I'm an animator, but i've been drawing since forever. Just doodling and working things out.
Recently in the past two years, i'll pick something to study each week- usually something funny comes to mind like sloths, bears, owls, treemen- etc, and i'll just fill a sketchbook or two a week with it.
I think it's all about learning to teach yourself how to draw. Of course, life drawing is an excellent thing to be able to get into to nail technical drawing.
I was the school geek an animator. I still am so nothing has changed :)
I think the type needs some work if you are going to keep it very typographically rich.
The whole design feels a bit too balanced, in that it works well but lacks some sort of rhythm to pull the eye around to appreciate other elements of the design. I think a splash of colour or a more intense navigation would help it along for sure!
I think it's a really cool idea, but the weights of the negative space needs to be balanced with the size of the content area. I think the outer "gutters" could use less value to make the content appear brighter.
I have to draw myself to sleep because I have too many ideas floating around. That's really the reason why I have just started accumulating such a large flickr gallery of doodles: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkmotion/2333417536/in/set-72157600091461557/
You only weigh 25 lbs?!
In australia it seems to be rare for people to get married any younger than 21ish - even around that is pushing it.
I have two american friends who married each other when the wife was 18 (last year). They keep their own cute little site going, and they seem to be perfect for each other really! -
I've just been thinking about how much, and how little can occur in one year. You meet a lot of new people, and move further away from others. You expand your knowledge of the earth by trekking to new places, and are equally surprised visiting older places, and people from a bunch of years before. We probably all have some sort of plan or goal for the future- it's probably a long way off too. I know that in the next 5 years I'm pretty much destined to be working in the United States, or at least still hunting down my dream job. Things change a lot though, and even a week can change your direction/path to where you want to be in 5 years.
1 year ago
So hmm, looking back a year ago - (or a little bit more) things were quite different, but kinda the same. High school was finally out, and I was both excited and nervous about university. I had a feeling that I probably wouldn't see anyone from school ever again - or at least for a while, but hadn't thought much into it. Getting into animation and illustration jobs while in school- and even before university made things a little weird. University is supposed to prepare you for work, but I'd already had more than a little taste of what it's all about. I guess I'd only just figured that art and creativity would get me through the rest of my years.
Friends started splitting, and stuff got weird. The whole controlled environment of school had finally collapsed, and I was expecting it to scare the noodles out of me. Glad it was the inverse. Being a freshman at university meant it was like the first day of high school all over again. New city, new people, new system for everything. I think everyone seemed kinda closed up and avoided letting people in with all the amazing talent around, but as those weeks of early starts and late pub sessions churned by, everyone loosened up and got to hang out like old friends. Kinda confusing, but in a odd way.
Now
Equally confusing. University is back in a week. Of course, there is the previous year of friends and contacts this time which makes it fun to go back to. Work + university is an interesting combination, but it seems to work nicely - helping me grow with the fun of university and the humbling size of the projects at work. Kinda weird that I don't keep in contact with anyone from high school anymore. 5 years of communication down the pooper because of bigger things to go onto. I guess it's the fact that they are a diverse bunch of people, but not always the right kind that will click.
At university, there are more excuses to hang out with people who like what you dig, so the gap is bridged a lot faster. Seems like from now on the years will bring more fun, being able to work with people who are more than just people you sit next to in classes.
I think I like creating things even more than ever, because there are other creatives around who can appreciate, learn and critique. It's a healthy relationship that makes everyone grow.
One year on
I really don't know yet.
Travel is something I have to do. I'll probably implode if I don't get out and see the world. I've never left the country. I know I have established a lot of connections outside the country, as well as inside, but I have another year of university to keep me rooted for now.
Thinking about the future is weird because it's hard to make such general assumptions. One person or opportunity can change anything. I guess what I'd like to do is setup some goals. Since I lost so many connections, I'd at least like to be able to restore that by getting to know more people. It's one thing having lots of people knowing you, but knowing others makes them more than just a random phone number or IM contact.
I didn't write this just as a brain purge, but more of a thing to spark some discussion. What's changed for you, and what do you hope to see change?
I like prefixing adjectives with WAY to sound dorky sometimes when I am being sarcastic.
E.g. :
Oh wow sitting through that lecture was WAY cool.
This movie is WAY boring.
Pretty neat freebie theme. Might I suggest a bit more whitespace around the content? I think the image padding needs a smidge more too, but it's nice :)
Notepad ++
Anything with Linsay Lohan, or the latest AVP: requiem.
Pretty much all the beverages in the fridge.
I second red
Naaaaah. Besides- i'll just grab onto chuck norris and be sweet.
Saw this a few months ago actually. I still can't help but laugh everytime i see it.
I hate it. I can't tell whats going on!
Holy crap, that is the freakiest interpretation of the Joker I have ever seen!
I'll let thoughts kinda marinate in my crazy dreams that I always have, and then when I wake up in the morning, churn them out in a matter of minutes.
HAHAH if you read some of my notes about by childhood (well when I was 6) you might have seen that I was a nerd from birth. Naturally I wanted to be an electrical engineer/ do something with robotics/animatronics
Then in my high school years, I just randomly decided to become an animator, and now I yam!
I'll make sure my css validates, but I am flexible with my markup - cause I get lazy sometimes.
It's usually things like not bothering to put in alt tags.
@ hthth:
Flash :D
http://darkmotion.com/blog/2007/05/21/flash-vector-illustration-walkthrough-part-1/
@ Rich - I didn't know which section to post this in because I'm not a regular regular. I was going to put it in "the Rulers", but there wasn't a category description, and I thought that the ability to quote might be a performance enhancing type of function ( which is why I put in productivity)
I was in fact referring to some sort of dandy "reply" button, or nested option that would save time having to format a quote with block quote tags.
:)
I think a quoting option for replies on notes would be dandy - to keep the discussions more organised.
What do you think?
Hehe, in contrast to my Prep grades, I pretty much didnt work at all in my final year, dropped advanced mathematics - and changed into art (strange how little has changed since prep).
I still managed to get a great grade though!
working in dad's restaurant.
Then I quit and started working in a vfx company :)
I used to be awesome once.
You should totally dig up your old report cards and show them off.
only if i regularly talk to them- like my mates on skype :)
ewwwwwwwwww
:( I want to use it so baaad
They should include a field for this in our profiles :)
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAh perfect.
» Why are rounded corners so attractive ... Last Reply: 7 months ago by wemakethings.
They feel less threatening because they won't hurt you! I just want to lick round corners because they would probably feel awesome.