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There I was, working away on my computer, Predator 2, the one I'm on right now, and it suddenly turned off. I thought there might have been a brief power outage, so I powered it back on. Thirty seconds later it turned off again, then again, and again. After opening up the case to look for a...

Do you remember the Rancor monster model I 3D printed around a year ago? It's an 8 inch tall model of the Rancor from Return of the Jedi. Well, I got bored around a month ago and so decided the best thing to do was to print the model again, but this time, I'm printing it as a 3 foot tall...

Time to take a break, cook up a pizza, and watch a movie. Outlaw Johnny Black starring Michael Jai White. I haven't seen it yet, but I read that it's a satire on blackspoitation films from the 70's, just like Black Dynamite, also starring Michael Jai White. I'm a big fan of Michael's...

I was at Walmart rooting around the $5 movie bin when I spotted a really good movie. FALL. I gave up on the idea of new movies being able to actually make you feel something as you watched, until I saw FALL a few months ago. Watching the movie, I was literally twisting in my chair and...

Sometimes I leave my t.v. on all day with a 10 hour Youtube video playing. I discovered some wonderful videos that tell no story, but instead, show birds in trees, or mountains, or beautiful landscapes from around the world. I will put 1 of these videos on, in effect, turning my t.v. into an...

Hello there, Indietalk people; Sean, Nate, Mike C., Chris T., Mara.... It's been a while. I haven't had time to scan the board to see what everyone's been up to, but I can see at a glance that Nate is still busy with his super cool project. Keep it up, my friend... I wasn't getting anywhere...

My wife and I are watching a religious series that is crowd funded. The Chosen. Season 4 is in production. They claim to have a 1.2 million dollar budget/episode. If this series really is crowd funded, it just indicates that there is a massive, hungry audience out there willing to pay to...

Does anyone remember the film board LikeAstory? I think it had to be one of the original film chat rooms when the Internet was still relatively new. Back then there were hundreds of members posting nearly every day. Wow, so much fun... Then there was the bulletin board explosion when there...

On this day back in 1925 it was not Sammy's birthday. Sammy was born on December 8 1925. Early birthday wishes to the memory of Sammy Davis Jr.

We had a pretty good conversation about art and what is an artist. So, now onto something new... What is quality? How do we define it? Are there characteristics that all things of quality have? Does art have to have quality to lift a person from the arena of those who only wish to be...

This inspirational image has kept me going for years. I see a lot of inspirational posters but none of them resonate with me like this one. I printed it, framed it, and have it hanging where I can see it often. ... anybody else have their favorite?

I needed to take a break from transcoding VisualBasic to Maya Embedded Language today so I made this video. In it I explain how to make Alien Zombie Monster Slime. Here is a pdf of the instructions: Alien Zombie Monster Slime formula and instructions Enjoy!

Don't you love when a movie or book tells a story, but beneath the obvious plot, there is something more; another story. You could say it's the real story. High concept vs Low concept. I think all good stories have both. High concept. The obvious story. The one that can be described in a...

I've recently started a research project involving all the different skills needed to bring a CGI character to life. I've done this sort of thing before but I'm trying to take it to the next level. for me that means creating and animating something that comes closer to photo-realistic in...

It's like asking 'what is love'? From my experience the word artist means different things to different people. For some, anyone who picks up a paint brush or lump of clay and creates something is an artist. For others, the creation needs to show signs of skill or talent before the title is...

Here's a test I ran for my upcoming production which will feature claymation characters that are actually CGI. I learned a lot from the test. Mostly, I learned that I don't like keyframe animating CGI characters. I think it will be well worth the money to invest in a motion capture system so...

I used the Canon GL1 to shoot this clip. Pretty straight forward..

Here's a clip I did just for fun. I had to track the camera and also make sure the spaceship cast shadows and reflections. I shot the plate with a Canon GL1. That should tell you how old it is..

The past few days my general purpose computer, Predator 2, started making funny noises; bveeert,, bveeeert........bveeert, bveert ... It was driving me mad. I though maybe I had a hard drive going out or maybe I picked up a virus. I'm still running Windows 7 on this computer. So, I 'restored'...