Doodle Alley Blog

Trying a new entry

2011-08-20T19:33:00-06:00

I thought this was a cool link: link

Paul Grimault

2011-02-02T12:02:00-07:00

I discovered this incredible French animator when reading some of Hayao Miyazaki's influences. This was a particularly moving piece, though there are much more available on youtube.

Changing the Paradigm

2011-01-04T12:42:00-07:00

I've been thinking lately about what it means to live in this flood of information we find ourselves in, and about how we approach it and how we define learning. This is a great video:

New Simon's Cat Video!

2010-12-12T11:17:00-07:00

I always like these animations...

Ah Japan...

2010-09-20T15:33:00-06:00

Here's a video of me dancing at the international house where I lived when I did my foreign exchange program in Japan.

It was really fun, and I've been thinking lately about what it'd be like to return to Japan someday.

I want to, but I feel like I need more and better reasons to go than I currently have...

I've got to pray about that more.

The Borrower Arrietty

2010-09-01T09:56:00-06:00

Wow. The next Ghibli movie looks so gorgeous.

Will Ghibli be able to keep putting out movies though? According to this article, Miyazaki says that if this movie doesn't do well, they've already made plans to shut down the studio...

Link Update!

2010-07-28T20:23:00-06:00

I weeded out old links and updated the sidebar so that we've got a nice image link to Mal and Chad.

Yay!

Here's a cool movie about what it's like to try and make a deadline. I feel like this sometimes when I have to draw Mal and Chad. This animation was made entirely out of sticky notes!