I grew up on Bugs Bunny; his clever wit, his diabolical mind, and well, he’s just a plain stinker. But oddly enough, I learned a few history lessons about World War II from Bugs, such as what “war rations” and “lights out” were and why they recycled rubber. I learned that Alburquerque is to the [...]
Colleen O’Shaughnessey is perhaps best known for her roles as Sora from the first and second seasons of Digimon, Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom, Ino Yamanaka and Konohamaru in Naruto, and Neliel Tu Odelschwanck in Bleach. She has over 76 titles to her credit including animation and video games. My husband and producer, Michael Woodrum, worked with Colleen on other projects and knew she [...]
There is no doubt that Steve Blum is an amazing voice talent. His credits scroll forever and are so many that I can’t even pick the top 10 to list here. He’s the voice behind countless video games, Anime and original animated TV series (seriously, I started to count and just gave up) including Mass Effect [...]
If you ever want to create an audiobook, I would suggest a close and personal relationship with a producer. Luckily for me, I just happened to have married one. Michael Woodrum is an amazing human being and an extremely talented music producer. Sure I’m bias, but it’s all true. In fact, it was his idea [...]
In my opinion, Danny Elfman changed the way we listen to movies. I think Beetle Juice was my first conscious realization of the impact a score can have on the mood of a film. “In Tim’s (Burton) films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don’t get the film,” says Elfman. And Bill [...]
The Crystal Tower grew out of Fire, our fifth element. I had prisms hanging in my room when I was a kid. They made rainbows on the walls, but I really liked looking into them. The colors came from deep inside and seemed endless. It may be a simple idea, but sometimes the best ideas [...]
The 4th Sky and element is Earth. Our resources come from the earth. It provides life and protects us. Somebody IS the 4th Sky. His whole body, uh, face, well, you’ll have to hear the chapter to fully understand. Anyway, he covers this sky and has a very important function. He was designed for a [...]
Another of the 5 elements is Water. And as we all know, water is important for balance in the kind life. In the 3rd Sky, water surrounds us as the listener. It rushes and sloshes and trickles. It’s everywhere, and it should be. This is where rain is created, harvested and tilled, like any good crop. [...]
The Second Sky is based on metal. Although the Sky isn’t metal, the inhabitant is. She’s a 50ft tall spider who creates a delicate web of wishes. The contrast of a large creature made of metal and rivots gracefully moving along delicate strands of web conjured an image of space and quiet that I couldn’t [...]
When I first started writing the story of Kazmir, I decided on 7 skies, for no other reason than I liked the number. But what were they? Where were they? Like any good design, form follows function, so what do the skies do? As I thought about them, and started drawing them, I came to [...]
