FEATURED MEMBER : SEAN POOLE If you're a regular at the Chameleon Club in downtown Lancaster chances are you've seen our featured artist Sean Poole in front of his canvas, taking in the music and energy around him, and communicating that energy through his paintings. Often working in the dark, he can't fully see the paint as he mixes and swirls it together but rather relies only on his senses and the memory of where each color is always systematically located on his pallet. He dances to the music, entranced by all that is going on around him, and is often surprised by his own paintings at the end of the night when the music is over and the crowds disperse. His paintings really become an extension of him and how he sees and feels the music. more>>

ANIMATION, IT’S NOT JUST FOR MICKEY ANYMORE Recently, during a meeting with a client I realized the horrified look on the faces across the round conference table as I was singing the praises of computer animation to accentuate their upcoming television spot. Finally, I had to ask, "why the scared looks?" As I was talking about high-end graphics as accents, they were picturing disney characters toting their products to and fro. "OK," I said, "I think I should come up with a different word for animation as well as explain what it really is." There is another term for Animation in the professional world. Fortunately, it covers a broader spectrum than just onion-skin cell animation that has made Disney and Hanna Barbara iconic. The term is motion graphics.more>>