WOW! I was just reflecting on how LONG I've been on the internet, and one Point of reference I have for my time is when I created the Quilting bee. Some of you might know it. It's a cutesy little thing that expanded into a really big sort of social network. I created it Feb 18th 2000.
That is 10 ...nearly 11 years ago!
I remember having to give it up to people who could maintain it full time because I was graduating from high school and didn't have time to manage the hundreds of submissions coming in. The quilting bee being handed over to Kimi was one of my last real ventures with playful website making. I was well into making my comics, and we registered our first domain name for what would become our studio around that time.
But wow... It's almost 11 years old! blows my mind. I remember Geocities coming out and popping up websites all the time on there. If I recall correctly, I had around 6 websites on the go at any given time.
Tub Bunny, The itty bitty kitty trailer, Guru's magical pencil, CopyCat jail (vigilante justice!).. Oh those were the days! Tables, and iframes, and all that crappy html stuff that was so wonderfully fun to do :D
We recently found and old account dated (last update) 1996... HHAA! Bad anime omg :B
We used to scan all our sailor moon pictures from our comics and post them on the internet. I remember saying to my friends that there was a "serious lack in good sailor moon pictures on the world wide web". HAHA! Oh the irony, now there is too much! I also remember a nasty little hand held scan man scanner!
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Windows 3.0
RESOLUTION: 100, 200, 300, 400 dpi
MAXIMUM SCANNING WIDTH: 4.13 inches
GRAY-SCALE LEVELS: 16, 64, or 256
SOFTWARE INCLUDED: ANSEL, Windows 3.0-based image editing/scanning software; also DOW-based scanning-only software with restricted features.
:lmao:
I remember straining to meet those requirements! LOL
It's funny how nothing has really changed about websites, designing and all that. It's just trending styles. Pixels out, reflections in. what trends will be next?
I've been LOL'ing for a half hour googling these things! I think i still have a ribbon from our dot matrix printer too!
I'm not old, Technology just moves fast, and having a Dad that was a tech junkie helped!
ANd going through DOS to play Duke Nukem
c:\run\dukenukem
something like that... I don't remember.
Bed time! :rofl:
Monday, 19 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Staff show.
So last night was the staff art show. It was wonderful.
Jeri sold a few comics which was nice, and we got to see everyone's work. It was really neat :D each staff member had 5x8' of wall space to post our outwork however we wanted.
This is mine and on the right is Kitty's wall space. We each put up some art work and sketch cards. No one bought my sketch cards of course, but Kitty sold 5 comics! That was a nice little treat! We really only brought them to show them off a little, since that's where all of Kitty's art work really is.
I posted a copy of the DVD my animation is on, for some reason, HAHA!
There was also a table set up in the middle where we put business cards and things that couldn't hang on the wall. everyone took some buttons, and browsed through books and portfolios. Aside from the fact there was also food on the table (which I object to, as we just had tons of food, and we also had artwork on the table, and I found it really disrespectful to have people eating over the art), it was really neat!
We had 2 little sections set up with our books and business cards.
Kitty had comics, the World of stories book (we both have published illustrations in) a bin of buttons, a Tik plush, business cards, sketch cards and some Fan Fair Fest flyers.
Tik is definitely a talking point, HAHA!
I had less, just a copy of World of stories, some flyers, business cards and some of the Daqueran buttons that featured my drawing.
In the future I'll have more stuff to feature about my own projects, but for now, This is what I got.
I wont post pictures of the other artists sections because it's really not my place to display their art work without permission but I was particularly in love with Reetta's work, she had an Animation Background up and some nice life drawing, Margot had some magnificent textural paintings up. I just adore them! Diane has some phenomenal classic looking paintings with a nice modern twist to them. She's really a magnificent artist! Maria's Work I've always been in love with and I got to see some new pieces from her. Varian Had a neat little sculpture of himself pushing a frame off the wall. It was awesome! I was really impressed with everyone's work.
I'd do it again, with way way way less food next time.
Right now I have a pretty powerful headache I've got under control and I'm going to spend a minimum of 3 hours I've got a timer on celtx) working on my screenplay.. I've yet again re worked the beginning.
Jeri sold a few comics which was nice, and we got to see everyone's work. It was really neat :D each staff member had 5x8' of wall space to post our outwork however we wanted.
This is mine and on the right is Kitty's wall space. We each put up some art work and sketch cards. No one bought my sketch cards of course, but Kitty sold 5 comics! That was a nice little treat! We really only brought them to show them off a little, since that's where all of Kitty's art work really is.
I posted a copy of the DVD my animation is on, for some reason, HAHA!
There was also a table set up in the middle where we put business cards and things that couldn't hang on the wall. everyone took some buttons, and browsed through books and portfolios. Aside from the fact there was also food on the table (which I object to, as we just had tons of food, and we also had artwork on the table, and I found it really disrespectful to have people eating over the art), it was really neat!
We had 2 little sections set up with our books and business cards.
Tik is definitely a talking point, HAHA!
In the future I'll have more stuff to feature about my own projects, but for now, This is what I got.
I wont post pictures of the other artists sections because it's really not my place to display their art work without permission but I was particularly in love with Reetta's work, she had an Animation Background up and some nice life drawing, Margot had some magnificent textural paintings up. I just adore them! Diane has some phenomenal classic looking paintings with a nice modern twist to them. She's really a magnificent artist! Maria's Work I've always been in love with and I got to see some new pieces from her. Varian Had a neat little sculpture of himself pushing a frame off the wall. It was awesome! I was really impressed with everyone's work.
I'd do it again, with way way way less food next time.
Right now I have a pretty powerful headache I've got under control and I'm going to spend a minimum of 3 hours I've got a timer on celtx) working on my screenplay.. I've yet again re worked the beginning.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
canvas roll WOUND
I dunno if anyones ever seen the large canvas rolls where you buy canvas by the foot? they have 150feet of canvas on them and some of them can weight... well A LOT!
Margot and I were trying to put one of these rolls up on the rack today.
of course it was a heavy weight (10 Duck canvas) and it was a monsterous roll.
so we got it on on the table, shoved the pole through the spool and we lifted it up alright, but when it came to getting it in the slots, we were both about 2cm too short, and we couldn't do it!
it slipped and dropped and I caught the pole as it fell through the middle, but my arm was leaning on the edge of the notch (which is an L shaped piece of metal) and the weight of the canvas roll pulling on my arms forced it down on the metal and it made a nasty gash on my arm.
It's only 1.5cm long but keep in mind it was created with PRESSURE on a BLUNT (but kinda pointy) piece of metal.
That's the kinda pain I don't like.
It looked Super nasty when it was new, and it was really deep. It's had butterfly band-aids on it for a while and wrapped in gauze. It looks much better now, but man it touches Everything and stings like a bitch.
Another delightful scar, in a few weeks. <3
Margot and I were trying to put one of these rolls up on the rack today.
of course it was a heavy weight (10 Duck canvas) and it was a monsterous roll.
so we got it on on the table, shoved the pole through the spool and we lifted it up alright, but when it came to getting it in the slots, we were both about 2cm too short, and we couldn't do it!
it slipped and dropped and I caught the pole as it fell through the middle, but my arm was leaning on the edge of the notch (which is an L shaped piece of metal) and the weight of the canvas roll pulling on my arms forced it down on the metal and it made a nasty gash on my arm.
That's the kinda pain I don't like.
It looked Super nasty when it was new, and it was really deep. It's had butterfly band-aids on it for a while and wrapped in gauze. It looks much better now, but man it touches Everything and stings like a bitch.
Another delightful scar, in a few weeks. <3
Monday, 5 July 2010
Stormy
Jeri and Mum took stormy to the vet in Surrey on Saturday and had her put to sleep. I'm feeling pretty guilty about it since she was so sick, but she was still mobile and stuff. it felt wrong. people always say "you did the right thing". How the fuck do you know?
Anyways, I've been live streaming like crazy lately. and I figured out how to manage my library, so all my multiclip files are all playing as one file now :) It's great.
Well, I made delicious rotini casserole today, cleaned some of the carpet, livestreamed 2 different things (copics and animation). I'm going to make dinner for Jeri before tackling DIP on the film :)
Anyways, I've been live streaming like crazy lately. and I figured out how to manage my library, so all my multiclip files are all playing as one file now :) It's great.
Watch live streaming video from guruubii at livestream.com
Well, I made delicious rotini casserole today, cleaned some of the carpet, livestreamed 2 different things (copics and animation). I'm going to make dinner for Jeri before tackling DIP on the film :)
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