Here’s what you might have missed last week:
• Alice in Wonderland Event – Hollywood, CA
• GameSpot Interview with Alice Game Producer
• Juggalo News
• New Alice in Wonderland Scene: “Clothe This Girl”
• White Rabbit & Chesire Cat Posters
• Forrest Progression Stills from Alice in Wonderland
• The Knave of Hearts Progression Stills
• Alice in Wonderland Scenes from the Movie
• The Red Queen Progression Stills
• ChatRoulette: To Catch a Predator

Here are some progression stills of a forrest scene from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 1 of 5. The shot of Alice in Tulgey Woods–home to the Chesire Cat–begins with Mia Wasikowska photographed on a green-screen stage. Shadowy lighting is already being used to help blend the real-life actor into her computer-generated surroundings. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 2 of 5. Artists at Imageworks, take the green-screen photography and place it in a low-resolution CG model of the environment. Shadows help to integrate Alice, even with the most basic colors and shapes of the rough model. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 3 of 5. Low-resolution geometry is replaced with high-resolution. Alice’s hair is blowing from an on-set fan, and later, a matching computer-generated breeze will rustle the surrounding foliage. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Progression still 4 of 5. Effects artists at Imageworks add the green smoky cloud that passes around Alice, which is about to reveal the Cheshire Cat behind Alice on the left. © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Final Film Frame. Progression still 5 [...]

Here is what you might have missed last week:
• Posted a bunch of sappy moments from my Hawaii trip in 2009
• Crashing Nemo
• BioShock 2 Launch Trailer
• Tim Burton’s Sketches for Alice in Wonderland
• New Home, Here I Come!
• Progression Stills of the White Rabbit from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
• An Electro Playlist
• Robin Hood Super Bowl 2010 TV Spot

Here are a couple of Tim Burton’s sketches for Alice in Wonderland that were released last week. One is of the Knave of Hearts, and the other is the Red Queen:

© Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Another set of character photos from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland have been released. Here you go!

Caterpillar

The Dormouse

The Knave

The Red Queen

The White Rabbit
Alice in Wonderland in theaters March 5, 2010.

Here is the international trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, released with an extra thirty seconds from the movie!

Be sure to become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AliceInWonderland!

So with Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving weekend, and one hell of a busy week at work, I haven’t had the chance to write about this until now.
One night last week, I was at my best friend and her husband’s house, and they were telling me how they were interested in getting into professional photography and had picked up a beautiful Nikon D3000 from Samy’s– and how the store had some killer deals I may be interested in. I’ve actually been due for an upgrade for years now, but just never really had the funds set aside for it until now. As I played with the 3000, I fell more and more in love. Plus, I’ve been really excited to now have someone to shoot with and someone to work on landscape photography (something that I sometimes have played with, but obviously I’m more of a concert photography specialist) with.
Last weekend, after the holiday, I brought over my old photography book from college for Alicia to read up on. She already knew basics from taking a class when she was in high school, but I knew the book would have a lot more information that would be good for her. I managed to [...]

Great tune and really great visuals:

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So one of my favorite photographers is hosting a photography event in Los Angeles this Saturday (November 14, 2009) that includes his own work, as well as the work of other amazing artists. If you are in town, I highly suggest you come out for this night to remember!
Here are the details…

Welcome to Figurative Theatre. A group art exhibit, that brings forth images from some of today’s top photo talents. Our diverse group of photographers credits cover many aspects of the modern photo industry.
Collectively we have shot such celebrities/bands as: Margaret Cho, Sybil Danning, Marilyn Manson, Tool, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rock, Christina Aguilera, Moby, Flea, Static X, Fear Factory, G Tom Mac, Miss Katonic, and more.
Artists include:
Dean Karr: www.deankarr.com
Dale May: www.dalemayphotography.com
Dan Santoni: www.dansantoni.com
Chad Michael Ward: www.digitalapocalypse.com
Apollo Star: www.apollostaar.com
Saryn Angel: www.sarynchristina.com
Location:
Rebecca Molayem Gallery: www.rebeccamolayemarts.com
Rebecca Molayem Gallery
306 N Robertson Blvd
West Hollyood, CA 90048 US
Also presenting live models:
Miss Katonic: www.modelmayhem.com/42209
Lacy Valentine: www.modelmayhem.com/730453
Wearing designs by:
Eirik Aswang: www.modelmayhem.com/543552
Hair/makeup by: Christina Schock, and Anthony Cress
www.figurativetheatre.com
wine, cheese, hors devours.
Celebrity guests include:
Sybil Danning: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000356
G TOM MAC: www.imdb.com/name/nm0573021
Dylan Vox: www.imdb.com/name/nm1384079
Larry Bishop: www.imdb.com/name/nm0084114
From 6 PM to 10 PM. To view the Evite, click here.
See you this Saturday!

So Saturday morning and afternoon, I spent checking out a few apartments.
The first one I looked at was nice. The staff were friendly. However, each one I looked at were way too small for me and not worth the price.
On my way to my second appointment, I noticed another building had a vacancy sign. I decided to check it out on a whim. Let’s just say I knew it was going to be all bad when the guy answered the phone without any sort of formal, professional greeting and just a miserable-sounding “…hello?”
So back to my second appointment. I fell in love with this building as soon as I walked into the lobby/leasing office. ART EVERYWHERE. This was already started to SCREAM “me.” The staff were very friendly and of course I would be the one to click with them over talk about Thai food and videogames. I was first shown the lobby/club, WiFi cafe, dancing studio, sound studio, pool & spa, business center, and the gym; then shown three different sizes available and fell in love with the third (biggest) one:

I fell more and more love with it and put down a 72-hour holding fee. I was ready for [...]