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25th June 2002

Figure drawing: Basic Pose and Construction

“This method is a tool to help you draw the human form. It is by no means the best way or even a fast way. Instead, this method is aimed at thinking and setting up the human form in a three-dimensional space. Classical animation (most notably Disney) uses a similar way of working out their characters.”

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25th June 2002

A Day in the Life Study

“The A Day in the Life study is a large scale sample of internet behavior. Data collected will be released under an open data license. The first study will commence in mid July… Uzilla.org is the not for profit arm of Uzilla offering web behavior data to the community at large for the improvement of web usability.”

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25th June 2002

Stop Aiming for Interactivity!

“It’s not that interactivity is a bad idea. It’s just too simplistic to be a useful guide for instructional design. It can even be dangerous.”

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25th June 2002

A Day in the Life Study

“The A Day in the Life study is a large scale sample of internet behavior. Data collected will be released under an open data license. The first study will commence in mid July… Uzilla.org is the not for profit arm of Uzilla offering web behavior data to the community at large for the improvement of web usability.”

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