Tag: animation

• Today’s Google Doodle: February 1, 2015

  Today is Langston Hughes’ 113 birthday, and Google has posted a beautiful doodle in tribute to the writer.  I am smitten with the animation by doodler Katy Wu and how the illustration captures the vibrancy of the jazz age and the beautiful message in his poetry.  Hughes deftly recognized our stark, painful realities while artistically transcending the pain…

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  February 1, 2015

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, illustration, poetry, writing

  animation, Black History Month, Civil Rights, Equality, Google, Google Doodle, Harlem Renaissance, illustration, Jazz, Langston Hughes, poetry

• CalArts Character Animation Show

  On Saturday I went to CalArts to take a peek at the student curated Character Animation show in the Main Gallery.  The actual show took place last Thursday, but the works remained in the gallery for a couple of days. There were some incredibly talented animators bringing characters to life through story telling.  Here were…

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  January 22, 2013

  Art/Culture, Pop Art/Culture

  animation, CalArts, cartoons, character animation, illustration