The excellent special features on the disc show how the film started as a series of drawings, and then they created a structure that allowed for all the disparate images to be featured, if not exactly 'connect' in a traditional plot sense. The structure is similar to another favourite of mine which came out around the same time, Tampopo, which also features a main story with lots of semi-related detours as part of a general theme.
February 16, 2019
True Stories (1986)
Finally saw David Byrne's True Stories thanks to the new Criterion release. I'd been wanting to see it for years. It's definitely now one of my favourite movies. It's bizarre and hilarious, just packed with insane ideas. It's also a sincere love letter to small-town weirdness and individuality. David Byrne and John Goodman (in his first major film role) stand out the most, but the whole cast of actors and non-actors is really good. The cinematography is beautiful, with lots of bold colour and lighting choices.
The excellent special features on the disc show how the film started as a series of drawings, and then they created a structure that allowed for all the disparate images to be featured, if not exactly 'connect' in a traditional plot sense. The structure is similar to another favourite of mine which came out around the same time, Tampopo, which also features a main story with lots of semi-related detours as part of a general theme.
The excellent special features on the disc show how the film started as a series of drawings, and then they created a structure that allowed for all the disparate images to be featured, if not exactly 'connect' in a traditional plot sense. The structure is similar to another favourite of mine which came out around the same time, Tampopo, which also features a main story with lots of semi-related detours as part of a general theme.
February 04, 2019
Backgrounds from the next Sublo and Tangy Mustard episode
In the next episode, Sublo and Tangy Mustard visit the St Lawrence Market in Toronto. It's a cool place with a ton of delicious food. I always want to go there when I visit home.
The episode is almost done but not sure when it'll be online yet.
December 11, 2018
Shot Talk interview
Rodrigo Huerta just released a giant interview with me as part of his Shot Talk series! We talk about Sublo and Tangy Mustard quite a bit, as well as my work on Bojack, Fester Fish and other stuff. Check it out!
October 31, 2018
Sublo and Tangy Mustard Halloween Storyboards
Since it's Halloween I'm sharing some process work from last year's Halloween episode.
Here are some of the rough thumbnail storyboards drawn in a little notebook. As you can see, Mr. Wubhamer was intended to be in costume (as Ricky from Trailer Park Boys) in this episode but it ended up being too much extra work since I was trying to get the episode done in time for Halloween.
And here's the full storyboard animatic, drawn in Flash. As you can see 58 seconds in, once I'm done the animatic I start animating directly in the same file. It makes it easier to see if the flow is working right once I'm animating, check hookups and make adjustments to the boards as I go if needed.
Here are some of the rough thumbnail storyboards drawn in a little notebook. As you can see, Mr. Wubhamer was intended to be in costume (as Ricky from Trailer Park Boys) in this episode but it ended up being too much extra work since I was trying to get the episode done in time for Halloween.
And here's the full storyboard animatic, drawn in Flash. As you can see 58 seconds in, once I'm done the animatic I start animating directly in the same file. It makes it easier to see if the flow is working right once I'm animating, check hookups and make adjustments to the boards as I go if needed.
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