Lev's blog
How to add your own artwork to CD/DVD
Sun, 11/30/2008 - 08:00 — LevI was once asked to prepare a tutorial for film class students on how to print DVDs with your own artwork. I think this could be useful to a wider audience, so here it is.
Why do your own artwork?
Current level of technology makes adding artwork to your disks easy and affordable, so there is no excuse for giving out disks with “my film title” scribbled on them with a magic marker. Artwork on the disks looks professional and gives you a chance to make an impression even before the person has a chance to pop your disk into a DVD player.
 Only Love DVD art
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 Only Love DVD insert
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2008 Woodstock Film Festival
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 02:10 — Lev
"Only Love" has just premiered at Woodstock Film Festival. In a review at indieWIRE Eric Kohn wrote:
"... the marvelous animated short ... "Only Love", directed by School of Visual Arts student Lev Polyakov, uses a delightful 2-D visual approach to tell the darkly humorous, virtually wordless account of a dictator combating the ghosts of his past misdeeds. Wielding a style reminiscent of Bill Plympton -- but packed with far richer metaphor -- Polyakov proves the ongoing versatility of the 2-D format and announces his arrival as a fresh talent in the animation scene."
Thank you, Eric, I am very inspired by this review. I've always admired Bill Plympton's work, and the comparison is very flattering. Although, Bill is at the top of the mountain that I am just starting to climb.
