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Archive for March, 2010
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010Ident #1
Monday, March 8th, 2010Still no sound but this is what I’ve done. Not sure if I should tone down the grain effect but I’m happy with it at the moment. Logic Pro isn’t working so I’m going to have to settle in using basic audio in AFX. Never done it before but we’ll see. Ooo I love doing sound. During the final year of uni, my friends and I had a whale of a time foley-ing. Sometimes we left the recording studio in a bit of a mess… The atmospheric background sound for Hannah’s, “The Predatory Habits of Yetis” was the noises I made haha. It’s a good little film! Check it out. Maybe I should pursue this as a career. Hmm…
Playground love
Saturday, March 6th, 2010I meant to be away from computer because my eyes are starting to burn but I feel like posting something really cool to share like this.
pics via Behance
How amazing are the interiors? I want to see the real thing. They’re done by Maria Yasko who based the design on Tove Jansson’s famous Moomins. I’ve probably mentioned I went to Finland a few posts ago but still haven’t uploaded our Helsinki adventures. Unfortunately, it didn’t include going to the Moomin Museum in Tampere (just outside Helsinki). I don’t know much about the Moomins except for the early mornings I used to spend, watching the cartoon before school. However, I’m currently reading Moominpappa’s Memoirs. You never know, I might be hooked.
Gosh, I’m super tired and it’s only 8pm. Too early…
pic via ffffound!
Showreel, Jobs fair, mag and list
Friday, March 5th, 2010I’ve been trying to get Flight of the Conchords tickets last night and this morning. No luck…and you know what bugs me? Those people who buys tickets just to make profit (big rip off) on ebay. Ooo…aaargh…uuurgh… Anyway, this is the FINAL final showreel of 2009. Seriously… I can’t help myself. Perfection is my weakness. I did this before I went to the Wired Sussex Media Jobs + Skills Fair yesterday. It’s basically a fair with career recruitment stalls, course stalls, CV/covering letter/interview workshop and panel sessions of people who are already in the industry giving advices. It was really good! I get to network a little (really have to work on that. I’m shy to new people okay, but that’s no excuse). Made a new friend who came all the way from Bath! That is dedication. I was there from 12.30 – 19.30 that went really quickly with my head filled with so much information that I had to put them into, what it seems to be a never ending list of things to do. It’s going to be a busy week, starting today. I’m very excited though that there’s still hope.
Off the topic, in the Computer Arts March 2010 issue, I found this! I was chuffed knowing that I helped to make Flöjtelös (Whistleless). Also, it so happens that the screenshot they’ve published is the tiger scene. The first shot I worked on I think… I did those stripes! What’s a tiger without stripes? Just a big cat. Oh I miss working in that small studio and eating lunch on the rooftop with Chris. I dream of being in a small team studio…preferably Manhattan…doing whatever cool things I’ll be creating. Then at the end of the day, take the L train back to my dream rented flat in Brooklyn. Hey, I can dream!
One more thing, I’ve finished animating my own ident but with no sound! My silly Mac can’t take Logic Pro or even a small external HD. Not sure if it’s a RAM thing or what, but it was a pain to even import sound so I’m going to have to ask Mac people what’s wrong with it. Okay, I better act on my To-Do list and I will leave you with this BBC article on the art of list making. I can totally relate to Adolf Konrad’s packing list but he is a step ahead by colouring his listed items…