Merry Christmas

I think I told several people in class about the fuzzy kits I bought at Renderosity.com. Finally I made some time to play with the elements. Here is the card I created for a bunch of fuzzy bits.

Inspiration

Ok, I am still trying to decide what I want to do for my Flash project. So far I have scrapped thre different ideas. Time to look for some inspiration. Where else could I go but to Goggle. I searched about 20 mins before I found this site:

Flash Animation

There are some truly amazing flash presentations here. Mostly by professionals, these animations are inspiring. Although I cold not use any ideas I found here they are definately worth looking at. There was also an interiew with "Ice Cube" who talks about the rise of Internet TV and the death rattle of Flash. Hmmmm

Guess I had better get back to what I was doing.

The Book World's Answer to the Ipod Touch

This is really cool! Basically a portable library and Newspaper stand that conects with the ease of a cell phone to something called "the whisper net". Books,newspapers and magazines are delivered to the device from anywhere, anytime. Your purchases are even backed up on line just in case of disaster.



Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device: Kindle Store



I figure with the new Verizon Voyager cell phone, an Ipod touch and the kindle I am good to go. Okay maybe I also need an Apple notebook (pro, of course), oh and maybe a new wacom tablet ( I still can't get the old one to work on the MAC) and maybe the Adobe CS3 master suite. Opps I forgot about that new 1Terabyte wireless external hard drive, an 8g flash drive, the logitech wireless web cam and the Nikon D80 10mp DSLR with the 18-135 mm zoom lens. Hope Santa reads this.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving!

BahBah, Investigative Reporter

I will apologize in advance but I just couldn't help it. You may need to turn up the volume just a smidgen. Hopefully this gets me off the hook for the Apple commercial.

Maybe it is just the winter "blahs"

In July 2 of my friends got married to each other. I was thrilled I only had to buy one gift. Both of them work in the film industry in LA. Janet has a degree in Graphic Arts from ISU and Adrian has a degree in Digital Media. Adrian is from Britain so he calls it IT which makes sense to me also.
Since I had already registered for this class and was very interested in what I might find open in the job market after my studies are complete, I decided to quiz them.. It was not as inspiring as I had hoped. Janet works as a senior accounts exec for a firm that distributes TV programs overseas. She spends most of her time calling or emailing customers and checking the status of the programs she handles. Adrian works for Universal Studios, now that was hopeful. For the past few years he has been working as a film editor. Sounding better and better, right. Ok, apparently there are a number of variations in the editing field. He spends 8 hours a day, 5 days a week , 45 weeks a year cleaning micro dust, debris and repairing film frame by frame by frame so it can be remastered.
Yep, it is bloody awful. Still, I was not completely discouraged.
Well, this week I found a site that pushed me over the edge.
Interactive Media Center - University Library: University at Albany
The artist is only 18 years old. I may never even come close to this level of work. Bah Humbug. It is so cold out that as I am typing my finger are shutting down and refusing to type. Just after a spell check I will post this and go in search of an alcoholic beverage. HAH this is something that 18 year-old kid can't do yet. I am feeling better now.

So what do You have in the treat bag?

There were a number of free Poser props and 2D elements this year. I could not resist playing a bit. I probably could have spent a little more time on this but decorating for the holiday took a lot more time than I thought it would. Next year I will not stress so much about where to put the severed hand and feet or how many spiders should go on the web. Happy Halloween.