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sqbr: "Creative genius" with an arrow pointing to a sketch of me (genius!)
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 09:18 am
This is what happens when you mix silly putty (a birthday gift from [livejournal.com profile] kitsune_iii), Photobooth, and GIMP.

The blob! It moves!

It took twenty four hours to get from the first purple bit to the second (and then about 5 minutes to get back up again :))

As you can see, I hadn't really thought through what I was doing till I started. My advice to anyone else doing something like this (why you would I don't know, there's MUCH better ways to do stop motion photography) is to cover the screen with an open A4 book, stops the flash ruining the image. And think through what you're going to end up with before you start :) Here's the instructions for using GIMP to do animation.
sqbr: "Creative genius" with an arrow pointing to a sketch of me (genius!)
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 05:47 pm
No really, it's a movie.


Today was heaps of fun. Met up with [livejournal.com profile] mexicanjewlizrd (and none of the other people who expressed interest in free Scitech tickets, so I still have three for anyone who can be bothered getting them off me), watched..odd intepretive dance/comedy, [livejournal.com profile] harveystoat doing standup, and then did an animation workshop. I also chatted to a bunch of the staff which was really nice, and also saw Ken and [livejournal.com profile] meljane.

And then a driving lesson, with an instructor who was actually impressed with my ability (it was the first lesson. She will soon learn that while 11 years of intermittent lessons have gotten me to a mediocre standard, lifting my game any higher is harder than it looks)

Now, a hypothetical. Imagine you're a waitperson. You have the following conversation:
Customer: Can I have the chicken burger please, no sauce.
You: Not even barbeque sauce?
Customer: None. No mayonnaise, no tomato sauce, nothing but chicken, salad, and bread.
You: Got it.

Which of the following condiments do you put on the burger:
(a) Butter
(b) Mayonaise
(c) Cheese
(d) All of the above

If you said (d), congratulations! You're suitable to be hired by the "Club" cafe. *mutters*