Comics and Cons

Keating — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:05:42 +0000

Today we went to Fan Expo 2010, here in Toronto. It was a pretty good time. Lots of art, some cool toys, and a great panel with Darwyn Cooke (The Hunter, his latest book, is awesome ). While we were standing in line to enter the con, we saw a guy with this little girl dressed up as Hawk Girl. Then, in my brain, I overheard this imaginary conversation. In my brain.

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Its a kind of magic!

Keating — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:51:35 +0000

Houdini 11 Sneak Peek from Go Procedural on Vimeo.

Check out this video. I helped oversee the majority of these videos and even got my hands dirty animating a couple of them. Big congratulations to everyone at SideFX on the upcoming Houdini 11. And a big round of applause for all of the interns who actually created the majority of the content!

Atlantic Book Awards and Me

Keating — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:40:00 +0000

Recently, the Atlantic Book Awards took place in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Much to my surprise, the kind judges there decided to honor me with the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration for What Colour is the Ocean? I’d just like the thank Gary Collins and Maggie Rose Parsons for writing the book and for allowing me to be a part of the project. I’d also like to thank everyone at Flanker press for publishing the book and taking such care with the final product.

So, thanks to everyone involved. I really appreciate the award. You can see more about the Atlantic Book awards here. Also, you can get some info on the book itself, the authors, and the publisher over at the flanker press webpage: www.flankerpress.com

Well Well Well ( 3 holes in the ground )

Keating — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:58:30 +0000

So this is what my webpage looks like. I’ve been really busy with my new job for the last few months and I’ve really neglected this blog space ( not to mention twitter ). I’m hoping to get back on track with some new images and some updates about the work I’ve been doing. There may even be a new video page appearing in the future. Keep your eyes peeled!

Also, I’ve been living in Toronto now for a few months and I must admit that I’m enjoying the city quite a bit. I’m especially fond of walking passed the christmas window displays. High-end fashion stores make creepy displays. Penguins are cute, penguin-human hybrids with dead stares are unnerving.

New Blog!

Keating — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:08:31 +0000

That’s right, I have returned to update my blog. Just to let everyone know, I’m continuing my work with BOOM studios adapatation of Phillip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”. The covers are coming along great!

Last year at this time I would have been on my way to the San Diego Comic-con, but it’s just too far to travel without a good reason for going. Hopefully next year I’ll have my very own book to promote ( Last year was Chopper Zombie ).

A little bird told me

Keating — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:49:53 +0000

Well, I decided to open up a twitter account. If you need up to the minute news about Scott Keating or Scott Keating related merchandise, www.twitter.com/scottkeatingart is the place to go. Ever wonder what I eat? Or where I eat it? How about when I’m leaving my house to go someplace else? All of this exciting information and more are now available to you via your friendly neighbourhood supplier of electric communication!

Pull the strings!

Keating — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:34:09 +0000

So, we’ve finished construction on the sets, the puppet, the props. We’ve finished rehearsals and we’ve finished shooting. There are some pictures of the shoot in the Gallery section, check them out.

Now it’s just a matter of editing, sound editing, special effects and scoring. Nothing to it!

Make it pretty, Baby!

Keating — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:42:01 +0000

So, work continues on the short film project I mentioned. We’ve built and prepped a fairly significant miniature set and it’s really starting to look fabulous. It’s amazing sometimes what a bit of wood and some left over paint can do.

Also, it’s really interesting how much an out-of-scale object sticks out when you put it into a in-scale-model. It’s kind of freaky looking.

Strings ‘n Things

Keating — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:35:25 +0000

So, I’m currently in production on a short film involving puppets and miniatures. It’s an interesting challenge to work on something as artificial as a puppet movie. All movies are essentially artificial, but in this case each shot needs to be tailored to either highlight or obfuscate the unreality of the situation. It’s alot more planning than I’m used to, but it’s fun to pre-visualize everything before even setting up a tripod.

Late Nights

Keating — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:19:04 +0000

A few nights ago I was walking through a park, taking some photos, when I noticed that the ducks in the duck pond were swimming around. This was 4:30 in the morning. When do ducks sleep? They weren’t exactly lively, but they were definately quacking and whatnot. Maybe it was just some bad apples.

Speaking of muppets, I’ve been drawing them quite a bit and it’s actually a really interesting challenge. Once you start really paying attention to the Muppets you’ll notice that most of them have frozen expressions. Almost all of the personality is sold through the voice and the physical performance. I’ve been trying to capture the expressiveness of the characters without altering the facial expressions. I want to draw muppets, not cartoon versions of muppets. If that makes sense. Hopefully in the not too distant future you’ll get to see some of my efforts.