VFX/Animation Industry to protest the Oscars
Life of Pi (Fox) and Snow White and the Huntsman (Universal) together grossed almost a billion dollars worldwide. Rhythm & Hues Studios, the company that brought Richard Parker to life and created the bulk of the visual effects for these two Oscar nominated films, has just declared bankruptcy. Many of the artists who worked nights and weekends to create those effects are out of work and unpaid for weeks of work (including nights and weekends) on new tent-pole films for the same studios, Fox and Universal. It’s time for change!
(via Cartoon Brew)
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This robot army from DeviceZero on Etsy appears to be rising up to take control of our desktops and house keys. (He’s also on tumblr, so follow if you like these little beasties.)
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Historical Accuracy of the Day: Actual footage, circa 1752.
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Old Lady Ruins Fresco, Claims Copyright, Demands Money
Via TechDirt:
Remember that sweet octagenarian lady in Spain who tried to restore a 19th-century fresco “Ecce Homo” and ended up producing something that the BBC’s Europe correspondent described as “a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic”? …
According to a story pointed out to us by @sinkdeep, that sweet octagenarian lady is back, accompanied now by her lawyers, claiming copyright on her work and demanding a cut of the takings from the collection box that the church authorities have placed near the fresco …
Your treat for getting through hump day. I can’t stop looking at this. — rachel
Source: techdirt.com



