I touched base with my friends Paul and Kerria about their new venture called "Dimension 11." As we previously reported, Ill Clan Studios (where I briefly worked), last month morphed into two entities: Pixel Valley Studios and Dimension 11. Here's what Kerria and Paul say about their new biz: After creating award-winning animation for film,…
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Ill Clan “morphs” into Two New Virtual World & Animation Shops
My friends at the award-winning machinima crew Ill Clan Studios tell me that they have "morphed" the company into two different concerns: Pixel Valley Studio will focus on real-time machinima animation and traditional 3D digital animation Kerria Seabrooke and Paul Jannicola will specialize in virtual world builds, experiential design and artistic machinima Not much more…
Awesome machinima about community in Second Life by Ill Clan Studios
Here's the latest in a series of machinima videos produced by Ill Clan Studios about the virtual world of Second Life. This one focuses on the community-aspects of Second Life, arguably it's strongest attribute versus other platforms out there. Great work as always, Ill Clan! I just wish my SL experience was as lag free…
Ill Clan creates 3 new machinima videos for new Second Life site
My pals at Ill Clan Studios announced that they have created three new machinima videos for the new SecondLife.com website. The first video is viewable here. The other two will focus on Land and Shopping and will be forthcoming with the rollout of the new site. Great work, guys! Can't wait to see the others….
Get your “Tiny Nation” tee-shirts, tea cozies and other tchotchkes here!
Fans of the machinima series "Tiny Nation" will be happy to know that you can now purchase all sorts of "Tiny Nation"-branded clothing and merchandise from Ill Clan Studios. For those that haven't seen the show, it's the story of a cute but profane group of backyard animals who stage various unsuccessful rebellions against their…
Machinima “book trailer” for thriller novel Cemetery Street (video)
My friends at Ill Clan studios produced this sweet little machinima as a "book trailer" for the young adult thriller novel Cemetery Street by Brenda Seabrooke. Produced in Second Life, it's an interesting marketing tactic to attract new readers in the YouTube era. In related news, Ill Clan's "Tiny Nation" series has been accepted for…
Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds: the machinima, graphic novel and report!
As previously reported, on Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the event "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. The gathering featured Rita King and Joshua Fouts discussing their project to research how Muslims have been using virtual worlds as a medium to express their faith, find…
A very special/subversive Christmas from Tiny Nation
Those crackpots at Ill Clan machinima studios have unleashed a special holiday mini-sode of their machinima series "Tiny Nation." This time the elite squad of cuddly backyard creatures takes on "O Tannebaum," with typically disastrous results.