Chatting on the Illustration Department Podcast
Oh boy. Giuseppe Castellano is about as easy a fella to talk to as you could find, a helluva designer and illustrator himself, and the @illusdept podcast is a favorite …
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Animation: The Twelve Principles
I don’t love everything that Disney does, but it’s hard to argue with the level of craftsmanship and care that went into the actual animation of the ‘Gold’ (1937-42) and …
Test Before You Leap
The Design world has very few adages that have crossed over into the mainstream vernacular. The most famous is that form follows function. This is a critical notion that can …
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Buys Tribal Nova
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has purchased the Montreal-based app developer Tribal Nova. Tribal Nova does excellent work– well played HMH! http://www.boston.com/businessupdates/2013/04/12/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-buys-firm-that-develops-digital-games-for-pre-schoolers/jR6vxhezahqeGSH52SaxWP/story.html
Less Is More, More Or Less.
Too often in kids’ gaming, I find that clients want to build overly complicated, sometimes convoluted story lines to help their games along. I can certainly understand the instinct to …
Finally, a Pencil Pusher We Can All Love
Several weeks ago, after much thought, I finally ordered a set of the Blackwing 602 pencils recently re-issued by the Cal Cedar Pancil Company as The Palomino Blackwing. I’ve long …
Art You Should See: Amélie Graux
Amélie Graux is a Parisian Illustrator of children’s books. We got one about eating recently for our daughter. Every page is sweet and beautiful. As an illustrator, Graux has a …
Art You Should See: George Pfromm
George Pfromm is Boston-based illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. I don’t know anyone who’s a better action and adventure illustrator or who’s better with a brush pen. The fact that he …
I [Heart] Losing
As a developer of young children’s educational games, I often find in my work that clients are hesitant to develop games in which children have negative consequences, either by losing …