Mar
03
2007
2

New site design

Well after a few years of my blog looking like it did I got tired of it so I decided to spruce it up a bit and give it an overhaul.

Since my brother updated our blogs last year to WordPress, it had a lot of functionality built right into it that I unfortunately could not use due to the template I was using which was a hacked template merged over from my old Blogger.com days. But now that I am using one of their standard templates I can add all sorts of cool stuff.

I really like the new additions of the page headers at the top and I love the dual sidebars as well. it just seems a bit more modern to me. Plus it’s way more modular and easy to edit and update. Sure it doesn’t look my my Milowerx Studio’s website but eh, this is a more personal venue anyway. I hope you like it and if you don’t well, I’m most likely not gonna change it anyway!

Written by Mike Milo in: Web |
Apr
11
2006
0

Finger Standing Monk!

This has nothing to do with animaton but, MAN! Check THIS video out and before you ask… YES it’s real!

Written by Mike Milo in: Web |
Mar
31
2006
0

Frederator Studios Blogs

Dunno if you guys know about this but Frederator has a blog for each short they are doing over there for Nickelodeon. Great stuff. Lots of art up there showing what the cartoon sare looking like and some of it is arguably the best on tv. So many styles and so many talented people.
Frederator Studios Blog

Written by Mike Milo in: Animation,Flavio,Web |
Feb
22
2006
2

HAHAH!

I am NOT a nerd! I KNEW it! My brother however (teehee) got a 99!
I am nerdier than 32% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

Written by Mike Milo in: Personal,Web |
Dec
06
2005
3

Flip Book!


There is an awesome site called Flip Book where you can draw your own little cartoons. I drew one and it was quite easy to do. I believe it was done with Flash but it mimics the exact same thing as when you animate on the pages of a book and then flip then to get alittle animation sequence! Very cool! Go make a masterpiece!

Written by Mike Milo in: Animation,Drawing,Web |
Dec
04
2005
0

Subscribe!

Now you can subscribe to this blog easily if you’d like. Then instead of checking back to find I’ve been a lzy fool and not added anything new or interesting, you can find out very quickly whther it’s been updated, ( along wiht finding out about your other favorite sites as well) and you’ll know when a new post appears!
Click this image
(which is also on the toolbar to the right of your screen) and it will take you to Bloglines, a service that collects all of the blogs that you like to read daily. I have quite a few because artists seem to like to show and share what they do. Anyway, once you are there you can sign up for a free account and once you do, eahc time you check the site it will list all of the blogs you have subscribed to and tell you whether they’ve been updated or not!
You can read a more in depth article about this on my brother’s blog as well if you’re interested!

Written by Mike Milo in: Blogging,Software,Technology,Web |
Aug
17
2005
0

Layouts Page and Storyboard page update!


Over the years I’ve collected quite a bit of paper and drawings. One of the things I have the most of is layouts from the various shows I’ve worked on over the years. I have made a small page with a bit of that work. there will be more to follow as I wade through the volumes of paper stacked in dusty reems around my studio.

Character Layout was a process that was used to get more character and personality from the studios overseas.

It was a “springboard” for the animators to help them “get” our sense of humor and understand our “in jokes”. It was also a way to keep “on mode” which means that the character essentially looks the same each frame.

We would blow up the storyboard frames and act out the character adding nuances and details that the storyboard artist missed or didn’t have time to put into the scene. We would listen to the episodes soundtrack and then make the pictures we drew match the voices on the tape. It really helped the films. The Simpsons and King of the Hill are still done this way today, I believe.

I have also updated the Storyboard page with three more Xiaolin Showdown storyboards and anothert short cartoon as well called Wild and Wooly.

Written by Mike Milo in: Web |
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