Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:00:36 -0700 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Character Design At 11:22 PM 3/11/2008, you wrote: ....... >Example: I am crazy about the Brain, in the >Warner Brothers cartoon "Pinky and the Brain", >because he has great eye focus, a huge brain >that is directly related to his character >concept (smart), and an unusually dark gaze for >a non-evil character. He also has a look that is >unlike any other mouse or rat character out >there, without taking away the credibility. His >facial features squished together and made small >by the hugeness of the head surrounding them >makes him look huge despite his small stature. >(I wish I could add details about how he is >constructed, his "grid", but that's exactly what I'm trying to figure out). I was having lunch with some studio guys in Burbank and sitting next to me was a man so resembling the Brain it was uncanny. As I got talking with him, it was indeed a studio exec at nickelodeon and he mentioned that the animators had used him as the model for the Pinky and the Brain. I can't remember his name.. Steve Axtell Axtell Expressions, Inc. **************************************** http://www.axtell.com The original content of this email or attachments is =A9 Axtell Expressions, Inc. _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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