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Excuses, Excuses

4/15/2014

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Another month has gone by. I suppose it is time to update this.

I have been working on audio, but I have a limited amount of time I can work on it, and I don't yet have anything I am willing to post. I will probably work some more on it tonight.

One of my favorite geek bands, Debs & Errol, were in the running for the CBC Searchlight. Errol wanted to do something with the #Votegeek hashtag, and called for fans to send him pictures of themselves with it. So I dusted off Wade and ran around town taking pictures. I also decided to take this as an excuse to actually build him a set. He needed furniture, big time. Everything I have is simply Liliputian compared to him. Here is one of the pics I took at Dutch Brothers. They are so awesome there.
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Anyway...

So, anyway, I took a few days a built Wade a sofa and an end table and a coffee table. I sewed a cushion and crocheted a blanket to go on the back of the sofa. I painted a background. So now that I had all these things, of course I had to play around with them. The resulting videos are not great, but the set looks awesome. Needs more detail, like pictures, a window, a book shelf, etc.  Otherwise I am happy with it. Here is the mess I call a video...

Dinosaurus from Barefoot Hallucination on Vimeo.

So, there ya go. This month hasn't been completely uneventful. As I play with Wade and what he can do I hope to have more test videos to post.
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Happy Messes are happy

3/19/2012

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My workspace is once more a happy mess:
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I decided to take this weekend to work on set pieces and furniture. I think the cafe scene needs different chairs than the home scenes, so I made a few. Here are the results:
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They aren't great. I added arms to these. The other blue ones don't have any armrests on them. It is a whole lot easier to keep these guys in their seat with those. I also made a new table. The legs of the chairs are just magnets, instead of pieces of balsa wood. They didn't need to be taller, and the magnets will help keep them anchored.

Also, I added a copy of the script to the site. You can find it here. As I said before, it's not Shakespeare, but it will be fun.

Also, I want to direct anyone to the Douglas Adams Video Contest. My video is doing very well so far. I still have a month left till it's closed, and there may be last minute entries, so don't hesitate to head on over there and take a look. :)
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So...more done...

1/6/2012

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I have been working more on furniture. I know, I know....I need to decide on my next storyline first. But I have been feeling a bit lonely and depressed lately so it has been hard to think of something that wasn't sad and depressing. So I made a new sofa. And a new end table. And a new coffee table. I think I like the sofa better than the old one. For one thing, the seat cushion is integrated, taking away a lot of the problems I had with cushion movement with the other one. I still see the flaws in it, but I think it will work. I will keep playing with it. I did a 12 second video to test out the new look. I used my old wall with the window and the old carpet. I also decided while I was experimenting I would try to play with how the guy moves. The last one he looked like he was skating. I don't know. As his legs are not articulated it may be hard to do anything better. He looks a bit fluttery here to me.

So here is the result of my little test:
I think it worked ok. I am noticing the curtain movement and the floor movement, which is new. I have to work this afternoon, so when I get home I will see why it bubbled like that. If you have any suggestions about the movement they will be heartily welcomed. Unless it is to tell me it is shit, in which case fuck off I don't want to hear it.
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Time goes by so quickly

12/29/2011

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Already it is almost 2012. I didn't realize that it has been so long since I last posted. I can't believe the time has gone by so quickly. This year's holiday season just whipped past. I spent a lot of time working. As I have 2 part time jobs, and both are busy this time of year, I spent most of it at one job, getting to the other, at the other job, cleaning up after myself or sleeping. I did manage to work a bit on more furniture. And I have reaffirmed that I suck at it. well, except tables. I can make tables. All attempts at chairs have been a bust. Part of the problem is these guys are so small. One design I tried, because it had magnets anchoring the legs, the soldier guy kept leaping out of the chair and magically attaching himself vertically to the legs.  The magnets in his feet and the magnets in the legs of the chair are too much at once. Yet I still need to be able to anchor my furniture. I have clumsy fat fingers and poor depth perception. If you have seen any of my previous attempts at stop mo you can see how hard it is for me to keep from bumping things. And on this small a scale a little miniscule move looks like a huge giant leap.

So back to the old drawing board. Too bad wee doll furniture is so expensive.
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