If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I started off this whole animation project with defining a bunch of scenes I wanted to render, converted some sketches into vectors and I figured out how to make stuff move. By […]
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The Bullet Animation – Animating
The last post yammered on about how cool Synfig is. For a dude like me who hasn’t the training, the cash or the patience for the professional stuff, it does the job admirably and there’s a whack of stuff in […]
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In my previous post, I showed you how I turned my sketches into vector graphics, ripe for insertion into Synfig. When I first opened Synfig Studio, I didn’t know where to start. There were panels and boxes and buttons and, […]
Read moreThe Bullet Animation – Vector Graphics
In my previous post, I showed you how I sketched up my characters to bring them into a digital format. The problem is that they were still unsuited for animation in Synfig. I had to convert them from raster images […]
Read moreThe Bullet Animation – Artwork
In my previous post I spoke about how I was making an animation as a promotional video for The Bullet and I got as far as laying out the scenes and getting the timing right. For each scene I needed […]
Read moreThe Bullet Animation – Conception
I realized only a few months ago that, whether I like it or not, promotion is a part of being an independent author. Like the saying goes, if you don’t blow your own trumpet, no one else will do it […]
Read moreFinding a time and place to write
The Problem Imagine sitting down in a cafe, ordering a fresh brew, finding a decent table somewhere away from the grinder and taking out your quill in preparation for your muse to begin her inspiration. You’ve got a billion ideas […]
Read moreAdaptation Part 5 is up for pre-order
Well that was certainly taxing. Using every last scrap of my lunch breaks, all the clusters of minutes between responsibilities, and right down to burning the midnight oil, Adaptation – Part 5 is ready for pre-release. It’s a hard trot […]
Read moreAdaptation – Part 5 is coming
The wait is almost over. Adaptation – Part 5 is almost here. It will be another week or so before it’s up for pre-order. Good things take time. Without giving too much away, Ryan and Ottavio’s path cross once more, […]
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