avarice4adventure

1. Create more 2. Have more fun, find more inspirations 3. Work on more projects 4. Communicate with family more 5. Keep journal active 6. Take everything one small step at a time 7. Take more pictures XD 8. Keep mind active

I saw "The Hunger Games" with initially low expectations, but left the theater with a hearty appetite for more sequels. I wonder how they chose the director since he only made like 3 movies. I watched "Seabiscuit" for my English class in high school and thought it was pretty good since it kindled a lot of "sports" energy (like the kind of feel you'd get from watching Rocky or Gladiator). It makes so much sense to use his experience with those kinds of movies and channel it in Hunger Games. The movie talked a lot about districts and immediately I thought of "District 9" (a damn good movie). In terms of art, I'm thinking of taking a break fr

So hearing how "Ender's Game" is back on track towards a theatrical release, I was inspired to make a new movie poster. Drew Struzan's style of art was surprisingly easy to do (just a bunch of people shots with fade-out edges). I still have mad respect for Struzan's traditional art -- despite me using digital tools to make the poster. I made a blueprint in 5 minutes and the poster took me 2 hours to do. It feels so good to get back into photoshop type of art again, video was exhausting work.