Beer Basket Review #6

Weihenstephaner Kristall Weissbier: I've never had a kristall or kristallweizen (filtered) wheat beer. Its light color and clarity belies its body and strong flavor. What looks almost like Corona is ready to shock anyone thinking they're in for an easy drinking bud substitute. This is the full wheat flavor without the suspended cloudiness.

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Beer Basket Review #5

Georg Schneider's Wiesen Edel-Weisse (Organic): This beer had a strong wheat and fruit flavor with a sweet finish.

Beer Basket Review #4

Kapuziner Weissbier: This one had a good, strong wheat and fruit flavor like Franziskaner with the addition of a tiny bit of bitterness (the "yeasty tang" that is advertised on the bottle.) As with most beers that have a monk on the bottle, you can't go wrong, although this monk is a bit creepy (perhaps an allusion to the bitter undertone).

Beer Basket Review #3

Julius Echter Premium Weissbier: Brewed by Würzburger Hofbräu in Würzburg, this is an easy drinking wheat beer with no strong tones. Its like Franziskaner watered down with a pils. It was good, but it did not seem to have any strong flavor.

Beer Basket Review #2

Tonight I had Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier. It was very dark and very smokey. In fact, it tasted like smoked mozzarella purée. At first taste, I was not enthralled, but it grew on me as I had it. Its not something I would buy by the keg, but it good if you're out for a adventure in tasting. Ellen didn't like it or the smell that developed in the room from my glass, my breath, and the open bottle. The key word here is smokey.

Beer Basket Review

Ellen got me a basket full of wheat beer for my birthday. Here is what I drank so far:

Sam Adams Hefeweizen: This had a weird flavor for a wheat beer. The also have a Cherry Wheat I'd like to try.

Hacker-Pschorr: I've had this before. They have it at Croxley's and anywhere else where there is a fair variety of international beers. Its a good standby and is a good substitute for Paulaner.

Hofbräu Dunkel: I just drank this one. I don't think it is a wheat beer (in fact I'm pretty sure its not). I don't think I have stuffy nose or anything, but this beer was virtually tasteless with a very slight chocolatey hint. It was fairly full bodied which I would expect from a beer of its color and darkness.

John K's Animation School Revisited

The wikipedia article on John K no longer has the convenient list of links to his animation lessons, so here you go:

John K's Animation School Lessons
Lesson 1:Construction of the head
Lesson 2:Squash and Stretch on heads
Lesson 3:How to check your copies-Proportion
Lesson 4: Legged Characters
Lesson 5: Line Of Action, Silhouettes
Lesson 6:Construction of the head (Advanced)
Lesson 7:When Generic is a Good Thing
Lesson 8: Proportions affect design-Contrasts
Lesson 9: Hands-Simplifying complicated things
Color Theory
Color Theories for Cartoons- Garish versus Warm
Color Theory: Pee and Poo colors versus Colorful Greys
Color Theory- look at the sky before you paint a sunset
Color Theory- good color without a lot of money - Art Lozzi HB
Color Theory - does cost equal quality?
Color Theory - eye relief
Color Theory - steal from anime if you can't think of anything yourself
Color Theory - neutral or natural colors
Color Theory- Art Lozzi - Interview - Early Days At Hanna Barbera
Color and BG Painting Reference-Old Golden Books
Color Theory-Art Lozzi on Bob Gentle-Skeeter Trouble
Art Lozzi- scooter looter-paint technique-BG painting
Color Theory- Art Lozzi explains some technique
Color Theory- color isolated from detailed technique-Yogi Bear "High Fly Guy", 1958
Composition
COMPOSITION For Layout and BG artists - part 1 - Framing
Composition 2 - Intersection
COMPOSITION 3 For Layout and BG artists - Clear Staging
Composition 4 - Staging Groups Of Characters
Composition 5 - EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONCEPT! Negative VS Positive space
Composition 6- Avoid The Middle, Asymmetry is more natural and interesting
Composition 7 - compose your poses together - also very important!
COMPOSITION 8 For Layout and BG artists - form over detail, lettering, study other artists

Gesture Drawings from the Mall