Working with libraries Understanding libraries was pretty easy so far thanks to Ricardo Graça and Quadro Chave. I can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve posted with regards to Synfig and creating libraries. Libraries are essential for creating cut-out characters. If you want to change facial expressions, mouth shapes or gestures, libraries can help you […]
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An early morning email This AM I had an email waiting for me from Ambient Design regarding the failed scripts made with my iPad. It seems that there was a problem with the script choking while recording. Although they are not able to fix my corrupt scripts, they’re going to look into correcting the issue for upcoming
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The Sweet Smell of a Press Check The deafening roar of machines and smell of ink really gets your adrenaline pumping for an early AM press check. After teaching prepress this past semester, I got to dust my InDesign skills and create an annual report for a new client which went to press this week.
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Chocolate in My Peanut Butter! Okay, for the past few years I’ve been trying to learn Synfig in fits and spurts—working on my wonderful Ubuntu laptop. Teaching classes, clients and contracts all have been taking a front seat to learning and using Synfig. I want to attempt to post something weekly that I’ve accomplished or
Errors with ArtRage Scripts for iPad Over the past weeks I’ve been singing the praises of ArtRage and their script function for the iPad. Unfortunately, I came up with a painful road block over the past week. I tried running some of my larger scripts last week and came up with a consistent error. One
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Better Vimeo Example Yesterday I posted an old video of capturing an ArtRage script on my computer that I created while working on the iPad. Here is a clearer example that I posted last night. It’s weird to watch how indecisive I can be when I work. I change directions on painting the face at least 5
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In ArtRage you can run a script while you are painting. This records every brush stroke and gives you the ability work small (iPad) and to replay the script at a larger size. You need the desktop version of the app in order to run the script. I didn’t even know that this was a
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An ArtRage Painting Slowly Evolving Here’s current progress of an ArtRage painting I’ve been working on for my friend Elizabeth. She fell in love with the new Diet Coke commercials abroad and asked if I could paint one of the ads for her. I’ve been working on it in my spare time—which hasn’t been often.
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A Thomas Frye original! Over the past school year I’ve been adjunct teaching at Northern Virginia Community College. I had two students who were repeat students and it was great working with them throughout the year, being part of their professional development. One of those students was Thomas. Today I was finishing up paper work
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Finally Getting There I’ve been sitting on this illustration and stalling my segtsy.com site for some time. I’m finally starting to find some time to work on my own marketing materials. Hopefully I’ll be closer to the goal of having my site online at the end of the month. I came up with this idea
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