Listen, dear Octopus
Tedrick’s latest book is built off words. Lots of words that make up phrases that make up sentences that make up paragraphs that make up chapters. Those words sit on the page, or the ePage if you’re one of them […]
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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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The Bullet Animation – Synfig
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, […]
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The 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 […]
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The 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 […]
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The 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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