http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood Typography, Web Design, Motion Design and Animation Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:33:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eureka Pizza will continue to get my business. Vistaprint will not. Off The Press Printing won't either. Cox Communications will. [Yikes. Sorry for the length of this.] How many times have we been lured into buying a product or service that turned into a disaster, or just simply didn't pan out? ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=284 My Typography class loved the annual appearance of the "Ropin'/Rapin' for the Cure" shirt. Probably hundreds of these were printed for the event. And as we discussed in class, you really want to be sure of your typeface choices, have others look closely at your event-logo design, and to ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=280 Congrats to James Greeson and Larry Foley for each winning a Mid-America EMMY award for their work on the Buffalo Flows. Greeson's category award was Musical Composition/Arrangement and Foley's was Writer/Program. Don't forget that the film is on national PBS Tuesday night, at 9:00 p.m. CST. http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=277 The Buffalo Flows will be showing on the national PBS on October 6, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. CST. PBS has added a page for the film here. Looking forward to seeing this great film by Larry Foley, Dale Carpenter and Trey Marley on PBS shown around the time of Ken ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=160 I recently got a copy of the new edition of The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effects. There's a nice little summary of "ten career tips for computer animators and digital artists," and here they are: Be prepared for change Focus on a realistic goal Know your digital craft Update and customize your ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=159 To coincide with the airing of The Buffalo Flows on AETN TV, we launched the film's new site. I had some decisions to make in terms of browser support (Internet Explorer 6 Windows, of course, and iPhone Safari) and ultimately decided to push iPhone users to the old site and ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=158 The final project of the Fall 2008 Web 1 course consisted of working with a "real-world" client. We were fortunate to work with the UA Master Chorale, specifically with Web copy writer and Search Engine Management expert Rebecca Haden and with the director and School of Music professor Graeme Langager. ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=157 Oh, the irony of "bringing life" to something through animation, and appearing to lose your own through the process. This poor student worked so hard in all of his courses at the end of this semester that it (seemingly) nearly finished him off. He eventually fell off in a dramatic ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=154 Buffalo Flows will be shown Friday, November 14th, at 7:00 p.m. in Theatre 1, or JBHT 216 'Free, If Only,' my motion short film, will show just before Buffalo Flows on Saturday, November 15th, at 1:50 p.m. in Theatre 2, or JBHT 266 Details here http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=152 View The Buffalo Flows web site here According to Writer/Producer Larry Foley in the Department of Journalism, the screening of The Buffalo Flows documentary was standing-room-only at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival recently. My contribution to the film, which was photographed by Trey Marley of the Pryor Center for ... http://art.uark.edu/faculty/hapgood/?p=150