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Suzi Quazar

Month: April 2013

  • Cartoon Cool: Behind the scenes

    I grew up on hand drawn animation.
    Every frame was drawn by hand, painted by hand, and hand photographed.

    From Space Angel, to The Galaxy Trio, Herculoids and beyond, animation has always been my passion.

    I remember as a kid getting Preston Blair’s Animation book and wearing it out.
    I was constantly doing animations in the edges of old paperbacks, creating makeshift flipbooks.

    One of my goals for Suzi is to get her animated.  I do animations of all kind, and have been doing alot of test footage animation of Suzi,
    but truth be told, the machine I am creating all this on is fairly old, and just can’t produce the quality of images I am after.
    I do have the process down though, and I am expecting to have some really cool results once I can upgrade the hardware.

    Here is an amazing video that shows the process of hand drawn animation used on Popeye, waaaay back when.  It took an army…

  • Cosplay and Consent: Damn, people, grow up!

    Cosplay and Consent: Damn, people, grow up!

    So I found this article over on 16 Bit Sirens talking about the level of harassment that cosplayers receive at cons.
    Having a daughter that is getting into the cosplay scene, I found myself wondering WTF?

    It’s 2013.
    Grow up or stay home if you don’t know how to act around people in costumes.
    It’s not an excuse for you to grope them, stalk them or just plain be a dick.

    Go check out their Cosplay =/= Consent initiative.
    And fellas, keep an eye out for the creepers.
    Give em some hell, out them and embarrass the crap out of them.
    They deserve it.

    Personally, I see some creeper rolling up on a cos playa, he is in for a rough ride…

     

    http://www.16bitsirens.com/consent/

  • Sunday Science: Wormholes

    Sunday Science: Wormholes

    Wormholes.
    A staple of science fiction that is often used to explain how the characters are able to travel around the universe without having to go into a ton of crazy science.

    While we have seen no visual evidence of a wormhole, it is basically a short-cut thru space and time.  Imagine folding space and time over like a piece of paper, then creating a tunnel between the folded sheets.  You could enter on one side of the paper and come out on the other without having to travel a great distance.

    Want to know more about this interesting concept?

    Jerry Coffey wrote about this at UniverseToday.com.  Go check it out!

  • Saturday Sneak Peek: Mine is bigger than yours

    Saturday Sneak Peek: Mine is bigger than yours

    mine is bigger than yours
    mine is bigger than yours

    Now we are talking! There is alot of adventure ahead, and we find out what happens when a normal person is put in extraordinary situations.

  • Look up…

    Look up…

    If only we could all see the sky like this, we would realize that we are on a little rock in the middle of a universe.
    And we would realize that we are all in it together…

    Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

  • Inspirations: Comic influences

    Inspirations: Comic influences

    Suzi Quazar is the product of a lifetime of comic inspiration.  Growing up, I was never really interested in the super powered comics.  Never read Batman, some Superman on occasion.  I found myself drawn towards the more cosmic and epic stories.

    DC Kirby Kamandi1
    DC Kirby Kamandi1

    Sci-fi was always my favorite genre, followed closely by fantasy.
    Suzi is more what I would call ‘science fantasy’.
    The ships don’t follow true physics, and there are giant monsters, life-support belts, jet packs and rayguns.

    Mutants, monsters and mayhem is the general order of the day.

    The Fantastic Four when they were in space, Kamandi, Dr. Strange and the Silver Surfer.  There was an awesome Planet of the Apes b&w magazine done back in the late 60’s.  I loved the art style and the stories went way beyond what was in the movies.  I think as far as super-heroes go, Green Lantern was one of my favorites.  The whole concept of the galactic police force was really cool.  In the early books, the Lanterns ring held a world within the ring itself.

    Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes

    It’s this kind of world of fun and fantasy that I want to capture with Suzi. I have a pretty good idea of where the story is going, but I will admit I am still flying by the seat of my pants when it comes to the specific details of the story.