Short film: I Can P-Shift Harder

This is an excerpt from a short film I wrote and directed a couple of years ago.  Shot in QLD.

Sound art/ Music for 'Thrashing without Looking'

So I'm doing the sound art/ music for an art group who are doing something pretty awesome called Thrashing without Looking.  It involves half of the audience wearing video goggles and the other half joining in on creating experiences for them (the half wearing goggles).  It's going to be on in Sydney in early November.  The other artists are Lara Thoms, Willoh Weiland, Martin Coutts and Tristan Meacham.  These are the first couple of things I did and actually just played them to the group tonight.  I'll be reworking them a bit more and doing a few other pieces.

WhitershadeRmx short by alannguyen

WhitershadeRmx short by alannguyen
for Thrashing without Looking (see above post)

Delicrunch by alannguyen

Delicrunch by alannguyen
for Thrashing without Looking (see above post)

Playing with new brushes

I downloaded a bunch of new brushes from here..
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes/search
I particularly like this site because it specifies which brush packs are "Free for Personal Use" and "Free for Personal and Commercial Use."  I mostly stay clear of the ones you can't use for commercial use, unless it looks so good that I just want to experiment with it.

This is a picture I drew (straight into Photoshop) a few days ago..

And here it is after experimenting with some of the new brushes...

Cartoon Series Pitch

An image that accompanied my pitch to Cartoon Network.  I commisioned this one from an artist by the name of Andrew Millist (aka Pencil Rebellion).

Some good illustration/ animation blogs

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/
http://johnkcurriculum.blogspot.com/

http://www.linesandcolors.com/
- diverse and good art
- good 'categories' links on left

http://www.signatureillustration.org/illustration-blog/
- striking illustration

http://apeonthemoon.com/
- good art
- thumbnails of artists
- limited tutorials but good 'topics' section

http://www.animationarchive.org/
- podcasts
- click on 'illustration' - a big archive of animation from the past.. great inspiration.. loads of links
- art instruction materials

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/
- industry headlines on right

http://www.penciltestdepot.com/
- "raw" animation

http://www.conceptart.org/
- concept art

http://www.illustrationclass.com/
- instruction
- 'free tutorials' under archive section

http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/
- animation backgrounds

http://www.thunderchunky.co.uk/
http://www.illustrationmundo.com/wp/

http://characterdesign.blogspot.com/
- character design

http://theillustrationsite.com/
- tips for doing picture books

nmit student external blogs..
http://haydendewar.blogspot.com/
http://cave.blogs.exetel.com.au/ 

Blog is up!!!

I've finally started a blog!!

Awesome that blogger just uses your gmail sign in