Making of... (personal life, health bits) I started this back in April of 2022, and is the the largest animation I've released so far. Drawings were done by summer, so what took so long???? I could no longer create the music myself. My good friend, Dave, re-created the music for me, but I wanted to sing it myself. Not him. I have (slow) progressive hearing loss, and it … [Read more...] about Birdeater Animation (The making of)
Niece Inspiration (Ice Cream Tower)
I don't want this site to only be like a portfolio, but I also want to share a little bit about me. Guess that makes this an online journal??? Yea.... something like that. Only a few months ago (thanks to Ancestry), I learned I had family that I never knew about. Not only do I have a new kick-ass sister, but also a 10yr old niece that consumes a lot of my thoughts during … [Read more...] about Niece Inspiration (Ice Cream Tower)
Pride Bunny
A New Love in my Life
Here I am, trying to learn character drawing, anatomy, basic animation, advanced digital art skills, an ipad animation program (Callipeg), 2 cpu ones (Tahoma2D and Krita), and a video editor (Hitfilm Express). Oh why the heck not, let's throw another animation program into the bag. Moho. Unlike traditional animation (where you draw multiple drawings for every second), … [Read more...] about A New Love in my Life
WTF Curling Game
I'm learning animation in Tahoma2D, but will occasionally use Callipeg on my ipad. They run a monthly "theme" for the community to participate in. The theme was "Sports", so I decided to join in for the first time and do a "curling" game (inspired from the olympics). I worked my ass off to make the deadline, with an OVERLY ambitious piece, that I was having fun with. I … [Read more...] about WTF Curling Game
Animation love!
Best part of the Covid "forced" private time?? Rediscovering my love for Animation. I used to be into animation LONG AGO, where Macromedia Director and Adobe CS3 Flash got me started. I thought I would have a career creating DVD menus, while I was still going to school. LOL. My biggest projects at the time, was creating Pigpen (Peanuts) dancing to "Rhiannon" (gah...I wish i … [Read more...] about Animation love!
Tips and Ideas for Shooting Street Festivals
When I'm at festivals, I see a lot of people walking around with their cameras around their necks.... almost like they don't know what to shoot. So I thought I would put together some ideas and maybe help to inspire some of you. Photographing street fairs is more than just photographing a massive crowd, and shooting things that are for sell (which most merchants don't … [Read more...] about Tips and Ideas for Shooting Street Festivals
Brandi surprises us with a Tractor show
The Lone Below were suppose to be playing the Tractor Tavern Saturday night, but they had to cancel so Brandi filled in instead (she is friends of theirs and probably planned on being there anyway). Tickets sold out Thursday night in a matter of hours, and I'm lucky that I practically live on Facebook and heard about it at all! The last time she played at the Tractor, was 3 … [Read more...] about Brandi surprises us with a Tractor show
Vicci Martinez 6/15/12 Showbox
Our hometown girl, Vicci Martinez paid us a long overdue visit as she toured the west coast in support for her new album. (Which by the way, is GREAT! I've had it on repeat for about 3 days now... hopefully the neighbors are enjoying it just as much as I do). With her, she brought Jamar Rogers (from season 2 of The Voice). He was getting quite a few squeals from the crowd … [Read more...] about Vicci Martinez 6/15/12 Showbox
6/5/12 Brandi Carlile (Easy Street Records)
As many times as I've seen Brandi, it never gets old (obviously). And every time I see her at Easy Street, I get this Deju Vu feeling....... that despite how much time or distance has passed, we are all still here... like It's 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 all over again. No matter how big she gets, she's still here for us. It's like no time has passed at all. I'm still right here, … [Read more...] about 6/5/12 Brandi Carlile (Easy Street Records)