MJL
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Happy Birthday, Martin!
Alright now . . . .Everybody sing! . . . . . . . .Happy Birthday to Youuuuuuuuu. . . . . . . ..
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I think you ARE a master.
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Reminds me of a song I heard you sing once,
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Just keeps getting gooder and gooder!
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Ararat, enough's enough!
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When running through TaoA:M a couple of years ago (Wow! That long ago!) I remember that same problem happening with Thom during that "lesson".
I believe that it was inherently something in the 2001 rig. I posted on the forum and the most predominate reply was to try the Squetchy Sam rig and the 2008 rig when finished. the 2008 rig is now finished, Thanks Mark, and used quite often.
As far as I know, the available rigs are: Squetchy Sam rig, 2008 Rig, Holmes' Lite Rig, and Anzovin's TSM. From my observation the most commonly used rigs lately are the Lite Rig and The 2008 Rig.
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Great expressiveness, Gene. You are outdoing yourself on this one.
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He's perfect!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
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Gee! the one time I didn't guess Susan Boyle. . . wouldn't cha know.
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Saw today's strip, great fun! Nice touch with just the eyeballs in the dark. I know it has been done before but it still caught me by surprise and was fresh and new all over again. You used it well.
I didn't notice the aliens teeth in the strip. maybe it was just the dark closet.
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.Truthfully I feel like I'm wasting my time. With minimal response to the renders I've posted, I don't even know if it's an improvement or not.I feel your pain brother. I've been working on this move at least a little bit every day for about two years and the responses I've gotten to various posts seem consistent with what you are getting as well. I figure either:
*People just don't care
*It is so awesome that the viewers are just speechless
*It is so horrible that the viewers are just speechless
Either way, I gotta love what I'm doing because that may be the only reward I ever get
My experience with A:M and this forum began just about 2 years ago. I had never been involved with an online forum of any kind before. (Come to think of it this is the only forum I am involved in.)
I visit it several times every day and click the "view new posts" tag each time.
I have notice several trends, one of which is what you are talking about.
Newbies are children. They are coddled, cajoled, nurtured with as much support as can be given. then we have the teenagers (figuratively) exploring the same old things with brand new eyes, and we have the mature adults who just do. . . well, what adults do.
The things that I see from you adults (speaking from a toddler's perspective) mostly overwhelm me. I am struggling so hard to grasp the things that I am currently working on within A:M that the level that you guys are operating in is another realm that is almost mystical. Just like kids just expect "Dad" to perform miracles on a regular basis as easily as breathing, spectacular is the baseline for anything that we see expect from you.
I'm stalled (busy work life) just before installing my first rig for my first character for my first animation, and quite frankly I'm intimidated as all get out.
As a performing artist, yes I want the applause, but I rehearse in private. I write, and record in private. Maybe the analogy doesn't hold, but I'm just saying that you can't build your art leaning to heavily on what response you get. It can be false anyway.
Mark, these sets look spectacular, but spectacular is what you ALWAYS do. Maybe a little more before and after, so we can see better what you've done.
Holmes, you're startin to get the hang of a few things.
With a little more practice you'll get there.The mortals are reluctant to criticize those who dwell on Mt. Olympus
See you in the movies.
P. S. : Then you have the eccentric aunt who mumbles to herself, wears funny hats and. . . . Oh! Hi Nancy.. . .
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Mark,
I have become a fan, and Wannabe Pirates is a regular morning stop of mine along with this forum and facebook. Usually before I check the news. I appreciate your work and creativity and am enjoying the strip immensely. It is well, and professionally, done and should eventually bring you the dividends you desire and deserve.
Thanks for doing the strip.
P.S. One hour! Not 3 hours? OMG!
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Nicely done, and quite an accomplishment. Especially considering the time element. Good story, good animation, and good production. Kudo's Sean.
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applause, applause, applause with increased intensity, more applause! Nice touch, Great clip. Thanks Rob.
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Thanks all,
I'm totally stoked for this. It is indeed my intention to get "GeneSpleen The Animating Machine " up here from Houston for the show. I also hope to have animations playing on a screen above the band as we do some of the numbers live.
Sneakin' Out will open, then my band will do "The Album". For the third section of the show, I intend to have various musicians that have played with me over the years rotate through a "structured" jam. That should end the evening with a loose, party like atmosphere. The refreshment stand does sell "adult" refreshments.
With luck we'll have a couple of videographers there, so there may be a few live video's posted on Gene's utube channel. There may even be a shot or two of me in there if they have an extra strong double wide angle lens.
To be Continued . . . . . . .
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Wow! May it be a successful venture!
Thanks, Rob. There is a realistic hope that we could be sold out by mid July.
Wish I lived closer!Yeah, it's a pretty long commute from the moon, 'specially with those NASA cut-backs. Too bad, too, I think the music is right down your alley. who knows, maybe we'll be successful enough to do a "Satellite" tour.
Here's some shots of the Aladdin.
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I've set a deadline for myself to finish the CD I've been talking about for over 20 years.
August 12 will be my 61st Birthday, and I've booked the Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon, for that date. It's an intimate venue (only 600 seats) where national acts perform regularly. I'll post a few pics of the venue a little later.
My friends "Sneakin' Out", (Who performed at Carnegie Hall last summer) are booked to be my opening act.
Here is the Poster that I've made to Promote the Event.
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Hope it's a good one, Steve.
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Like Nancy said, when we did the mix about a year ago, it was just supposed to be background babble. If necessary I can do a remix and bring it up front more. In my mind, with this mix, before it was animated, I had envisioned her moving away from the camera for the last bits rather in moving towards it. When the actual Vocals start they should be more present in the mix.
If we need to adjust the overall volume a little I can do that, too. I'm just thrilled to see the melding of our artistic endeavors.
Let me know what you need, Nancy.
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YES! YES! YES!
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Eugene lives in Hash Library>Models>Actors.
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If you're gonna' dream, why not dream big? :-)
Amen!
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Very nice work on your chairs.
Reading in one of my Fine Woodworking magazine "collection" (starting with issue 14, I think), some time back, I saw in an article that making a simple chair is a very difficult thing to do. The Windsor chair being one of the most difficult.
Dorothy of Oz
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