Stay tuned for the animated version to be released at the end of May

Raw audio from an upcoming project by Michael Papa

Overheard someone say today that reasonable, civil debates attack particular ideologies instead of those who represent them. I’ve summed up this precept of debate with the phrase “Attack Positions Not People”.

Remember that an Ad Hominem argument is a logical fallacy that criticizes an individual on a personal level rather than addressing their ideological position. AKA calling someone names instead of answering their statement in rebuttal.

Some frames from a rare character-based project from me. More to come for the final designboard. This one is based around the story of the sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 22.

Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

- Genesis 22:10-12

Previews of a couple new projects I’ll be posting sometime.

It's a very long way home.

Quick graphic experiment.

This summer I had the opportunity to work for Fivestone Studios in Nashville, TN. While I was there I got animate the show package for a new ‘intervention’ show on CMT. Below is the show opener – my contribution was the title animation at the end. Check out CMT’s website to watch the premiere episode and catch some of the other package elements.

The first project I worked on during my summer term was for the Walmart FLW Tour Forrest Wood Cup tournament. This is the ‘Superbowl’ of bass fishing. The winning angler receives $500,000. Fivestone handled the event graphics, displayed on a 3568x1080px, 3 panel display on stage. My role was animation. Below is Fivestone’s event reel – the FLW event starts at 00:27.

The Atlantic Wire has an article detailing one of the reasons for the content on this blog. Crutch words: a symptom of the tragic state of the English language. I hope my other word-related posts will help you abate this onslaught of language-negligence.

Some of my favorites are I’m not gonna lie, irregardless, and kind of/sort of.

Link: Literal Epidemic: Crutch Words

{wi(ə)rd. Adjective, Noun, Verb.}
Meaning:

Adj:

having the power to control the fate or destiny of human beings, etc.; later, claiming the supernatural power of dealing with fate or destiny.
partaking of or suggestive of the supernatural; of a mysterious or unearthly character; unaccoutably or uncomfortably strange; uncanny.

Noun:

the principle, power, or agency by which events are predetermined; fate, destiny. Magical power, enchantment.
one pretending or supposed to have the power to foresee and to control future events; a witch or wizard, a soothsayer.

Verb:

to preordain by the decree of fate; esp in pass. to be destined or divinely appointed to, into, or unto.
to assign to (a person) as his fate; to apportion as one’s destiny or lot.

Age/Rarity: Weird is certainly still in use today, however much of its spiritual connotation has fallen by the wayside. The adjectival use of this word derived from the occurence of this in the story Macbeth, Acts III and IV in Shakespeare’s First Folio.

You may be familiar with terms such as “the weird sisters” or the expression “weirded-out”. Next time you choose to use this word, consider it’s true meaning apart from how it is used in popular culture. Perhaps strange, odd, or peculiar describes the situation more precisely.