Ant’s Adventures in the Real World!
Well, I haven’t posted in a while! My apologies, folks!
Here’s some trash to make up for it:
Done on my cool new sketchbook! Poor sketchbook though...it could've been bought by someone who'd use it better >_<
I like the bottom one the best, cos it was a caricature of a passenger on the train today. It’s hard to draw on the train!
Also, Scrub will have a project to announce soon, so tune in! All three of you!
Just an icon I’m working on for a friend today:
STOP: HAMMERTIME!
Not finished yet, obviously. I’m basically working to what he wants, so yeah. We’re thinking that it needs to be somewhat more unique. More soon, perhaps?
Nothing much good today, unfortunately:
Rough and ugly. Also, no arms.
And also this:
Not even going to -hint- at who this started as >_>
Two drawings! It’s like a bonus! Except they’re kinda sucky, so it’s sorta like that crappy kind of bonus that no one likes.
So folks! You should see Across the Universe because it is very very good. Also, I very much enjoyed seeing it last night. ^_^
Anyhoo. I’ve been tossing this up for a while, but I do believe it’s time for a logo change! There are a few reasons for this: one, the colour scheme doesn’t really work too well in most situations. It essentially means that the background has to be white. As well as that, the ‘Scrub’ bit doesn’t feel strong, mainly because it’s all lower-case. Lastly, the font for the Studios bit, while free, would have certain ramifications for an official business. Legal ramifications! The BAD kind.
As a result, I’ve started doing some mockups for a new logo. Here’s one of them:
Remember, I said 'mockup'.
Well, frankly, this is awful, but it’s a start. And I’m totally not trying to channel Pixar’s spirit by tacking on ‘Animation’. Honest! I suppose I’d have to ask if ‘Scrub’ sounds better than ‘Scrub Studios’. I think its cuter?
First up: I thought I’d make you folks a lovely, Scrub Studios flavoured image that perhaps you might want to use as a desktop image! Who knows.
AWW
Now, I know one person knows where this is from and to that one person, I say this: there is an improved version of it coming!
Onto news: yesterday, I went and saw two films. Two! It was a red letter day. The first was Dreamworks new film, Monsters VS Aliens. It was surprisingly entertaining in a silly way: very reminiscent of old Warner Brothers cartoons and Mars Attacks. It was shown in stereoscopic 3D, a technology I’m still not a fan of. Dreamworks still went down the cheesy route of making stuff fly out of the screen at you. The experience gives everything a nice sense of depth, but you lose clarity. As well as that, having to wear glasses for the entire duration is a bit irritating. But hey, the film was swank.
The second, and probably more important film I saw was the premiere of a new Australian claymation piece. Created by Adam Elliot (whom you might remember as the AUSTRALIAN dude who WON AN OSCAR for his short film, Harvie Krumpet), Mary and Max is a charming film about a little Australian girl and her 50 year old, American pen-pal. While it does sound like the perfect recipe for Whoa-Don’t-Go-There soup, it’s actually quite good. The booklet for the film suggests that it’s ‘innocent, but not naive’, something that I have to agree with. It’s bittersweet, bleak and optimistic all at the same time. And it’s funny!
So, I urge anyone who happens to stumble on this site (particularly if you’re Australian) to go see this film! It’s released next Thursday, so make the effort. If you don’t, it’ll just demonstrate to the government and the world that Australia’s not worth it for creative talent! AND THAT DIRECTLY HURTS MY CHANCES AT DOING THINGS