I'm One Wild And Crazy Guy

I am sitting here at 12:55 am fiddling with Contribute. I lead a wild and crazy life.

Still Testing Contribute

This is another entry testing the Adobe Contribute program.

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Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection And A Long Absence

Adobe CS 5.5,Master Collection

I am ecstatic because I just purchased the Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection! In fact I am writing this entry in Contribute. I hope to have more to say on this behemoth package as the weeks go by. Hopefully it won't take me as long to update this blog as it has this last time. I just always get busy and forget.

Another (Relatively) New Program

The last entry that I made was done with Adobe Contribute CS 5.5. This is done with Windows Live Writer which came free with my new Windows 7 computer back March. Compared to Contribute it’s a lot quicker and easier to use, but hopefully with some practice that will change.

Strange Cargo

I have a new webcomic called Strange Cargo. It's been up for about two and a half months. Please go see and click on the Webcomics List Ranking link.

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Schedule for Autumn 2010 = Saturday-Wednesday

I'm just testing my blogging from my Samsung Flight.

I'm back again

I just thought that I would blog since this is the first time in almost a year. I don't really have anything to say but I though that it might be a good idea to do it.

Spectral Window Production Log: Theme

I have decided on an overall theme for the Spectral Window. I was originally going to do a space-based theme similar to the ultra-creepy Dead Space video game. However after thinking long and hard about the age of the trick-or-treaters that visit my house, I decided that it was probably a better idea to go with something more "All Ages".

So along those lines I am going with traditional "boogies" like Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, etc. I am still working on the production design so that I can effectively marry 3d backgrounds with 2d characters. I am using Lightwave, Cinema 4d and 3ds Max for most of the 3d elements. There are some great Halloween modeling and rendering tutorials online that I have used before to create Halloween objects, that I will call on for some of the sets and props. Other things will be unique to this production.

So onward we go.

Spectral Window Production Log: And so it begins

I have finally started on my Hallowindow idea that I mentioned back in November. I have dropped the idea of a "haunted yard" as that is too much money and work. I am focusing solely on the animation.

I am naming it "Spectral Window" to separate it from Mark Gervais' work. Right now I am working on the storyboards for the "walkthrough". When they are finished and I create a scratch sound track, I will be doing an animatic. Hopefully I will be able to post some of the storyboards soon.

I am also working on concept art for the creatures and sets. When I make some headway on the animatic I may be able to post some of the sketches.

Right now I am simply trying to work out the best way to do the storyboards. I tried doing them digitally but since I don't have a Cintiq it is simply "uncomfortable". When I do sketching I still prefer the pencil and paper paradigm.

Anyway back to work.