Imagine you are standing on a wooden stage. There is a big, thick curtain in front. On one side is a massive, nattering, rumbling crowd. On the other side is you, listening to the noise coming from the other side, […]
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Merry Christmas – Craft
For Easter I prefer to paint eggs rather than buy chocolate eggs, simply because I think it’s a bit more personal. When it comes to Christmas gifts, I must confess I’m resigned to simply purchasing them. Easter has a gifting […]
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The Struggle of the Artist – Time
Artists are a crazy bunch. We spend our time complaining that we are tired, that we need a break, yet when a break comes up, we spend it… working. I don’t know if it’s a compulsion, or an attitude, or […]
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Adaptation Animation – Dynamic Changes
There is a temptation, with everything we create, to fiddle and poke and prod to get it ‘just so’. This applies to writing, of course, but also to drawing and, as I’ve discovered, animating. The Conundrum We start the creative […]
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Export, Upload and Done
The Adaptation – Part 1 animation is now up on YouTube! A few of the posts regarding the scenes and whatnot didn’t make it, pardon my user error. They’re there, they just haven’t been ‘published’, most notably the ‘thermal’ imagery […]
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Let’s Animate… something.
I’ve spent some time on the music. I’ll need to spend some more time on it, of course, but I’ve had my fun and I should get back to the animations and whatnot. Looking at my plan, I’ve made a […]
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Be a part of it
Just about tied up the Animation, so don’t think I’ve gone anywhere, and if you’ve been following along at home, you’ll know that I managed to get the music sorted with help from MixMaster and DJ Extraordinaire CRX – Christopher […]
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Special Guest: CRX
Being an indie doesn’t mean doing everything yourself. Sure, it feels like it, and, in many cases, everything that ‘happens’ is a direct result of you, but there are times when you need to ask for help and, importantly, accept […]
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First the Powder, then the Shot
Frustration. That was the key experience to take away from that exercise. Oh, I think I got there in the end, but, clearly, making up tunes is not my strong point. I think the problem lies in that for every […]
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Colour me Happy
Sketches are nice enough, but add a dash of colour and, boom! They come to life. A Different Approach In the Bullet Animation, I rendered all of my sketches in Inkscape to vectors. This made them look flat, however I […]
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