Lightsabers

This was an early assignment from my motions graphics class adding the lightsaber effect to a scene from Phantom Menace. I purposely avoided giving them the correct colours just so it was evident I didn't just take the final result right from the completed film.

Entering The Second Dimension

This was something I had done in After Effects with a jpg. Without such modern techniques, one would have to be mad to think you could truck a camera into a still image. Well, I'm about to walk with you into an asylum of old. May you find the help you need, as I have.

The Image:

And The Result:

Why, yes. Yes I Am a Nerd.

...now don't tell me you didn't also think of this a long time ago. I just had to photoshop a Kim Cardassian pic...

A Little Progress...

Not including the time preparing each individual frame, my Flash walk-cycle from early last summer, The Stranger, took me the better part of an evening to get working correctly. In part, that was because I hadn't learned very much Flash at all. I hadn't learned any Action Script yet but 'stop.'

Being the lover of after effects that I am, I decided to set out on taking some tutorial on animation. After the last posting on my blog, I completed this walk cycle in a lot less time than The Stranger. I simply hadn't uploaded it 'til now.

Coming Soon

Missed Opportunity?

I photoshopped several images to enter a photoplasty contest on Cracked.com, but due to being at my cottage and lacking internet, then internet being out at home when I got back I missed the deadline. But maybe that's okay.

The Topic: Things That Should Never Be Musicals.

My Creation:

Sources:
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/11656.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJhLF_DBZyuUx4TETVKqCdq-8cZv7yms9zQpFlW57chfewLwBuWAxiuU9za7lzQvuSLJXQOs2o9NWEArcF9dOMu4RTMO0I5kpmABlzDVEp___58JrWWOp5Fy-ORB72AUZFgP0WvyEXUc2/s1600/the-walking-dead-the-walking-dead-16919291-1200-960.jpg
http://www.nickcannon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/jackson-lays-down-some-moves-in-the-zombie-dance-scene-from-his-1982-thriller-music-video-ct.jpg
http://backyard-tanks.com/Tank_T72_olive%20crop.jpj.jpg

Printed Tool Book

As a follow up to my previous post, I thought the best way to show my booklet would be physically. The next best thing is to just photograph it. On the off chance I don't get it back from my professor, I'd like this record of it for now because it's just so much cooler on paper than it was on screen. Even though that's what it is now in this entry. I should note that I'm extremely tired and should probably have waited 'til morning. And in the future I might refrain from blogging so late.

Addendum:

I've submitted the book, and received very positive feedback on the layouts, however having lacked the guidance offered had I been capable of attending those classes, I did have some typographic flaws I will fix up. Most notably I'll probably make the text colours more white. As you can see in the images some of them printed a little dark, plus I need more unity.