Is LOVE Alive?
I really love it when I come across an inspired work which touches the heart, makes me cry, and makes me wish I worked with the people who created it! Please be inspired, and enjoy. You will find a making of video of the song by clicking here.. such a beautiful, whimsical and heart-touching animation for the season....
Read More13th Annual Banjo Bunny Advent Calendar!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – at least it is over at my award-winning Banjo Bunny Ecard site! This December marks the 13th Annual Advent Calendar I have lovingly maintained and offer for free each year. It has won about 9 (or is it 10) Cool Site of the Day Awards since its inception in 1998 when I was just starting my interactive design career. Perhaps as the years roll by and the internet becomes more sophisticated with high def movies and the like, a simple little advent calendar isn’t as amazing as it was 13 years ago, but you know what? I...
Read MoreWhat Makes this WORK! – The Story of Broke Animation
Just this morning the wonderful programmer who does my back-end WordPress implementation forwarded me this video, produced and hosted by Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff Project. Not only is this an informative video, teaching viewers how to take power back from corporations and creating a better society and a healthier world, it’s a great example of simple, effective frame-based animation. How do we create a million and a half new jobs that create less pollution and waste in this country? Make sure to watch this to find out. As a web designer & e-card animator who...
Read MoreIs Flash Dead? A Santa Fe Animator’s Opinion
A couple weeks ago, a talented DC illustrator posted a heartfelt query on a web professionals’ listserv I subscribe to. Like so many of us in the industry, she was unsure of where to devote her continuing education after spending spending copious time learning Flash and finding herself smack dab in an uncertain landscape. What is a Flash professional to do? What is the state of animation on the web after the “headbutt” Apple delivered to Adobe via banning all Flash file playback on its iPhones and iPads? After reading a reply that left me rolling my eyes in...
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