Have you heard of 9? No, not District 9, but the computer animated feature set in a post-apocalyptic future called 9 which is set to arrive in theatres on September 9, 2009, (yes that would be 9-9-09).

Whether or not you’ve heard of this movie is a testament to the effectiveness of its marketing. Judging by the people I’ve talked to, this is not a film that many outside die-hard animation fans recognize. Personally, I think it’s a bit of a shame since I like the look of the film and I think it could be a pretty interesting movie. Because of that I’ve been following the build-up to the release of 9 and have been quite intrigued by how its web marketing has been handled. Read the rest of this entry

Even though I haven’t been blogging, I have been muddling my way through some of my projects with varying degrees of focus and success. Here’s how these past couple weeks can be summarized:

Madame Butterfly is now officially on the backburner and may or may not come off again. While I was initially enamoured with the idea of strutting my stuff in the Vancouver Operabot contest, ultimately I wasn’t inspired with the project itself. Since I’m still pretty shaky in my animation skills–particularly in Flash–I know I need to be either working my way up to something like a full-blown short or at the very least working on something that I can really sink my teeth into and means more to me than the possibility of winning a new Wacom tablet.

I am however excited to be picking up my replacement pen for my old tablet at the post office this evening. I lost the old pen when I moved and I have high hopes of what I’ll be able to achieve once I master the tablet for Photoshop and Flash.

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It’s hard to think of a time when I didn’t have an online portfolio of some variety.  Sort of like it’s hard to think of a time when you couldn’t speak immediately with just about anyone by dialing up their cellphone or get directions to a restaurant by punching it up on Google Maps. I’m not trying to flaunt my age here, but let’s face it—it’s been a pretty busy decade.

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The purposes of all these different portfolio sites have varied over the years. Sometimes they promoted my web skills either to prospective employers or as a freelancer. Other times it was all about showing off my 3D animation skills and my demo reel. And sometimes it was simply about staking a claim on to a little corner of the web just to say “hey, this is who I am” to anyone who might be listening.

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