WDCC: "Tangled Up Romance"

With this piece Roger and Anita make their WDCC debut.The piece by the Kent Melton captures their first meeting orchestrated by Pongo.Leading to a splash in the pond and a marriage!
This is my 3rd piece from 101 Dalmations, and after 2 amazing Cruella (1,2)pieces, am excited to have the other cast members represented in such a cool piece!

"Urban Vermin" Opening Credits

Swarovski Tree

Swarovski Tree
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

"Urban Vermin" Debut Tomorrow

Urban Vermin makes its debut on YTV tomorrow .
I did not work on tomorrow's episode (i started ep.03 onwards). Click on the logo above to see a clip!:-)

In Theatres:"Sweeney Todd"(Review)

Burton's most satisfying film since i can remember.An adaption that actually works independently from the source material and has its own distinctive personality.
Visually,i got what i wanted.Very Burton-esque indeed.Depp very closely resembles the animated Victor he played in Burton's"Corpse Bride".Every frame is a beautiful painting.

What i find amazing is, using the
same characters,story, music, lyrics as the original Broadway show,Burton creates a mood and feel that is far more darker, edgier and more apt. And i think the credit for that also goes to the actors and their execution of the songs.Though the singing voices arnt as impressive as their Broadway counterparts, but it does not take away from the film.I guess actors singing is better then singers acting.

He has also done a great job of truncating and eliminating some songs, but i do wish he would have manged to keep "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" and "Kiss Me" in!
Specially since the former shows up in the score many a times anyways.
Its surely one of my favorite movies of the year!

"Lost" In 8 Mins!?

To really get the most out of this amazing show,this is not an ideal approach,infact far from it!And a BIG "NO" in the books of any LOST-y!
BUT, here is a 8 MIN recap of the LOST so far...it does a fairly ok job..however, hopefully it will make people wanna see seasons 1,2 and 3 on DVD to really understand the whos, whats and whys of the show.(Before S4 starts in a month).
Enjoy!

70 Years-Still The Fairest Of Them All

On the 70th Anniversary of "The One That Started It All".

"Lost" Returns!

The coolest, best-est, smartest,awesome-est show ever on TV returns for the much anticipated 4th season on Jan31!
If u have NEVER seen "Lost" (u looser:-p), DO NOT watch this trailer, rent/buy the first 3 seasons and watch them first!Trust me, u wont regret it!

Autumn,Meet Winter

Autumn,Meet Winter (Explored:459 on Dec 8, 2007)
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

"Sweeney Todd" Opening Credits

Love opening credits! Love Burton!Cant wait for the movie!

WDCC: "Devilish Diva"

2007's Villains Series Release. Ursula from "The Little Mermaid".This is my first piece from the amazing animator/sculptor Ruben Procopio. I must say, seeing this piece in person is so much better than pictures.He has a very bold style of sculpting.The piece almost seems monolithic with awesome feel of mass, weight and fat.
The moment itself is gr8, and comes with very detailed vanity with a real mirror.

The Empire State Building Celebrates A Decade Of "The Lion King On Broadway"

In celebration of the ten-year milestone, one New York City landmark will honor another! This weekend, the Empire State Building will be illuminated in honor of THE LION KING. This marks the first time that the famous tower has saluted a Broadway show. Over the next 12 months, many other exciting events will take place in New York City to celebrate THE LION KING's second triumphant decade on Broadway.

Ten years ago, THE LION KING roared onto Broadway and changed the theatre world forever. The landmark musical has been seen by 45 million guests in 63 cities across 11 countries and has received over 70 awards. The Broadway cast recording has sold over a million copies in North America. The show continues to be one of Broadway's most popular productions, thrilling audiences eight times a week in the heart of Times Square.

In Theatres:"Bee Movie"(Review)

Barry the bee, suddenly decides to sue the human race for stealing their honey.Why?? Just cause he CAN! Not cause the bees are dying, or unemployed or suffering in any way. Maybe it would help if had a strong motive for doing so, other than the fact he had nothing better to do!?
And yes..in this movie Bees CAN sue humans! I know its cartoon and all, but i could believe a rat wanting to be chef, but i could not buy into this bee suing humans business.
Jerry Seinfeld(Barry the bee) and Rene Renée Zellweger's(human florist)character don't really have too much of a chemistry either.A very under developed relationship.And how many animated movies have John Goodman and Patrick Warburton been in, in the last decade? Anyone counting?Can we shake things up a bit?!?
The whole movie just seems to be a platform from which Jerry Seinfeld can keep doing his comedy routine at 3244 words per minute.
The animation is ok.The designs are far more appealing than resent Dreamworks movies.
Though again i don't get the reason why Dreamwork's animated worlds have to be SO humanized.
Why do bees need hairdos?glasses?ties?cars and stairs to move around (though they do kinda try and justify this last issue, but didn't work for me)?
Remy(Pixar's Rataouille) never wore sewer boots,Nemo(Pixar's Finding Nemo) & his dad used the EAC ocean currents to transport and NOT an EAC Walkway belt or escalator!!
I just wish Dreamworks would respect the integrity of the world they try to create to make it more believable.
The movie wasn't bad, but just ok.Yet another forgettable animated movie!I laughed a few times.Thats about it.The plot is pretty thin and silly and extremely in-consequential.

"Where You're The Fairest Of Them All":Dream Portrait Series by Annie Leibovitz

I just learned about this series, and was blown away buy the production quality and the mood of the pics!Some really good casting too!
This is the latest edition to the other 5 pics from Disney Dream Portrait Series by acclaimed photographer,Annie Leibovitz!
It casts a gorgeous Rachel Weisz as "Snow White".

"Heima" Trailer

Sigur Ros,One of my fav bands ever. Been a fan for 5 years now. Saw them in concert at Massey Hall last year!
They r insanely good Live.Infact,could not listen to the CDs after for a while!Just could not compare to the live performances.
They have a documentary coming out next month , about their music/tour with awesome performances from the tour too.
And i just found out that the documentary is directed by Dean DeBlois, Co-Director of "Lilo & Stitch" and fellow Sheridan graduate! Exciting!

Pic Of The Day:"Empty Curves"

Empty Curves
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

Trying to look for more shapes in my compositions now a days.

Disney+Yashraj= "Roadside Romeo"

A few months back, Disney announced they partnering with major Bollywood production house,Yashraj films to produce Original Indian animated features under the Disney brand.Thus tapping into the LARGE untapped market of Indian animation catering to more Indian sensibilities!
"Roadside Romeo"the first production has the big bollywood voices and directed by child star turned writer/director, Jugal Hansraj.
A first look is up , and i must say..i was surprised.The animation isn't bad, though the facial animation leaves a lot to be desired, but the production standards seem miles ahead of the current state of Indian animated features (Hanuman etc)

Pic Of The Day:"Steps"

Steps
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

Taken at Hampi, INDIA. Its actually a water tank from a few hundred years back! cool stuff!

Pic Of The Day:"Fall Wall"

Fall Wall, originally uploaded by the_anim8r.

Since am taking more pics now days more than anything else.Thought i'd share one a day here!
This i took at Mont Tremblant.

WDCC: "An Irresistible Lure"

My sculpture buying has gone down...hence the lack of updates on that front.
But the good part is, thanks to my procrastination, i got to take pics of this one with the new SLR! So much fun!:-)
On with the piece. This is another super cool piece from Peter Pan(2 this year).This one is by Tim Brcukner.
When this was announced, I was taken aback by the choice of scene to translate to sculpture! But only after i really studied the scene, i saw it was oozing with character and story.

I like the fact that there is so much happening here.Each character has his own state of mind and emotion and they all are captured so beautifully!
This is just when Hook has captured Tiger Lilly in hopes to get her to reveal Pan's whereabouts.
Hook is confident,thinking he now has Pan, unaware of his nemesis following him(Croc).
Tiger Lilly, proud as ever, determined to not break or be intimidated.
Mr.Smee (my fav)...caught in the middle of this cold war...trying to mind his own business.
And last but not the least, the Croc,ever watchful, lurches on..cant wait to get Hook between his jaws!
A spectacular piece with tons of story telling!