The way I look at it, you can either be an actor and aspire to do great work and probably starve while doing it, or try to make a buck and grow a thick skin – the critics are going to (rightfully so) tell you how bad your crap is. Mr. Schneider responds to an LA Times column about how Deuce Bigalow 2 is an example of Hollywood not concentrating on quality film making in a full page ad in Variety. Expensive way to show you are more of a tool than we even imagined. Read on at Defamer.
Isometric Screenshots
Interesting project here. This project by artist Jon Haddock recreates important historical moments (and a few bits of movie magic) as isometric 2-D images like you’d see in older computer games. He does extensive research to ‘re-create’ the scenes. Interesting. Gallery here. Tutorial on creating one of the images here.
How-To: Converting Color to Rich B&W
This is a how-to guide for those of us who spend time converting color images in Photoshop to black and white. Simply selecting grayscale leaves a fairly flat insipid black and white image. This process, as detailed on Design by Fire, is much like a system we used to use back in the mid-90s as espoused by experts in digital imaging at The Associated Press. Anyway, it’s a good way to do this. Check it out.
Don’t be a Playa Hater
Halo 2 – The greatest thing since sliced bread, right? We’ve heard it all. 9.4 rating from Gamespot editorial, 9.0 from their users. A whopping 9.8 from IGN edit, and 9.5 from their readers and their survey of other media types. Well, Halo 2 doesn’t completely float my boat. I do like it for short bouts. It’s run, gun and run some more in multiplayer, and while entertaining, doesn’t have quite the subtle gameplay I think it’s capable of. Well, in an enourmous review, this fellow offers up the most honest review of Halo 2 you’ll ever see. Take a gander – it weighs in at over 7,000 words, but it’s worthwhile.