MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OCTOPUS STUDIOS

Octopus Studios on The Express TV Shaw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9uI-xGppA

Blogs featuring Octopus Studios

Kimplumley's blog:

http://kimplumley.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/8-arms-needed-at-octopus-really-to-carry-all-the-things-you-want-to-buy/


Meanderinginlotusland:

http://meanderinginlotusland.blogspot.com/

Another feature on "24hours" interview with Tomoko Kawabe

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2009/11/22/11873256.html

CBC features Octopus Studios during ECC

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Local_News/BC/ID=1339006063 watch us on 14:55

Thank you all for visiting Octopus Studios during the Eastside Culture Crawl

Sneak Peak about Octopus Studios on “Express Shaw TV”

Three more days to the Eastside Culture Crawl. Octopus Studios were pleased to entertain Express Shaw TV, showcasing what's new for the Crawl this year. You can see the show on Shaw TV, on the 18, 19, 20 of November at 6pm and 10 pm. See you all at the Crawl.

Jonathan Paine workshop

Today was the last evening with Jonathan Paine at Octopus Studios. Please enjoy some creatures during the production. More information about Jonathan latest workshop you can find in the blogs archive under September posts. Stay tuned for more classes in 2010. Thank you Jonathan for great 8 weeks of instructing.

Sean Karemaker

Sean Karemaker documents the small things that occur in strange places. He enjoys to illustrate slow stories at high speed and capture mundane madness in passing. His weapons of choice are clay, pens, and mixtures of paints.

Tomoko Kawabe

I have been creating clutch purses. They are colourful and fun pieces which can be used to keep your cosmetics, candies, coins, and more.
I also have been in the process of selecting images from my Lomography collection to showcase at the Eastside Culture Crawl.

Lynn Corcuera

DJ Bles-sed (SVSVANCITY.COM/HASTINGS SET) will be spinning hip hop, funk, soul, disco, electro and classic house.

Kevin Foster

The KGF (aka Kevin Foster, aka Grand Master Hex, aka KK Styles) spins the dopest tunes, gets the flyest girls, and makes the biggest moves, dig? He’s straight out of the suburbs of C Town and won’t take no prisoners or excuses, so watch out. Ain’t been no person who wanted to hear good smooth dance tunes that heard the KGF and then said they didn’t hear it later! Yeah. Feel it. Kev also likes eating and cooking organic.

Kim White

Kim builds classical, steel and cigar box guitars one at a time by hand. He trained with Master Luthier David Freeman.

Kelly Cairns

Originally from Saskatchewan, I have lived in Vancouver for three years. I work as a painter and fashion designer, using recycled skateboard decks as my canvas, and some up-cycled fabrics in my designs. This is my first year at the Eastside Culture Crawl. I am also currently setting up a store on etsy, to be opened mid-October. I am a new addition to Octopus Studios on Powell and look forward to seeing you all at the crawl where I will have a variety of art and clothing for sale.

Lisa Wills

For Miss Wills, the medium actually is the message. Every surface tells its own story.

Her Abstract Expressionism is the interplay between colour and texture with an extreme sensitivity to the needs of the media.

Her careful consideration and choice of process allows for a confidence and tension that has an organic quality.

Miss Wills has studied at Emily Carr, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and West Dean College in England.

Soigne handfelted bags

My recent love of leather and felt can be seen in my new designs. These new bags have a soft and cozy touch for the winter season, and are finished with leather elements for form and function. Inside they are all lined with a contrasting fabric. Please check www.soigne.ca for more info.

Jonathan Paine guest teacher at Octopus Studios

Jonathan Paine and Octopus Studios are pleased to be offering a course in character sculpting. Enrollment is limited and seats are filling quickly.

Maquettes are used in leading animation studios as a reference and style guide. This course will be invaluable to animators and character modelers wanting to have a physical model of their design. Learn how to sculpt from an artist with 25 years experience. During this course you will learn all the steps necessary for creating your sculpture from scratch. We will cover tools, materials and sculptural procedures from building an armature for support, blocking in, to finishing. Basic anatomy of the face, neck and upper chest will be discussed and how that impacts your sculpture, whether you are sculpting something realistic or caricatured. For this class it is recommended to do an animated character bust. Realistic portraits will not be covered in this course. Prerequisite: Although this can be considered a beginners class, prior drawing and or sculpting experience is recommended.

Start Date: September 23
Duration: 8 x 3Hour sessions
Cost: $400 + Supplies and Equipment
Supplies and Equipment: $50 approximate
Enrollment is limited to 12 students

To enroll and for details please contact Jonathan Paine directly at claypixel@gmail.com

Location: Octopus Studios 393 Powell Street, Vancouver

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Jonathan's career spans 25 years with a skill set that is enviable. In the late 80’s he performed with the Muppets, was a miniature model maker on Captain Power and was a stop motion animator at The Animation House. When he wasn’t animating Jonathan was running his own toy prototyping business, servicing clients such as Disney, Warner Bros, and Thinkway Toys. After moving to Vancouver in the mid 90’s, Jonathan taught Sculpting, Colour Theory and Lighting and was a modeling mentor at VFS. After hours he spent his time learning how to translate his skills to the computer and with 4 1/2 years teaching experience left to work on the 3D animated features “Ice Age” for Blue Sky Studios in New York and then at Pixar for 5 years where he worked on The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Cars, and Up and several shorts. Jonathan has been responsible for sculpting and character modeling some of the most memorable characters in film.

Octopus featured on Glass Addiction

Thank you to Jennifer Cameron for featuring Soigne and Octopus Studios on http://www.glassaddictions.blogspot.com/.

Thank all for leaving lovely comments.

Cheers
Beata

Yuki Takahashi and her doll addiction

Currently I'm working on a 1/6 size fashion doll design. I'm working on the full design, sculpting, and prototyping. This doll will be released in fall, 2010 in Tokyo. I'm going to have the pre-release art show in Vancouver next June before Tokyo. The picture (attachment) is my style guide. It's the feel of what my doll is going to look like (which I still can't show)!

I'm also designing/sewing outfit for the doll. Based on the feel of its world, I'm also designing few original fabric that I'm going to use for the outfit. I will display some of it at the CC.