illustration - johanna ost

Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple
reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond
the reach of time.   - Walt Disney Company

The same is true of these illustrations...

View Johanna's gallery here.

illustration - erin kelso

Erin is a biologist who illustrates after hours.  The detail and composition of her
work is quite remarkable.  She knows how to use lines to cut through the artwork
and lead the eye to where the attention should be.  More than that, she has great
ideas on how her human creatures can interact with the animal ones.  Have a look.

Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it
represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time.

- Walt Disney Company

on writing success - chris vogler's memo to disney execs

In the long run, one of the most influential books of the 20th century may turn out to
be Joseph Campbell’s THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES.

The book and the ideas in it are having a major impact on writing and story-telling, but
above all on movie-making.  Filmmakers like John Boorman, George Miller, Steven
Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola owe their successes in part to the ageless
patterns that Joseph Campbell identifies in the book.  The ideas Campbell presents in this
and other books are an excellent set of analytical tools.  With them you can almost always
determine what’s wrong with a story that’s floundering; and you can find a better solution
almost any story problem by examining the pattern laid out in the book.

Brave concept art