I'd appreciate if everyone would come join my clan :D I need a clan of 50 before I reach level 13!
C'mon people, how many times have I joined things for you?
:D
Thanks!
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Eye ball Turmoil
So on Wednesday I flopped in bed, and something rocketed into my eyeball. it irritated so bad it made my eye swell, and a blister form on the surface of my eye.
The next day I ran to the optometrist right after work and he said I had a severe allergic reaction to whatever flew in my eye. so I cant wear contacts in that eye until my next appointment on Tuesday.
So I've not been able to animate at all this week. I've been trying to get drivers to make my Toonboom storyboard I paid good money for work on my computer. I meet and exceed all the minimum requirements but I still get a harsh brush lag. it's getting rather annoying for me :<
We're going to Fanfairfest in September, that's pretty exciting eh? we've got our table already and we're planning to have some fucking sweet merchandise. It's going to be a massive, and I mean MASSIVE convention so if you're the Con type, you might wanna make a trip ;)
The next day I ran to the optometrist right after work and he said I had a severe allergic reaction to whatever flew in my eye. so I cant wear contacts in that eye until my next appointment on Tuesday.
So I've not been able to animate at all this week. I've been trying to get drivers to make my Toonboom storyboard I paid good money for work on my computer. I meet and exceed all the minimum requirements but I still get a harsh brush lag. it's getting rather annoying for me :<
We're going to Fanfairfest in September, that's pretty exciting eh? we've got our table already and we're planning to have some fucking sweet merchandise. It's going to be a massive, and I mean MASSIVE convention so if you're the Con type, you might wanna make a trip ;)
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Stuff and such.
SO, I've become a busy bee!
Mostly I've spent way too much time moderating groups that really have very little activity, but I'm wanting so much to play with my groups that I fiddle around all day.
#Daqueran
I've been working a lot on the animated short I hope to have done by mid Febuary. It features Tik and for the first time ever, Daqueran! And Daqueran is going to talk! That's pretty exciting isn't it?
You too can audition for the role! we have 11 submission so far, and they're amazing! I cant begin to describe the joy of going through these auditions and picturing daqueran saying them. The best is when we start thinking about hte body languate that can go with the voice to make it really funny!
Here's the News article for the voice auditions and if you check out :devgurukittystudios: you'll get the most up to date information on the project!
I'm finding it a little odd to be doing rough animation in ToonBoom since I'm so used to PAP LOL, but it's really supposed to be a "quick" film, and it was the easiest to do it this way.
#conflagration-film
I've seen a few new members there and I really appreciate your interest in my project. It really is something I want to be proud of! In a week or so my paypal should clear for the purchase of Toon Boom Storyboard so when I get that, I will be starting over with the storyboard. doing each panel in Photoshop I found quite awkward. There's something to be said for being able to work on the next panel right next to the previous one and being able to generate the animatic right away is a HUGE time saver. it turns a 2 step process into 1! I really love the Toon Boom line.
I'm also waiting for my Rough animation program PAP to get my licence switched over to my new computer. They're taking a while this time. Last time they replied in the same day, and this time I've been waiting since Friday. It concerns me that it's taking so long...:fear:
I'm super stoked to get into the storyboarding! One area I am kinda concerned about is the Backgrounds and the effects.
Effects: for the effects, as the name suggests, I'm going to need to animate some fire now and then... I know several people who do what I want to do but are less than giving when it comes to sharing techniques. The effect they get is Exactly what I want to do but god, I cannot figure it out.
They use Adobe After effects (I have it - CS3) and they do clean animation leaving the frames as black ink with the fill white, and an alpha channel - I know that much because I prepared the frames on a friends film once that used this technique, but I don't know how to work the After effects side. how do you make the fire transparency and glow? and then how do I apply that to one layer of animation? so if I import a layered scene with the one layer I need the effect applied to, what do I do? I find that program quite cumbersome... but I'd really like nice effects in the film... the other thing I need of course is smoke... I wonder if I could manage with feathering and Alpha channel in Toon Boom studio? it sure wouldn't look as Grande, but no one seems to know how to do what I'm trying to do, or are unwilling to share.
Backgrounds: Not really something I excel at, and also I want to do them in Photoshop since I want to be paperless for the production, but also I want it to be easier to make adjustments etc. I wonder if I should see if someone can help me with BG's in my style but maybe accomplish it better than I could... I dont know though, I'm getting frustrated with depending on people. I feel like I spend an extraordinary time promoting and pimping and really not getting much from it... anyways...
#Gurukittystudios
If you have a film for your studio please affiliate with is! It will be great! A network of artists studios! :la:
#freelancers
We are open for submissions and we have some awesome profiles up!
We plan to make another template for Literature artists and also voice actors! We'd really love your feedback on the group and please go join!
Well thats all the rambling I have to do... gunna go animate.
Mostly I've spent way too much time moderating groups that really have very little activity, but I'm wanting so much to play with my groups that I fiddle around all day.
#Daqueran
I've been working a lot on the animated short I hope to have done by mid Febuary. It features Tik and for the first time ever, Daqueran! And Daqueran is going to talk! That's pretty exciting isn't it?
You too can audition for the role! we have 11 submission so far, and they're amazing! I cant begin to describe the joy of going through these auditions and picturing daqueran saying them. The best is when we start thinking about hte body languate that can go with the voice to make it really funny!
Here's the News article for the voice auditions and if you check out :devgurukittystudios: you'll get the most up to date information on the project!
I'm finding it a little odd to be doing rough animation in ToonBoom since I'm so used to PAP LOL, but it's really supposed to be a "quick" film, and it was the easiest to do it this way.
#conflagration-film
I've seen a few new members there and I really appreciate your interest in my project. It really is something I want to be proud of! In a week or so my paypal should clear for the purchase of Toon Boom Storyboard so when I get that, I will be starting over with the storyboard. doing each panel in Photoshop I found quite awkward. There's something to be said for being able to work on the next panel right next to the previous one and being able to generate the animatic right away is a HUGE time saver. it turns a 2 step process into 1! I really love the Toon Boom line.
I'm also waiting for my Rough animation program PAP to get my licence switched over to my new computer. They're taking a while this time. Last time they replied in the same day, and this time I've been waiting since Friday. It concerns me that it's taking so long...:fear:
I'm super stoked to get into the storyboarding! One area I am kinda concerned about is the Backgrounds and the effects.
Effects: for the effects, as the name suggests, I'm going to need to animate some fire now and then... I know several people who do what I want to do but are less than giving when it comes to sharing techniques. The effect they get is Exactly what I want to do but god, I cannot figure it out.
They use Adobe After effects (I have it - CS3) and they do clean animation leaving the frames as black ink with the fill white, and an alpha channel - I know that much because I prepared the frames on a friends film once that used this technique, but I don't know how to work the After effects side. how do you make the fire transparency and glow? and then how do I apply that to one layer of animation? so if I import a layered scene with the one layer I need the effect applied to, what do I do? I find that program quite cumbersome... but I'd really like nice effects in the film... the other thing I need of course is smoke... I wonder if I could manage with feathering and Alpha channel in Toon Boom studio? it sure wouldn't look as Grande, but no one seems to know how to do what I'm trying to do, or are unwilling to share.
Backgrounds: Not really something I excel at, and also I want to do them in Photoshop since I want to be paperless for the production, but also I want it to be easier to make adjustments etc. I wonder if I should see if someone can help me with BG's in my style but maybe accomplish it better than I could... I dont know though, I'm getting frustrated with depending on people. I feel like I spend an extraordinary time promoting and pimping and really not getting much from it... anyways...
#Gurukittystudios
If you have a film for your studio please affiliate with is! It will be great! A network of artists studios! :la:
#freelancers
We are open for submissions and we have some awesome profiles up!
We plan to make another template for Literature artists and also voice actors! We'd really love your feedback on the group and please go join!
Well thats all the rambling I have to do... gunna go animate.
Friday, 1 January 2010
Finally :D all settled with new computer
Phew, I finally got my computer! Its an HP, with a 1 TB hard drive, 6gb ram, and a nice monitor and a soft keyboard! I'm so happy. I've been installing all my programs. right now downloading itunes and Quicktime and adobe reader so that my Toon Boom can work and I can set up my itunes account. Installing Zune software and backing all my music up on my portable hard drive so i can move it to the new computer :)
Once i get everything installed I'll be golden! golden! it will just take a while to do all that HAHA!
I think I've transfered my important bookmarks!
Uh oh! I have 64 bit windows 7 and quicktime isnt compatible with 64 bit but its required for toonboom!! I hope i can figure a way around thing >.>
Once i get everything installed I'll be golden! golden! it will just take a while to do all that HAHA!
I think I've transfered my important bookmarks!
Uh oh! I have 64 bit windows 7 and quicktime isnt compatible with 64 bit but its required for toonboom!! I hope i can figure a way around thing >.>
FIASCO
Theres no other word for it. Getting this computer has been emotionally, mentally and physically draining.
So after we bought and exchanged the first one, they wouldn't test it in the store for us so we brought it home and sure enough the second computer had the exact same problem! so back we go (It's pouring rain and a long walk with that HEAVY computer!) and this time get a refund! Fed up. So we roamed around and I found an HP computer with 6 gigs of ram, 1 TB of hard drive space, decent video card, and a good monitor. I got that PLUS a 3 year warranty (which I'd normally scoff at), and I paid to have them set it up for me as well! if there was something wrong with this one I wouldnt want to lug it back too.
SO they're setting it up now! and I'll pick it up in an hour!
My shoulder and arms are aching, and I'm just exhausted....just spent.
but in an hour I make one more agonizing trip down and back and pick it up and it will be ready to go! jsut plug that sucker in and start piling my programs on :) Cant wait.
gunna make some food, even though I'm too exhausted to be hungry, jeri wants food.
then out we go!
So after we bought and exchanged the first one, they wouldn't test it in the store for us so we brought it home and sure enough the second computer had the exact same problem! so back we go (It's pouring rain and a long walk with that HEAVY computer!) and this time get a refund! Fed up. So we roamed around and I found an HP computer with 6 gigs of ram, 1 TB of hard drive space, decent video card, and a good monitor. I got that PLUS a 3 year warranty (which I'd normally scoff at), and I paid to have them set it up for me as well! if there was something wrong with this one I wouldnt want to lug it back too.
SO they're setting it up now! and I'll pick it up in an hour!
My shoulder and arms are aching, and I'm just exhausted....just spent.
but in an hour I make one more agonizing trip down and back and pick it up and it will be ready to go! jsut plug that sucker in and start piling my programs on :) Cant wait.
gunna make some food, even though I'm too exhausted to be hungry, jeri wants food.
then out we go!
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