Archive for September, 2008

Rosh Hashanah

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Happy Rosh Hashanah!!

Rosh Hashanah is a holiday in the Jewish religion often referred to as “Jewish New Year.” On this day many people celebrate by blowing on a shofar, which a trumpet traditionally made from a ram’s horn. This is done to awaken each person’s spirit to the coming year.

All religions have holidays that are important to them, as do countries, schools and even pirates. Did you know that September 19 was Talk like a Pirate Day?

What holidays do you think will be celebrated on Elf Island? What would you want to do to celebrate these special days?

The Making of Elf Island

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Elf Island is almost ready to launch! Our team of writers, producers, painters, illustrators, animators, and other quirky folks are making sure every grain of sand is ready for your toes upon reaching our shores.

One of the biggest roles on Elf Island is our Lead Illustrator, Craig “CT” Thomas. He is the mastermind behind many of the images you’ve seen in the blog, and will enjoy once you arrive on Elf Island. He also develops many of the wonderful concepts in Elf Island. The rough skin of the Hill Giant. The flames of the Igoony. All the hybrid animals to come. CT has a big hand in all of it.

After the final sketches are approved, the images are sent to the careful hands of a digital painter.
Next, our animators take the painted images and create moving images.

Finally, the Tech team configures numbers and letters in a secret code to make everything pop-up on your computer screen.

There are a lot of hands working behind the scenes of Elf Island to make sure everything is in tip top shape for your arrival.

If you were part of our team, what role do you think you could play? Would you develop great ideas, draw cool pictures, make amazing paintings, design awesome games, control the technology behind everything, or something completely different?

Elves in History

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

TV Discovery

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

TV Message

Elf Island Trailer!

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Look for Elf Island to open to the public next month! More Details Coming Soon!