The Reluctant Dragon

Lastly I'll talk about the background picture I chose for the blog.

This is an Illustration by Mr. Maxwell Parrish. I love this not only for it's technical ability but the humility that shows in the dragon. I guess it's mentioned in te title, but there's a strong emotion I feel from the dragon. The soft palette of the colors also really enhances the gentle aspect of the piece.

In a sense it also makes me with we lives in a times where kids still toy with the concepts of fantastic imaginary creatures.

Pom Poko

A couple weeks ago when I showed my teacher my short film about the fox, she told me of another film.

She said it was an Akira Kurosawa film called Dreams.

She said in the film, there was this one bit about a fox wedding. The story was some boy sneaks up upon a fox wedding, which is one of the most private events that people aren't supposed to get the privilege to see and they only happen when the sun shines through the rain. I thought this concept beautiful so I looked up the movie and found the part. This supposedly stems from an old Japanese legend.

Ratboy

When I was in colombia this summer, I stumbled upon this movie while flipping channels.
It was entertaining enough, but the makeup for this ratboy was absolutely incredible.

I waited for the credits to roll when I saw it was the infamous Rick Baker (Men In Black, Planet of The Apes, Star Wars, Wolfman) who designed the makeup and then I thought "Well I'd hardly expect less on his part"

In the film I very much admired the childlike innocence with how the Ratboy treated the world.
As fr as the makeup, it gives Ratboy the attributes of a rat. People fear his looks but he's also somewhat endearing with his big dark eyes and crouched movements.