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Aug
Features:
Here you will find all the featured articles that were featured
on Aug 2006.
 HOT
SUMMER ...
This summer has been HOT! We just returned from the Comicon, and
with siggraph on our heels, we decided to concentrate more on
the siggraph issue for all you artists who want the scoop. Not
only Do we have a great How-To for you to enjoy, but we also have
an AWESOME contest with 3 cool prizes!! Angie and Jamie have been
busy with their new book.. so this issue is all about "Thinking
Animation!"
NEWS FLASH! 
We hope to unveil the new scratchpost site design by Dec 5th,
If you have been a past featured artist, please let us know if
you would like to have your Bio updated. We will be removing a
lot of very old and outdated content.. so any artist past 2004
will be removed unless we get a new updated Bio. Please
contact us
If you want your Bio to make it to the new site.
Also
keep sending us ideas and submissions
for features, reviews, and featured artists! Our site is nothing
without your contributions, so keep them coming!
-TSP
Behind
The Scenes of: XERO
xero is the first animated short from TimeFissure Studios. Up
to this point in time the TimeFissure team have worked projects
together in the corporate arena, and as individual contractors
and freelancers. But in the hearts and minds of the TimeFissure
team there has been the drive to create stories that invoke, enlighten,
and entertain the viewer. TimeFissure has plans to create other
entertaining animated shorts and music videos, integrating compelling
stories and characters the audience can connect with 
TSP's
Hot Summer Animation CONTEST!!
Is
it just me, or is this summer HOT HOT HOT!!? Are you ready for
a challenge and a few AWESOME prizes?? Do you think you have what
it takes to show your skills? Then check out the contest, prizes,
rules and deadline and send us your stuff!!!
Siggraph
2006 How-To
Want to know how to explore Siggraph? Do you have questions about
the show? Never been and don't know what to expect? Want to know
how to look for a job at Siggraph? You are in the right place!
We have gotten many emails asking these questions and more. We
asked Jamie and Angie to give our readers some pointers, so here
is everything you need to know about Siggraph, from the Thinking
Animation Duo!
FEATURED
ARTIST: Jamie Oliff- Freelance Character Animator
Jamie Oliff is an animation addict pure and simple. From an early
age he has had an almost sick attraction to the cartoon. Whilst
munching on the delectable honey and peanut butter sandwiches
of which he adores, he spent countless hours in front of the black
and white television, mesmerized by the antics of Bugs, Daffy,
Tom and Jerry and other wacky animals. Thinking that this must
surely be the most fantastic thing ever, he proceeded to fill
the Readers Digest condensed books (hard cover, about 3 inches
thick) with scores of spastic, ill conceived attempts at animation.
But it was enough to light a spark which glows to this day.
UPDATED
PAST ARTIST: Angie Jones- Digital Domain's Character Animator
Angie Jones began her art career at the age of 4 drawing down
the hallway walls outside her room. Of course, this was difficult
because she couldn't stop eating the crayons. Drawing was her
passion and many years later, she graduated from a small fine
arts school in Atlanta, GA. called The Atlanta College of Art.
After graduating in 1994, she spent a brief time creating graphics
for Coca-Cola USA; but the dry, corporate graphics world held
no interest for her and a few months later she began working on
a television show called Reality Check at Mindflex, Inc. She created
2D animations with HiResQFX and Animator Pro. She also had her
first introduction to 3D images with Topas 3D, at Mindflex. This
children's show aired on both NBC and CBS affiliates in 1994.
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