Gobelin king and gobelin lines....
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secondlinaI seriously have a short temper lately, and I apologize for whomever is at the receiving end of it. I think the weather, multiple flues and sheer job annoyances are slowly reducing my patience in this fine powder-like substance. Grrrr. Oh well.
Today, I managed to get many of my "obligations" out of the way early, so I got to sketch a bit for fun, which happens rarely these days, unfortunately. So I drew sketches about "Labyrinth", that I had watched a few days earlier.
I love that movie and it's it's 80's glorious Bowie-themed cheesiness. Link hates it. He calls it "that creepy children's movies from our childhood" *laughs*. He probably feels this way because he's not a girl, since mostly girls seem to have liked this movie for some reason (some reason other then the contents of Jareth pants, in my case). Too bad this story is still copyrighted, Sara fits the "Namesake" description to a T. Oh well. I'd still like to get my hands on the book that was the inspiration for this movie, "Outside Over There" by Maurice Sendak. I love Sendak's drawings and dark humor. I didn't manage to get my hands on one of his artbooks yet. I wonder what tools he used to draw...
Speaking of awesome drawings, an artist I strongly admire on deviant art just finished her animated movie. She studies at a school called "Gobelin" in France, which is basically one of the best, if not the best school for animation out there. And it show. Click on the image to see her beautiful film. and be sure to check out her deviant art too.
That's all for now, folks!
- Isa
Today, I managed to get many of my "obligations" out of the way early, so I got to sketch a bit for fun, which happens rarely these days, unfortunately. So I drew sketches about "Labyrinth", that I had watched a few days earlier.
I love that movie and it's it's 80's glorious Bowie-themed cheesiness. Link hates it. He calls it "that creepy children's movies from our childhood" *laughs*. He probably feels this way because he's not a girl, since mostly girls seem to have liked this movie for some reason (some reason other then the contents of Jareth pants, in my case). Too bad this story is still copyrighted, Sara fits the "Namesake" description to a T. Oh well. I'd still like to get my hands on the book that was the inspiration for this movie, "Outside Over There" by Maurice Sendak. I love Sendak's drawings and dark humor. I didn't manage to get my hands on one of his artbooks yet. I wonder what tools he used to draw...
Speaking of awesome drawings, an artist I strongly admire on deviant art just finished her animated movie. She studies at a school called "Gobelin" in France, which is basically one of the best, if not the best school for animation out there. And it show. Click on the image to see her beautiful film. and be sure to check out her deviant art too.
That's all for now, folks!
- Isa
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Date: 2011-05-02 03:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-05-02 03:48 am (UTC)I still don't understand the attraction to Jareth/David Bowie though.
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Date: 2011-05-02 06:22 am (UTC)So I watched it...and I was 'meh' about it. Not gonna lie, I love The Dark Crystal way more, even if some parts of it did frighten me. XD
Also didn't have a clue who David Bowie was. XD
Checking her film and DA! She must be lucky to be attending one of the best animation schools! :OO
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Date: 2011-05-03 07:28 pm (UTC)I like Dark Crystal myself.
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Date: 2011-05-02 05:19 am (UTC)About twenty years later I borowed the DVD from a libary and I found that the movie had aged badly, for my tastes. The imagery was still good though, and there were a lot of fully "intact" pieces in it. The spirit was there even if this time around I found the execution to be too slow at times.
That's why I enjoyed your color sketch so much. It fits so well the spirit of the movie.
Also, I thought I knew everything there was to know about the movie but I didn't know at all that it was inspired by a Sendak book.
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Date: 2011-05-02 07:30 am (UTC)And that animation is aces! She's very good :)
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Date: 2011-05-02 11:29 am (UTC)I actually read that book back in high school, my graphic arts teacher had a copy of it. I would probably buy it if I ever saw it in stores, although the big difference is that in the book it's a little sister, not a little brother.
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Date: 2011-05-04 03:30 am (UTC)It's part of the inspirations for the movie it seems. But the directors admitted this fairly recently.
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Date: 2011-05-02 03:10 pm (UTC)Heh, yeah. The Labyrinth is very much an 80's girls' film. But there are elements of it that we enjoy even as adults. Namely how Sarah actually grows up by the end and stands up to Jareth (note how she stops saying "it's not fair" after he highlights she keeps saying it. That is something big).
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Date: 2011-05-03 12:31 am (UTC)Sorry you've been in a crabby mood. we all get that way once in awhile. No worries.
And I had no idea 'Labyrinth' was based on a book! Good to know.
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