I found this video yesterday, and thought it was very good. There were a lot of good tips in it (and I need all the tips I can get, because I really am not an artist at all).
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/952270/how_to_draw_a_digital_painting/
Also, “The Guild” is almost as addictive as World of Warcraft itself. I’d already watched the first season, so now I’m onto season two. It’s very amusing.
http://www.watchtheguild.com/
I had read the book just a couple weeks ago and was very excited to see “Watchmen.” The previews looked very good, and I was excited to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan play the complete asshole that is The Comedian. I was not disappointed. Here are some of my my thoughts.
Visuals
Many of the shots were like they pulls frames straight from the book to use in the movie. I loved the way everything looked. The colors were great and the costumes were fantastic. Rorschach’s mask especially, was very interesting and well done.
Effects
The special effects were very good. They’re weren’t any shots that looked completely fake. Some movies and shows have parts where it’s almost hard to watch the bad effects. This was not true for “Watchmen”. It was very bloody and gory, and that was a bit hard to watch at some places, but the effects were very good. Even the scene on Mars with Dr. Manhattan’s (very cool) glass spaceship held up on the big screen.
Casting
I think the casting was fantastic. The Commedian was drawn for Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was a completely different role for him (even from “Supernatural”) and I thought he did it very well. I enjoyed Patrick Wilson as Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl II. He played the nerdy-type very well, and then he put on the costume and suddenly it was hard to picture the nery guy any more. Billy Crudup was an amazing pick for Dr. Mahattan. Even completely blue, he is very good looking, and I recognized his voice from when I saw him in “Stage Beauty.” Jackie Earle Haley. My favorite cast member, playing the character that ended up being (unexpectedly) my favorite character. JEH brought a lot to Rorschach that just made him even cooler. Just the way he moved around was very right. And, of course, his voice and look were perfect for the role. I love that in almost every scene Rorschach is the small physically (he’s quite short and slim), but he’s also the most badass.
Here is the IMDb page for “Watchmen”: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/.
I didn’t get to post yesterday because I couldn’t connect to internet at camp. This means I failed NaBloPoMo, but I will continue to post and I’ll try to even make them worth reading in the future. Me and the family are going to go see “Watchmen” in an hour or so.
Somedays the only thingyou can say about the day you’ve had is that you made it through. My day wasn’t that bad. I’m not feeling all too well. Work dragged on and I couldn’t get anyone to cover me.
On the upside, seeing my friends was awesome and “Taken” was really good. I wasn’t really interested in seeing it, but I really liked it.
Now I’ve gotta catch some ZZ’s ‘cuz I have to be up in just a few hours to run a bunch of errands (including getting my glasses fixed) and possibly seeing “Watchmen” before heading to camp.
I printed out a page with my three assignments for this week it. That way I have a physical page with the assignments, so that I can remember the assignments. And also so that I can put some real thought into the assignment and not turn them in late.
March 2nd my life was super boring, and March 3rd forward I’m just trying to find time to get everything done. I work for six hours tomorrow, then I’m going to see a movie with friends. Friday Mom says we’ll go to Lenscrafters to get my glasses fixed and I also want to see “Watchmen” that day. And we’ve got to drive to camp for the scrapbooking weekend Mom, my sis and I are attending. I’m not sure yet how I’m going to be able to post while I’m there because I wasn’t able to connect to the Internet last time I was there. One of the other women was though, so maybe I’ll try to borrow her laptop once a day to get my posts in.
Technically, as it is 12:04 am, I’ve just started a new day. It does not bode well. But I’ll get to that in a minute.
I got my package today. Adobe CS4 Design Premium, paid for entirely with financial aid. It’s al installed now, and I’ve got Photoshop running. I haven’t played around with it much because I wanted to make sure to do my homework first. I’ll play with it a bit tonight before I go to bed.
Just before I started typing I was cleaning my glasses lenses off with my shirt and the left piece from the front of my glasses that goes behind my ear fell off. So, I’m gonna have to see about a Lenscrafters trip tomorrow. This pair breaking was totally now my fault. I’ll have to tape them for work because I think I would be quite dangerous at work blind. Especially onsidering I can’t see my computer screen without my glasses on and it’s in my lap.
I’m going to look around the web for info about comments in WordPress and play around in the CS4 programs.
…if you need me, I’ll be sleeping.
My simple three hour shift became and never-ending ten hour shift. My brain is fried and my body hurts. It’s time for me to go to bed.
I just wish I’d had more of March 2nd to work on this site. I meant to after work, but work just didn’t want to end today.
I signed onto my class and did my homework and played WoW for about 8 hours today. It was the fist time I’ve played in a week or two. I hate how addictive it is. I don’t have to play every single day, but when I do play, I play for hours.
This is post number 2 of NaBloPoMo. So far so good. I may continue to post before I go to bed so that I don’t forget and end up missing a day.
I don’t have much to say today. It’s been a pretty good day. I’ve played WoW. I watched a bunch of “Leverage” with my Dad and we went out to breakfast around noon today. But alas, now I have to turn in because my cat is looking wicked cute and furry and I have work and a list of things to do tomorrow (fun things for the most part, but still time-consuming things).
Just under 40 minutes ago, National Blog Posting Month March 2009 began. So here I am.
After banging my head against the figurative wall that is the broken theme. I finally managed to get my template and my stylesheet working. This post has the dual purpose of making sure that the theme I am building and designing right now can handle multiple posts. It’s coming along slowly, but it is started to look like my sketch and the few pieces I have laid out in Photoshop.
Edited at 2:26: I’m really glad I added this post because my design kinda fell apart a bit with the second post added. It’s not fixed and I can have many posts. I think my next project will be making it so that people can comment. Then I’ll move onto being able to page through the posts. And I have huge plans for an EPIC archive page as well (all written down on my sketch sheet, an impressive sheet of white paper that I’ve drawn on in pen).
Welcome everyone. This first post after a redesign is not a new concept to me. This template (MNML) will stay for just a day or two, while I build the one that I’ve thought up and drawn out.
What should I expect to see here in the future?
Links to articles, videos, and other online things that interest me. Most will be about web design, but some may be about my other loves including, but definitely not limited to: television, movies, graphics, typography, design, and more.
Posts about what I’m up to.
NaBloPoMo. National Blog Posting Month. As a way to make sure I use this blog and don’t just forget about it for a year like I have done many, many times. I’m going to sign myself up for NaBloPoMo March 2009 and attempt to post every day of the month. For more information on NaBloPoMo visit their website: http://nablopomo.ning.com/.
My new design. I tried to tweak another theme into the one that I want, but I feel that it will be less complicated to just build a theme myself. That way I can get it exactly how I want it.
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