I keep a little sign on my desk that says “I am lucky to be here!”, as a reminder to be grateful if I’m down or facing obstacles. I’m going to add this as well:
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I keep a little sign on my desk that says “I am lucky to be here!”, as a reminder to be grateful if I’m down or facing obstacles. I’m going to add this as well:
Well done Gary, I’ve been on the same little journey myself
The producers of the new Downton Abbey film have really missed an opportunity. Should be set in modern day. The Abbey is now a boutique hotel, which the Crawley family now haunt. Proper hard R horror. Titled "Creepy Crawleys"
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
The mind reels
Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Ganpati Bappa Morya! #Ganesh #India #Mumbai
Life’s too short, man
Chef’s kiss…
Hello #India! This is my first visit to your beautiful country. I’m here visiting our team @ilmvfx.bsky.social Mumbai
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
Have had a wonderful first visit to Sydney to meet the team at our @ilmvfx studio there. Just one small snag on my last day: #VFX #Animation #Kaiju
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Jim Cameron on digital and physical effects: “It’s really the higher question of what are you trying to show, and what are you trying to say? I don’t attach some kind of dogmatic aesthetic around in-camera or practical... It’s really just a means to an end.” source: youtu.be/v_x3OZlnkwM?...
To the folks who have ignorantly insisted that digital VFX are a lazy cheat, that the computer does all the work, now is your moment. That is literally generative AI you’re describing #VFX #Animation #Film
Ah!
Several of the Dejarik creatures have apostrophe’d names
🎶These are a few of my favorite things..🎶 #GraphicDesign
"Did you not realize what this would be, being f*cking Gestapo? Quit your job. It's gonna be like this every f*cking day you're coming...anytime you try to kidnap people, we are gonna be here!” A rapid responder yelled at fleeing ICE agents in #Kansas. www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/americans-...
Duncan Ring-Giver!
I can’t wait! So exciting!
Ha ha!
Peter’s just the best
Earn this
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
Name that scene: “Soooo look with care, for the shape of a square…”
Proud to say I helped bring the Shit-Weasel into being. #VFX #Animation
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before? That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators. My how times change ...
What a beauty!
@ViewConference.bsky.social announces a masterclass w #SIMONWEISSE on Miniature Sets for #wesanderson films. Join us www.viewconference.it/pages/regist... #miniaturesets #propsdesigner #animation #vfx #games #ai #cgi #film #art #realtime #vr #ar #xr #mr #virtualproduction #3d #thephoenicianscheme
So niche
Love seeing the massive #Pride turnout in Budapest. Go #Hungary! Fuck Orban
Seismic
Looking forward to celebrating 50 years of innovation and excellence at #ILM at #ViewConference2025
Well done NYC, well done
JAWS premiered in theaters fifty years ago today! So I'm posting the first experimental art video that I did, back when I was still working on my Quint (and Hooper) piece. Very happy that it's going to be in the upcoming Printed in Blood "JAWS: Artbook"!
Our little magic mountain #Hiking #Marin #MtTamalpais
San Rafael, Ca #NoKings
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state Keep that same energy of support for her
It’s very nearby, crosses right at the front entrance to Muir Woods
Buying stock in popcorn …
Man I love me some Hal Ashby
I had not seen that pic before. That’s a monster-sized version of the setup that ILM had.
Camera paired with a projector, with a 50/50 beamsplitter between them at a 45 degree angle. Behind the miniature is a Scotchlite (TM) screen, onto which the starfield is projected. Pretty good solution, though the transparent domes created some artifacts with the projection
Hiking the Dipsea trail, from Mill Valley, to Stinson Beach on an absolutely perfect Saturday #Hiking #Marin #California
Can't wait to return!
Love this from Pedro Pascal at Cannes: "Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
If there’s any sliver lining to the current fuckery, it’s the knowledge that though something is enshrined in the constitution, it is not immutable. I’m looking at you, 2A
But now I want to know who animated it
My eyes is ready!!
Can’t wait to see it!
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org
When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, President Eisenhower responded: “Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”
#MayThe4th be with you! Here's some of my #StarWars art drawn with pencil and ink on watercolor paper. Cad Bane, Leia and Luke, and Halloween Grogu are available as signed, ltd. edition giclées - see link in bio! #LeiaOrgana #LukeSkywalker #R2-D2 #CadBane #Grogu @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
QRT with your black and white art! I love drawing in pencil and ink....
In celebration of May the 4th, here’s a memory from a pretty great day on set. #maythe4thbewithyou #StarWars #VFX
I was moonlighting as a projectionist when Solar Babies came out. The pitch must have been wild “Rollerblades… in the desert!”
Workers of the world unite! Happy May Day! #Labor #MayDay #Unions
Thanks brother
Great illustration of a favorite character from a brilliant film
Go Ben! I love walking/hiking. It gives me peace of mind
And no sorry, I don’t know when/if that teaser will get a wider release
Excited that the fans at Celebration in Japan got a peek at just a tiny bit of the fun we’re cooking up for #TheMandalorianAndGrogu #StarWars #VFX #Animation
Tomorrow is the day! Season 2 of the #ILM docu-series “Light and Magic” directed by Joe Johnston, debuts on Disney+! #VFX #Starwars #Animation
Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.
On Saturday April 5th, I was double inducted as an honorary member of both the 501st, and The Rebel Legion! I'm a double agent baby! Working both sides, light AND dark! #StarWars #Romics2025
Awesome!
I’ll be wearing sunglasses on the plane, so no one can see the tears. Arrivederci #Rome
Ciao for now beautiful #Rome - it’s been an absolute dream
I made a chonky orange friend here in #Rome #Romics2025
Seemed appropriate in the current political climate, to pay my respects #Rome #AntonioGramsci
Seemed appropriate in the current political climate, to pay my respects #Rome #AntonioGramsci
Hi #Rome im digging you so much! Cant wait for #Romics2025 soon! #VFX #Animation #Film
People of Rome, I am among you! #Romics2025 #StarWars #VFX
First they came for the illegal immigrants, and I said nothing. Then they came for the green card holders, and I said nothing… Yes friends, we are at THERE. That horrible place that we’ve always “never agained”. Well it’s again, and it’s our turn.
You receive a love letter. You’re touched by the choice of words, the effort made, the empathy, the care. It moves you. Then you find out that it was written in Ch@tGPT. Still feel the same? Don’t outsource love, don’t outsource art
Proud of Documentary branch filmmakers speaking up, and calling out the absolutely reprehensible and weak statement made by AMPAS leadership regarding the assault and abduction of #Oscars honoree Hamdan Ballal by settlers/IDF
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Sun Trail
Over to you @theatlantic.com Offer to publish it since it’s unclassified. See what they say.
My feed is suddenly choked with LLM prompt imagery. Why, Bluesky?
Disgusting and shameful. Hamdan Ballal must be released. The settlers that beat him must be arrested and tried as well
Next week I’m off to Romics XXXIV (April 3-6). Looking forward to the event (and wandering the streets of Rome again)! #romics2025 #Rome #italy #Starwars #VFX
Forgot to add #StarWars lol
Why am I grinning like an idiot? Because I just got a sneak peek at season 2 of the #ILM documentary series “Light and Magic”, directed by the amazing Mr Joe Johnston! Coming soon to Disney+ #VFX
This, right here..
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...
Tuesday evening walk up Ring Mt
I’m obsessed with Eagle Cam
Here’s a big middle finger to the ten Dems that joined Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for his protest during the orange idiot’s address. Seriously?
Fantastic!
If you haven't seen the Oscar nominated documentary, "No Other Land", I urge you to seek it out, and watch it. That's it, that's the post.
Rest in peace Mr Gene Hackman. One of my very favorite actors. In his honor, I’ll have to have a rewatch of this gem of a character study: “Scarecrow” (1973, with Pacino). They don’t make (enough) films like this anymore.
I don’t think so