Many animation fans will recognize the name Eric Goldberg. He's an accomplished animator and director with a long list of credits in advertising, television, and feature films. He is best known for animating the Genie in Disney's Alladin and for directing Pocahontas, and is one of the "top-drawer" animators currently working in the biz. Goldberg has just written a book on...
Earlier this week I flew to Rhode Island to take part in the semi-annual Hasbro Freelance Fair. Twice a year the toy company invites freelance artists, designers, and sculptors into their corporate headquarters to show their wares and to hob nob with members of Hasbro's rather large creative department (in the hopes of landing Hasbro as a client). Each exhibitor...
In a recent New York Times article Pixar announced its upcoming slate of animated films. (You have to register to read the article). The list includes: Wal-E (official site) — A film from writer/director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) that tells the story of a robot stranded on earth all-alone in distant future. Large chunks of the film will have no dialogue,...
On Monday Steve Jobs announced the new line of iPhones, the iPhone 3G, which will go on sale July 11 (exactly one month from today). My wife and I have had our iPhones for almost a year now and we love them. I originally considered it a "luxury" purchase, something fun and fluffy we didn't really need. Boy was I wrong. They are super practical. We use them all the time, so much so that it's hard for me to imagine getting through the day without one.
Here are just a few of the ways the iPhone has come in very handy for me:
Recently I came across a terrific article about business cards from the ProFreelancing blog. According to the author most business cards are largely a waste of money. People will quickly lose interest in you and your work if all they have to remember you by is your contact info. It's even worse at a networking event where everyone is collecting...
United States copyright law currently goes a long way towards helping protect artists from those who would steal and publish their artwork for profit. (Unless Congress passes the Orphan Works Act, in which case American artists will be doing a lot of nail biting and hand wringing. But I digress.) Unfortunately once you leave American shores its another matter. Copyright laws...
