OK, I lied. I promised I wouldn’t do any writing over the holidays. The laptop was there, I managed to squeeze a spare hour out, one thing led to another… The Series Keeping with the idea of a “ghost story […]
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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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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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Failing to Plan
Moving past the cliche, the plan is where any endeavour begins. I had an idea in my head that I was going to make the Adaptation animation a set of short scenes or stills, now the big questions came. How […]
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The Labyrinth of the Series
How many books makes a library? More than one? More than one hundred? Is there a cut-off? Let’s try something simpler – how many books makes a series? Two? Three? Four or more? As far as book retailers go, a […]
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Four (and a half) Little Words
In year nine I wrote a poem. It was chock full of symbolism and meaning. I thought it was pretty straight-forward, the rest of the class, teacher included, stood dumbfounded. “What was that about? Was that a collection of random […]
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About that Red Pen…
It’s a very nice red pen, isn’t it? The ink is smooth, the grip is light but firm. The colour is vibrant. How are you using it? Are you liberally applying ink to the page or are you more reserved […]
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Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling – Oh My!
There are reasons we read fiction. Finding out how good the author is at their spelling, grammar and punctuation is not one of them. If it is for you, you’re a stickler. Or a sicko. Or a sticklo. There, that […]
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