Sketchbooks of French Masters

This gallery has posted six sketchbooks ranging from Ingras to Degas. It's really nice to be able to see how these masters sketched and worked out their ideas. I love the rough lines and being able to see how they constructed their pieces -- warts and all.

here's the link:
The Essence of Line - French Drawing from Ingras to Degas


here are a few samples:

Gesture Drawing for Animation by Walter Stanchfield

A few days ago I stumbled across a .pdf of Walter Stanchfield's gesture drawing for animation notes that had been edited and compiled by Leo Brodie. This doc is filled will all kinds of wisdom (214 pages of awesomeness!!)

Download the PDF here: Gesture Drawing for Animation


Here are a few pages from the notes:

Interview with Ed Catmull

In this interview Ed Catmull talks a bit about the creative process at Pixar. He also touches on how the open door policy of communication has benefited the studio.

interview via - Harvard Business School

Clint talks about working with Sergio Leone

In this interview Clint Eastwood talks about working with Sergio Leone on The Man with No Name trilogy.


Part 1




Part 2

October Sketches

More sketches here

Hollywood could get a cut of the bailout

I thought this was an interesting article about the bailout situation and how it effects Hollywood.

Here's the link:
Hollywood gets cut of bailout