3 new Gnomon DVDs

From the little blurb on their site.: "The Gnomon Workshop is pleased to announce the release of three DVDs by acclaimed artists Taron, Zack Petroc and Keith Thompson. Covering the topics of Organic Modeling, Art Direction and Character Design, these titles are truly educational and inspiring."

Here’s a link to the news page that has a javascript press release.  Otherwise, I would have just link to the direct release.

New Semester.

The first week of the new semester is now over.  I’m taking "Lettering and Typography" and "The History of Modern Art".  Both of my instructors seem really nice.  Ron Larson, who teaches the Lettering and Typography class has a lot of real world industry experience, so I’m happy about that.  Having an instructor that has "been there, done that" in an industry that is close to what you are doing is a great benefit.  I’m looking forward to leaching as much knowledge out of him as possible.

History isn’t one of my strong points, so the History of Modern Art is going to be a challenge for me.  The instructor seems fun and lighthearted, but to me, the material is really difficult to stay interested in.  She lectured about a painting for roughly 20 minutes last night.  The size, the background, foreground, middle ground, colors, lighting, etc.  I understand it’s important to know what has been done in the past, and the foundations of art itself, but this material is so dry to me.  But, it’s necessary for my major so I will plug away at it for roughly the next 15 weeks.