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Head over to Carlos Baena's site to check out his post on Shapes and Lines. Awesome image of Medusa he posted, look at that pose! Make sure to check out all his tips & tricks and resources while you're at it.
slashfilm via Upcoming Pixar got a new Wall-E Featurette. A few new scenes, but nothing huge in terms of spoilers.
I'm not a big fan of posters nowadays, they seem to be more cut/paste photoshop works as opposed to creative and original ways of getting you excited about a movie. BUT. What I wanted to point out in this Hulk poster is the asymmetry in both Edward Norton's and the Hulk's body. Even though both just stand there, none of their arms have the same pose, same for the hand, fingers, shoulders and even the head favors one side.
In animation you want to avoid twinning, so says the common rule, although I think twinning can be effective if done right (with a slight offset so it's not completely mirrored). Someone had a great post about that, but I can't remember who, it was a clip with Simon Pegg in it, anybody remember?. [It can be found here, thanks Jeff!] But again, as a general rule you want to avoid it and Shawn Kelly has a great article about it @ Animation Mentor, check it out.
But let's get back to Asymmetry. Draw a line in the middle of this poster and look at how each side is slightly different. Hulk's screen left shoulder is up, which helps with the different position of his arm, the head is tilted screen right instead of just staying in the middle, etc.
It's a lot more subtle with Edward Norton, but each side is still a little bit different.
The last hero of the Nine Old Men died at 95. It's a sad day for sure.
If you're wondering who he is then please head over to Animated-News and get all the details, same with Cartoon Brew which has a ton of good material (as always).
And if you don't own "The Illusion of Life", you should get it, it's a must have.
