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Going to make this quick because my internet keeps cutting out.
First thing's first: the gallery is finally divided into sections, so browsing is MUCH easier. I just wish Deviantart would allow me to put two columns of those instead of just one.
Second, there are all these pictures on my bulletin board by my door, but this picture (which I had put up years before) caught my attention just now... I've been wracking my brain for years to do the "right" story for these characters, I have notes but the thoughts are far-too disparate to marry together, some are too light-hearted and fun and some are far too dark.
First thing's first: the gallery is finally divided into sections, so browsing is MUCH easier. I just wish Deviantart would allow me to put two columns of those instead of just one.
Second, there are all these pictures on my bulletin board by my door, but this picture (which I had put up years before) caught my attention just now... I've been wracking my brain for years to do the "right" story for these characters, I have notes but the thoughts are far-too disparate to marry together, some are too light-hearted and fun and some are far too dark.
A Quick Dip In The Archives
So I went through the nine years worth of uploads on this page and started pruning... I removed more of the older stuff than the current ones, and I tried to avoid deleting ones that had a lot of page views or faves, though there aren't many of those.
Obviously you would expect me to be nostalgic about it, "oh look how my style has changed, how I've grown as an artist" la da dee da da, but the biggest change is how little I share now, and how little I feel the need to share. Back then, probably because I was still in the mindset of wanting to be a professional artist and wanted to share anything presentable and cool, and I wanted heft, but
Homebrew my iPod!
I love my iPod Classic. Use it every day. I've had it since... well, I don't know when. I'm amazed it's still working, but I know one day it won't. I managed to find a replacement (at a considerable mark-up since it's discontinued), but I know one day it will go, too.
The big problem with the death of the iPod Classic is that there's no suitable alternative for it. Apple doesn't sell enough of them to be profitable, and they corner the market so no one's bothered to make a killer for it. Now the companies are focusing on always-connected phones and apps because that's where the money is. And that's fine for them, I understand. But wh
Based on...
The first teaser for Peanuts came out today and I thought it was cute. But the talkback it generated (especially about why it's in 3D) reminded me of some thoughts I'd had recently.
First, the movie's in stereo 3D because every animated flick is rendered in 3D, the stereo always looks good, and they appeal to families so that's more tickets sold (parent and child to whole families as opposed to individual moviegoer), and it helps justify the expense of buying those 3D projectors in all those theaters, which I doubt have actually been paid off fully. I'm not 1000% sure of the timeline, but the last American animated movie done in 2D was Win
The future of movie art
(I wrote this in response to a thread on io9, particularly the comment "I hate Photoshop," during a discussion about the poster work of Drew Struzan).
I love Photoshop. I hate that it's become an excuse for lazy work. Now whoever was talking about the VHS covers, a lot of those were... well, not lazy work, but they weren't the works of masters, but even back then you needed a bit of skill to put those things together and pay attention to all the little details, so even the rushed work has that effort as part of it's soul (effort becomes embedded in the analogue, I feel).
The real problem with DVD covers and posters these days are that they'
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