I have a lifetime love of dancing, even though I cannot dance to save my life!... a lot of it is due to my own "little" sister Raquel, she is the one that taught me (without knowing it) how hard and special dance really is. Day after day I saw her coming home with aches and pains, and the occasional missing toenail, so tired that sometimes she nearly fell asleep at the dinning table. But, still to me she will never be as beautiful as the moment I saw her stepping onto the stage on her ballet exam date (even though her dress was falling apart!!).
She made me want to see ballets in the front row, where you can see the dancers sweat, hear their bones made odd noises and see the effort that takes to look like a goddess at the distance.
I found this in one of my favourite websites, animation podcast, and thought of her.
See you at christmas, Raquel!!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
I don't like football but...
Samsung Dance - video powered by Metacafe
The amazing guys at cartoon brew did it again! they found this somewhere in the depths of the internet.
Here's what they have to say about it:
"Can animation exist in real time? Without film, without video, without digital tricks… this is the opening ceremony for football’s Asian Cup and these are apparently workers for Samsung in South Korea. Pretty amazing…"
So, as I said it this post title, I don't like football but, with ceremonies like this, I might have to start checking it out!!
Just try to imagine the logistics behind this clip, and you'll go insane.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
them innocent people
You might have noticed a little addition that I have made to my blog, if not, just look under the list of wonderful people and studios and you will find the hatometer.
It is another charity money making scheme by the lovely people at Innocent drink. Now, I'm not much for advertising, but, the innocent people not only make wonderful drinks but, the also support a lot of charities. This year, I joined in the partying at their innocent village fete at regent's park, and now I'm preparing myself to give them a little hand at trying to knit 400000 little hats in aid of the charity Age Concern!!
Almost 25,000 older people died of cold related illnesses last winter, so it’s important for us to do our bit. Age Concern will use the money raised to provide support to older people in winter including hot meals, blankets and advice on how to keep their houses warm.
In 2006 they managed to raise £115,000 by knitting 230,000 hats. This year the innocent people are dreaming about what £200,000 could do.
So, if you live in the UK, try to do one of these two things, either go knitting crazy like myself or around november time, if you go to sainsburys buy an innocent drink WITH A HAT and 50p will revert to Age Concern... and get a warm and fuzzy feeling because you just did a nice thing for someone else ;)
It is another charity money making scheme by the lovely people at Innocent drink. Now, I'm not much for advertising, but, the innocent people not only make wonderful drinks but, the also support a lot of charities. This year, I joined in the partying at their innocent village fete at regent's park, and now I'm preparing myself to give them a little hand at trying to knit 400000 little hats in aid of the charity Age Concern!!
Almost 25,000 older people died of cold related illnesses last winter, so it’s important for us to do our bit. Age Concern will use the money raised to provide support to older people in winter including hot meals, blankets and advice on how to keep their houses warm.
In 2006 they managed to raise £115,000 by knitting 230,000 hats. This year the innocent people are dreaming about what £200,000 could do.
So, if you live in the UK, try to do one of these two things, either go knitting crazy like myself or around november time, if you go to sainsburys buy an innocent drink WITH A HAT and 50p will revert to Age Concern... and get a warm and fuzzy feeling because you just did a nice thing for someone else ;)
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