2009/11/09/everything-don-draper-said-season-3/">Everything Don Draper Said Season 3</a>http://toughpixel.com/post/238259705http://toughpixel.com/post/238259705Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0800madmentvtelevisiondondrapermad menAMC<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kst338iwIJ1qzxkxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/3NOs3O">Before Sunset</a>, (2004) director, Richard Linklater<br/> “Before Sunset” is a film I’ve watched over and over again, maybe a few times a year since it came out on DVD. It’s simply two people walking through the streets of Paris talking about life, love and loss. They had met 10 years earlier, spending a similar day and night together walking through Vienna, in the film <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1T0QTU">“Before Sunrise”</a>.<br/>I like the ease and flow of the dialogue as well as all the subjects they talk about. Both actors are credited as writers as well as Linklater which is probably why it works so well. They know their characters well and wrote their dialogue. And walking around Paris as the sun sets makes for beautiful lighting for the characters and of course, Paris. It makes its the iconic romantic Paris rather than the other gritty Paris.<br/>Anyway, I’ll probably go a back and watch Before Sunrise before the end of the year since I have not watched that one in a long time. I wonder how many times I’ll watch Before Sunset next year or will I find a new film to take it’s place.</p>http://toughpixel.com/post/237474398http://toughpixel.com/post/237474398Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:05:00 -0800beforesunsetethanhawkefilmmovieparisrichardlinklaterjuliedelpysew, a needle pulling thread: my other blahg.http://toughpixel.com/post/234274543http://toughpixel.com/post/234274543Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:11:00 -0800sewsewing“I have just enough disposable income to peek into the lives of those that have WAY too much...http://toughpixel.com/post/233332124http://toughpixel.com/post/233332124Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5827835&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5827835&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5827835&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>My old ‘hood…</p> <p><a href="http://www.simpleweeble.com/post/231415172/our-hood-trailer-for-rediscover-makiki-2009-by" target="_blank">simpleweeble</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Our Hood</p> <p>Trailer for Rediscover Makiki 2009 by Airspace Workshop.  Introduction to featured movies each night.</p> </blockquote>http://toughpixel.com/post/233231140http://toughpixel.com/post/233231140Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0800hawaiihonolulumakikioahuvideo