Tired of current job? Ever dream about working in the movie industry? Now your dream may comes true with the walls separated you and your opportunity to be a movie poster designer are all gone!!!
Resume? Education? Fine Arts degree? Do not worry about such minor details, you see people at Hollywood are simple and easy going bunch. But of course no matter how easy they are, you still need to meet these 2 requirements...(you know, it would make them look bad if this is TOO easy)
1.) Know what a photo editing program is and how to save a file.
2.) Ability to put face (any face) at the center of the poster (or at least in the central area of the poster).
Here are examples of what you should have in your portfolio...
See? Not that difficult, right? It always makes me feel good when there are new opportunities for people to get into the industry. What are you waiting for? Fire up your editing program and start practicing putting faces in the center!
------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks - DK for pointing out this lazy shit trend of poster designing.
THIS THING looks sweet, but 143CAD? I'm thinking real HARD
At the time like this when the term Collector's Edition means nothing more than "I'm throwing in bunch of shits to your face and you pay 20$ more!". Publishers got smarter enough to change the term Limited into Collector's since LE usually stick to lower quantity in order to stay limited (well, what else?) and desirable among consumers while CE means they can produce as many copies of these special editions and sell at premium price to consumers who thought they got something really special (where in reality, each person in the whole neighborhood has the same thing sitting on his collector shelf), remember seeing this scary image (click Read More to see) at any game retailer near you?
This scary mother of all over-supply theory
Like the T2 set I mentioned above... if it's really a Limited Edition (say, 500-1000 sets ever produced) then I would have already placed the order long ago. But when the trend now is that everyone will probably own the same thing because they can produce near limitless (exaggerated) supply of Collector's Edition... consumer with the right mind might want to think again since CEs are not THAT special like the way LEs were.
It might be fair to say that Collector's Editions are just extortion schemes by publishers to take more money away from us. Have you seen Metal Gear Solid 4 CEs collecting dust on game shelves recently? I think CEs defeat the original purpose of having SPECIAL product packages in the first place... I think it would be cool if they go back to LE again, it would be hell but it would be fun... like people who got (and failed to get) this Lineage 2 Limited figurine.
P.S. Although I stated my opinion about CEs, but the Endoskull of this T2 set is seriously tempting!
You think infomercials are stupid and redundant? Think again because this is the infomercial from the company which will change your world forever...
Why donating your CPU to space researches or cancer analyzing when you can contribute your valuable resources for a well known organization like Skynet Research?
What the hell are Ninjas? Why they became so popular in the west these days? Actually Ninjas has blended into western culture for quite some time already (remember this shit? or this cool thing?), but personally I think it was this punk who brought the Ninja hype in the west up to the level it is today.
Who are they? You could probably find out about Ninjas here and there on the internet. And you might like or dislike these Ninja stuffs, but what I'm going to show today are little examples of Dos and Don'ts for the uses of Ninjas.
DO(s)
Cute/Fun Ninjas
I love this trailer of Mini Ninjas from IO and Eidos. It has cute looks, nice animations, good overall look and fun to watch (and hopefully fun to play too).
Although this is not likely the first image that came to my mind when I heard the term 'Ninjas', but a lot of people (especially kids) loved, still love, will love these kind of ninjas. There are a lot of cute and fun ninjas out there ranging from old school types to modern ones. Here are some examples...
Hattori-kun: This cute ninja by Abiko Motoo or Fujiko Fujio (A) from Fujiko Fujio Duo had captured many young hearts (a lot have become middle-aged or elderly people by now) since the 60s' to late 80s'. They (both manga and anime) were really fun, funny and had a lot of things to teach young kids.
TMNT: This cartoon about turtle ninjas, ratman, pigman, rhinoman, slimy brain, cyborgs and a cool villain called Shredder was one of the most favorite TV shows among children in the late 80s' to early 90s'. Its easy going tone and cool fighting sequences made this show a fun and memorable action-comedy cartoon.
Jubei-chan: Although it's an anime about a girl who possesses the power of Yagyu Jubei, a samurai, but she looks more like a ninja (and definitely fights like one). Secret of lovely eyepatch? Hell yeah, this is one lighthearted and fun ninja-ish anime to watch.
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Deadly Ninjas
So these are the ninjas which appeared in my mind. The deadly ninjas or assassins, the people living in the darkest shadow of history performing dirty and lethal tasks. This type of ninjas reminds you of what these people really are. Here are a few examples...
Iga vs Kouga: Classic rivalry between these 2 clans shown in Shinobi and Basilisk series (video shown above) are the example of how dangerous and deadly these ninjas could be. These tragic love stories full of political agendas, surreal techniques and incredible amount of blood and gore might change the way you think of ninjas.
Assassin Ninjas: As long as they are ordered to kill, it doesn't matter if they are androids or not. Ninja Warriors and Robocop 3's Otomo are those ninjas with any cool stuffs (like Titanium Endoskeleton?) but magical abilities.
Bad example of the exploitation of ninjas in pop cultures, just because kids these days like ninjas as well as pirates doesn't mean putting them into the same environment, let alone doing some sports, would succeed. I really wonder whose magnificence idea was this? Or were they just responding to people's needs? If you're about to point fingers at this game's developer, I'd say wait until you've seen forum post like this. Seriously I've been seeing a lot of these questions for many years now, Ninja vs anything from worm to cowboy to even Chuck Norris!!!, why don't they throw in Jesus or even better, the Earth into the combination also?
Coming up this summer, - Ninjas vs Cowboys: Bank Robbery - Ninjas vs Nerds: Hacking Battle - Ninjas vs Pimps - Ninjas vs Gangstas - Ninja vs Moms ... the list goes on.
Seriously, I didn't even know Ong Bak 2 was out in Thailand already (and I'm Thai!!!). Looks like a good movie to watch for action scenes, but I don't really understand why they decided to continue using the name 'Ong Bak' since the plot is totally different from that of the original Ong Bak. It's like having Arnold Schwarzenegger in a drama about a bodybuilder who travels around the globe in search of his lost hamster and put 'Terminator' in the title.
My friend Dong Hyun Kim from dksajin.blogspot.com sent me this video. After watching what this crazy wood chopper from hell could do, I recalled a memory about one of my favorite Disney's cartoon 'Dragon Around' (video at the bottom, highly recommended) and it made me think of a stupid idea that if Donald replaced his power shovel with this hell chopper, Chip and Dale wouldn't have lasted long enough to have their own show, that's for sure.
A lot of websites have professional layouts which separate sections and stuffs but that means I'll always have to open the links to these interesting video in separate windows or tabs. They are good but as a person who works in the VFX industry where you always have to show your work-in-progress to a lot of people from supervisors to directors or clients, I like to keep my desktop (or at least my internet browser) tidy and clean.
So I made this Army of Three series as a place to group three interesting videos I found into one single blog post. Of course 3 aren't enough to show ALL goodies one might find in any given day (let alone every single second which new videos are posted throughout the net) and some videos might be a bit dated but I think it's better than spamming the post with 20 videos, right? So Army of Three will therefore reflect my personality and interests on a particular day.
Here are the three videos of Monday March 30, enjoy!
In this new era that industries is steering away from traditional art style into the styles of 3D graphics and whatever hell these kinda things are (even giant such as Disney shut down its 2D studios), I feel good to see developers/studios (mostly Japanese) that are still keeping the looks of hand drawn arts. In my opinion, this Wii title will definitely be a 'must have' for 2D lovers who find themselves having Odin Sphere, Guilty Gear or any other 2D goodies in their collections.
This trailer is really cool, I love the directing and editing of this piece, although the CG parts (supposed to look 'in-game' I guessed) could use more details in texturing and lighting but it's a decent trailer for eyes and ears.
I really can't imagine how the art of deception would work in an RTS game. In my opinion, if RUSE is a turn-based strategy game like X-com or S2:Silent Storm, the deceptive strategies and decoy mechanics might work better since players who took the bait will waste their turn (as well as resources) and scratch their heads while witnessing enemies' wrath (just like chess where you have to really plan steps ahead and no tank rushes or cannon fodders to easily help you turn the table around)... yeah, this is just me who sucks at RTS games speaking.
Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." - TED
This video might bore the hell out of most of the regular civilians. But for CG enthusiasts and digital artists (such as myself), this is something REALLY interesting as Ed Ulbrich, the visual effects executive producer at Digital Domain, talked about the processes and techs which made visual elements of "The Curious Case of Brad Pitt Geezer" possible.
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