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TAGCOM 2011

Milton Glaser - on the fear of Failure.

In professional life you must discover a kind of identity for yourself, that becomes a sort of trademark; a way of working that is distinctive that people can recognize.

The reason for this is that the path to financial success and notoriety is by having something that no one else has. Kind of like a brand ( one of my most despised words)

So what you do in life in order to be professional is develop a brand, your way of working, your attitude that is understandable to others.

In most cases, it turns out to be something fairly narrow...

..and then you discover you have something to offer that is better than other people have, or at least more distinctive.

And what you do with that, is you become a specialist.
Then people will call you to get more of what you've become adept at doing.
So if you do anything and become celebrated for it, people will send you more of that.
For the rest of your life, quite possibly, you will have that characteristic and people will continue to ask you for what you have already done and succeeded at.

This is the way to professional accomplishment: you have to demonstrate that you know something unique, that you can repeat, over, and over and over until ultimately you loose interest in it.

The consequence of specialization and success is that it hurts you. It hurts you because it basically doesn't aid in your development.

The truth of the matter is that understanding development comes from failure. People begin to get better when they fail. When they move towards failure they discover something because of it. They fail again and they discover something else. So the model for personal development is antithetical to the model for professional success. As a result of that, I believe that Picasso as a model, is the most useful model you could have in terms of your artistic interest, because whenever Picasso learned how to do something he abandoned it. As a result of that, in terms of his development as an artist his results were extraordinary.

MAKING SOME NOISE

I started this blog essentiallly as a collection of my different interests and works. And today I am here to add my foray into the Audible arts. Voice acting. I've had an affinity for audio books and podcasts since my college days when I moved to Manila and had access to a relatively faster internet connection and the acquisition of an iPod. I still do enjoy music in my audio consumption, but I will admit to its lesser frequency of plays. As a fan of radio as medium you understand that the reason you listen to the radio is less for the music but more of the personalities eminating from the speakers. And What a personality I found that day when when I searched Comedy on iTunes on the BBC page. Russell Brand Radio 2 Show.

After that I became a fan. And the show became a constant companion during sleepless nights of finishing plates, projects etc. The internet was literally a gateway for me, the classic works of literature read by the best voices in the industry were now taking up the majority of my iPods memory space. And the number has been growing.

Then a few years back an event was held for the Local Voice Acting industry held by the leaders in the Voice Acting industry. And ever since then I have had it in the back of my mind that I could be part of this industry... now I actually have taken the initiative and have recorded my voice.

Here are a few samples:

If you consider yourself a comic book fan, you should know who Alan Moore is. I you dont, read on here.

Seeing what he looks like especially to me was quite jarring, what more the first time I heard him speak. I thought the trees of middle earth had a child in England. Anyway he appeared brefly on BBC The Wow Signal reading a message for our galactic brother. I never heard the audio but I Saw it as an opportunity to pay homage .

The Wow Signal Alan Moore by Solo Lirios Galura

After which I kept to my Sci-fi bend and being a fan of Blizzards Starcraft. I went in search of its lore.

Mothership by Solo Lirios Galura

And to my utter joy while perusing one of my many favourite sites I came upon an oddity that could only happen in this generation. A theatre company know from Tennessee thought of crossing James Cameron's cinematic masterpiece with Shakespeare. They posted their script and I did a reading. I was very happy hear back from them and give me a crack at their second released script.

Terminator The Second by Solo Lirios Galura

And I have been asked to do my first reading of a short story. Which was released this month. have a listen.

Since then I have taken a bit of a hiatus, since my studies must now take precedent. But i have been able to have fun on the side.

Muppet Shakespeare by Solo Lirios Galura

Rest assured more is to come.

Kick Ass

Kick Ass

Minimum Power Emma Frost

Minimum Power James Howlett 1

Son of Krypton, Man of Steel

Mirror Image

I recently saw the HBO documentary Courtship of Rivals. About Larry Bird and Earving "Magic" Johnson. And i appreciated the depiction of two players who competed against each other so much but were so much alike.

Minimum Power Captain America

Minimum Power Power Girl

Minimum Power Zatanna

Minimum Power Wonder Woman

Lost in the Crowd

Kong Hei Fat Choi 2011

Chiwetel Ejiofor: Green Lantern Proposition

I understand that they have already cast Nick Jones in the role of Jon Stewart for the Green Lantern movie.

But the idea of Chiwetel Ejiofor as a Green Lantern has stuck with me mainly because of his body of work. If you were to peruse his CV you would see the diversity of acting ability which I site as the basis for him playing this role.

I took me so long to actually get to work on this thing all while i had Ps at my disposal. What a sloth I am.

Source material here and here.

Lolita Challenge

I miss drawing with Ink.

2011 01 20

A Tangled Review.

"This is the story of how I died." These were the opening words of Disney’s 50th animated feature Tangled. The Disney Studios has announced that Tangled would be their final fairy tale story which sounds even worse after you have seen Tangled.

The casting of Mandy Moore as Rapunzel a was pitch perfect, as Tangled is a Disney movie, and like many Disney movies musical numbers abound. Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel who has locked away sweet Rapunzel has one of the best songs titled "Mother Knows Best" warns our heroin of the perils awaiting her should she venture into the wide wild world. Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider is no slouch holding his own in a show stopping duet titled "I See The Light" set against the most beautifully staged sequence in the movie. Rapunzel is a musical make no mistake, the scenes that feature singing and dancing happen in the most organic way possible never feeling tacked-on or forced as an interlude in the story.

Disney's Rapunzel is adorable, insufferably so. Dare i say she may well be the most beautifull among all Disney Princesses or maybe I'm just more partial to blondes but face value aside Rapunzel as a character is what wins you over. Unlike other princesses this one is proactive setting complicated gears in motion to fulfil a simple goal. Flynn Rider can hold your attention and has gained the most at the end of the movie after he makes the biggest sacrifice getting his ass handed to him by a horse. Mother Gothel we all know is evil but putting on the guise of a caring mother to keep Rapunzel.

Tangled is a return to form for Disney now with John Lasseter taking the reigns at Disney Animation Studios. There is an obvious hike in quality when your protagonist and antagonist are not the only memorable characters in the movie. As many of the other Disney classics the side characters enhance the experience. Little Mermaid and her fishy friends, Aladdin and his Genie, Simba and his Hakunamatata friends, and Belle and her menagerie of anthropomorphised household appliances. Tangled certainly has these and more mainly in Maximus a zealous Imperial Horse and Pascal Rapunzels long suffering but equally understanding house-mate/pet chameleon. Even on route we meet a interesting collection of ruffians who break into a chorus titled "I've Got a Dream" inspired by Rapunzel.

As beautiful as Rapunzel is the world they inhabit is equally as gorgeous. Never have I seen so many variations of the colour green. Beautifully rendered the forest seems alive even though we only see parts of it as our Main Characters travel through it. This may be a CG movie but it the look and feel of it has that unmistakable charm of a classic Disney fairytale.

All these elements come together to bring you a delightful version of a story your heard many times before and you’ll be happy to add this version to tell at bedtime.

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