Happy Fathers Day to the dads. As a Dad I am very protective of my kids and my family and of my own life, so when I have been nearly run off the road 4 or 5 times in the last few months because of people doing everything but paying attention I get a little , umm, not happy. Thank my mom for asking for guardian angels to look after me every day and my martial arts classes for helping me try to be constantly aware of my surroundings because that is the only reason my car and my family are not accident victims.
So, PAY ATTENTION!!!! to your driving and get off your DAMN cell phone, what ever your texting or talking about or watching instead of driving is 1000% less important than your life and mine.
Also here is a parting tip- the lines on the road, if you can't understand how to follow them while turning or merging and you also can not seem to figure out how to user your turn indicator/blinker LEARN, they are there for a reason.
6.20.2009
5.06.2009
To Be a Baby � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
To Be a Baby � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
Every day I am amazed at how much my own kids have learned and how they process the world and I think wow
that is amazing, even more so that we all used to be that way... then I find articles like this one and
It all comes together...it makes sense and matches my own intuition about my observations of learning and
understanding in my own kids.
Learning everything new from day one, our brains of course would be functioning on overdrive and in full
observation mode instead of " dumb kid" mode, makes me think even more now that life for "screen facing" kids
are having their time for mental play and exploration shut down, boxed in and programed to only take a certain kind of input...adds,
funny how A.D.D has the same word as ADD, advertising in it.. hmmm, funny and odd.
So I no longer find it strange that a child of 3 weeks old can learn and use 4 ASL (American sign language ) to talk with
their new parents and that they can have choice and free will and are born with a mind of who they are, as Parents and adults
become tour guides and less the "shapers of their minds". We have influence yes but only if we chose to be aware and involved and
allow our own mind to fall back in to a state of Play with our children do we get to live in the world with them.
Every day I am amazed at how much my own kids have learned and how they process the world and I think wow
that is amazing, even more so that we all used to be that way... then I find articles like this one and
It all comes together...it makes sense and matches my own intuition about my observations of learning and
understanding in my own kids.
Learning everything new from day one, our brains of course would be functioning on overdrive and in full
observation mode instead of " dumb kid" mode, makes me think even more now that life for "screen facing" kids
are having their time for mental play and exploration shut down, boxed in and programed to only take a certain kind of input...adds,
funny how A.D.D has the same word as ADD, advertising in it.. hmmm, funny and odd.
So I no longer find it strange that a child of 3 weeks old can learn and use 4 ASL (American sign language ) to talk with
their new parents and that they can have choice and free will and are born with a mind of who they are, as Parents and adults
become tour guides and less the "shapers of their minds". We have influence yes but only if we chose to be aware and involved and
allow our own mind to fall back in to a state of Play with our children do we get to live in the world with them.
4.21.2009
Kind of slow on here
Well as the world rushes past I have been swallowed a bit by all the new
and the old and the thousand other things that
have become a distraction, job, obsession, standard part of my day , etc..
and the old and the thousand other things that
have become a distraction, job, obsession, standard part of my day , etc..
Those things would be, twitter,facebook, kids,tukong,teaching workshops,
software updates, family, books, art, dishes, math,
video tranning, IRC #techart, new IM software, chracter rigging,
writing, MotionBuilder support for DVD sales , Book support ,
house projects, classes, it goes on. (oh yeah and a good amount of TV)...
night.
2.21.2009
tests and work and things
Today I tested for my red belt in Tukong Moosul...I passed but as always got nervous and totally froze when doing my sword form!! so I am going to work extra hard the next few weeks to make sure I know the weapon forms with out thinking so I can keep my belt:)
I have at the same time been swamped with work projects and I do enjoy doing scripting and tool creation, I am looking forward to getting back to more artistic endeavors... Like teaching at the ConceptArt.Org workshop in Dallas.
Staying busy with dad group things , I was nominated to be Governor of the group for the year. That should be fun.
***
Happiness is finding Orion's belt with my girl and living the excitement of the stars through fresh eyes.
12.21.2008
end of the year wrap up
Just wanted to post a few things while I had a chance:
- Autodesk 3december- This year was the first time I helped organize the event, in years past I have been MC or MC and presenter at the Austin 2008 3December event but this year I got more invovled and it turned out to be a great event. A big thanks to all the guest speakers and the local studios that let their artists come out during the middle of the afternoon, you all made it a great show.
- Math- I am starting over and trying to learn to like it instead of fighting it, it is every where, I use it all the time and the man made world we live in would not exist with out it so I am working on it.
- Tools- there are a few new websites out there besides all the great Google tools that I am really liking, one of them is the adobe site..http://www.adobe.com/acom/ The screeen sharing tool and meeting rooms along with file storage are great and have been a very powerfull and usefull tool for working with remote artists and programers on all kinds of things. I still really like JING also for quick shareing of videos and images, great for support or comunication of ideas.
- If you read one Blog- or two - there are lots of sites that are intresting to read but few offer so much quality content, one is http://www.37signals.com/svn/ , they make great software and they are a very open company based on sharing and they have great posts. The other is http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/ Tim Ferriss blog , for people that are wanting to win the war over personal time and living a life that is full or learning ways to change something about your self , he is a life hacker and the blog is great.
12.20.2008
grandmas poem
We just found this recently tucked away in some old papers of my grandparents. I know she would have liked to share it, I think she would have been a good blogger, she was a fast typist and worked on one of the first super computers in a public service company. Love and miss you.
OUR BRAD
He fills our hearts with so much joy,
This talented loving golden haired boy.
Hard to recall the many memories
Of this "Imp" full of fun and such a tease.
He tries hard, always doing the very best he can.
Has ability to befriend small boys or a grown man.
His accomplishments are versatile, but excels in art.
Mom,dad, grandparents can claim a part
Of paintings drawn by Brad,from the heart.
No need to express how very proud we are
Of this dear young man whose sure to go far.
OUR BRAD
He fills our hearts with so much joy,
This talented loving golden haired boy.
Hard to recall the many memories
Of this "Imp" full of fun and such a tease.
He tries hard, always doing the very best he can.
Has ability to befriend small boys or a grown man.
His accomplishments are versatile, but excels in art.
Mom,dad, grandparents can claim a part
Of paintings drawn by Brad,from the heart.
No need to express how very proud we are
Of this dear young man whose sure to go far.
12.16.2008
mind of a child
So mark this under, a proud moment in a season of giving. My 4 year old heard a story on public radio about the homless shelter running out of blankets and needing more... fast forward to a very cold day and us checking the weather. I say, oh it is going to be cold out today and the response was" DAD! what about the guys that can't get blankets, we should give them some and help them" so today we went and bought 4 sleeping bags and extra blankets and then I drove us down town to the shelter to give them our donation.
This affected both of us but, the child mind more than me, upon seeing all the people lined up outside the shelter waiting for the time they hand out blankets, it triggered an avalanche of questions the whole way home. Talk of why they carry so much stuff, why don't they look up when they walk, why are they sad, standing around, why they don't have a house, where they sleep, how they live, about kids in Africa that don't have any thing, about how lucky and thankfull we were to have a warm place to stay and on and on...how we hoped other people would donate blankets as well so they had enough.
I think it was an incredible act for a child so small to tirgger such an act of giving; even though I did most of the leg work none of it would have happened with out the concern of a child for humans in need. I know todays events will stay with our family for the rest of our lives and both shaped our child's thoughts of the world as it exposed a small glimpse in to a future adult my child would be some day and I am so proud and humbled by the power of thought and its ability to create action.
Be open, willing and selfless , listen to you children because they are listing to life and support and encourage and live by example for they will mirror you and your choices. I can't take credit for who my child is, kids are born who they are, but I will always do my best to support her selfless thoughts and enable them to become actions and I hope if some one reads this that they will find ways to take action for good.
This affected both of us but, the child mind more than me, upon seeing all the people lined up outside the shelter waiting for the time they hand out blankets, it triggered an avalanche of questions the whole way home. Talk of why they carry so much stuff, why don't they look up when they walk, why are they sad, standing around, why they don't have a house, where they sleep, how they live, about kids in Africa that don't have any thing, about how lucky and thankfull we were to have a warm place to stay and on and on...how we hoped other people would donate blankets as well so they had enough.
I think it was an incredible act for a child so small to tirgger such an act of giving; even though I did most of the leg work none of it would have happened with out the concern of a child for humans in need. I know todays events will stay with our family for the rest of our lives and both shaped our child's thoughts of the world as it exposed a small glimpse in to a future adult my child would be some day and I am so proud and humbled by the power of thought and its ability to create action.
Be open, willing and selfless , listen to you children because they are listing to life and support and encourage and live by example for they will mirror you and your choices. I can't take credit for who my child is, kids are born who they are, but I will always do my best to support her selfless thoughts and enable them to become actions and I hope if some one reads this that they will find ways to take action for good.
11.23.2008
Steel Penny Games : Bruiser and Scratch
My friends over at Steel Penny Games have their first Wii ware tile out
http://www.steelpennygames.com/index.php/bruiser-a-scratch
Bruiser and Scratch, a very fun puzzler game that I had fun playing and watched as a kid very, very much younger than me!! did amazing at.
So congrats on getting their title done and out the door, I wish them well and I hope people enjoy the game. It makes me very happy to see people strike out on their own and produce a game out side of the EA/UBI SOFT giants, Austin is starting to be the home of several smaller game shops and I am very excited by that.
http://www.steelpennygames.com/index.php/bruiser-a-scratch
Bruiser and Scratch, a very fun puzzler game that I had fun playing and watched as a kid very, very much younger than me!! did amazing at.
So congrats on getting their title done and out the door, I wish them well and I hope people enjoy the game. It makes me very happy to see people strike out on their own and produce a game out side of the EA/UBI SOFT giants, Austin is starting to be the home of several smaller game shops and I am very excited by that.
11.07.2008
Websites and things
First, much like the story of stuff in the last post,
http://www.wisdombook.org/
This wisdome book project is really amazing and such a great idea... check out the link , it is worth it.
Also
in more 3d related things,
This site has some amazingly well crafted videos explaing the foundation of the artform of 3d graphics. please support this site and help out or comment or both:)
Read more about it at the cgtalk thread http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=692611&page=1&pp=20
http://www.wisdombook.org/
This wisdome book project is really amazing and such a great idea... check out the link , it is worth it.
Also
in more 3d related things,
The Guerrilla CG Project
www.GuerrillaCG.org
It's a non-profit training initiative called The Guerrilla CG Project, a website dedicated to teaching computer graphics for free with super quality videos.
This site has some amazingly well crafted videos explaing the foundation of the artform of 3d graphics. please support this site and help out or comment or both:)
Read more about it at the cgtalk thread http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=692611&page=1&pp=20
9.09.2008
the story of stuff- wow
Another Way: "Another Way
Many people who have seen The Story of Stuff have asked what they can do to address the problems identified in the film."
Ok so I am posting this here one because I think the message is a great one and second because it is so well produced and presented.
Parents this starts with not having the goodie bags full of crap that is just filler junk at all the birthday parties, myself included, all of us computer users and well, software designers for that matter
could make software run more efficiently on older systems... over all message is REDUCE and repair and reuse. look at the iphone .. v 2 is worse in lots of ways than v 1.
go read the link and then watch the film:
http://storyofstuff.com/
Many people who have seen The Story of Stuff have asked what they can do to address the problems identified in the film."
Ok so I am posting this here one because I think the message is a great one and second because it is so well produced and presented.
Parents this starts with not having the goodie bags full of crap that is just filler junk at all the birthday parties, myself included, all of us computer users and well, software designers for that matter
could make software run more efficiently on older systems... over all message is REDUCE and repair and reuse. look at the iphone .. v 2 is worse in lots of ways than v 1.
go read the link and then watch the film:
http://storyofstuff.com/
8.06.2008
YouTube - Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
YouTube - Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
this is worth watching and it just might open your eyes to life or at least let you view things a bit diffrently.
this is worth watching and it just might open your eyes to life or at least let you view things a bit diffrently.
7.17.2008
dad things
So my latest adventures have been mostly with my new baby and getting used to balancing the time and attention with the first kid-o. Lots of fun some days, hell on others but
that is how things go when every one is tired and crazy from the constant go, go, go being a parent can cause.
Just wanted to say that something that worked very well this time around was agian sign laguage, ASL, even at 3 weeks old, my son was able to sign back for basic things
like change me, daddy, mom, and he is useing 5 or 6 reguarly , sleep/bed being the best because he can tell us when he is tired and wants to lay down..
So learn and practice/use some basic signs with your new babies, they are not as mindless as you might think and it beats the crap out of just endless crying.
Also I have to say that a visit or two to the chiropractor for my older child after each little grothspurt or any time where the kid is just mad and yelling and freaking out
all the time , day after day (not the usual behiavour) then its time to take them to the chiro, and have them adjusted.. it makes life liveable agian and the freakouts/screaming went down
to normal once a day toddler tantrums vs. waking up mad and screaming the whole day. Try it its a good thing.
ok, other than all that baby/kid stuff, I am still manaing ways to have to many things to do related to computer 3d work and some other exciting long term plans are shaping up
so there are lots of fun things going on.
night.
that is how things go when every one is tired and crazy from the constant go, go, go being a parent can cause.
Just wanted to say that something that worked very well this time around was agian sign laguage, ASL, even at 3 weeks old, my son was able to sign back for basic things
like change me, daddy, mom, and he is useing 5 or 6 reguarly , sleep/bed being the best because he can tell us when he is tired and wants to lay down..
So learn and practice/use some basic signs with your new babies, they are not as mindless as you might think and it beats the crap out of just endless crying.
Also I have to say that a visit or two to the chiropractor for my older child after each little grothspurt or any time where the kid is just mad and yelling and freaking out
all the time , day after day (not the usual behiavour) then its time to take them to the chiro, and have them adjusted.. it makes life liveable agian and the freakouts/screaming went down
to normal once a day toddler tantrums vs. waking up mad and screaming the whole day. Try it its a good thing.
ok, other than all that baby/kid stuff, I am still manaing ways to have to many things to do related to computer 3d work and some other exciting long term plans are shaping up
so there are lots of fun things going on.
night.
5.11.2008
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times: "“You cannot have innovation,” she adds, “unless you are willing and able to move through the unknown and go from curiosity to wonder.”"
this article is fantastic and helps answer a few things that have been coming up in my head lately. One thing that I have always strived to do was not get in ruts, not to copy but
to be inspired and use other ideas as springboards. I have a hard time creating something new that I think is 100% mine because my brain seems to stop me, I like to work off of and with others and their ideas so that it can grow and become something new.
There are lots of things to think about and learn and more access to information than ever before. Problems with it for me are, I like to learn about lots of things but almost never go deep enough in to those things to make them stick. I need to work on that. The other is that I have a hard time finding others that share that desire and so I some times overwhelm my friends with crazy random links to stuff, that I want to talk about but they never have time to do that... I need to slow down on things and focus more so that information will stick I think, just talking about it has always helped it stick and when I don't it goes away.
this article is fantastic and helps answer a few things that have been coming up in my head lately. One thing that I have always strived to do was not get in ruts, not to copy but
to be inspired and use other ideas as springboards. I have a hard time creating something new that I think is 100% mine because my brain seems to stop me, I like to work off of and with others and their ideas so that it can grow and become something new.
There are lots of things to think about and learn and more access to information than ever before. Problems with it for me are, I like to learn about lots of things but almost never go deep enough in to those things to make them stick. I need to work on that. The other is that I have a hard time finding others that share that desire and so I some times overwhelm my friends with crazy random links to stuff, that I want to talk about but they never have time to do that... I need to slow down on things and focus more so that information will stick I think, just talking about it has always helped it stick and when I don't it goes away.
4.18.2008
djx blog � djSwitchManipOnSelection.mel
djx blog � djSwitchManipOnSelection.mel
I just saw this post, DJX blog has some nice rigging mel scripts and he created a nice little auto script out of some of my
rigging book code. so stop over and check it out.
Brad
I just saw this post, DJX blog has some nice rigging mel scripts and he created a nice little auto script out of some of my
rigging book code. so stop over and check it out.
Brad
4.04.2008
MotionBuilder Master Class is finaly up for sale
http://motionbuildertraining.blogspot.com/
If you ever wanted to know how to get under the hood and make MotionBuilder work the way you wanted it to then this class is for you.
I am happy we are able to finaly get it up for people to buy because it was a lot of work and effort from Chad and I to make a good class for software that is not easy to learn and has very little in way of advanced training. I hope people find it of use.
If you ever wanted to know how to get under the hood and make MotionBuilder work the way you wanted it to then this class is for you.
I am happy we are able to finaly get it up for people to buy because it was a lot of work and effort from Chad and I to make a good class for software that is not easy to learn and has very little in way of advanced training. I hope people find it of use.
2.02.2008
some old max rigging stuff:) and thanks
So since it has been almost for ever since I posted any kind of work that was rough/old/behind the curtains of my past work I figured I would dig out some of my work from Acclaim since they are dead and buried and put up some of it.
The first link is a crazy over complicated expression to create an automated elevator for The Red Star env. Tre Z did the model and I with some math help got it working 99%, with an extra layer for keying the start and end you could just move the elevator shaft and it moved the pulleys, rotated gears and
Crazy Elevator rig
more to come...
(Also thanks to Bungie for having me up to the studio, great team and some sharp character guys and I look forward to consulting for them again. )
The first link is a crazy over complicated expression to create an automated elevator for The Red Star env. Tre Z did the model and I with some math help got it working 99%, with an extra layer for keying the start and end you could just move the elevator shaft and it moved the pulleys, rotated gears and
Crazy Elevator rig
more to come...
(Also thanks to Bungie for having me up to the studio, great team and some sharp character guys and I look forward to consulting for them again. )
12.17.2007
MC and presenter for this years Austin 3dec..on the 11th
Austin 3d Users Group Meeting Nec. 11, 2007 at Edge of Reality
It was a good meeting, with lots of people showing up for free food:) and some other 3d stuff. I showed off some of the masterclass rig from Motionbuilder. It was nice to see some of the other local motionbuilder guys and show off some of what the software can do.
Funny that 3dec ended up being on the 11th but what can you do, its really an alias event that Autodesk lets continue, for how long who knows.
On a side note, the "updated" support site on autodesk.com sucks since its a black box. I don't want to pay for access to a site that I can't see what I am getting for the money... and most of the time the alias support site did not have any thing I needed to pay for but I could at least see if/when I did.
It was a good meeting, with lots of people showing up for free food:) and some other 3d stuff. I showed off some of the masterclass rig from Motionbuilder. It was nice to see some of the other local motionbuilder guys and show off some of what the software can do.
Funny that 3dec ended up being on the 11th but what can you do, its really an alias event that Autodesk lets continue, for how long who knows.
On a side note, the "updated" support site on autodesk.com sucks since its a black box. I don't want to pay for access to a site that I can't see what I am getting for the money... and most of the time the alias support site did not have any thing I needed to pay for but I could at least see if/when I did.
11.18.2007
Junction Point Studios and other news and bits
Junction Point Studios
I have been working part time for the last few months for JPS now Disney Interactive Studios. I am really excited to be part of a Warren Spector project and work with an amazing team of new and new and old friends. I get to help them solve some very complex character rigging and animation related problems (at least for a real-time game characters). I will stop there until the project is announced.
Other news:
Other news- a few people have had job upgrades lately, My friend Josh Carey went to ReelFX his nice scriptas a character rigging supervisor. Hie also put sketchPose script up on highend 3d, check it out if your an animator that likes to use sketch lines to pose your chracter rigs.
Crispin Broadhurst is now useing his motion capture skills at a new studio up in Dallas called Motus Digital (they just got a sweet new vicon mocap system).
And another sign that the world is coming to an end Jorma Aburn , animator and friend extrodinare... has finaly started a blog .
Lastly, Chad Moore and family moved and is working at Turbine being uber tech artist, after leaving Sony in lovely cali.
That is all for now... there are a lot of other things going on but i just wanted to pimp some friends and post something new.
I have been working part time for the last few months for JPS now Disney Interactive Studios. I am really excited to be part of a Warren Spector project and work with an amazing team of new and new and old friends. I get to help them solve some very complex character rigging and animation related problems (at least for a real-time game characters). I will stop there until the project is announced.
Other news:
Other news- a few people have had job upgrades lately, My friend Josh Carey went to ReelFX his nice scriptas a character rigging supervisor. Hie also put sketchPose script up on highend 3d, check it out if your an animator that likes to use sketch lines to pose your chracter rigs.
Crispin Broadhurst is now useing his motion capture skills at a new studio up in Dallas called Motus Digital (they just got a sweet new vicon mocap system).
And another sign that the world is coming to an end Jorma Aburn , animator and friend extrodinare... has finaly started a blog .
Lastly, Chad Moore and family moved and is working at Turbine being uber tech artist, after leaving Sony in lovely cali.
That is all for now... there are a lot of other things going on but i just wanted to pimp some friends and post something new.
9.10.2007
Open Pipeline and other updates
About | openPipeline
Well First , I am linking to this Maya software called openPipeline for two reasons, one I think its great that there is something like this available to students and home users as well as small studios. There is nothing worse than having a project that has no workflow and this helps people hit the ground running.
Go now and check it out
Other news and the first post brings me to the next parts. Iam was free for two days a week starting this month to do some freelance work, The lucky winners of my time:) are
- KingsIsle where I have been helping the art teams with max script / workflow issues.
- (soon)JPS or Junction Point Studios, just bought by Disney, where I will be helping with character creation process and some fun rig/pipeline work
-Also on the side of that I am involved with two very amazing and very different software companies where I hope I can help provide some guidance in my areas of expertise... if I say much more I might get in trouble. It is going to be lots of fun though and when I can I will post more.
-What i spend the rest of the time doing is matching up my friends that need work with studios that need work done... and so far I think I could just spend all my two days doing that since I seem to be doing ok with that, now if it only paid!hehe..
My IM away message needs an update now to say..."Parenting by day, Saving the 3d world two days a week...leave a message thanks" from just saving the 3d world at night:)
Now, I don't think I am really doing so much that I am saving the world, but I do know I work hard to rescue all of my friends and fellow ex-coworkers from wasting time when I can, on work issues or problems in max/maya/motionbuilder.
....
And last, our wonderfully talented friend has her new art show "Wonders"opening in Winter park, September 15-December 30, 2007 at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum.
She is a great artist and is brining awareness to the challenges the ocean faces in our current world state, working to bring art and science together is always a good cause and she has done a great job I think, go check it out and show your support.
night.
Well First , I am linking to this Maya software called openPipeline for two reasons, one I think its great that there is something like this available to students and home users as well as small studios. There is nothing worse than having a project that has no workflow and this helps people hit the ground running.
Go now and check it out
Other news and the first post brings me to the next parts. I
- KingsIsle where I have been helping the art teams with max script / workflow issues.
- (soon)JPS or Junction Point Studios, just bought by Disney, where I will be helping with character creation process and some fun rig/pipeline work
-Also on the side of that I am involved with two very amazing and very different software companies where I hope I can help provide some guidance in my areas of expertise... if I say much more I might get in trouble. It is going to be lots of fun though and when I can I will post more.
-What i spend the rest of the time doing is matching up my friends that need work with studios that need work done... and so far I think I could just spend all my two days doing that since I seem to be doing ok with that, now if it only paid!hehe..
My IM away message needs an update now to say..."Parenting by day, Saving the 3d world two days a week...leave a message thanks" from just saving the 3d world at night:)
Now, I don't think I am really doing so much that I am saving the world, but I do know I work hard to rescue all of my friends and fellow ex-coworkers from wasting time when I can, on work issues or problems in max/maya/motionbuilder.
....
And last, our wonderfully talented friend has her new art show "Wonders"opening in Winter park, September 15-December 30, 2007 at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum.
She is a great artist and is brining awareness to the challenges the ocean faces in our current world state, working to bring art and science together is always a good cause and she has done a great job I think, go check it out and show your support.
night.
7.22.2007
Father Son adventure
Extreme Adventures of Vermont guided outdoor wilderness adventures
http://www.vermontvacation.com/
I am not sure when or where but its time for my Dad and I to
have an adventure for just us that gives us time to be like we were
when it was just him and I out on the ranch when I was little.
This link is just one thought-
Vermont, a chance to see where he grew up and where a large part of my
family lived for a long time.
There are lots of other ideas and things that we could do but here is
my thought for the day on it.
Love you Dad
http://www.vermontvacation.com/
I am not sure when or where but its time for my Dad and I to
have an adventure for just us that gives us time to be like we were
when it was just him and I out on the ranch when I was little.
This link is just one thought-
Vermont, a chance to see where he grew up and where a large part of my
family lived for a long time.
There are lots of other ideas and things that we could do but here is
my thought for the day on it.
Love you Dad
6.21.2007
SIGGRAPH 2007: MasterClasses
woo our class is up and our little character is so fun looking, now to quit blogging and finish the damn thing.
UPDATE!! DONE and it rocks a eye tearing 80 pages for just the rig section.. animation will consume a good deal as well..
and you have to love our chracter.. hes so wacky..meet Noogle MacDoogle
Designed by Jorma and Skinned by Josh modeled by Chad and rigged by Me, wooo team effort rocks.
5.28.2007
night thoughts- observation and "always on Zombies"
not much to post, back from another trip home to visit family.
I am always amazed at the kinds of people I see at the airport, so much
good sketching to do with them.
It is really sad to see so many people in the airport now infected by
the "always on zombie". You can spot this person by the blinking blue ear infection and or the circled eye-wide open stare at nothing as they talk way to
loud with their hands covering their mouth as they try to conduct biz in public. The other is the infected screen stare, they hold a laptop in one hand while typing franticly with the other while standing in line to board the plane...as they are narrating this event to the ear bud.
Fascinating also to me are the shared travelers... these are the people you see board your plane and fly with you then days later, you see the same people on the same flight back to where you came from. These people could have picked any other day or time to fly but they chose the same days and times as you did and I always want to ask them what they did for the same amount of time I was there doing things.
The world is smaller and smaller and it saddens me that so many of us, myself included are just checked out all the time: Driving,Flying,Walking,Eating, some times Eating while walking or Driving and Zoned out on the phone, oblivious to the world around them or the people with them. Escapism evolved.
If ever there was a horror movie come to life it is driving 70 mph on the road surrounded by SUV driving, hand talking, nacho eating, book reading driver zombies swerving in and out of their lanes like they are the only one on a suffocatingly crowed road.
Observation through sketching is the only way I can help myself unplug and I don't do it nearly enough.
I am always amazed at the kinds of people I see at the airport, so much
good sketching to do with them.
It is really sad to see so many people in the airport now infected by
the "always on zombie". You can spot this person by the blinking blue ear infection and or the circled eye-wide open stare at nothing as they talk way to
loud with their hands covering their mouth as they try to conduct biz in public. The other is the infected screen stare, they hold a laptop in one hand while typing franticly with the other while standing in line to board the plane...as they are narrating this event to the ear bud.
Fascinating also to me are the shared travelers... these are the people you see board your plane and fly with you then days later, you see the same people on the same flight back to where you came from. These people could have picked any other day or time to fly but they chose the same days and times as you did and I always want to ask them what they did for the same amount of time I was there doing things.
The world is smaller and smaller and it saddens me that so many of us, myself included are just checked out all the time: Driving,Flying,Walking,Eating, some times Eating while walking or Driving and Zoned out on the phone, oblivious to the world around them or the people with them. Escapism evolved.
If ever there was a horror movie come to life it is driving 70 mph on the road surrounded by SUV driving, hand talking, nacho eating, book reading driver zombies swerving in and out of their lanes like they are the only one on a suffocatingly crowed road.
Observation through sketching is the only way I can help myself unplug and I don't do it nearly enough.
5.15.2007
TED | Talks | Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature (video)
TED | Talks | Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature (video)
WOW.. this is so amazing, The site is great and the speakers and the talks are beyond insperational, mind opening/altering ideas that as the site says "worth spreading"
This talk I am directly linking to is one of those that could change the world for the better if only people will chose that path.
take time out of your day.. spend 18 min for a talk a day and be uplifted.
WOW.. this is so amazing, The site is great and the speakers and the talks are beyond insperational, mind opening/altering ideas that as the site says "worth spreading"
This talk I am directly linking to is one of those that could change the world for the better if only people will chose that path.
take time out of your day.. spend 18 min for a talk a day and be uplifted.
4.26.2007
The Red Star - Take 2 Interactive
The Red Star - Take 2 Interactive
There is a game god and he has allowed the last project I worked on along with all the other talented artists and programmers and designers on the team to be released. Go buy it, enjoy it, its a lot of fun to play and it looks great.
HOOOOOOOOOO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH I am so happy.
Rock on Team Red Star
p.s. if you want to read how I felt when I found out it would not be published and the old acclaim when in the toliet read here.. my old post about accliam
There is a game god and he has allowed the last project I worked on along with all the other talented artists and programmers and designers on the team to be released. Go buy it, enjoy it, its a lot of fun to play and it looks great.
HOOOOOOOOOO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH I am so happy.
Rock on Team Red Star
p.s. if you want to read how I felt when I found out it would not be published and the old acclaim when in the toliet read here.. my old post about accliam
4.14.2007
Bill Plympton Studio
Bill Plympton Studio
holy crap.. you can watch Bill Plympton!! animate at his desk. Wow that is so great, also check out the time lapses of his past days. People still have to draw this stuff and here is live proof.
holy crap.. you can watch Bill Plympton!! animate at his desk. Wow that is so great, also check out the time lapses of his past days. People still have to draw this stuff and here is live proof.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
