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Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman
乌独角兽(烏獨角獸)任思麒 ArtBlack UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-53986887318256176102022-05-19T03:15:00.001-04:002022-05-19T03:17:01.168-04:00My Film Succor Forlorn is BLOWING UP at Film Festivals GLOBALLY<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GWP6jqoE9KCGzJaaH0vcoYhLgNGgL6LHrXeLlNeJTtfMg7Knx1HwoTWxJyAJFmRlwIjzOnzioDnQVYPX71GMZDxAB9qnAB5qPDNTQdXTs_SVGXDc1WT_asWOwSRlybpOVPHPzZV4sbct0FX3toHwLrx-9YmGjjYzDEEhANTpE0CBi-Wqpw/s2550/Succor%20Forlorn%20Movie%20Poster%20FINAL%20010.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1721" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GWP6jqoE9KCGzJaaH0vcoYhLgNGgL6LHrXeLlNeJTtfMg7Knx1HwoTWxJyAJFmRlwIjzOnzioDnQVYPX71GMZDxAB9qnAB5qPDNTQdXTs_SVGXDc1WT_asWOwSRlybpOVPHPzZV4sbct0FX3toHwLrx-9YmGjjYzDEEhANTpE0CBi-Wqpw/w270-h400/Succor%20Forlorn%20Movie%20Poster%20FINAL%20010.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>Back in 2019, like definitely a year of mayhem, filmmaking, animation, Pokemon Go CRAZINESS. I had produced a number of TV shows that aired on local TV. Here's <a href="https://blackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2019/04/some-frustration-bits-problem-with.html" target="_blank"><i>BLOG POST</i></a>. Definately a nutty year. My Live Streaming was hacked, my iPhone was hacked, my Computer was hacked AND VERY BADLY.<p></p><p>But, I manged to complete my Film "<a href="https://filmfreeway.com/SuccorForlorn" target="_blank"><b>Succor Forlorn</b></a>"which I blogged about my process on in my "<a href="https://livelymaiden.blogspot.com/2019/" target="_blank"><b><i>Lively OC Blog</i></b></a>" a number of times in 2019. Not long after completing THAT FILM which was fraught with delays, hackings, setbacks, cyber bullying, and ALL the "<i>new friends</i>" I PRESUMED I had on a certain streaming platform, as well as my IRL Friends whom PROMISED to show up (WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF ADVANCE NOTICE) to watch my world premiere stream LIVE BROADCAST of the film ALL BAILED ON ME. I EVEN REMINDED THEM. So, basically, I have a Live Stream of basically NO ONE.</p><p>I worked SO HARD on this film, and I ALMOST TOTALLY LOST IT FOREVER due to vicious hackers. They DESTROYED all of my hard drives. The drives were so slowed down, that any data recovery was mostly impossible. So on November 1st, 2019 it was TOTALLY RUINED. I was TRYING DESPERATELY to outrun the hackings, whom would also DDOS my Livestreams, and my MODEM. So, not long after that, a Pandemic ensued... so I was effectively WITHOUT a COMPUTER, and MY DATA (most of which was lost), UNTIL AUGUST of 2020! Frickin CRAZY!</p><p>I recalled all the great interest, when I 1st posted my Concept Art on Twitter for the film, and getting a HUGE response, but since the setbacks kept occurring, I guess it just died down the enthusiasm. </p><p>I remembered working on the film and DREAMING, while FULLY INTENDING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN as any Filmmaker like myself ought, that I would put the film in a few Film festivals.</p><p>Back in 2019, my thought/idea/dream was to put the film into a few small festivals, like SciFi, Cult, Indie, Experimental, and Artsy Festivals. I'd been to a few Film Festivals in my life, so I knew what it was like in general, as well as Animation Festivals. Honestly, I just thought I'd do like 2-3 little niche festivals with the "weirdo" type stuff. I figured my films was just "<i>odd</i>" & unique enough for those, and had ZERO ambition for anything else. I figured, I could stick it into my Resume, just like everything else. Also, the film was intended as a sort of Demo Reel as well. To showcase ALL of my skills & talents. Produced ENTIRELY BY ME. Something I could be proud of. <br /></p><p>In 2020-2021, I'd also submitted my photography to a few international competitions, which I was also invited to FERVENTLY, and I had to PAY for admission, BUT NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT. I honestly DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER WHICH ONES I DID, nor HOW MANY. After a while, I just didn't want to spend the money on those. I literally would get these invites, and they would build up the pressure form individuals on a specific platform, but I never won the To Prize, but my Followers would grow sometimes by the min. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, my attitude towards Film festivals was sort of like that. Like something to do. Something to try, like a ba-jillion other things I've tried. Since my friends didn't seem all that impressed or interested in my film, I also didn't think much of it as time passed, and I worked on other projects.</p><p>But, in 2020 I desperately wanted to put my film in Festivals, then COVID happened, so at 1st I had no money, then when I did, they were all postponed, canceled, or they changed the rules. What do I mean? Well, somewhere in there, they changed the rules & restrictions to ONLY FILMS COMPLETED DURRING the PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN of 2020-2021! WTF???</p><p><br /></p><p>I worked SO HARD on THAT FILM. But, NO! NOT GOOD ENOUGH! That's UNHEARD OF! Usually, most Film Festivals accept films completed 1-3 years before the date of the Film Festival. But, they just erased 2019 as tho it NEVER HAPPENED! </p><p>So, 2020 turned into 2021, and each time I found a Film Festival that MIGHT accept my film, I read the rules, and they were like: ONLY FILMS completed in 2020-2021! WTF???</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when 2022 hit, I just presumed: Oh well! I guess its OVER! Like, I GOT SICK working on that film. </p><p>I had to delay working on it FOR OTHER PERSONS' PROJECTS because THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO VFX Composites, or how to use Low Level lighting, or A PRIME LENS, or whisked a way on film shooting locations WHILE I'M IN SEVERE BACK PAIN, N DID NOT WANT TO BE THERE in ANOTHER STATE, while people are playing ego trip head games on me. I also GOT PAID NOTHING TO HELP THEM. NONE OF THEM. And I had a TV station play "musical chairs" with our time slots, and have the gall to get ANGRY AT US, while gaslighting us BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THE TIME SLOTS, NOT US. It was like LIFE had just SCREWED me that year. No matter HOW NICE I was. NONE OF THAT MATTERED. I even GOT BANNED 3 times (2019) in Pokemon Go by HATERS, plus while playing PVP on the highway! I also had a CREEPY frickin stalker problem when I went outside. (ANOTHER LONG STORY.) Bad enough there's a deadly frickin plague on the loose! </p><p>But, in March this year (2022) I saw this email in my inbox, and it was suggesting I check out a certain Film Festival (I'd already peeked at maybe 5-6 in the winter already) which was a SciFi Festival. It caught my eye. And, it bugged me. I'll bet they have a STOOPID rule about NO films before 2020, or 2021, or something like that... right? Or some ridiculous COVID restriction EVEN THO its all done online. </p><p>Right???</p><p>Nope!</p><p>So, I read through the rules, the categories.... and NO STUPID rules like that at all!</p><p>Then, I decided to just do it! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="373" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jdd27aTcpWQ" width="639" youtube-src-id="jdd27aTcpWQ"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>They just required the Film, A Trailer, A Movie Poster, A Director's Bio, Synopsis, some stills from the film, some links, and A Headshot of the Director (me). That's it??? </p><p>OK! So, I started that! Spent the WHOLE NIGHT setting that up, went to bed long after 4AM, then when I woke up, I cut my Trailer in Adobe Premiere, Rendered it out, Did my Movie Poster, and submitted everything.</p><p>Then I thought about a few other ones. But which ones?</p><p>I searched through the Film Festivals, found 2 more I liked, and I Tweeted it out that I was submitting my films to some Festivals this year.</p><p></p><p>I figured THAT WOULD BE IT, I had ZERO ambitions of winning ANYTHING. Just hoping my Film would be CHOSEN and approved. That was it.</p><p></p><p>But, then I GOT SCOUTED! <br /></p><p>Some Film Connoisseurs started chatting with me, asking me about my film. Next thing I knew, they were inviting me to submit my film to specific festivals, and advising me what to do. Next thing I knew, THE BUZZ WAS ON! And I kept getting more & more invitations! </p><p>They were SO NICE!</p><p>Then, at the end of April I started WINNING EACH FESTIVAL that had started their events! </p><p>Then, I had to do marketing, PR, and I got on THE HOT LIST at least 3 times already!</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My Film WON at the Hollywood Blvd Film Festival! WHAT???</b></span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjAjqwvUUgHqvZayBHJ6hy1KOs2q4-I21puqXCcJOkggz6s4TXla0pfnKIGjWqXFEx6Mz-ezIenKvKUwphYfHmqpHE9Y9Y_sNxZADQDL70eQBdytmDmzFRbft6woZiql3BgR_SXXn24uG1rJp9pU0gBJ8yu09H32y37mlGD_NouMctX8I9A/s3508/Hollywood%20BLVd%20Film%20Winner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2481" data-original-width="3508" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjAjqwvUUgHqvZayBHJ6hy1KOs2q4-I21puqXCcJOkggz6s4TXla0pfnKIGjWqXFEx6Mz-ezIenKvKUwphYfHmqpHE9Y9Y_sNxZADQDL70eQBdytmDmzFRbft6woZiql3BgR_SXXn24uG1rJp9pU0gBJ8yu09H32y37mlGD_NouMctX8I9A/w640-h453/Hollywood%20BLVd%20Film%20Winner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbEBbbkQ1h2pAaUzhyscS-mVs-_pf6MJu5MZ6yQxdgjAbK7e2xYhClCHQN4vpge3iw0YQq5abOPel_poQwjGGYo-22IFvrU9cbQWzg0JV2Bg0Rw9H07HaEOaX7dKAbVfKLGEbgeAQFcGr6i6LVfHpF3eyqhPmacdqz_1jsYtI7OlkhlF7GQ/s900/Succor%20Forlorn%20Hollywood%20Blvd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="900" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbEBbbkQ1h2pAaUzhyscS-mVs-_pf6MJu5MZ6yQxdgjAbK7e2xYhClCHQN4vpge3iw0YQq5abOPel_poQwjGGYo-22IFvrU9cbQWzg0JV2Bg0Rw9H07HaEOaX7dKAbVfKLGEbgeAQFcGr6i6LVfHpF3eyqhPmacdqz_1jsYtI7OlkhlF7GQ/w640-h632/Succor%20Forlorn%20Hollywood%20Blvd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Next thing I knew, even tho I'd ONLY intended to do the small niche weirdo festivals, THE BIGGER ONES WERE NOTICING ME! <br /></p><p>I GOT a PERSONAL INVITATION to CANNES AWARDS FESTIVAL! I almost HAD A HEART ATTACK! I was hyper Ventilating, and almost blacked out! I NEVER thought I was ever even GOOD ENOUGH for CANNES!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdolgDLGiLeuhLyxnW280PISfdqYWyafIkq363TxgzJvFnQE7d-BKdyDuXaEdl_eR1iRjmPF_QwFrgb9Q21_KTf65UYpOSx2L14tpgn4x8AK1HEA928mI_UEW6LzBH7zzbqgkwtzmrXxrAv64DaKpGsuUbzjtDlzwaIRhpUTkaqCxUjqm0A/s1755/BEST%20LOW%20BUDGET%20SHORT.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="1755" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdolgDLGiLeuhLyxnW280PISfdqYWyafIkq363TxgzJvFnQE7d-BKdyDuXaEdl_eR1iRjmPF_QwFrgb9Q21_KTf65UYpOSx2L14tpgn4x8AK1HEA928mI_UEW6LzBH7zzbqgkwtzmrXxrAv64DaKpGsuUbzjtDlzwaIRhpUTkaqCxUjqm0A/w640-h452/BEST%20LOW%20BUDGET%20SHORT.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNk84JbpXCNC-oV5GvvNV1-KpbKdwUBSeGdlQvxETjmKjosk8zzHz1lxbyTWUxL5ABvk1z7g2Vno250Vba78a5zWcczNUhNIBAT47VtaDNROhG4vmKH4rgMHCsx9NhfrMzXkxJduVgOPGPVoNp9zFmEUd12IWZNrvhyZt5njBcoH08EH1aQ/s3300/Kandice%20Kathleen%20Zimbleman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="3300" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNk84JbpXCNC-oV5GvvNV1-KpbKdwUBSeGdlQvxETjmKjosk8zzHz1lxbyTWUxL5ABvk1z7g2Vno250Vba78a5zWcczNUhNIBAT47VtaDNROhG4vmKH4rgMHCsx9NhfrMzXkxJduVgOPGPVoNp9zFmEUd12IWZNrvhyZt5njBcoH08EH1aQ/w640-h494/Kandice%20Kathleen%20Zimbleman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Anyways, my film will also be screened in Art Hub cities in Italy like Florence, Milan, Malta, Rome, also Paris, London, Vienna, Casablanca, NYC, and lots more. I'm booked up in more than 60+ Festivals now until 2023. I've signed 2 Contract deals.<p></p><p>My Film will be streaming soon on the <a href="https://watch.paus.tv/" target="_blank"><i><b>Paus app</b></i></a> from England INTERNATIONALLY!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had to do my <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20196550/?ref_=nm_knf_t1" target="_blank"><b>IMDb</b></a> Profile stuff, for myself AND my Film which requires data entry style programming, and its tedious AF! There's a flashback from the 90s! Remember back in the day when IMDb was just a movie buff site for nerds? I DO. <br /></p><p>My INBOX is NUTS! Just NUTS! HOW does ANYONE handle this much attention???</p><p></p><p>CRAZY! <br /></p><p></p><p>I need to probably get an Agent, Manager, Talent Attorney, and I might have to join a Guild, like The Writers' Guild. I'm trying to figure out WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS MOVING FORWARD.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uVuwScsFDxPKZhI9vSHJ84awUUU8SbRtYp507tFY8G8xvXZ-kIsLqwZmjmfnfBj7s_CRI-GWxD-q60jhSsnlhwEuSvey5ia-59_ivPuOFAxAbACOnbBsx3d-9z05jbbUWJow1YWGje-nmSLNiltgG6aaZakve1NBhyt0RDqa-WWRIiEGSw/s1920/AWARDWINNER%20CriticsCHoiuce%20BUG%20001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8uVuwScsFDxPKZhI9vSHJ84awUUU8SbRtYp507tFY8G8xvXZ-kIsLqwZmjmfnfBj7s_CRI-GWxD-q60jhSsnlhwEuSvey5ia-59_ivPuOFAxAbACOnbBsx3d-9z05jbbUWJow1YWGje-nmSLNiltgG6aaZakve1NBhyt0RDqa-WWRIiEGSw/w640-h360/AWARDWINNER%20CriticsCHoiuce%20BUG%20001.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaKMOUXD390qVn34L7Rpdv9sYFO_WSHWS8UFMCEOR-ucFfc-oWrju22ogbp3Y5L1bQmuHpV1Mg7U4nzT5TqbpyViLAidlO1qu_kK9U1IOG4ITNT9he3wzqh5Y8CxqA21DGvgkUu-d-MhniM-O3SkMbGplKviLWKtfM5D48Jn2qAdIKINcyg/s1056/png_20220519_010519_0000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1056" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaKMOUXD390qVn34L7Rpdv9sYFO_WSHWS8UFMCEOR-ucFfc-oWrju22ogbp3Y5L1bQmuHpV1Mg7U4nzT5TqbpyViLAidlO1qu_kK9U1IOG4ITNT9he3wzqh5Y8CxqA21DGvgkUu-d-MhniM-O3SkMbGplKviLWKtfM5D48Jn2qAdIKINcyg/w640-h494/png_20220519_010519_0000.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGFL0bkELLe5UMjtuzKZoQ-waVSwB3Mna5VM2sESK5nbxxB-ROormoE7SlseqLO-qpmGmmdIeB4fpH2Mb3g7yVl3JJUqk76peFWJjW3a1p5Mgfdrs_I7-uInT3GlyfigMqxaHNPB2N8OW4JmkYqZK8spAiMtYDHYzwcjowSRWrrYV7y4pJg/s1080/Succor%20Forlorn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGFL0bkELLe5UMjtuzKZoQ-waVSwB3Mna5VM2sESK5nbxxB-ROormoE7SlseqLO-qpmGmmdIeB4fpH2Mb3g7yVl3JJUqk76peFWJjW3a1p5Mgfdrs_I7-uInT3GlyfigMqxaHNPB2N8OW4JmkYqZK8spAiMtYDHYzwcjowSRWrrYV7y4pJg/w640-h640/Succor%20Forlorn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf735s-GhbpHPlhlmwDWNKdPhuMYbjJKqrcnQexv8S629RKa_t9s7mgZVRTi4GeYpw6iTrnVEjyob9LXVz2TkTCt_TW3E4E-mFovUOWJt4lOtFX39J0jhQgdnh-cjvL27XXk1OxCmYkFe75tcY4IWIbrunu5-74HRr0_7E8Z6LWYdQ0SskDA/s1500/Winner%20Milti%20Dimension%20BUG%20002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf735s-GhbpHPlhlmwDWNKdPhuMYbjJKqrcnQexv8S629RKa_t9s7mgZVRTi4GeYpw6iTrnVEjyob9LXVz2TkTCt_TW3E4E-mFovUOWJt4lOtFX39J0jhQgdnh-cjvL27XXk1OxCmYkFe75tcY4IWIbrunu5-74HRr0_7E8Z6LWYdQ0SskDA/w640-h640/Winner%20Milti%20Dimension%20BUG%20002.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>So, I GUESS this is kind of my life right now! EVERY DAY something new happens! My email INBOX is just NUTS! </p><p><br /></p><p>I can't get ANYTHING DONE lately! And, I started up my Twitch streaming again. <br /></p><p>So, I STILL have dreams to fulfill, or at least make a TRY for it!</p><p><br /></p><p>It's STILL so strange to me! Like, in my head, it's like IMPOSTER SYNDROME. I've been SO SHIT ON, TRASHED, ABUSED, SCREWED OVER, MISTREATED, and undermined for my ENTIRE ADULT LIFE, that I'm just thinking: Am I actually GOOD? Like, is it ACTUALLY GOOD???</p><p>Are people just being NICE or KINDLY TO ME??? Are the just HUMORING ME? <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then I look at my INBOX, and I'm STILL SHOCKED! Like: WOW!</p><p>SO MANY PEOPLE LOVE MY FILM! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN???</p><p><br /></p><p>Like, I WON <i><u><b>BEST SHORT EXPERIMENTAL</b></u></i> Film at <u><b>Hollywood Blvd</b></u>! </p><p><br /></p><p>And, THEY INVITED ME AT THE CANNES AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL! CANNES!!! FRICKIN CANNES!!!! OMFG!!!<br /></p>Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-25847617550442576592022-02-16T01:36:00.001-05:002022-02-16T01:40:45.416-05:00Djehkaujaa OC Motion Graphics LoFi Video Art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLq-jYpfVtIJLqZ1_90c4hdu48zqbxBmqk57ir9zg7y5Ip1tplr8XPf4Z49T0XvHE3ImJ2E-urJ4O6Lx78hT-99a_c8JSU9-OX16XjJZN9FLTAKTZ7LGH1SUL5AR6q6A6Za3fl9xzeX5N8hYgxqFJUonuzMGxdUqFJq8ny8noqwbda1H_scQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLq-jYpfVtIJLqZ1_90c4hdu48zqbxBmqk57ir9zg7y5Ip1tplr8XPf4Z49T0XvHE3ImJ2E-urJ4O6Lx78hT-99a_c8JSU9-OX16XjJZN9FLTAKTZ7LGH1SUL5AR6q6A6Za3fl9xzeX5N8hYgxqFJUonuzMGxdUqFJq8ny8noqwbda1H_scQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> [SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM OF BLOG FOR THE VIDEOS]</i><br /></p><p>I've been feeling my OC's (Original Character) a lot lately in the past 2-3 months. She's actually a dragon, but her humanoid form looks like this, and her eyes can change colors. </p><p>I usually depict Djehkäujaa in mid 1990s European Raver clothing, or in a variety of clothing typical of Mongolian tribes, usually with pants. However, I've recently found myself drawn to depicting her in a blend of tribal inspired clothing from the Asian Steppes, including everything from Russian to Mongolian, to Kazakh, but also Turkmen, Turkoman, Sakha, Yakutia, Siberian, and several others. These cultures always fill me with a strong, strange feeling of <i>Déjà vu</i>, but even further beyond that. So, I've meditated on it a lot since I was 18. In fact, that's exactly around the time when I came up with Djehkäujaa when I was a teenager. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPwhfj24LYXt6aiyj2wo4JnRrN1lczi5-EUHmcy--xpD8G39iLmbtIRxTgmuIQpoDZLmKekIDol9jg8aY2gE7NKIP9Y8lN_Rv3DpFeBu8tBW9JNjVqTDjRML8TvkCJz2RDnV2beBHy2OhLNarILMgN3xaLQxy0eHTFWmY2YqniDLFV9UkItw=s475" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPwhfj24LYXt6aiyj2wo4JnRrN1lczi5-EUHmcy--xpD8G39iLmbtIRxTgmuIQpoDZLmKekIDol9jg8aY2gE7NKIP9Y8lN_Rv3DpFeBu8tBW9JNjVqTDjRML8TvkCJz2RDnV2beBHy2OhLNarILMgN3xaLQxy0eHTFWmY2YqniDLFV9UkItw=s16000" /></a></div>I've also bee drawing a lot of inspiration various old novels lately, and Clip Studio Paint. <br /><p></p><p>My newest work which features Djehkäujaa is inspired by the cover artwork by "Brom" on the novel "<u><i><b>The Unicorn</b></i></u>" from "<u><i><b>Legend of The Five Rings</b></i></u>". </p><p>I feel pretty happy with my growth & progress in implementing "design layout" which is so much better than 5 years ago, let alone 10. I'm glad I decided to stop being so narrow-minded about it, and I feel I've improved a lot. </p><p>I actually hadn't intended to start this one yet, even tho I prepped for it since December. I used a mixture of different Software for this project including: Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, FlamePainter, and Rebelle 3. </p><p>You can find FlamePainter & Rebelle at Escape Motions' <a href="https://www.escapemotions.com/shop" target="_blank">website</a>. </p><p>I also HIGHLY recommend <a href="https://assets.clip-studio.com" target="_blank">Clip Studio Paint</a>! If you own a WACOM tablet or CINTIQ but you don't have Clip Studio Paint yet, if you login to the <a href="https://www.wacom.com" target="_blank"><i>WACOM site</i></a> in your account, they often give out a free 1 year license code that you can redeem. I personally bought a permanent during a Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal in 2020.Some thing with Escape Motion, I bought software bundles from them during those Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals. </p><p>Clip Studio Paint is not 100% perfect, and even with an expensive video card (like I have) it will frequently crash. However, the up-sides of this software keep me hooked! It's 1 of my FAVORITE software to actually hand paint with on my CINTIQ. I like the feeling of it. </p><p>If you like experimentation art, I also recommend Rebelle by Escape Motions, but I also recommend <a href="https://krita.org" target="_blank"><b><i>Krita</i></b></a>, WHICH IS FREE. I like Krita for fine details and its also intuitive with your strokes on a tablet, even if the drivers are an outdated tablet with pressure sensitive functions don't work anymore. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq1m-rDDNncgteRwEFs6Hz3Xvp5VdPwsDqJvx20vnIds4hOmDqq8LVHKRNXnIH84YXeeLckC-izj0XF8mqxSRMjgGtEAk4Q2ZB3dGXzquJKc0gC-ohHMrXOIi8tvjMq8ouu96JltjXKlRutBq_X4OmAi9NM65qlxe3H7D0DrGcrcwIw6iptQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq1m-rDDNncgteRwEFs6Hz3Xvp5VdPwsDqJvx20vnIds4hOmDqq8LVHKRNXnIH84YXeeLckC-izj0XF8mqxSRMjgGtEAk4Q2ZB3dGXzquJKc0gC-ohHMrXOIi8tvjMq8ouu96JltjXKlRutBq_X4OmAi9NM65qlxe3H7D0DrGcrcwIw6iptQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><p>This piece was a reworked version of a Clip Studio Paint "Asset" which you can get <a href="https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1807807" target="_blank"><i>HERE</i></a>. </p><p>Believe it, or not, the fur on the final versions in these uses brushes from FlamePainter, and Clip Studio Paint. I customized the settings to colors I wanted, painted them on layers, then exported them to Photoshop where I did my clean-up editing. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGLogWZBZxZXyjkTZzRvb_-z7nyHzGhsU6y6uLaKgMr03jf7S8Be-JE2f2eIdxLyUZwiEvxDq1YJ3kZpzuTpWZ5iUCPO2nvvwpNlQ1dFBmCfkphEmdRdLzJzfUCFndAdoa_n4TV3CLLYt7ypdwklGjgzqNZ9tC5hcmdywxRgx2xOklfOvbsw=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1000" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGLogWZBZxZXyjkTZzRvb_-z7nyHzGhsU6y6uLaKgMr03jf7S8Be-JE2f2eIdxLyUZwiEvxDq1YJ3kZpzuTpWZ5iUCPO2nvvwpNlQ1dFBmCfkphEmdRdLzJzfUCFndAdoa_n4TV3CLLYt7ypdwklGjgzqNZ9tC5hcmdywxRgx2xOklfOvbsw=w640-h600" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Also, if you haven't noticed, I have an obsession with Chinese Chengyun which is hard to explain in English and takes forever, ironically. It's sort of like a language arts/poetry style, sometimes its translated as an "idiom" which I disagree with as a translation. Chengyun is just 1 of this style of poetic language arts, and is probably THE MOST clever of all language arts in all of humanity, potentially even older than "ancient" but in fact prehistoric... maybe. The human beings whom came up with this were incredibly clever. There were even people whom could talk like this. </p><p>It's like jive in some ways, but metaphors often within metaphors. In just a few words you can communicate things that are massive ideas. Not that Ancient Greek or Latin couldn't do this, but the Chinese way of doing this uses the writing system, and it involves a complex usage of more parts of the human brain that Western languages lack, or is totally void. So, it's very difficult for me. But, I enjoy messing with it. </p><p>It's called Wen Yan, Gu Wen, or Wen Yan Wen. It's nearly impossible to effectively even translate what this is in English. The closest one could get to it is a lengthy explanation or lecture. From my perspective, I view it as a kind of advanced Poetry language Art. Making art with words, ideas, concepts, and feelings, but it relies heavily on structure, and numbers, or numerology. In a Chengyun, there's only 4 words, but this same style could also be applied to other numbers, including a persons name, or names. There are, however, other languages in the far East that have a functional understanding & appreciation of this even tho' they don't speak Chinese, but incorporate it into their own. But, its just something in the West that we will have no concept of. </p><p>So, I often enjoy messing with these ideas myself. It's meant to be light-hearted on my end, since I'm an outsider.... like a small monkey that broke into a garage, messing with tools, trying to build something. </p><p>If you notice a group of 4 Chinese characters in my work, those are Chengyun, or faux Chengyun (meaning I made them up based on either the structure, or I messed with a word play of a real one.) Chinese has a unique kind of grammar, so I can mess with it within a a certain margin even tho it's not my native tongue. I also can't help but incorporate so much Chinese substance into my work because my life is heavily Chinese even tho I am not Chinese. Even in my interests in Philosophy frequently return me to Chinese "thought" or "philosophers", especially Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching). <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0MwxpFTyUD-hFKePz7RkUO-zc2xCMt9NhrOpQusFgP9p9Amo0_lpTDKr7BQUiwzELlnJ18pQr4zznhqyyDQ6XXa7bvgM7a00UIdxgORh5Iruf6ayDFlPuPFW9eG2pQNS4htYxu_u5MpngeLKtwdsXW5fIP1ZPt5CSt-JmBdsTdGqc0_gevQ=s1178" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1178" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0MwxpFTyUD-hFKePz7RkUO-zc2xCMt9NhrOpQusFgP9p9Amo0_lpTDKr7BQUiwzELlnJ18pQr4zznhqyyDQ6XXa7bvgM7a00UIdxgORh5Iruf6ayDFlPuPFW9eG2pQNS4htYxu_u5MpngeLKtwdsXW5fIP1ZPt5CSt-JmBdsTdGqc0_gevQ=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Djehkäujaa, in her humanoid form is generally meat to be depicted in PURPLE, which is a major plot point in her story, and back story. Djehkäujaa is very UNLIKE my other OC, Lively. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know why Djehkäujaa has shown up so frequently in my drawings in the past few months, but she has. <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>The LoFi Videos:</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u><b> The Short Versions:</b></u></i></span> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3EMTA_pLeoA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JrM_MDqW1Ho" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><i><b>The Full Length Versions:</b></i></u></span><br /></p><p allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" iframe="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YLu6HC12yS0" style="text-align: center;" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/63etAo3hWDk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YLu6HC12yS0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I do have another composition I will also be doing a VFX/Motion Graphics Edit/LoFi/Relaxation peice as well:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-R6encmaNYPD80B2THvgev5KLP5MeCV-zjdCcxE-nooqlM6vW-THtvDnyYo2O-jcpczMkpMI0kd14x2SHlrx5i8xl-a3LE7GNNgBeuAlTYqRyfINeY5qNdYZ9AzTuA7BMjJJbcQjSltVjiWak3rNAcfjEH7Mnptem1Cs7UhHZKbWj855W4A=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-R6encmaNYPD80B2THvgev5KLP5MeCV-zjdCcxE-nooqlM6vW-THtvDnyYo2O-jcpczMkpMI0kd14x2SHlrx5i8xl-a3LE7GNNgBeuAlTYqRyfINeY5qNdYZ9AzTuA7BMjJJbcQjSltVjiWak3rNAcfjEH7Mnptem1Cs7UhHZKbWj855W4A=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAp1qaSkW595CkR0gCiO6ZoDBYPui2sIBg64zva_LT0gVWsdkaWLW-Z0rEVXl0E1Gdu_8mKLgKdiYorDxperqjsL1g7SmO7VrHo_pSWd-7377h7Cibuh2MsRk8HG42L0Ezi31Oc38u6ATCofC5qTOuHOdRY-eNLim3QGbcdHbFJzYd7yBvlg=s1271" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1271" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAp1qaSkW595CkR0gCiO6ZoDBYPui2sIBg64zva_LT0gVWsdkaWLW-Z0rEVXl0E1Gdu_8mKLgKdiYorDxperqjsL1g7SmO7VrHo_pSWd-7377h7Cibuh2MsRk8HG42L0Ezi31Oc38u6ATCofC5qTOuHOdRY-eNLim3QGbcdHbFJzYd7yBvlg=w640-h504" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm hoping, eventually, to record some of my own Jaw Harp music. But, I'm still learning. I got this one from Siberia in Russia:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">My new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JawHarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JawHarp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mouth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mouth</a> Harp from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Siberia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Siberia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a>!!!! <br />I've been practicing for a few weeks now! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/music?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#music</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/musicalinstrument?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#musicalinstrument</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandMade?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HandMade</a> 😁 <a href="https://t.co/pvyrqdgMQj">pic.twitter.com/pvyrqdgMQj</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1485111452851752967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br />Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0Boston Metropolitan Area, USA42.3600709 -71.05883050.74791585679999173 -141.3713305 83.9722259432 -0.74633049999999912tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-86196482780419419892022-01-10T21:03:00.000-05:002022-01-10T21:03:44.456-05:00Terry Brooks Fan Art Project: Inked Unicorns 'Books of Magic' via 'The Black Unicorn' novel [Magical Kingdom] <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> FINALLY!!! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'm MAKING THIS PROJECT HAPPEN!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="pixels-photo">
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<script src="https://500px.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p></p><p> In the 1987 novel "<u><i>The</i></u> Black Unicorn" (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">remember the "<u><i>The</i></u>" so as to distinguish it from "Black Unicorn" [no "<i>The</i>"] by Tanith Lee</span> in the 1990s, <span style="font-size: xx-small;">which is ALSO GOOD.</span>) Brooks writes about "<i>The Books of Magic</i>" which were a crucial plot point in the narrative of this specific novel, which comes from his "Magical Kingdom" series of Fantasy Novels from the 1980s. </p><p> You can READ the excerpts from the novel which I posted <a href="https://blackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2021/12/terry-brooks-excerpts-from-black.html" target="_blank"><i><b>HERE</b></i></a> that describe The Unicorns in the Books of Magic.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@blackunigryphon/video/7051758827326246150" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7051758827326246150" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@blackunigryphon" target="_blank" title="@blackunigryphon">@blackunigryphon</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fanart" target="_blank" title="fanart">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/inkdrawing" target="_blank" title="inkdrawing">#inkdrawing</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/unicorns" target="_blank" title="unicorns">#unicorns</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/terrybrooks" target="_blank" title="terrybrooks">#TerryBrooks</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fanart" target="_blank" title="fanart">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/book" target="_blank" title="book">#book</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sketchbook" target="_blank" title="sketchbook">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/booksofmagic" target="_blank" title="booksofmagic">#BooksOfMagic</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/magicalkingdomoflandover" target="_blank" title="magicalkingdomoflandover">#MagicalKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fantasyart" target="_blank" title="fantasyart">#FantasyArt</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fantasy" target="_blank" title="fantasy">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fantasynovel" target="_blank" title="fantasynovel">#FantasyNovel</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wip" target="_blank" title="wip">#WIP</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound BlackUniGryphon">♬ original sound BlackUniGryphon</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfnoMX4CvAyS3kMXokFZU5-MlK3TfWLwQh1MZp_7OasAx0RTM-8uN0VszG6oJUQgO6ViJzuiYs646y6jhW2thl_y_kbkqouT4v4y3nh7N9yUfesTnzDYWBSWjZWHPXCcQAAItVBqfaGkuglvPSIlp4hrj6rvNd1I_yrtuhJXNguj5t4eFArw=s2018" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="1223" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfnoMX4CvAyS3kMXokFZU5-MlK3TfWLwQh1MZp_7OasAx0RTM-8uN0VszG6oJUQgO6ViJzuiYs646y6jhW2thl_y_kbkqouT4v4y3nh7N9yUfesTnzDYWBSWjZWHPXCcQAAItVBqfaGkuglvPSIlp4hrj6rvNd1I_yrtuhJXNguj5t4eFArw=s320" width="194" /></a></div><i>I am SO IRKED that I misplaced my original vintage copy of the novel. I literally had the dang thing, highlights withe notes & ALL in my hands in early December, but our Condo had a new electrical system installed in December, which means the entire place was topsy-tervy, and everything moved around. So, even tho I found ALL of my other novels from my teenagehood that were always kept together I CANNOT FIND THAT ONE!</i> <p></p><p>So, I had to find a digital copy online, and THANK YOU SO MUCH TO FANTASY NOVEL FANS ON THE INTERNET!!!!</p><p>I've actually made a number of art pieces since I was a teenager in the 1990s depicting a number scenes from this novel. This novel really showcased a lot of the sweetness of Brooks' heart, and sentimental side. His also uses interesting narrative devices which for its time (1980s) were refreshing, altho today might seem cliche. It reminds me of an Classical Ancient Greek style which involves the mind of the audience (or reader) like in Peter Pan, you need to BELIEVE IN FAIRIES & clap your hands otherwise Tinkerbell will die, or if you believe in Jesus you become Deliverance & Salvation so you can go to Heaven in the Gospels. These are things the audience that hears or reads the story does INSIDE THEIR MIND by thinking and also FEELING which works very effectively, especially in a play or fairy-tales. </p><p>In Brooks' story, he uses this concept of "<i>The Books of Magic</i>" in a similar manner. So without giving out too many spoilers, these Unicorns which appear to be inked drawing on white parchment paper are actually trapped unicorns. They need to be set free so that the people in other realms (like our own) can "believe in magic" which also gives Magic it's own power. This is a very ancient classical narrative style that was perfected in Ancient Greece. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBtc25_Se2XzxlkTDtgYAUA643itXbDAEynyhmbAEB2TsCcCTKjO0kNOlejGBZOjw61XRoNB3da-oNkymSqDsA6RKkZutvADkNIZfi4vGAlyTj028h1pQCFivLszp4uvAYStWQhw3Er-wg93Hou4NUDI1EPkO4EwcDTE4nO0ObxETWHTZPrg=s803" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="660" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBtc25_Se2XzxlkTDtgYAUA643itXbDAEynyhmbAEB2TsCcCTKjO0kNOlejGBZOjw61XRoNB3da-oNkymSqDsA6RKkZutvADkNIZfi4vGAlyTj028h1pQCFivLszp4uvAYStWQhw3Er-wg93Hou4NUDI1EPkO4EwcDTE4nO0ObxETWHTZPrg=w329-h400" width="329" /></a></div>I don't want to SPOIL the story, but its connected to <i><b>The Black Unicorn</b></i>, which turns out to be NOT WHAT YOU THINK. <p></p><p>Let's just say, <i><b>The Black Unicorn</b></i> <b>IS NOT EVIL, and IS NOT A DEMON.</b> </p><p>YOU NEED TO LOOK PAST it's DARKER EXTERIOR AND SEE THE BEAUTY OF WHOM THEY TRULY ARE. </p><p><b>The Black Unicorn is <i>INNOCENT</i></b>. </p><p>Imagine being misjudge JUST BY HOW YOU LOOKED ON THE OUTSIDE! </p><p>But INSIDE there is SO MUCH MORE!</p><p>This is ALSO why THOSE <i><u><b>2 BOOKS OF MAGIC</b></u></i> MATTER SO MUCH IN THE PLOT! </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, when I was a teenager in the 1990s I made my own makeshift, hand made, version of the 2nd Book of magic with the Inked Unicorn Drawings! But, after I graduated college in 2001, I was snobby at my old high school art work, AND I THREW IT AWAY! </p><p>OH, HOW I REGRET THAT I DID THIS!!!!! SO STUPID! Me & my STUPID EGO! WHAT WAS I THINKING??? </p><p>I'd made a Painting that had depicted a scene from the book with the fairies Dancing over a Lake at night to summon the Black Unicorn, which I was in high school. I didn't think much of it, but my family found that painting and framed it. I was honestly shocked since they never seemed to give a care about my art, ever. Also, no matter which house they lived in, they ALWAYS took THAT painting with them and HUNG in a room that ALL PEOPLE COULD SEE IT usually when they entered the house. </p><p>The kinds of things people would say to me about that painting were so sweet. So many people would tell me just how much they LOVED that painting! So, I guess I must've tapped into whatever Brooks wrote, because I LOVED that scene in the novel SO MUCH that I went out of my way to make a painting depicting it. I thought I wasn't any good when I made the painting, and felt disappointed that it wasn't better. But, when so many people kept telling me how much they LOVED it, I guess I did it right after all. I guess that's the problem with ego, huh? </p><p>So, by the Pandemic Quarantine Lockdown of 2020, I actually found my novel. Then I thought about "The Books of Magic" with the Inked Unicorns. </p><p>Then I thought: </p><p>Hey that would be a good project! (Then I remembered, I DID do that project as a kid, BUT THREW IT AWAY! DOH!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'd been meaning to re-create it myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn't sure if there was still a Fandom for Terry Brooks. So, I checked! </p><p>Oh! THERE IS!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bored with this trashy novel I'm reading at the moment. Think it's time for a return to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomofLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomofLandover</a>, not read those for ages</p>— Dan Jackson (@danj2k) <a href="https://twitter.com/danj2k/status/710960816640626693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brainstorming for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PitMad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PitMad</a>. Have I found my comps? I read using <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarryPotter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HarryPotter</a> is pretentious, but it fits for my setting, tone & MC's arc. As does <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomofLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomofLandover</a>. Whaddya think? Too ballsy? Too dated? I've looked at the more current titles & nothing else fits. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amquerying?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#amquerying</a> <a href="https://t.co/AGwK0WCEB6">pic.twitter.com/AGwK0WCEB6</a></p>— OJ Barré (Olivia) is writing Awen Tide🐉 (@ojbarreauthor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ojbarreauthor/status/963453804455739393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">So, I went to <i><b>Michael's Art Supplies</b></i> & bought a new hardcover sketchbook for the project.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="pixels-photo">
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<script src="https://500px.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>After that, in mentions the 3rd & 4th as all different, ans all of them after that. (<a href="https://blackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2021/12/terry-brooks-excerpts-from-black.html" target="_blank"><i>you can read the excerpt here</i></a>)<br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="pixels-photo">
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<script src="https://500px.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The 1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unicorn</a> 🦄 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InkedDrawing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InkedDrawing</a> as depicted as standing still in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBooks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/novel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#novel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBlackUnicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBlackUnicorn</a> 1987 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomOfLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Landover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Landover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/inked?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#inked</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ink?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ink</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sketchbook?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sketchbook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FanArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fantasy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasyArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FantasyArt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandDrawn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HandDrawn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandInked?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HandInked</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ArtistOnTwitter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ArtistOnTwitter</a> <a href="https://t.co/8xrevfbdCe">pic.twitter.com/8xrevfbdCe</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1476606132953169923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unicorn</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBrooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBrooks</a> novel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackUnicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackUnicorn</a> mentions it's standing still in the 2nd of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BooksOfMagic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BooksOfMagic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomOfLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Landover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Landover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fantasy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/graphite?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#graphite</a> <br />I will ink it. <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://t.co/K2x6KVVnVf">pic.twitter.com/K2x6KVVnVf</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1476590584152346635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unicorn</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBrooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBrooks</a> novel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackUnicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackUnicorn</a> mentions it's standing still in the 2nd of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BooksOfMagic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BooksOfMagic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomOfLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Landover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Landover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fantasy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/graphite?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#graphite</a> <br />I will ink it. <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://t.co/K2x6KVVnVf">pic.twitter.com/K2x6KVVnVf</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1476590584152346635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">2nd Page <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/inked?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#inked</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Unicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Unicorn</a> 🦄 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drawing?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Drawing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchbook?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FanArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBrooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBrooks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBlackUnicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBlackUnicorn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/novel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#novel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomOfLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Landover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Landover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandDrawn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HandDrawn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cartoon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cartoon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBooksOfMagic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBooksOfMagic</a> <a href="https://t.co/b1w87u45t2">pic.twitter.com/b1w87u45t2</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1476647134766280706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A project to make an entire sketchbook full of unicorns! <br />A project I actually did but in a smaller scale in high school in the 90s! <br />I'm hoping to film some of it n publish to YouTube. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBrooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBrooks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FanArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fantasyart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fantasyart</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicKingdomOfLandover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MagicKingdomOfLandover</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackUniGryphon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackUniGryphon</a> <a href="https://t.co/EXLPKDYHJl">pic.twitter.com/EXLPKDYHJl</a></p>— Black UniGryphon Arts 烏獨角獸 (@GryphonUni) <a href="https://twitter.com/GryphonUni/status/1476625045514600454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The 2nd <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unicorn</a> 🦄 on the page of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBooksOfMagic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBooksOfMagic</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TerryBrooks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TerryBrooks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/novel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#novel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBlackUnicorn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBlackUnicorn</a> describes it as being in motion.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WIP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WIP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sketchbook?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sketchbook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FanArt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FanArt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fantasy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fantasy</a> <a 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src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IooTMpxXrvM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>Please leave your comments, suggestions, critiques, here on this Blog, or find me on Twitter!<br /></p><p>Are YOU a Terry Brooks Fan???</p><p>TELL ME! SPILL THE BEANS!!!! <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p>Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0Boston Metropolitan Area, USA42.3600709 -71.058830514.049837063821151 -106.2150805 70.670304736178849 -35.9025805tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-2893162240226467652021-12-30T01:11:00.003-05:002022-01-10T17:52:00.515-05:00Terry Brooks excerpts from The Black Unicorn NOVEL 001<p><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b> Excerpt from "The Black Unicorn" By Terry Brooks (1987)</b></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The 1st Time "The Books of Magic" are Mentioned; a project I am hoping to re-create by hand. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Regarding the details of THE BOOKS with the Unicorn Drawings WITHIN THEM:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"></span></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaKCexsqnBXSM8u5LPc8qUOA4UV0opE8dMCJHi4sPtexO49VnynIzZsJ53syQpFIs6CuABtH9eV7VA0y-DleS3l3ZcFY63L4appjvbpxRH2PQnxeT-14KnI0HaMB4B2CvcBQva_AXcSUCG-4CaWriSi9ayL4cGSiWy2aulEE-BMplged2uYA=s2018" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="1223" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaKCexsqnBXSM8u5LPc8qUOA4UV0opE8dMCJHi4sPtexO49VnynIzZsJ53syQpFIs6CuABtH9eV7VA0y-DleS3l3ZcFY63L4appjvbpxRH2PQnxeT-14KnI0HaMB4B2CvcBQva_AXcSUCG-4CaWriSi9ayL4cGSiWy2aulEE-BMplged2uYA=s320" width="194" /></a></i></div><i>'Night descended, and Ben retired to
his study. He had already decided to send out search parties for both
his missing friends by morning. Everything else would have to wait until
he solved the mystery of the dreams. He was becoming increasingly
convinced that something was terribly wrong and that he was running out
of time to set it right again.</i><p></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Evening
deepened. He was immersed in catching up on the paperwork that had
piled up during his absence when the door to his study flew open, a
sudden gust of wind scattered the stacks of documents he had arranged
carefully on the work table before him, and the gaunt figure of Questor
Thews stalked out of the darkness into the light.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">I
have found them, High Lord!</span></span>" Questor exclaimed with an elaborate
flourish of one arm, a canvass-wrapped bundle clutched to his chest with
the other. He crossed to where Ben was working and deposited the bundle
on the table with a loud thump. "There!"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben
stared. A rather bedraggled Bunion trudged through the door behind him,
clothes torn and muddied. Abernathy appeared as well, nightshirt
twisted and night-cap askew. He shoved his glasses in place and blinked.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"It
was all just exactly as the dream promised," Questor explained
hurriedly, hands working at the canvass wrapping. "Well, not quite as
promised. There was the matter of the demon imp hidden in the stonework.
A nasty surprise, I can tell you. But Bunion was its equal. Took it by
the throat and choked the life out of it. But the rest was just as it
was in the dream. We found the passages in Mirwouk and followed them to
the door. The door opened, and the room beyond was covered with
stonework. One stone had the special markings. It gave at the touch, I
reached down and..."</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Questor, you found the missing books?</span></span></span>" Ben asked incredulously, cutting him short.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">The
wizard stopped, stared back at him in turn, and frowned. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Of course I
found the books, High Lord. What do you think I have been telling you?</span></span>"
He looked put upon. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Anyway, to continue, I was about to reach down for
them — I could see them in the shadows </span></span>— when Bunion pulled me back. He
saw the movement of the imp. There was a terrific struggle between
them... Ah, here we are!"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The
last fold of canvass fell back. A pair of massive, aged books nestled
amid the wrappings. Each book was bound in a leather covering that was
scrolled in runes and drawings, the gilt that had once inscribed each
marking worn to bits and tracings. Each book had its corners and
bindings layered in tarnished brass, and huge locks held the covers
sealed</span></span>.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben reached down
to touch the cover of the top book, but Questor quickly seized his hand.
"A moment, High Lord, please." The wizard pointed to the book's lock.
"Do you see what has happened to the catch?"</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben
peered closer. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The catch was gone, the metal about it seared as if by
fire. He checked the catch on the second book. It was still securely in
place. Yes, there was no doubt about it. Something had been done to the
first book to break the lock that sealed it.</span></span> He looked back at Questor.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"I
have no idea, High Lord," the wizard answered the unasked question. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I
brought the books to you exactly as I found them. I have not tampered
with them; I have not attempted to open them. I know from the markings
on the covers that they are the missing books of magic. Beyond that, I
know no more than you.</span></span>" He cleared his throat officiously. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I... thought
it proper that you be present when I opened them.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"You
thought it proper, did you?" Abernathy growled, hairy face shoving into
view. He looked ridiculous in his nightcap. "What you mean is you
thought it safer! You wanted the power of the medallion close at hand in
case this magic proved to be too much for you!"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor stiffened. "I have significant magic of my own, Abernathy, and I assure you that..."</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Never mind, Questor," Ben cut him short. "You did the right thing. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Can you open the books?</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor was rigid with indignation by now. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Of course I can open the books! Here!</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">He
stepped forward, <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">hands hovering over the first of the aged tomes.</span></span> Ben
moved back, his own hands closing on the medallion. There was no point
in taking any chances with this sort of...</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;">Questor touched the fastenings, and green fire spit sharply from the metal.</span></span> Everyone jumped back quickly.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"It would appear that you have underestimated the danger of the situation once again!" Abernathy snapped.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor
flushed, and his face tightened. His hands came up sharply, sparked,
then came alive with a fire of their own — a brilliant crimson fire. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;">He
brought his fire down slowly to the metal fastenings, then held it there
as it slowly devoured the green fire. Then he brushed his hands
together briskly, and both fires were gone.</span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">He gave Abernathy a scornful look. "A rather insignificant measure of danger, wouldn't you say?"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">He
reached again for the fastenings and pulled the metal clasp free.
Slowly he opened the book to the first page. Aging yellow parchment
stared back at him. There was nothing there.</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben,
Abernathy, and Bunion pressed forward about him, peering down through
the shadows and half-light. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The page was still empty. Questor thumbed to
the second page. It was empty as well. He thumbed to the third. Empty.</span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">The fourth page was empty, too, but its center was seared slightly as if held too close to a flame.</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">I believe it was you who used the word insignificant, wizard?</span></span>" Abernathy goaded.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor
did not reply. There was a stunned look on his face. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Slowly he began to
leaf through the book, turning one blank page after another, finding
each sheet of yellowed parchment empty, but increasingly seared. Finally
pages began to appear that were burned through entirely. He thumbed
impulsively to the very center of the book and stopped.</span></span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"High Lord," he said softly.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Ben
peered downward at the ruin that lay open before him. A fire had burned
the center of the book to ashes, but it was as if the fire had somehow
been ignited from within</span></span>.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">High Lord and wizard stared at each other. "Keep going," Ben urged.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor
paged through the remainder of the book quickly and found nothing. Each
sheet of parchment was just like the others — empty save for where the
mysterious fire had burned or seared it.</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;">I do not understand what this means, High Lord</span></span>," Questor Thews admitted finally.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Abernathy started to comment, then changed his mind. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;">Perhaps the answers lie in the other book,</span></span>" he suggested wearily.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben
nodded for Questor to proceed. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The wizard closed the first book and set
it aside, gloved his hands in the red fire, brought them carefully
down, and drew free the green fire that protected the lock on the second
book. It took somewhat longer this time to complete the task, for the
lock was still intact. Then, the fires extinguished, he released the
lock and cautiously opened the book.</span></span></span></span></i></p><h2 class="result__title js-result-title">🦄</h2><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"><span style="color: #0c343d;">The
outline of a unicorn stared back at him. The unicorn was drawn on
parchment that was neither yellowed nor seared, but pristine white.</span> <span style="color: #4c1130;">The
unicorn was standing still, its silhouette perfectly formed by dark
lines.</span> <span style="color: #20124d;">Questor turned to the second page.</span> <span style="color: #660000;">There was a second unicorn,
this one in motion, but drawn the same way.</span> <span style="color: #0c343d;">The third page revealed
another unicorn, the fourth still another, and so on.</span> <span style="color: #20124d;">Questor leafed
quickly through the entire book and back again.</span> <span style="color: #4c1130;">Each page of the book
appeared new.</span> <span style="color: #20124d;">Each page held a unicorn, each drawn in a different pose.</span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">There were no writings or markings of any kind other than the drawings of the unicorns.</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"I still do not understand what this means." Questor sighed, frustration etched into his lean face.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;">It means these are not the books of magic you believed them to be</span></span>," Abernathy offered bluntly.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #073763;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">But
Questor shook his head. "No, these are the books. The dream said so,
the markings on the bindings say so, and they appear as the old stories
described them. These are the missing books, all right."</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">They
were silent for a moment. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Ben stared thoughtfully at the books</span></span>, then
glanced about until his eyes found the shadowy figure of Bunion peering
from behind Questor. The kobold grinned ominously.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben
looked back again at the books. "What we have here," he said finally,
"is one book with unicorns drawn on every page and another book with no
unicorns drawn anywhere, but a burned-out center. That has to mean
something, for Pete's sake! Questor, what about Willow's dream of a
black unicorn? Couldn't the unicorns here have something to do with
that?"</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor considered
the possibility for a moment. "I do not see any possible connection,
High Lord. The black unicorn is essentially a myth. The unicorns drawn
here are not inked in black, but sketched deliberately in white. See how
the lines define the features?" He turned a few pages of the second
book to illustrate his point. "A black unicorn would be shaded or marked
in some way to indicate its color..."</span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">He
trailed off, brows knitting tightly in thought. His bony fingers traced
the seared lock on the first book delicately. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Why has this lock been
broken and the other left intact?</span></span>" he asked softly, speaking to no one
in particular.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">There have
not been any unicorns in the valley since its inception, according to
the histories of the Kings of Landover,</span></span>" Abernathy interjected suddenly.
"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">But there were unicorns once — a whole raft of them. There was a
legend about it, as a matter of fact. Now let me think... Yes, I
remember. Just wait here a moment, please.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">He
hurried from the room, nails clicking on the stone, nightshirt
trailing. He was back a few moments later, a book of the royal histories
of Landover cradled in his arms. The book was very old and its covers
worn.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Yes, this is the
one," the scribe announced. He placed it next to the books of magic,
thumbed through it quickly, and stopped. "Yes, right here." He paused,
reading. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">It happened hundreds of years ago — very close to the time of
the valley's creation. The fairies dispatched a large gathering of
unicorns into our valley from out of the mists. They sent them here for a
very particular reason. It seems that they were concerned about a
growing disbelief in the magic in many of the outlying worlds — worlds
such as your own, High Lord — " The scribe extended him a disapproving
look. " — and they wished to give some sign to those worlds that the
magic did indeed still exist.</span></span>" He paused, frowning as he squinted at the
aged writing. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">I think I have that right. It is difficult to read this
clearly because the language is very old.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Perhaps it is your eyes that are old," Questor suggested, none too kindly, and reached for the book.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Abernathy
snatched it away irritably. "My eyes are twice what yours are, wizard!"
he snapped. He cleared his throat and went on. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">It appears, High Lord,
that the fairies sent the unicorns as proof to the disbelieving worlds
that the magic was still real. One unicorn was to travel to each of
these worlds out of Landover through the time passages.</span></span>" He paused
again, read some more, then closed the book with a bang. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">But, of
course, that never happened.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben frowned. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">Why not?</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">Because all the unicorns disappeared, High Lord. They were never seen again by anyone.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">Disappeared?</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">I remember that story,</span></span>" Questor declared. "<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #073763;">Frankly, it always struck me as a rather strange story.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Ben
frowned some more. "<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">So the fairies send a raft of white unicorns into
Landover and they all disappear. And that's the last of the unicorns
except for a black unicorn that may or may not be real and appears only
occasionally from God knows where. Except now we also have the missing
books of magic that contain nothing about magic at all — just a lot of
drawings of unicorns and some half-burned empty pages.</span></span>"</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="color: #20124d;">One lock broken and one still sealed</span></span>," Questor added.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Nothing about Meeks," Ben mused.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Nothing about changing dogs back into men," Abernathy huffed.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">They
stared at one another in silence. <span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">The books lay open on the table
before them — two of magic that didn't seem very magical at all and one
of history that told them nothing historically useful.</span></span> Ben's uneasiness
grew. The further they followed the threads of these dreams, the more
confused matters got. His dream had been a lie;</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Questor's had been the truth. The source of their dreams had been different...</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">Apparently.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">But
maybe not. He was not sure of anything just now. It was growing late.
The trip back had been a long one, he was tired, and the fatigue dulled
his thinking. There wasn't enough time, and he didn't have enough energy
to reason it all through tonight. Tomorrow would be soon enough. When
morning came, they would search out Willow; once they found her, they
would pursue this matter of the dreams until they understood exactly
what was going on.</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">"Lock up the books, Questor. We're going to bed," he declared.'</span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN"></span></span></i></p><div class="pixels-photo"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN">
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It started as my brother's ideas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Video is <a href="https://youtu.be/60x8avYYNsM " target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/60x8avYYNsM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Credits:</b></u></p><p><u>Producer, Director, Animator, Main Artist, VFX, Composite, Motion Graphics, Audio Design</u>: </p><p>Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman</p><p> </p><p><u>Executive Producer, Art Director:</u></p><p>Kenneth R Zimbleman III </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Elven Male Mannequin Figure</u>:</p><p>3D Model by "<u><b>Alphie</b></u>": <a href="https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1800718" target="_blank"><u><i><b>HERE on Clip Studio Paint</b></i></u></a><br /></p><p>Alphie's <a href="https://twitter.com/afkland" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <p></p><p><u><b>Audio</b></u>:</p><p><u>Ambient Audio Mix</u>:</p><p>Mixed By Black UniGryphon <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SoundCloud</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1038214435&color=%23850df3&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/blackunigryphon" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Black UniGryphon">Black UniGryphon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/blackunigryphon/paisley-wings-angel-ambient-mix-001" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Paisley Wings Angel Ambient Mix 001">Paisley Wings Angel Ambient Mix 001</a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><a href="https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1026344" target="_blank">NewGrounds</a></b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kDWoESQ0V4/YIj3HEgXMZI/AAAAAAABIaQ/3zwq_Dnd-VwBobiBCB45IC2ipn2v4OrSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Final%2BPaisley%2BAngel%2B001.00_05_06_02.Still024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kDWoESQ0V4/YIj3HEgXMZI/AAAAAAABIaQ/3zwq_Dnd-VwBobiBCB45IC2ipn2v4OrSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Final%2BPaisley%2BAngel%2B001.00_05_06_02.Still024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Creative Commons Audio Source Files:</b></u></p><p><b>FreeSound.org </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><u>Ambient Music & Audio By:</u></p><p><a href="https://freesound.org/people/Erokia/" target="_blank">Erokia</a></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="245" scrolling="no" src="https://freesound.org/embed/sound/iframe/473545/simple/large/" width="920"></iframe><br /></p><p> </p><p><u>Windchimes by</u>:</p><p><a href="https://freesound.org/people/Littleboot/" target="_blank">LittleBoot</a>, <a href="https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/" target="_blank">InspectorJ</a></p><p> </p><p><u>Tibetan Singing Bowls:</u> <br /></p><p><a href="https://freesound.org/people/heyim89yearsold/" target="_blank">HeyIm89yearsOld</a>, <a href="https://freesound.org/people/RutgerMuller/" target="_blank">RutgerMuller</a>,</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Software:</b></u></p><p>Adobe Creative Cloud: After Effects CC, Premiere Pro CC, Photoshop CC</p><p>Clip Studio Paint</p><p>Escape Motions: Amberlight 2, Inspirit </p><p>Red Giant: Trapcode</p><p><br /></p><p>Hardware: WACOM CINTIQ <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-9964847328910785642020-10-13T16:24:00.006-04:002020-10-13T16:29:42.776-04:00New YouTube Brand Channels<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FPbwXIjPok/X4YOIlwWibI/AAAAAAABDe4/pun-DEy456Q2Cpm4JkD_1LREdyNp1uZqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/New%2BEngland%2BCondo%2BParklet%2BASMR%2BFinal%2B001.mp4_000004700.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FPbwXIjPok/X4YOIlwWibI/AAAAAAABDe4/pun-DEy456Q2Cpm4JkD_1LREdyNp1uZqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/New%2BEngland%2BCondo%2BParklet%2BASMR%2BFinal%2B001.mp4_000004700.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>I launched 2 new Brand Channels on YouTube. It was a major goal of mine, and both Channels are up. The content will come in on those channels whenever I get to them. They're both a side project. I had to make 2 channels because altho both are intended relaxation content, the content is quite different from each other. And, altho' both are NON-NARRATIVE video media content, persons whom like 1 type of content might not like the other. Both are intended as background listening, meditative or relaxation content, and BOTH just clash with the content on my main channel. </p><p>The first Brand is called "<u><b>Oppressed By Purple</b></u>" and it's main mascot is a spoiled, pampered, lazy tuxedo cat named Lila. She's the both the Mascot, and the Logo for the brand. She primed the audience to know that this is something you relax to. It's also sort of funny and cheeky.</p><p>I like the name, because its weird. If you are familiar with brands like <i><b><a href="https://www.urbandecay.com/" target="_blank">Urban Decay</a></b></i> or <i><a href="https://liquiddeath.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Liquid Death</b></a></i> they poke fun at a seemingly creepy or scary sounding phrase but having the opposite meaning. Both are intended to by high end products which use creepy sounding names... in effect, it evokes this idea that "<b><i>I SHOULDN'T WANT THIS....BUT I DO!!!!!</i></b>" </p><p>Also, think of Michael Jackson's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4SJVsTulc" target="_blank"><b><i>BAD</i></b></a>". Beacuse... "bad" is "good".... I dunno... its was an 80s thing... <i>Wicked, huh? <br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>The content itself is rather basic. In Oppressed By Purple, its mostly static shots or B-Roll of a setting or environment. It's ASMR content, with background sounds, or nature sounds, or sounds of an environment. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZICAaHat5Y/X4X8eejT26I/AAAAAAABDes/x6Gm8NhhccsEBXyjWXqUf9oP28dXLQ1rgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Lila%2BCat%2BOppressedd%2BBy%2BViolet%2BMasco%2BLogo%2BAudio%2B001.mp4_000002166.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZICAaHat5Y/X4X8eejT26I/AAAAAAABDes/x6Gm8NhhccsEBXyjWXqUf9oP28dXLQ1rgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Lila%2BCat%2BOppressedd%2BBy%2BViolet%2BMasco%2BLogo%2BAudio%2B001.mp4_000002166.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>The other Brand is called "<u><b>Oppressed By Violet</b></u>". This brand is a LoFi MUSIC Motion Graphics style of content. Both this brand, and the other brand, are BOTH SECULAR and NEITHER push ANY kinds of religious ideologies onto the viewers. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE a personal preference for spirituality YOU CAN bring it WITH YOU and enjoy the content regardless of whatever it is, however, no one overtly needs any religion, spirituality, nor ideology to enjoy the content at all, whatsoever. You will NEVER be pushed into ANYTHING you don't want. You could even be an atheist and still enjoy it. It has no real agenda. It's intended (both) as background content that one plays merely to ignore it on the conscious level. It's pretty at first, if you want to watch it, but you don;t need to be fully engaged for the entire video. You can just leave it on as background sounds, and be very passive with it. Its value is that its intentionally unimportant other than to relax the audience as they do something else, like studying, office work, or whatever. Or, even meditation. </p><p>You are NOT pushed to buy anything either. Think of it as a gift, or a kind gesture to other people. You only get whatever you want out of it. </p><p>Oppressed By Violet also features Lila the tuxedo cat on another chaise lounge, but this time she is an Anthro Cat Girl... or "Furry". I'm NOT ashamed that I like Furries. I think they're cute. Altho I attempted to keep both pieces as more minimal and "cartoonish" or simplified, they both expressed themselves in their own ways, and ended up slightly more realistic than I'd intended. I wanted to go with sort of a Bugs Bunny meets American Comic Books sort of style, like Marvel or DC.... but that didn't happen... Anyways, it's pretty stylized that it's not quite realism. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this tho: I USED VARIOUS KINDS OF SOFTWARE FOR BOTH OF THESE. </p><p> </p><p>I used:</p><p>Adobe Photoshop CC 2020</p><p>Krita</p><p>Clip Studio Paint</p><p>Adobe After Effects CC <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also downloaded Autodesk Sketchbook.... but I need to practice with that a little, because I wasn;t sure how to apply it to this project yet.... </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I would list some of my influences for my references here:</p><p><a href="http://frontpagemeews.com/category/cats/cat-behavior/enrichment-play/turning-your-lazy-cat-into-an-athlete/" target="_blank">Cat Gazette</a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2015/09/tips-for-intern-survival/" target="_blank">NEJM Journal Watch</a> </p><p><a href="https://labs.sogeti.com/in-search-for-lazy-testers/" target="_blank">SoGeti Labs</a> </p><p>Jezebel: <a href="https://jezebel.com/a-guide-to-determining-if-your-pet-is-a-spoiled-rotten-476397406" target="_blank">Guide To Spoiled Rotten Pets</a></p><p>We Love Cats: <a href="https://welovecatsandkittens.com/cat-pictures/20-cats-that-have-no-idea-how-spoiled-they-are/" target="_blank">Cats That Have No Idea They're Spoiled</a> </p><p><a href="https://3milliondogs.com/catbook/12-obvious-signs-that-you-spoil-your-cat/" target="_blank">12 Signs You Spoiled Your Cat</a></p><p>Bored Panda: <a href="https://www.boredpanda.com/spoiled-cats/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic" target="_blank">62 Spoiled Cat That Live Better Than You</a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you type in "<i>Spoiled Cat</i>", "<i>Pampered Cat</i>, and "<i>Lazy Cat</i>" into a search engine like DuckDuckGo and various others like Google, you could find similar stuff. I researched all the ones I could think of, and also "<a href="https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=tuxedo+cat" target="_blank"><i>tuxedo cat</i></a>". You can get a feel for what I was referencing. I SO ENJOYED researching this cat stuff because I find cats to be SO FUNNY! Also very cute! I cracked up so frequently while researching for this stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some of the artists' artworks I also referenced:</p><p><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/darknatasha/gallery/all" target="_blank">Dark Natasha</a></p><p><a class="user-link _2diFW _2_8l-" data-hook="user_link" data-icon="https://a.deviantart.net/avatars-big/v/y/vyrhelle-comm.gif" data-userid="1926365" data-username="Vyrhelle-comm" data-usertype="regular" data-useruuid="c662bfe9-813e-41ea-ae6a-10efed80f277" href="https://www.deviantart.com/vyrhelle-comm" title="Vyrhelle-comm">Vyrhelle</a></p><p><a class="user-link _2diFW _2_8l-" data-hook="user_link" data-icon="https://a.deviantart.net/avatars-big/o/r/orpheelin.jpg?11" data-userid="4694523" data-username="Orpheelin" data-usertype="regular" data-useruuid="0cbcb012-7aa3-47c0-bdb4-dae177af541c" href="https://www.deviantart.com/orpheelin" title="Orpheelin">Orpheelin</a><a class="user-link _2diFW _2_8l-" data-hook="user_link" data-icon="https://a.deviantart.net/avatars-big/o/r/orpheelin.jpg?11" data-userid="4694523" data-username="Orpheelin" data-usertype="regular" data-useruuid="0cbcb012-7aa3-47c0-bdb4-dae177af541c" href="https://www.deviantart.com/orpheelin" title="Orpheelin"><span class="IiKmn _9VPm0 _1NU-8" style="cursor: pointer;"></span></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I actually started my research on this back in July/August, because I was really starting to conceptualize my work/projects for this stuff for even longer than that. I had a few bumps in my road tho. I was expecting to be done this stuff in September, but when I had to do my Furry Anthro Cat Girl version that I found I ran into a bit of an art block... It was pretty bad. I had very bad anxiety also, and insomnia. But, once my friend, Hope, started chatting with me for a lil' while, it budged me forward. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the basic Intro/Outro Graphics for Oppressed By Purple:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OVvnW004UIM" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>Here it is for Oppressed By Violet:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cd6mQsqvH9E" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>The general content of Oppressed By Purple is like THIS:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jqB8O4j3E-Y" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4jab6bgenm0" width="560"></iframe></p><p><br /></p><p>The General Content of Oppressed By Violet is like THIS:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y9Y8Fb-4va0" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wMEBq87LInc" width="560"></iframe><br /></p><p>That's basically the gist of it... <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's nothing ultra exciting. It's RELAXING... </span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-43336801272463423672020-09-15T20:18:00.002-04:002020-09-15T20:18:36.563-04:00Eastern Ambient Night Chill - 10 Min LoFi Mix<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RlLUPXFdIEY/X2FX3ep3qBI/AAAAAAABDYs/alLrzwB0qyw7Oay3WgsVmmtaYS3jEYtPACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Fallen%2BScreen%2Bversion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="2048" height="370" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RlLUPXFdIEY/X2FX3ep3qBI/AAAAAAABDYs/alLrzwB0qyw7Oay3WgsVmmtaYS3jEYtPACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h370/Fallen%2BScreen%2Bversion.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> <b>Some links to the Music I used in a LoFi Mix I created: <br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/890141713&color=%233400ff&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "interstate", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", "garuda", "verdana", "tahoma", sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/blackunigryphon" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Black UniGryphon">Black UniGryphon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/blackunigryphon/eastern-ambient-night-chill-10-min-lofi-mix" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Eastern Ambient Night Chill [10 Min LoFi Mix]">Eastern Ambient Night Chill [10 Min LoFi Mix]</a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Download Available on <a href="https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/963167" target="_blank">NewGrounds</a></b></span> <br /></p><p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Source Music List:</span></b></p><p> </p><p><b>By <a href="https://freesound.org/people/neolein/" target="_blank">noelein</a></b></p><p></p><p>* Mystic chinese guzheng <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://freesound.org/people/neolein/sounds/416959/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span> <br /></p><p>* blossom valley in paradise <a href="https://freesound.org/people/neolein/sounds/521367/" target="_blank">HERE</a> </p><p> </p><p><b>By <a href="https://freesound.org/people/rucisko/" target="_blank">rucisko</a></b></p><p>* Cambodian music 03 <a href="https://freesound.org/people/rucisko/sounds/469546/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p> </p><p><b>By <a href="https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/">CarlosCarty</a></b> <br /></p><p>* ZEN GUZHENG CHINESE LOGO IDENT <a href="https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/518418/" target="_blank">HERE</a> <br /></p><p>* GUZHENG CUSTOMIZE YOUR LOOP 01 G 112 BPM <a href="https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/520729/" target="_blank">HERE</a> <br /></p><p> </p><p><b>Audio By <a href="https://freesound.org/people/xserra/" target="_blank">xserra</a>:</b></p><p>* GuZheng <a href="https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/162088/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p>* Guqin-3 <a href="https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/161906/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dlER0J7PCIw/XAdVnky7CLI/AAAAAAAA46Y/2JI3ImEE72MpP1Ftw9IpusyRxw3rknerQCPcBGAYYCw/s1159/black_unigryphon_backside_by_blackunigryphon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dlER0J7PCIw/XAdVnky7CLI/AAAAAAAA46Y/2JI3ImEE72MpP1Ftw9IpusyRxw3rknerQCPcBGAYYCw/w497-h640/black_unigryphon_backside_by_blackunigryphon.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0Massachusetts, USA42.4072107 -71.382437414.096976863821155 -106.5386874 70.717444536178846 -36.2261874tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-44044705539080891832019-04-07T17:00:00.003-04:002019-04-07T17:01:21.137-04:00Winter Ended<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The problem with doing most of ur work dependent on a Windows PC machine is the frequent amount of constant setbacks including updates which can often set me back a whole day or overheat the RAM or video card, or cause things to suddenly STOP WORKING.There's also the CONSTANT onslaught of hackings. I get hacked so often, that it sucks the life out of me and can cause me to have severe health issues if it triggers stress hormones. It isn't fun at all, and now that I'm almost 40 it can trigger days or weeks on insomnia and/or fatigue. This can also be further exasperated by living in New England which has the worst weather swings day-to-day. I often question my own sanity as a result of these hackings. Like: Am I imaging this stuff? Why won't my streams broadcast? Why do my neighbors have faster internet than I do? </div>
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Also, I'm the kind of person that would RATHER stick to 1 thing at a time, and see it through to the end. Not start several things and never finish anything... but, when you keep having certain setbacks that you can't explain or control, you often need to start something else and come back to it whenever it's starting to work or function again. </div>
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Like: Why didn't After Effects' camera/motion tracking not work all summer, but it worked fine in February? Why didn't my Florida travel video project stop working in April Last year, but it works fine now? Why does all the other projects and videos I have work fine when I load them into After Effects but NOT my Portfolio Demo video clip even if I format it in a more compressed n lower resolution version? </div>
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It also ALWAYS seems to be THE thing I'm most passionate or excited to work on, and this can also happen with OBS. Why is it that some projects I can't even streams, but something I don't even care about does? It also doesn't matter if its a camera set-up or a software window capture or a screen capture. I can often be setback for hours just for 1 thing, then when those things are finally done, either the computer is overheated, the internet goes out, the power goes off, or I need to wait until the following day... and let's just HOPE that Java, Windows, or Adobe DOES NOT DO AN UPDATE otherwise NO STREAMING WHATSOEVER. My internet is also VERY SLOW. </div>
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I was SO proud of myself for finally getting to work on this... I put so much effort and work into it, but I'm SO FUNDAMENTALLY DISAPPOINTED because this in ONLY the Final cut BEFORE the Effects Edit. </div>
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Unfortunately After Effects just WILL not let me do any effects on it. I've tried EVERYTHING I could possibly think of to try and get AE to even import it, let alone play it, or let me use an effect on it. I tried in vain to trouble shoot it for over 2 weeks, and it wore me out. If I had an Apple, I'm sure it could work... but for whatever reason, it just vetos this video clip in ANY format, and won't even allow me to import the Premiere file either. SO, I gave up, like I gave up with my Florida project. Which ironically will work now, but I stopped caring at this point. But, I will probably come back to it eventually. However, i'm sure that by the time AE might reside to allow my to edit it. I'll already have a new cut/edit anyways... </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>I often have a 60-120 second delay when I watch other people streaming, and I got timed-out from a stream because the streamer repeatedly insisted on me telling them why I didn't like a certain new film, then temp-banned/timed-out me, and I didn't even find out until a min & half AFTER she told me to stop discussing it, and that I was being "uncool". Then, everyone in the chat was calling me names after the streamer even said to change the subject. I didn't even know until after the fact. And, these were people I actually liked and respected, so I don't know how to feel about it.</i></span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">What is REALLY sad about it, is we both knew this person was highly sensitive, and moody, and also often contradicted herself. ON her stream she often would insult & berate her audience whom also seemed to enjoy being called "a piece of shit". I realize it sounds bad when I point out that this person did some things in stream that were nasty, but I still understood a number of the reasons why this person behaved in these ways, and YES I still LOVED THIS PERSON ANYWAY. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">So, when people say things like: "well it was a toxic relations ship", "she did you a favor", or "you don;t need a person like that in your life anyway" I don't agree, and NOT out of bias. If someone is your FRIEND you love them EVEN THO' they have dark spots, ugly spots, or bad behaviors, BECAUSE THAT IS REAL LOVE/FRIENDSHIP. I KNEW she has these behaviors, and YES she often called me a "cunt" but also often ranted about misogyny and stubbornly WOULD NOT see how she was being misogynistic & disrespectful by calling ME, her friend, that. Overall, tho' I would profess that my relationship with her was a really good one. It was clear to me that she did these things as method of psychologically "internalizing" the abuses that were done to her, then "taking her power back" in a way and using it on others. Yes, it was misguided. Yes it was hypocritical. But YES she was also redeemable. She's a complicated person with pitfalls, flaws, idiosyncrasies, and can verge into conceded or arrogant behaviors, then go from highs & lows due to chemical imbalances in her brain. She wasn't all bad. She was actually a very big hearted person, and very compassionate, which was why cared about her a lot. And, it wasn't fake, like other people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">So, when she just banned me like this, out of the blue, it hurt a lot. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">So, it hurt very much that she just threw me away like a piece of trash. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Telling me I was better off without her, or "if you play with fire, you're going to get burnt" is actually VERY insensitive, and just makes me feel worse. You thinking I haven't contemplated that? Honestly, I'm the type of person that would rather work things out, or talk things out. But, she never said a word to me. Not one. And, I'm NOT BUYING IT that she got conceded, full of herself, overconfident, snobby, or that somehow she was jealous of me. Jealous of WHAT? I'm nobody. Honestly, if I could talk it out with her right now, I would.... but, that door seemed to be shut forever now, and I STILL have no idea why... I've been through it in my mind over and over, and I'm nonplussed, bewildered, flabbergasted, gobsmacked, dumbfounded. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #660000;">Perhaps, its unrealistic to expect fully sane and healthy behaviors from a person with some verifiable mental problems (yet, we need to be mindful of these things), but this person DOES know right from wrong, and CAN make sound minded judgements. But, emotion CAN cloud the mind, and impair judgement... that is the only closest rational point I can come to. I still don't hate her, and still care about her. But, if someone doesn't love you, you can;t make them feel something they don't, even if its a friend.</span> </span></div>
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Other than that, I also am having very bad problems with fatigue. It is REALLY BAD, that sometimes I can't get out of bed, or often need to lie down throughout the day. I'm considering giving up coffee for a while to see if it is the cause. I'd recently found out about certain substances found within plant products that can block nutrients such as minerals & vitamins. I've also been suffereing from these symptoms for a few years now, and COFFEE is known to do this, as are some greens and vegetables. I have very bad skin problems, my hair is thinning, and there's a slight white coating on my tongue. So, I worry that maybe I have an infected organ. I do actually go outside frequently to play Pokemon Go and I do get sunlight. I've also NEVER gotten a flu or cold at all this year which has never happened in my entire life. I usually get 2-3 colds or flus. I also did not take a flu vaccine (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">which I feel is bunk and profit motive driven from Obama's Admin, but I have all my other vaccinations</span>). But, I WOULD like to get a Booster shot soon because measles is going around, and that can make a person bedridden for up to a year, you can also go deaf, blind, and get brain damage. </div>
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There are days when I question my sanity over the lethargy/fatigue I have as well, because some days I feel not as bad. I wondered if I was just a hypochondriac, or maybe it was all in my head... so, I would stupidly try to do things and make myself worse because I was ignoring my problems. I was worried about getting scurvy so I ate a lot of things with Vitamin C, B Vitamins, and a lot of plant stuff... but, I was still consuming meat here n there, milk, butter, etc... just not a lot... so, I don't know if I just need more of those. I am unsure. </div>
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I also find I often have this lethargy problem when its an equinox. So I don't know. </div>
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My most popular streaming stuff is when I do painting. Especially when I am doing Figure painting by <u><b>Windstone Editions</b></u>. </div>
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I have ranted bout my spouse throwing out my 1990s VINTAGE SABLE BRUSHES, and I WAS FURIOUS!<br />
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I have some new brushed, but they are NOT Sable, nor vintage. :(<br />
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These painting sessions are SO labor intensive to set up. It sounds simple: set up the camera, open the programs, start streaming, but is can take up to 3 hours or more just to get it started.<br />
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Since I no longer have my sable brushes, I NEED to use boiling hot water to shape the brushes. And, with fiddling with all this stuff, providing I'm not getting hacked, nor having an update, and my internet isn't fighting me, and I have no film crew or producer and do it all myself, the water can often need to be reboiled, and if I don't time it right I often need to reboil the water at least 3 times.<br />
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Hopefully within those times, another program won't overheart the video card or the processor, or the GPU or the RAM. It's SO FUSSY. It can be absolutely nerve racking!<br />
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I know when I go on a lot of people's streams they tell me they love to watch me animated and often ask me to do more of THAT... but the numbers on my animation streams are actually very low, even on peak times for streaming.<br />
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But, when I'm painting the number are significantly higher, people are MORE likely to chat with me, and THAT is a lot more work to set up than chatting when animating or doing graphics just for audio.<br />
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Also, when I'm doing the painting stuff, I often find my legs n feet get very stiff and feel like they are atrophying. It can take 2-3 days worth of stretching to help fix it, provided it's NOT RAINING. Even just a 10 min rain can make it worse for a whole week. Plus, rain seems to make my camera batteries lose charge even if I just charged them fully the night before.<br />
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I am looking forward to finishing this up. I do enjoy working on it. I actually enjoy painting outside, and I'm looking forward to that by summer.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I also have plans to do some <b>PAINTING TECHNIQUE VIDEOS</b> later this year. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I STILL need to speak with the TV Studio this month or next month to set that up. </span></i><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">THEY WILL BE FREE. </span></i></b><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">And MANY people have been requesting them, including non-artists.</span></i><br />
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I have my own TV show, which is still in the works, and I'm trying to wrap a number of those things up, some of which are film(s) related.<br />
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And, I might actually be doing a Star Trek/Sci-Fi Commentary Show as well... POSSIBLY... <br />
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So, I'm looking forward to finishing this headdress piece for a main character in the film, but also to getting back to filming. <br />
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So, I'm hoping to finish that up this week.<br />
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I dearly hope nothing goes wrong because if I can't stream I'm still going to be working on this anyway.<br />
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I need to also do some research for the film scenes because I want candle light, and lighting changes, plus multiple lenses.<br />
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I'll mostly be using my 50mm Prime w Bokeh shapes, and my kit lens w star/cross filters, and maybe fog filters. <br />
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I need to make the Maple Leaf Roses as well.<br />
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I had originally used real Maple Leafs, but that was back in Sept-November and they are all dried n brown now. <br />
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Now, I have purchased some cloth ones. <br />
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I'd mentioned this on 1 of my other blogs:<br />
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This is 1 of those things I was really surprised at how much attention I got for it.<br />
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I wanted to finish this at least 2 weeks ago. But, I'm still not done.<br />
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I have streamed it a little bit. But, I wanted my energy back to work on it. Animation works better when I am in a more energetic mood, but I felt like my brain functions weren't working right.<br />
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i made my husband take me shopping finally on Friday, and I got Vitamin E, Biotin, and OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID with EPA & DHA. It was a noticeable improvement. SO I hope to take it again. But, I think it's a bad idea to take it while drinking coffee. So, I often need to wait for that to digest, and I often forget to take it before the evening because Vitamin B makes me not sleep.<br />
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I often pass out from severe fatigue a few times a day for the past 6 weeks. I really noticed it after I kept going outside to play Pokemon Go but the arctic winds would start blowing while I was out. I felt utterly depleted when it did often for 3-4 days. And even if it's 60 degrees out but those winds are blowing, it just burns up my nutrients.<br />
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I also feel like more of my hair is gray than ever. <br />
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My health usually improves by Summer anyway.... so, hopefully it will.<br />
I'm just really glad I never caught a cold of flu. <br />
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All of the little small films & motion graphics will be a part of my TV Show "<u><i>A Spirit To Be Free</i></u>".<br />
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I really hope my energy comes back, because this is really devastating for me. There's been so many times in the past few years where I could be very energetic, and hyper, and I could churn out animation, artwork, and films 1 after the other like it was nothing... It's like riding an awesome wave. I SO wish I could get back to that! Because when it's like that, its effortless and sometimes even euphoric.<br />
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A major issue with it not happening is the hackings I keep getting.<br />
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For some reason, someone(s) really hates me so much, and even sabotaged me from going to the gym at a critical time of really improving my health and getting back to my art. Terrorists don't make any sense.<br />
I was served a restraining order because of what the terrorists did to the people at the gym to target me, so I cannot go to any of the gyms in that franchise in the entire area. It was already a major struggle just to get into a gym because of the cost, and also because I don't own my own car. The gym also refused to call Homeland Security, and I was studying for my BA at UMASS at the time.<br />
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The terrorists also did what they did to the gym to a few other locations based on my Yelp check-ins, including a local pizza place, and a few others in 2017. I had to go home in an armored police vehicle with my daughter, and my family's cellphones were harassed with racial slurs. <br />
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I have a number of really lovely ideas, and it takes time to learn, practice, but also in the process of DOING THEM... I'm unsatisfied that I have NOT finished these things yet.<br />
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But, at least I AM doing these things...<br />
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I can only go at whatever pace I can, whenever I can. I have no control over chaos, external factors. And, "magical thinking" doesn't make our world a better one. I have no control over power-outs, computer crashes, hackers, persons with manias and madness causing trouble, or robbing me.<br />
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I also can't MAKE people understand me if they don't, won't, or don't want to. I can't make people like or value me either. But, I also CAN'T be fake.<br />
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I don't want to be a faker on my stream either... I do value politeness, courtesy, and even diplomacy, but a number of situations sometimes make me wonder if people were telling me what they THOUGHT I wanted to hear, if they were just MARKETING, or CUSTOMER SERVICING ME, humoring me, and being an all out faker or humbug, or perhaps to a small degree.... But, I don't like fake politeness, or "baiting" either...<br />
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Unfortunately, we live a in a screwy world.... there's no real role models, and not everything is as it seems.<br />
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Much like Bruce Lee, I am an iconoclast, and I care very much about integrity, and genuine honesty to one self.<br />
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I wish I were better, and could do better. But, at least I keep striving to get there. I wish I could wave a magic wand and all the problems would just vanish. I wish there were no setbacks, untrustworthy & deceptive persons, health problems, unnaturalness, and so on... but, we're not in that world, we're in this one. <br />
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Like I have said before, I only have the rest of my life left, and its already half over.<br />
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Every morning I wake up and think about half of my life being gone. At least I don't think about the relationships that suddenly blew me off, cut me off, n rebuked me, out of nowhere, or betrayed me, which was how I felt from 2004-2017. I'm glad those persons don't matter to me anymore.... but when I was a young person it very much did.<br />
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You don't get to choose which friends u care about, or love, the most. It just happens, cruel as it is...<br />
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I could intellectually understand it, but emotionally I couldn't. SO it was an internal battle. I often still dreampt about these persons, and I used to have beliefs about dreams when I was younger that I no longer believe. There are a lot of things I no longer believe.<br />
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Today I can look at these relationships, and without feeling any sadness, I can objectively wonder why I ever valued them, because they clearly didn't value me, and I was just convenient to them. It's also the reason why I never use terms like "Best Friend" or "Soul Mate" because anyone that ever seemed to be this after calling them this, or them calling me this, would unravel from that point on.<br />
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I don't know why when I look into the past, some things seemed more true or reliable, but I can also see where others were fake, or a facade. Or, other people became mad or committed suicide out of nowhere, or on a fit of depression began using H. I would NEVER turn to using H no matter what.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">But, at this point, the Opiate problem is a serious issue. It's nothing something I can understand. But, many of the most devastating and damaging relationships I had were due to people pushing up H mixed with some unrealistic "spiritual" ideology that they just never bothered to questions nor examine, and often punished themselves by punishing me. I honestly have lost count of how many people were doing H then went mad, and abused me a lot with their back n forth mistreatment of me. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The first time I ever encountered the problems with people using H was in the late 90s. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">I don't know why H addicts are so likeable and friendly... but, they have either a pathological or habitual liar problem. The majority of these persons were usually Single White Females as well... Or it was M. With men, it was often in combination with cocaine. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I just don't understand drug addiction, alcoholism, or substance abuse. I try so hard to be understanding, and have tried for decades. I don't want to castigate or be cruel to these persons either. I understand they have problems. There's a reason why I don't live in New Jersey anymore, actually several. New Jersey was a hub for drugs, and drug abuse. The majority of the persons I grew up with there all left the state, went mad, or committed suicide, and it was usually substance abuse related.</span> </span><br />
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All I ever wanted to do was achieve some goals in life, contribute to the world around me, and be a decent human being... so I don't understand how so many things decayed so badly... <br />
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Life ought to be beautiful, fun, and flourishing. If we could just ALL come together, put our differences aside, and get along, all the big issues wouldn't have even happened, or they would've been solved 10 years ago. In fact, there's solutions RIGHT NOW. And, its NOT even difficult. <br />
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All I can do is try... and my life is a record of that. At least I tried, and more than once or twice.<br />
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If you've gotten this far in reading this blog, by this point, then I want to appeal to you RIGHT NOW, that if you have any guilt, remorse, or regret over something YOU have ever done, THIS IS YOUR LIFE and YOU ARE STILL LIVING RIGHT NOW.<br />
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I want to APPEAL TO YOU to try and make amends to WHOEVER IT WAS you wronged, dissed, blew off, hurt, or whatever. NO MATTER WHO IT IS, and EVER if its a person you HATE. I ask you to contemplate in your mind what it might be like if you ACTUALLY tried to resolve that problem and IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT.<br />
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HOW MUCH BETTER would you feel if YOU apologized to whoever you wronged, and how much weight might be lifted from you? Guilt has a way of eating away at the mind.<br />
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I've just NEVER understood how people could be so bad to each other, because from my perspective if I thoughtlessly, or unwittingly hurt someone so badly, especially someone I loved, it would make me feel horrible, and I would go out of my way to make it right.<br />
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Every time I hear people whom claim they confronted their victims or whomever they betrayed it 9 times out of 10 goes well.... even if you were that 1 out of 10 that it didn't go well, at least u tried, and many people often feel better, or after the fact the person actually comes back and forgives them.<br />
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Maybe you cold give it some thought on your commute, or when your standing in line at the store, or when you're in the shower, or making coffee...<br />
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Just THINK about it.<br />
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It's funny how when this topic comes up with people I know, about a week later they thank me for saying it, even if it upset them at the time. Don't expect a miracle.<br />
And, some people might lie, or humor you, or tell you what you want to hear, or fall back into old patterns again... but, what if it wasn't that bad?<br />
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If you've NEVER even bothered to try, then why not TRY? The stronger person would; it takes strength and courage, but trying makes it easier for the next few tries.<br />
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It's OK if you cry.<br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-59593928421721080332019-02-26T21:36:00.001-05:002019-02-26T21:37:16.114-05:00BlackUniGryphon's Animation Work Through The Years [Feb 2019] N Goals<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just wanted to post my Animation Work through the years, and follow it up by including some of my goals.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>* PLAYLIST: </u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Here's my old <u>Vintage</u> Stuff from the <u>1990s-2000s</u> from <u>UARTS</u> N <u>AIPH</u> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(<i>Philadelphia</i>)</span>:</b></span><br />
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It's mostly an archive of clips. I did have a demo reel or 2 or 3 but I kind of hate it by now and also can't find it/them at the moment plus they had copyright music on them. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">My <u>UMASS Boston</u> <u>Animation</u> N <u>Art</u> Stuff</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>* Post UMASS Boston: </b></u></span></div>
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This is a compilation mash-up music video of the Motion Graphics Animations from UMASS Boston N Post UMASS Boston from 2016-2018:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* My Current <a href="https://www.artstation.com/blackunigryphon" target="_blank">ArtStation Portfolio</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* My Current <a href="https://vimeo.com/blackunigryphon" target="_blank">Vimeo Filmmaker Portfolio</a></span></div>
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A slapped-together mash-up of some of the ideas n conceptual stuff i wanted to do since UMASS Boston (2017) which I'd also included in some pitches & proposals. But I still have my own original vision of them as well. They're very rough:</div>
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So, progress takes time... but, sometimes it also means taking breaks, which is a hard lesson. Anyways, that's just the rough conceptual stuff. I've definitly blogged about those before, so I'll skip the details. Those will remain rough for the moment. I WILL however be pushing to move more into the Traditional Animation direction, but with the fusion of digital & traditional art. </div>
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Once I wrap THIS stuff up this year, I will NEVER be doing puppet animation a a main focus EVER AGAIN in my own PERSONAL WORK. I AM MOVING ON FOREVER. But, I am reaching a number of my own goals with the digital end, and learning the software. But, the more I do puppets & curves animation, and stuff like that the MORE I KNOW IN MY HEART that I am a traditional artist N animator, and that COMPUTERS ARE TOOLS and NOT a substitute for ART and ARTISTS. </div>
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I will STILL defend artists that do vectors n puppets because they have value, so I won't become a big snob over that stuff. It's JUST not for me tho'. I actually do like a lot of motion graphics stuff tho' like moving pictures/scenery or "Plotographs". </div>
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But for now, it's just a Work-In-Progress: </div>
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Look, I get it. Not everyone goes to study film in Academia, so people are conditioned to BELIEVE that cinema, films, and cartoons MUST therefore ALL tell a story. </div>
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* I also realize MANY of the criticisms literally are coming from children pretending to be grown-ups online, or even older men that never studied in academia about Arts & Cinema and have a skewed ignorance about what "<i>Experimental</i>" means. (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Also the irony that ignorant stances of folks get triggers by pointing out that its ignorance without understanding what the definition of "ignorant" and "ignorance" means and taking it as tho' it were a derogatory word, when it isn't.</span>) </div>
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* It's also very odd to have people literally condensed to me about my work, and when I explain it they accuse me of being condescending. *face-palm* </div>
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So, I will eventually be doing story-telling stuff. I mean, if you follow my Snapchat, I tell stories ALL THE TIME just by being ME. But I DO NOT WISH to make a full story of ANYTHING unless I can have more time & practice with things like mood, timing, lighting, software, and practicing the animation itself.</div>
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A major problem I personally have with "Tweening Animators", "Curves Animators", "3D Animators", "Puppet Rig Animators", and many forms of "digital animators" is they often flagrantly ignore animation rules, but not as a form of comedy but due to laziness or ignorance. </div>
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And, I'm not saying they MUST follow animation rules because I say so, like some arrogant old punk. But, I just want to strive and do better FOR MYSELF. I CAN DO BETTER, BE BETTER, and STRIVE for a better expression of art, THEN THAT IS WHAT I WANT FOR MYSELF.</div>
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Me wanting MORE for myself doesn't detract from YOU as an artist or an ANIMATOR. </div>
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I can be open minded enough to love, support, and VALUE your work as a whatever kind of animator YOU feel happy and comfortable doing N being, but I can also hold those views N stances WITHOUT having to be a conformist to them. </div>
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Look, I AM A TRADITIONAL ANIMATOR in my heart. I will ALWAYS BE THAT. Right now, I'm doing a lot with digital stuff, and there's room for Traditional Animation & Traditional Art within the Digital worlds and vice versa. </div>
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<b>I'm STILL on this journey... </b></div>
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Maybe you can't see what I see, or get it. Maybe you can't understand it. </div>
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But, I am a LOT of things, and I MUST be TRUE N Authentic TO MYSELF BEFORE I can be true to you, and anyone else. There's also NO reason ANYONE ought to feel threatened by these things either. I am also a Philosopher, and Photographer, and Filmmaker. So those things won't be going away. Accept me FOR ME. Because I CAN be open minded enough to accept YOU for YOU. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am planning on doing some Commentary videos with animation to address a lot of this stuff FOR FREE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anyways, all of this stuff I just posted above is for practice, and I will be eventually creating my <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/YingQilin" target="_blank"><i>Qilin Film!</i></a> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>That's the first big goal! </b></span><br />
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Hopefully within the next 2 years, I'll be a able to make it there! But, I'm having a funding problem at the moment, and I STILL need a WACOM Cintiq! </div>
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Much of my motion graphics works are to help me with coloring, lighting, timing, digital keyframing, and software practice. These things make sense to me. </div>
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But, I do actually have 2 other stories that I still have, and have also been blogging about for a few years.<br />
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They were 2 concepts that I started since my teenage-hood. I did recently acquire some software to help me get there, but things can only be done step-by-step but as 1 step at a time.<br />
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"<b><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/gallery/58285174/Zenith-Beyond-Eclipsing-The-Dragon-s-Rue" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eyewitness</span></a></b>" (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)</div>
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"<a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/gallery/58285174/Zenith-Beyond-Eclipsing-The-Dragon-s-Rue" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Zenith Beyond Eclipsing The Dragon's Rue</b></span></a>" </div>
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(ALL RIGHT RESERVED)<br />
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But, I am a LOOOOOOOOOOONG way away from reaching N achieving THOSE 2 things.</div>
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But, I BELIEVE I CAN REACH IT! </div>
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I hope my dream might become YOUR DREAM AS WELL. </div>
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Anyways, like I keep saying in my older blogs: I only have the rest of my life left to live, so I'd better do what matters to me as an artist.<br />
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<b>Also, narrow minded N prejudiced
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<b>I'm NOT sorry that I like those
things, and include them within my art, because I'm NOT WRONG. </b><br />
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NOT be going away, <i>at all</i>, ever. </b><br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-3292514205693689642018-12-28T02:28:00.001-05:002018-12-28T02:28:04.932-05:00Update Doing Well on NewGrounds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, Let's just say I'm doing well on NewGrounds. :)<br />
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My Final Jackalope Film is finally finished, and it also got a 3rd Place Trophy Last week:<br />
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I also got Cinema 4D and not only was I obsessively playing with it, and learning simple stuff, but I started doing my Logo animation/motion-graphics with a new NURBS Extrude. Here's a compilation of the older stuff and the new Cinema 4D. (I also have Houdini but I don't understand it at all)</div>
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My animated video content seems to do rather well. My views on YouTube don;t even get counted most of the time, tho'. I've tested it. </div>
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I did THIS Waterfall particles bit using JUST that CC Particle World in After Effects. It took several tries over a span of 3 weeks. </div>
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Oh, and I have Red Giant's Trapcode Suit! ^,^ So, I made a simple smoke test. I think this was the 3rd try, but it was rather easy. However, I must've obsessively looked up SO MANY tutorials for Trapcode that I didn't even do much with it, and it was THE PROGRAM PLUGIN I wanted SO BAD! </div>
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It's just that I got so obsessive with Cinema 4D, plus I often have a problem with pesky hackers. I honestly HAVE ZERO INTEREST in becoming some kind of 3D artist. But, I like using some bits to supplement my artwork. I DO NOT like the idea of 3D REPLACING ME AS AN ARTIST, NOR REPLACING MY ART. </div>
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The 2 main things I want to use 3D CGI Software are only a few things. For the most part, I prefer doing animation as a Traditional Animator, frame-by-frame, hand drawn. But I like VFX, and I like things like particles, extrude, and props like furniture, background elements, buildings, machines, architecture, and camera movements in an environment. </div>
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I'm FINE with using the 3D programs and elements AS A TOOL. </div>
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I am NOT 3D's bitch, 3D IS MY BITCH! It is MY TOOL! I MAKE THE ART. I AM THE ARTIST, and NOT THE MACHINE. ARTISTS ARE NOT MACHINES. (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I feel the same way about this as I do about "the industry", but also aspects of academia, politics, herd psychology, social presuppositions, and many other things.</span>) </div>
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Well, as always, I have a number of concepts that are LARGER GOALS, much longer down the line, but totally doable... Some day, I wish to do those things. </div>
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-57885765231236771432018-12-05T02:22:00.001-05:002018-12-05T02:25:52.072-05:00Wrapping up 2018 N Goals For 2019 MOVING FORWARD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, this December, I'm FINALLY wrapping up an ENTIRE year FILLED w stupid setbacks N delays, as well as STUPID petty dramas of numerous folks, BUT I'M STILL GOING!<br />
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I look back upon a body of work of SO MANY GOALS completed, and IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPLETION at this very moment! Others about to start or re-do. <br />
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I've actually been doing various versions of The Jackalope film because my ORIGINAL CONCEPT was actually all 4 seasons. So, each part I made a mini-film out of as well.<br />
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[Incidentally, I know a lot of the kids out there need music n audio that's free & legal, so I have a number of music N audio clips in my New Grounds that is FREE, and YES I licensed them to Creative Commons. NO, you DON'T need my permission, JUST TAKE IT, and do whatever u want with it. YES, it IS polite to credit me, but NO I'm NOT coming to hunt anyone down if they don't. I have a LOT of sympathy for kids & students learning animation or various other projects they need stuff for, or even practice.]<br />
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This is THE MOST WORK I HAVE EVER DONE on ANY animated film SO FAR, EVER!<br />
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I wanted to combine the 4 pieces (plus some other stuff, and OTHER variations) but like a a fusion of old vintage 80s-90s NES + SNES video games, N Arcade Games, as well as OLD vintage 90s CD-ROMS. <br />
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And, back in Spring 2017 I'd always wanted to incorporate this Sakura Waterfalls piece into my Film Final at UMASS Boston, but didn't know how at the time. So, I redid it for ASMR Visuals on NewGround.com. There's several versions on YouTube, but my NewGrounds videos are WAY more popular. <br />
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I did some other graphics to resemble old 90s CD-ROMS.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Especially THIS ONE:</span> <br />
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Or, graphics loosely referenced from old Japanese Sailor Moon Video Games as well. <br />
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But, if you look at my "<a href="https://blackunigryphon.newgrounds.com/movies/" target="_blank"><b>Movies</b></a>" gallery on NewGrounds it's literally my Animation & Motion Graphics Goals for This year, but also some dating back until 2017. There's ONLY a few concepts left to do, finish up, or re-do.<br />
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I will be re-doing my 2016 film "Smattering Thoughts Also Flow" including the new Butterflies I did this year for Inktober.<br />
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I'll be moving onto the Butterfly puppet animation as soon as the Jackalope stuff is totally wrapped up. BOTH of these, including the other Jackalope films will be in my TV Show "<a href="https://mewe.com/group/5b311134a5f4e56a6929f106" target="_blank"><b>A Spirit To Be Free</b></a>".<br />
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The original concept for the original film I did incorporated my lanterns, including the one I made, and the Work-In-Progress Film I did for Cinema Studies/Experimental Film Class at UMASS Boston Fall Semester 2017 is HERE:<br />
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I wanted to animate the butterflies with my lanterns B-roll footage and I've shot SO much since then. But, I'd also wanted to do the butterflies with some 3D After Effects compositions. I actually JUST did a Waterfall animation video this week, but I haven't uploaded it yet because its slow. (My internet STINX.) I've also been busy animating, making graphics, n editing audio + video. <br />
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But, I'd also re-shot the Chinese calligraphy story/art presentation multiple times.<br />
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My video instructor made me re-shoot it so many times, and including REAL ink instead of the water scroll. But, I needed guidance and never got it fully, because he often ditched us, or me especially when I needed him. he often would tell me he would be right back, then actually went home. I also wasted SO MUCH time N energy on commuting and re-borrowing equipment.<br />
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I actually have not only my own equipment now at home, BUT I also have WAY BETTER stuff now than the stuff at UMASS Boston because I ACTUALLY NOW have my very own mini-camera crane! I will probably ALSO be turning my living room into my filming studio next month because I'm THE ONLY PERSON LIVING IN IT. Everyone else spends time in their bedrooms doing their work or leisure. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd also been working on a few rough concept art pieces at the end of August <i>N</i> Early September for part of my <a href="https://yingqilin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ying Qilin</a> Film which is eventually my BIG ultimate goal. But baby steps, 1 by 1. </span><br />
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I also have ONE more Motion Graphics/Moving Picture Composition I haven't finished painting yet.<br />
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I need to update THIS picture to HD, but the amount of painting work I need to do for the HD version is OVERWHELMING.<br />
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The trouble is that hackers destroyed the finished version, so I need to repaint it from scratch BEFORE I can even do the HD video animation motion graphics.<br />
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I found the old B N W version, and I'd started painting it back in the winter BEFORE I went down to Florida in March. But, I never finished it. too many OTHER things came up N I totally forgot about it. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It will be similar to THESE other ones I made back in December 2017-Feb-2018 which were originally JUST still images:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>[Side Note: If you like this style of a semi-still picture that moves I HIGHLY recommend my friend <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/lizkay" target="_blank">Lizkay</a>'s animated work found <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/lizkay/gallery/10610315/Animation" target="_blank"><i>HERE</i></a>.]</b></span><br />
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But, moving into 2019, once I'm finished with the puppet animations, I'M MOVING ONTO TRADITIONAL ANIMATION FOREVER. NO MORE PUPPETS! ^_^<br />
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I will still be integrating puppet animations as motion graphics elements inside my traditional animations as well as Effects animation like particles.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">PLUS, I got TRAPCODE SUITE 15 NOW! ^,^</span><br />
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So, what's NEXT?<br />
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Well, if you didn't know this, I actually hang out FREQUENTLY on <a href="https://ambanimation.com/ambaa/join-the-real-animator-training-library/" target="_blank"><b>AMB Animation</b></a>'s LIVE STREAMS on YouTube. And YES, I AM aware that some people strongly dislike him.... <i><b>but, the thing is.... he's generally RIGHT</b></i>. But, he's also opinionated and outspoken. But, a number of my friends hang out with him in his streams, and I gotta tell ya, he's actually a pretty nice guy, its just that he talks BIG in his streams as his marketing style.<br />
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If I had the money I WOULD totally invest in his Library option. I also like Aaron Blaise's streams n stuff as well.<br />
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But, AMB has some free stuff on his website, and I personally want to get back into animation basics N fundamentals. <br />
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However, I do have ONE OTHER concept piece that's also STILL on my mind, since Spring 2017 at UMASS Boston, and THAT one is Traditional Animation based.<br />
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I had actually created a number of concept sketches for it a while back, but basically, I'd wanted to my OWN Artistic re-interpretation of the ending graphics for an OLD 80s French Anime TV show called "Mysterious Cities of Gold.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This ONE:</span></b><br />
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In fact, I'd already done a few ROUGH animation bits back in Summer 2017 of that very concept, which I'd also recently re-cut for a Video Art Proposal back in September in Boston for Boston CyberArts. (-and, <i>NO</i>, I didn't get it.)<br />
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In fact, I have a few more proposals to submit to them in the next few days.<br />
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But, this concept has been morphing N progressing quite a lot in my head this year.<br />
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I want to probably COMBINE this concept with my own artistic re-interpretation of an old James Bond film into:<br />
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OMG! I just LOVE THAT! But, also, KEEP IN MIND, I JUST GOT TRAPCODE! ;-) Tee-hee!<br />
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But..... here's the thing.... the whole GUN motif... yeah... that..... so, I'm not anti-guns, per se, but.... guns just ARE NOT MY THING.... they just aren't..... like u won't see 'em in my art... maybe some swords N archery.... but that's it... <br />
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But, I LOVE those pretty nude lady artsy silhouettes. <br />
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So, I was thinking up different graphical concepts that were NOT GUN RELATED..... IDK, all the gun motifs just <i><b>make me feel UNCOMFORTABLE</b></i>....<br />
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So, I figured I'd remake mine with lanterns, candles, torches, and useful objects, or tools, that have more fulfilling meanings to me personally.I dunno, I've been a multi-times victim of sexual assault, rape, n violence multiple times that GUNS in my art bother me being paired with nude ladies, so try and understand that.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm NOT a New Age-y person anymore but I STILL love all the imagery, like "Love and Light" or "Enlightenment", and other symbolic motifs. Please remember that I am a <u><i><b>Philosopher</b></i></u> as well as an <u><i><b>Artist</b></i></u>.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I'm generally NOT bothered by people legally owning a gun, or enjoying regulated target practice at a gun range. <i>(and YES I HAVE fired firearms since I was at least 6 because my uncle wanted me to, at my Mom's old car, which ticked off my grandfather because he owned the car even tho' it was just sitting there for a few years... and yes, he was in all kinds of armed service jobs including military n police, among others; and as a teen I was a pretty good shot w a bee-bee gun and a 22 rifle, but it seemed like a waste because we shot small eggs on beer bottles.</i>) Personally, I HAVE hunted game using a Compound Bow, so I DON'T view guns as sportsman-like for hunting at all, and they ruin the meat. But, I also get if you want to have a small gun if you're being stalked. I am a philosopher, so I'm more in line with the thinking of Bruce Lee's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNToJwKE4F0" target="_blank"><i>The Art of Fighting Without Fighting</i></a>" (or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TlQjGf-s5s" target="_blank">Alan Watts</a>) and various other Shaolin & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOp0iXduyY" target="_blank">Taoist philosophies</a> as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">But, for whatever reason people r so brainwashed into this stuff that I NOW need to list a whole bunch of family members that were policemen, military vets, and ALL the DUDES I ever banged or seriously dated or flirted with enlisted in the service, etc... please, don't. I'm a philosopher, I'm NOT pushing an agenda, so leave it at that.</span> <br />
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Yes, I AM still very excited to be producing 2 of my very own TV Shows in my town, but I'm also going to be working on a show of my friend's as well which is a revised/redone version of "On The Scene" which he did a few years ago. I'll be shooting that this week, and also a few more times this month. <br />
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AND, I'm STILL the DP (Director of Photography) on the film "<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">The Holy Maple Tree</span></u></b>" which is NEVER ENDING for a short film.<br />
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Not only did I get promoted to Graphics and the Chief Editor, but I ended up becoming DP.<br />
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I had the DAUNTING TASK of trying to salvage and force a lot of stuff to fit together in what's called "the hike scenes" among crew. SO, I worked SO HARD to come up with this edit, which actually went well, and was received VERY WELL by cast N crew.<br />
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Unfortunately, this actor took his career goals very seriously to become an EMT, and altho' he was perfect to work with, and was our back-up for the 1st actor in this lead role, we found another actor in Rhode Island that was just the perfect match, and it was sad because we all still liked this guy as a person and liked working w/him.<br />
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Anyways, the previous footage of these scenes were not finished, and were fraught w/problems due to camera persons, the former DP, and cast N crew drama. Plus I have arthritis in my spine n this location is A KILLER.<br />
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Needless to say, I did manage to go shooting there this year a number of times, and WAY TOO MANY OF THEM. PLUS, I had personally invested in my own equipment, and upgraded the film by pushing for higher quality.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suffice it to say, we've achieved it (CANON 70D EOS DSLR):</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shot on 50mm prime lens on low level light on the lowest F-stop. This actress is also VERY good on camera, and is also an Indie Film Director & Recording Artist/Producer, and all around creative type</td></tr>
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[Also, nearly ALL of the costuming of Moonbeam, the Hippy character, including makeup supplies N jewelry, was done by me.]<br />
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As you can see my camera work has improved a lot, and I'd surpassed a number of things done by several of the Indie filmmakers I'd been working with since 2016. I was so dedicated to learning more about lenses, exposure, white balance, Prime lens, Kit lens, and Zoom as well as really cultivating a respect for things like Long Takes, L-Cuts N J-Cuts and even getting my own Video tripod as well as a Camera crane despite EVERYONE being hell-bent on drones, which makes NO SENSE because drones are for aerial shots. <br />
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The delays on this film made me SO GRUMPY. SO, once the summer ended I switched gears back to animation N drawing again. The heat waves made it impossible to use the graphics software(s).<br />
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I'd completed my film with my daughter also "<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maple Bacon</b></span>" in our brand "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZXh13U8Iympeoz8aspOOg/featured" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Titanic Panoramic</span></b></a>" which also has a YouTube Channel:<br />
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I just tend to be more popular on NewGrounds this year, whereas my YouTube channel got screwed N demonetized n no one even seed my updates because they suppressed my content. However, she just granted a monetization last month, and is booming in views. <br />
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I now have a portfolio profile on <a href="https://www.artstation.com/blackunigryphon" target="_blank">ArtStation</a> which I will probably be updating this month, but I'm rather busy at the moment.<br />
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I'm HOPING to get this FINAL Jackalope film DONE BEFORE Christmas.<br />
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OTHER STUFF I have IN THE WORKS Coming up:<br />
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It arrived days ago, but I didn't open it yet because of my husband, Mr. Wang. I don't want to open it around him because he's a SPAZZ and he's got finals at MASS ARTS Boston because he's at Graduate School studying for his Master's Degree in Art.<br />
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I also ordered a plain Chinese Folding Screen... so u can't see my ugly living room, but ALSO so I could paint something on it! <br />
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I'm also going to be making a <b>NEW PIRATE HAT/Bonnet. </b><br />
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That will take a while to arrive here.But, I did get some bits for it already. I will retire my old Pirate hat back to a Witch Hat, which is what it ACTUALLY is.<br />
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I also FINALLY got my VERY OWN fake leaves. This was SUCH a pain in the butt to get, but I FINALLY got some. I need them for a prop on the film <i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/collections/SOj_vW_KWBV2Qg" target="_blank"><b>which I've worked on while on stream</b></a></span></i>, but for the film "The Holy Maple Tree".<br />
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I was actually doing very well at my motivation to stream LIVE , but they kept hacking me.<br />
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So, I gave up and moved onto animation for a while. I was very upset that I couldn't continue w/Inktober N Drawtober, but they even hacked my modem, video card, iPhone, and my Abode Creative Cloud.<br />
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Otherwise PRINT OUT the drawing onto a piece of paper, THEN trace over it IN INK, and make a NEW drawing WITH INK. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Example of Fairy Version</span></b> </div>
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* Here are the Animation/Video Puppet Tests I did at UMASS Boston in Fall 2017 (a year later) in Adobe After Effects CC 2017:<br />
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Angel Based on same Butterfly Flapping technique in After Effects:</div>
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Caduceus Based on same Butterfly Flapping technique in After Effects:</div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">It started out HERE:</span></u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chinese characters on the wing are <b>忍 Rěn = Endure/Forbearance </b>done in vintage makers<b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one with Chinese characters: <b>任 Rèn = Task/Duty/Responsibility </b></td></tr>
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one was made by my daughter which was a representation of a different
"ren" meaning person, but no character, since this butterfly is
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So, this was my film Final in Fall 2016 (I also did all the audio design): </div>
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It was my first major project of any important in HD which I had no idea how to work in. </div>
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I'd also been wanting to finish my sculpture instillation art project (Whimsical Boho Decor teapot Lantern). </div>
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I did a brief project for my Presentation Final in Cinema Studies in Fall 2017 which is a min documentary:</div>
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<span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-color: #20124d;">This year, I want to include a lot more people with this butterfly flapping stuff in Adobe After Effects CC. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-color: #20124d;">But, I'm decent with it now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-color: #20124d;">I asked my daughter to make a new one for Inktober, and also my friend Drakenhart. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Butterfly motif actually comes from a Chinese "philosopher" of sorts Zhuanzi Zhou <span style="display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">莊子
who dreamt he was a butterfly and forgot he was a human man, but when
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or a butterfly whom was dreaming he was a man. In both experiences he
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<span style="color: lime;"><span style="background-color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: x-small; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Once upon a <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Time" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Time">time</a>, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Butterfly" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Butterfly">butterfly</a>, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly.</span><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> I was conscious only of my </span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Happiness" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Happiness">happiness</a><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. </span><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Now I do not <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Know" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Know">know</a> whether I was then a <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Man" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; text-decoration: none;" title="Man">man</a> dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.</span><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> Between a man and a butterfly there is </span><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Necessity" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Necessity">necessarily</a><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> a distinction. The transition is called the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Transformation" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Transformation">transformation</a><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> of material things.</span></span></b></i></span></span></span></div>
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-56797000285094414942018-09-22T15:02:00.001-04:002018-09-22T15:02:46.096-04:00Inktober N Butterflies Coming Up in October 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, 1 thing I LOVE about #Inktober is it's an excuse to make stuff to use later on other projects.<br />
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THIS project is something I've been wanting to do for a long time, and it's coming along. It's a bit slow, but it's progressing. I've shot a LOT of B-Roll with my lanterns and sculpture stuff.<br />
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I'm gonna incorporate this work into my TV show at WCA9 TV. <br />
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It started out HERE:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chinese characters on the wing are <b>忍 Rěn = Endure/Forbearance </b>done in vintage makers<b><br /></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one with Chinese characters: <b>任 Rèn = Task/Duty/Responsibility </b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one was made by my daughter which was a representation of a different "ren" meaning person, but no character, since this butterfly is personified. circa October 2016</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">仁 meaning "benevolence" or "kindness" also pronounced "ren" in Chinese. This one was painting in Traditional Chinese ink & marker b y Li Wang (my husband) in October 2016.</td></tr>
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I had originally intended for the flapping butterflies & lanterns to be a part of my film at UMASS Boston. BUt, no one knew how to help me with the flapping yet again, in After Effects CC 2016. <br />
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Here's the Paper section bits from the film:<br />
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Needless to say, a lot of my original ideas were cut out from the film due to time, ignorance of program software, a major gaping lack of adequate help & assistance, the fact that no one else knew how to do what I wanted in After Effects in the 2016 CC version, as well as wasted time commuting.</div>
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So, this was my film Final in Fall 2016: </div>
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It was my first major project of any important in HD which I had no idea how to work in. </div>
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I'd also been wanting to finish my sculpture instillation art project (Whimsical Boho Decor teapot Lantern). </div>
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I did a brief project for my Presentation Final in Cinema Studies in Fall 2017 which is a min documentary:</div>
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Here's my full length documentary. I gotta tell u, studying experimental films really helped me to learn A LOT about Documentary.<br />
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So, this year, I want to include a lot more people with this butterfly flapping stuff in Adobe After Effects CC. </div>
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But, I'm decent with it now.</div>
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Here's an Angel version of the butterfly flap:</div>
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I asked my daughter to make a new one for Inktober, and also my friend Drakenhart. </div>
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So, I hope to really create something nice for my TV Show, and expand upon my previous film. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Butterfly motif actually comes from a Chinese "philosopher" of sorts Zhuanzi Zhou <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">莊子 who dreamt he was a butterfly and forgot he was a human man, but when he awoke he;d wondered if he were a man whom dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly whom was dreaming he was a man. In both experiences he was unsure. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is what he wrote:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">昔者莊周夢為蝴蝶,栩栩然蝴蝶也,自喻適志與,不知周也。俄然覺,則戚戚然周也。不知周之夢為蝴蝶與,蝴蝶之夢為周與?週與蝴蝶則必有分矣。此之謂物化。</span></span></div>
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Where to start? I'm more than sure I'd doodled out a concept sketch or 2 of this since Winter 2017.<br />
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I want this one to be fairly nice, but also simplified ACCORDING TO MY STANDARDS. <i>Not everyone else's version of simple nor simplified is the same as mine. </i><br />
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I want to do MORE than JUST motion graphics, and since I've been sitting in on classes by AMB Animation and Aaron Blaise since May. But, My goal in doing so much motion graphics was to learn the programs, and these things take time.<br />
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I had modified this concept for a proposal I had JUST submitted at the Boston Convention Center. They didn't choose it tho'. That's fine, because Now I can do whatever I want with it.<br />
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I'll just post the Proposal versions here:<br />
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Here's the proposal version for Boston Convention Center's very long panoramic screen in the lobby:<br />
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But, my original concept kind of sprang from my creative whiles of wanting to rec recreate stuff I've seen in Anime, or Mainstream cartoon Intros or Outros but more of a Western Animation style, as interpreted and re-interpreted as my own style.<br />
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I want to animate in layers, as I do all things with Adobe, but also in Toon Boom. It's time consuming tho'. I'm less interested in narrative at the moment, and more interested in Subjective exploration, or Mood, or World Building to some degree. Or, even character.<br />
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I'm also more interested in composition and framing. I'd spent years on making many images as a whole composition, but it's still. What if that image moved? But, not a narrative. Some old Silent films where a bit like this from France.<br />
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However, my muse or inspiration is a really old cartoon from the 1980s (<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>I watched it in the early 80s, but it might be older</i></span>), ironically, also from France, but produced in Japan: Mysterious Cities of Gold.<br />
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It the Outro they have this very simple Motion Graphics & Simple animation that makes use of editing styles/tricks to evoke mood and exigence. <br />
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Honestly, I DO NOT care for the ugliness of the anime style or look of the characters at all. I remember loving this show as a little kid, but growing older and trying to watch it was awful. The story telling ability leaves MUCH to be desired. But, the way it evokes mood, and the use of composition is SO GOOD! The use of space, negative space, textured graphics, design, negative space. It's all there. </div>
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So, I wanted to do my own version with my own character(s). </div>
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THAT was the reason I did THESE rough animations last year: </div>
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They weren't just some random animated bits. There was a reason, and purpose behind them. I had discussed this concept WITH my classmates at UMASS, so they know it. Actually, if I had been allowed to peruse my studies or projects as I'd wanted to, THIS would've been what I'd have produced. It was also on my List of Goals/Projects I'd been wanting to do.<br />
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But you need to learn to crawl BEFORE you can learn to walk. This is ALSO a stepping stone to the larger things I wish to do. Start smaller, then get bigger over time. I've done the motion graphics bits I'd wanted already since the winter. But, they are more still, and emphasize mood, but also clean-up N layers.<br />
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Now imagine these styles of clean-up and layers with motion graphics & effects but applied to animated, refined versions of the stuff I had already shown you above.<br />
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As simple as that is, these things take time, practice, and work. I would've been done by now if the summer hadn't been as hot, because we don't use air conditioners, but when the temperature goes above 80-85F the video card doesn't work right, and I didn't want to destroy yet another one. Also, it often will refuse to open graphics programs the hotter and more humid it gets.<br />
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Honestly, I very rarely see people doing & creating the kinds of things I want to do and create, whcih really surprises me. But, I have seen a few I'd like to mention including 1 of my friend's beautiful animated motion graphics pieces she does:<br />
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Other Anime or Cartoon bits I'd like to try/do a re-interpretation of are ones like these:</div>
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There are just SO MANY beautifully composed sequences in Intro & Outro sequences in Inuyasha which is a MAJOR favorite of mine. They're often VERY subjective, and VERY Emotive, with no narrative, with emphasis on mood. They're a mix & blend of some choice details with simplicity. Some things are TOO simple, like a sticker that doesn't move but moves like a motion graphic... which I kind of hate because it's too much like an animatic that's fully in clean-up. </div>
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I was never really a fan of the old-school anime look, which I often found hideous and ugly with bug eyes or creepy doll eyes. But "Inuyasha" made an effort to make this style pretty, and they often remind me of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=gongbi&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS751US751&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixiIHs8c7dAhUhheAKHQ_5B4QQ_AUIDigB&biw=1600&bih=789#imgrc=_" target="_blank">Chinese Gongbi Art</a> mixed with manga that moves. </div>
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These styles are very calm, and slow moving, which is something I usually didn't do as an artist. </div>
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Here's another one I'd LOVE to do my own re-interpretation of. I believe these were produced in Korea. Everything that s is Storm is my favorite, but as a whole I like the entire thing. You CAN, however, tell where they cut corners tho', and didn't shoot on 1s or 2s.<br />
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Obviously, these do NOT compare to Disney, nor Glen Keane works such as:<br />
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Being that Tarzan is very fast paced, and dynamic, it has a certain look and feel. But it differs from this sequence in Pocahontas:</div>
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This Pocahontas Sequence is so good in how it's mood is more slower paced and still, composition-wise, but it has tension building, and flips the mood and emotions several times. </div>
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As for compositions in animation that are VERY ADVANCED which I don't think I can even reach yet, there's SO MANY in a lot of Macross series: Macross Plus, Macross Frontier, Macross Delta. And they also have slow emotive moods and fast paced, dynamic, action packed scenes everywhere. They do things with composition, to emulate a camera, that blow my mind. </div>
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There are SO many scenes in Macross Plus that use background pans and camera work that are CRAZY! They actually went to an American Airforce base to study aerial flight, and dog fights, and I have NO idea how they shot them, let alone design the background pans. It's all traditional work with lenses. </div>
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By the time they got to Macross Frontier it was very digital, but still very nice, with exceptional clean-up artists. <br />
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If you like those, then Macross Delta has so many incredible scenes throughout it as well, and in various tones, moods, and pacing. The story is not the greatest for an entire season, but actually has a happy ending, unlike the typical tragedy-laced themes of Asian media, especially the Macross/Robotech franchise.<br />
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But there's no end to the gorgeous artistic visuals in Macross Delta. There's a flying jelly Fish event sequence that's AMAZINGLY GORGEOUS! And several scenes for Mikumo, AXIA, and especially a Scene with Freja falling out of the sky, singing.<br />
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There are, however, time where anime cuts corners, and keeps animation cycles an a minimal, and don;t shoot on 1s n 2s. But, the composition is fabulous. Despite the cut corners, many of the ways in which they use composition n storyboard, and framing are so advanced for me. <br />
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So, I probably won;t be getting into anything like those anytime soon. I want to work on my own stuff for a few years, and take my time.<br />
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As for the other works I've been doing, it's also very related, even if most people can't see the connections as I do.<br />
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You can see some of my other project concept work mixed in on that first page.<br />
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This is another motion graphics & Animation sort of moving picture. I will animate the hair in layers, and I have already shot my cloud B-Roll all summer, and I have lots of it.<br />
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I will be including it into my Qilin film project.<br />
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This style is not anything new and I had seen many similar pieces of art (especially anthro foxes and cats usually in a kimono), but STILL compositions. I'd always wanted to do my own unique version with my own characters. It's basically 1 or 2 figures within a Chinese mountain side garden. I'd seen a lot of these kinds of things in China.<br />
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Back in 2002 I was at Antrho Con in Philadelphia and I bought a Portfolio and a few other prints by <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/darknatasha" target="_blank">Dark Natasha</a> including <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/darknatasha/art/Guardian-91049495" target="_blank">THIS</a> one which I want to credit as my favorite in this style, which also somewhat reminds me of Gongbi paintings. <br />
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As much as I like her work, I don't want to do it exactly like hers, but my own version that is more me. I also cannot decide if I want to do spring or autumn, or even red maples.<br />
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To give you an example of my own styles of Qilin as Anthro I have THESE:<br />
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Obviously, I wouldn't be doing an animated cartoon piece anywhere near this detailed, but more simplified for animation. </div>
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I'm STILL working on figuring that out, including the composition layout and framing. I can;t decide how it will be yet. I'm getting closer, but I'm still not there yet. I will eventually get it, but I need to work at it.<br />
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The major frustration is due to not being easily able to access life drawing classes. I want a more formal and disciplined study for that.<br />
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As you can see in Dark Natasha's piece there's falling flower petals & leaves. SO, i'bve spent quite a lot of time learning & practicing custom making particles in Adobe After Effects CC. I did NOT know how to get that to work for a few years, and was very frustrated.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/257425368">The Making of: Whimsical Jackalope In Spring: Art On The Marquee Full 001</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/blackunigryphon">Kandice Zimbleman</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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As you can see, the falling petals in this work is just pink triangles. Literally NO ONE I'd asked knew how to make a custom particle and all the tutorials were outdated and didn't work. NO one at UMASS knew how, and the curator, Jeff, also didn't know how. I must've asked easily 3 dozen individuals, and they also didn't know, including those whom taught After Effects in classrooms, or worked at gaming studios, and NONE of the people whom made tutorials would answer me on: YouTube, Twitter, and Email.<br />
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It was my daughter whom helped me to come up with the triangles as a compromise, and even programmed them. Then the curator, Jeff, helped me fix the programming. <br />
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Obviously, I've learned a lot more about particles since then, but I still couldn't get a custom particle to work. So, I had to reach out to Adobe and their people in the forum helped me.<br />
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So, these are the custom particles I came up with, plus using trackmats:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="378" scrolling="no" src="https://player.twitch.tv/?autoplay=false&video=v310199722" width="620"></iframe><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/310199722?tt_content=text_link&tt_medium=vod_embed" style="display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 0px 4px; text-decoration: underline; width: 345px;">Watch BlackUniGryphon Logo Custom Particles Falling Leaves from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv</a></div>
<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That was A LOT of WORK!</span> </b></i><br />
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Some of the particles are leaves. The leaf was an open source bit I borrowed online. But I want to actually custom make my own soon. I finally got a new scanner.<br />
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Other particles are my Black UniGryphon Logo. Some are like falling leaves, and other are like snow fall, or confetti. <br />
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So, you can see how a lot of these things are related. I'm often still perplexed about pre-compositions in After Effects, but I'm getting better at it. <br />
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Leaves, and Maple Leaves are gonna be a HUGE focus lately, especially since the film I'm a DP 7 Chief Editor & Graphics on is called "<b><u>The Holy Maple Tree</u></b>" and we finally did some filming for that. I'm NOT filming today tho'.<br />
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I've also been Live Streaming my work on Twitch:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="378" scrolling="no" src="https://player.twitch.tv/?autoplay=false&video=v311426899" width="620"></iframe><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/311426899?tt_content=text_link&tt_medium=vod_embed" style="display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 0px 4px; text-decoration: underline; width: 345px;">Watch Sketching Anthro Qilin Unicorns in my Sketchbook n hanging out on my balcony from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv</a></div>
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But also the Animated Film I'm doing with my daughter is almost finished. It would've been done in July if not for the heat waves.</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="378" scrolling="no" src="https://player.twitch.tv/?autoplay=false&video=v312149860" width="620"></iframe><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/312149860?tt_content=text_link&tt_medium=vod_embed" style="display: block; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; padding: 2px 0px 4px; text-decoration: underline; width: 345px;">Watch Animating in Toon Boom Harmony from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv</a></div>
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Speaking of Maples Leaves, Filming, and Live Streaming on Twitch, I've been working on a headdress for a charter in the film.<br />
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Here's the rough concept sketch inspired by a fusion of Ozma, ATS, and Hippie stuff with wire wrapping, beading, and DIY. It will have maple roses like Ozma. <br />
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The character's name in Moonbeam, and is a contemporary Hippie. The main character is making his own religion, and she's a follower and groupie of his.</div>
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But. characters were recast multiple times, but the ethnic vibe is much better than the original stuff, even tho we did like to other actors. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was on camera in these and helped arrange & light this set. You can see my lights & lanterns, as well and my costume bits. this set was made in the Director's basement. That's him (Roland) with the slate. Shot on my beloved old kit lens with filters.</td></tr>
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This film sucked up the majority of my time this year. It's exhausting. But, when it turns out, it's worth it.</div>
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I have a lot more coming up for some TV shows I'm producing. I also was doing Videography for HockeyTV. But that's stalled right now. </div>
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I expect to be doing more with video art, film making, and experimental video & animation. I've already shot a lot of stuff for those. I expect to film some more when the foliage turns colors. </div>
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-83901576060894554772018-07-07T00:00:00.001-04:002018-07-07T00:02:10.447-04:00Animation Bits July 001<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Got some animation to start wrapping up. I will be posting some stuff to my Qilin project blog.<br />
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But, first we're wrapping up the old project to learn the programs, and I've also been playing in After Effects. Tomorrow I'll be filming again on location in Bridgewater, but also have a long drive to Rhode Island because some of our talent is over there.<br />
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Fixed this sucker up a lot. But It's STILL not the Raytrace Extrude in After Effects on the Logo. In order to get this to work, I had to blacken in some parts or it wouldn't build the mesh in Photoshop's 3D Extruder. <br />
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Another "butterfly wing flap" style puppet animation in Adobe After Effects. Real bird wings don;t flap this way, but whatevz. This one ALSO got picky with me. <br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-72070299758187888462018-07-04T02:46:00.002-04:002018-07-04T02:46:33.402-04:00June Animation Stuffs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, let's just say, I did A LOT of animation in June. I also did A LOT of Video Editing, Special Effects Animation, Motion Graphics, and also got a lot of my concept work done for my 2 TV Shows, networked with talent, scouted out a lot of locations, and shot LOTS of test footage at various locations, and we finally got BACK into production on "The Holy Maple Tree" on the 30th in Bridgewater. I also got MOST of the filming equipment I wanted: Jib camera crane, floating head Video tripod, waterproof selfie stick, gimbal.<br />
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Unfortunately, I CANNOT show share the visual effects animation, and graphics I did. I did stuff for a local TV show called "Tipsy TV" which is still in production, and I also finished up the main effects, clean-up, and compositing for the Gorgon Scenes of The Afterlife for "The Holy Maple Tree". I do NOT own the rights to those, so I will NOT be showing those works.<br />
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It's mostly just simple, basic effects, but TONS of layers. And I also re-shot some parts multiple times, MYSELF, and or with the Director. <br />
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I want to wrap up "Maple Bacon" which is a short film I'm doing with Pasteloween (my relative).<br />
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Here's a clip I just finished in Toon Boom HARMONY:<br />
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SO, THIS MOFO RIGHT HERE has been my lil PUNK! All I wanted to do was a SIMPLE Harry Potter/Warner Bros style Logo animation/motion graphics using Adobe After Effects' Extrude Raytrace. When I found it it could do that, I was like: OMG! I'm DOING THAT! But, I had a TON of setbacks for troubleshooting with After Effects multiple times (including again today).<br />
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I have tried SO many tutorials, and they're ALL outdated. I can;t get any technique to work. I did find out that the new version of Photoshop has a 3D extrude... but I don't understand it, but at least I could make THIS monstrosity.<br />
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I have worked on this LOGO motion graphic animation SO MANY TIMES, with SO MANY TRIES. I have multiple files. -and I don't really understand Adobe Illustrator, plus I HATE IT. <br />
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I used my old photography from around 2012 also.<br />
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I want to do a better version, and WAS working on that ALL OVER AGAIN from scratch 3 times TODAY, but now my After effects isn't working again. :( <br />
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Pasteloween wants me to do more animation memes... but I kinda did a montage.<br />
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I'm keepin' it real: video editing is kinda easy for me. I especially like music video style, or montage, or "documentary":<br />
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This remix track is from a band in Philly from the Bush era called "Hail Social". 1 of the band members was my old co-worker from AMC Marlton 8, Richie Roxas, who was a pretty good friend of mine in the late 90s. He has an Instagram about New Balance Shoe collection stuff, and purple things. But, I juts recently deactivated ALL of my FB & Instagram profiles due to very bad privacy concerns as a result of the loss of net neutrality But, my Twitter profiles are still up, and so is my Google+ stuff.<br />
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I have a profile on MeWe & Matadon which are much safer. <br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-17225312087898468222018-06-11T12:27:00.004-04:002018-06-11T12:27:58.034-04:00Concept: Symbols Logos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I haven't come up with a symbol or logo yet, because it depends on what the title is. I'm still deciding on the title.<br />
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But, I want some kind of symbol or logo that the characters often find or interact with within each video piece.<br />
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A really good example of this style was back in the 1990s with many bands, but especially video content created by a techno group "Dune" in Germany. They often made videos in which the logo was often a symbol, or even interacted with the subjects.<br />
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If you have been following "Westworld" there's a symbol in the film that frequently keeps coming up within the show.<br />
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This is a very ancient style of Narrative Device that was perfected by the Ancient Greeks, even tho' it predates them.<br />
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In Westworld we see the character interacting with this symbol, or sometimes it's hidden within the scenes or scenery. It using foreshadowing, but also implies meaning, or revelation. <br />
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In modern times symbolism and become "branding" and are often used to associate, evoke, or provoke a meaning or emotional feeling. Everything from Coca-Cola, to Nike, to automobile brands, or clothing lines and stores to shop at. But for thousands of years symbols were often used religiously, or culturally. It's also why religions still persist even tho' most of their ideologies are often outdated.<br />
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Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity have several symbols they often use which are usually geometric. When those symbols are inserted to a visual, or a film, it adds an extra dimension of abstract feeling or concept that will resonate with people aware of the meaning, or it can infer a meaning as well. It was a technique very much hones & perfected by the Ancient Greeks in storytelling, theater, drama, art, design, poetry, literature, rhetorical framing, and more. <br />
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Some Filming locations in Weymouth (Mass) where I have previously already shot multiple times.<br />
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It's hard to just go up to a creative person and be like: Hey I want to do something creative, and artsy, would you like to do something too?<br />
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Because: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?<br />
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Well, I'd LOVE to go to a number of locations in Local New England and shoot there, but I'm also open to shooting creative things in a studio setting as well.<br />
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Here's loads of my own stuff, but I honestly don't want it to be ALL-ABOUT-ME!<br />
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So, I have cosplay characters, costumes, poetry, Shakespeare sonnets, and a lot of other ideas.<br />
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I like doing whimsical things, experimental art/film/photography, but I can also be deep, emotive, quirky, and comedic.<br />
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1 of several audio recording renditions of <i><u><b>Shakespeare's Sonnet 29</b></u></i>:<br />
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My Cosplay Pirate Character (Marshall Kändiß The Pyrate) whom is a quirky megalomaniac, is one I had worked on the most over the years. <i><b>My blog is found <a href="https://pyratemarshallkandice.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </b></i><br />
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I had mostly enjoyed doing her character in the fall.<br />
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It was fun to play her because she's sort of self centered, full of herself, self important, but she's quirky so it's not abrasive, but funny or comedic. I actually never got around to creating her baton because she's a French Naval Marshall which outranks an admiral. (<i>Yes. I did tell you she was a megalomania. It's NOT enough for her to be anything less than the top, but she sort of stumbles into these things, taking credit for it. So yeah, Moral Relativism... And, I'm also a Stephen Chow fan. </i>)<br />
She's selfish, but if it suits her purposes (ego/pride) she'd be generous, and Robin Hood-like.<br />
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But, she also has her down times, and when I explored her character further, I did things like quoting poetry, and drama. Especially <u><i><b>Shakespeare</b></i></u>, but other ones as well. AT times it could be EMO/Emotive, Gothic, dark, or deep.<br />
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I also had other concepts for her in Raves, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Pirate-Pebbs-182304651861086/?ref=br_rs" target="_blank"><i>Pirate Pebbs</i></a> & <i>This Character</i> went to cross dresser events, night clubs, raves, karaoke, fairs, festivals, conventions, parties, events, etc.<br />
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Pirate Pebbs n I were both in some parts of this film documentary (also the trailer):<br />
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I have also heavily dedicated A LOT of my time to Boho Chic, Bohemian, Gypset, Mori Girl, Hippie-ish stuff, and other free spirited styles including Tribal Fusion Bellydance & Rave.<br />
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These are several of the things I'd been coming up with. Much of it is VERY personal, and VERY emotional to me, and it's VERY difficult for me to put myself out there with. Much of it is still crude and unrefined. The "Blue Fairy" melody was one I'd composed when I was 6 years old. I'd used it throughout my life.<br />
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And the other songs about dragons are incredibly personal, that I often cry when talking about it. It comes from the animated film/series I want to produce and had originally started creating in 1998, and well into 2004. But, the economy destroyed my hopes & dreams and I did not pick it back up until 2015 because I'd felt as tho' I was literally loosing my mind, and it was very painful.<br />
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I started taking walks in the woods and I started hearing the music inside of my head, which was really scary. But no matter how much I fought it, I couldn't win. When I stopped fighting it, the music came out of my throat, and and next thing I knew I was in a mania of jotting down the lyrics, and recording the crude stuff coming out of my throat. I was very happy with what came out.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Just in case u were curious or interested, this is the concept art/work for my Dragon Film: <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/gallery/58285174/Zenith-Beyond-Eclipsing-The-Dragon-s-Rue" target="_blank">HERE</a> I'm not in any particular hurry to go into full production yet, tho.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Concept art for "Eyewitness" series which I'm also NOT in a hurry to jump into full production on: <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/gallery/2865525/Eyewitness-Projects" target="_blank">HERE</a> )</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Original Texts "Get Ready To Fly": <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/art/Get-Ready-To-Fly-620903980" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My original poetry n lyrics texts found <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/blackunigryphon/gallery/118026/Poetry" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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Eventually I would LOVE to shoot in Morocco, but I'm not in a rush to do that either. I'd VERY much like to create collaborative content that is artistic, whimsical, beautiful, and eye catching. <br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-63219431980365824932018-02-21T00:15:00.001-05:002018-02-21T00:15:48.867-05:00Basic Angel Animation in Adobe After Effects CC 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'd been working on an independent film (The Holy Maple Tree) since last year, and I got promoted to do the graphics, motion graphics, animations, and editing. So, the first graphics I made were for "Heaven & Hell TV", but the director wanted Hell graphics.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I actually made quite a number of them actually:</span><br />
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Incidentally I do not own the rights to these. The Rights are owned by the director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5569526/" target="_blank">Roland Khorshidianzada</a>.<br />
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<b><i>I'm actually NOT really an expert at Adobe After Effects at all. I'm always still learning. It's an overwhelming amount of things that can be done with the program. I had originally learned to use After Effects around 1999-2000-ish, and didn't fully use it until about 2001. It's definitely more advanced than Adobe Premiere. I had used it off and on in the GW Bush era, then I totally forgot how to use most of it. I had to start over in 2016, and it's NOTHING like it was back in the day, even tho' it can do most of the things it used to do, and way more. I'd originally only used it for text motion graphics.</i></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">It's also incredibly frustrating if you're coming strait form Adobe Premiere. But, if you stick with it, stay patient (because I've lost my temper a lot with it), it's actually my favorite program aside from Premiere. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photoshop is also good, and I have 5 versions of Photoshop on my computer, of which I mostly only use 3. </span><br />
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So, I wanted to do the Heaven graphics. In the screenplay there's quite a lot of spiritual type and Biblical type things mentioned, and this fake TV channel, ironically shot/filmed at an actual TV station studio, should have the Heaven bits as well. (Don't worry, I'm not spoiling anything in the film. It's still in production.)<br />
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Most people on the film enjoyed my graphics, but when I finally hunkered down and made the Heaven graphics I got strong reactions from people that were NOT on the film. I was actually REALLY surprised because it's so simple and basic. Anyone could do this.<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's the basic Process: </span></u><br />
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This is the basic "angelic being of light" I made. it's super simple, at least by my own standards, with minimal line-work and details. I doodled out a halo as a kind of mental note to myself as to how I wanted it to look, which make no sense to anyone else, because the main ideas are inside my head.<br />
I ONLY drew ONE wing because I want it perfectly symmetrical.<br />
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The angelic being is also androgynous and genderless, and is robed & hooded like medieval &; Byzantine art styles. There are no real defined arms, legs, or facial features except for a few lines, which is almost Asian-like actually, and even draws from Buddhist Bodhisattvas, and even design tricks like Sanrio's (the Japanese design company mostly known for Hello Kitty products). And, I also drew inspiration from Stained Glass Windows in Gothic Cathedrals. <br />
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A common trick I have often used, regarding applied drawing theories, is that I trick the brain to see things that aren't actually there. When the human eye looks at the image, the brain fills in meanings that aren't even on the image. I also use a similar method with color theory applied to colors, that I will somewhat explain when we get to the colored versions. <br />
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(<i><b>BTW this graphic is available on the Creative Commons license on <a href="https://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Angelic-Being-of-Light-002-729887326" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a> is you want to use it. Just don't use the colored versions. Those are for the film, and I don't own the rights to those.</b></i>) <br />
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The reason I drew the figure this way is because I wanted to do a simple, basic, butterfly flapping style animation in Adobe After Effects CC.<br />
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Here's the first Clean up:<br />
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(<i><b>This one is also available licensed to the Creative Commons if you want to<a href="https://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Angelic-Being-of-Light-002-cleaned-729887277" target="_blank"> download it</a> and make your own version for free.</b></i> )<br />
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After I cleaned this scan up, I had to chop it up to make the puppet pieces, because this style of animation is also a newer variant of "<b><i>puppet animation</i></b>" but in Adobe After Effects CC. Original puppet animation was done either as a flat 2D cut-out style puppets, or models that were sculpted, and shot in stop motion animation. However, now, due to digital CGI We can get a sort of "<b>2 & a 1/2 D</b>" hybrid that merges digital 3D animation with layering in Adobe After Effects. <br />
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I personally refer to this as motion graphics, but it's also puppet animation, but not the stop motion kind.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are what the actual coloring of the wings looks like:</span><br />
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Even tho' I created a "being of light" I specifically DID NOT MAKE IT WHITE. The line-work here is actually a dark brown, and the feathers were actually painted in cool tones and hues that were unsaturated including: greens, blues, and purples, but slightly on the gray-ish side. NO bright colors. I also tilted the wings on the Axis so they are no longer slanted like the sketch is.<br />
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There are 2 applied glow effects on the wings: Outer Glow which is a pale unsaturated Yellow, and Inner Glow, which is a pale cyan/turquoise blue. I had played with a number of colors, but eventually went with these colors.<br />
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A lot of this has to do with Color theory but regarding RGB pixels. When everything becomes layered, and composed within Adobe After Effects , the layers and effects I use will actually trick the human brain into seeing a bright light being, even tho' it's not white. If I had used white, it would get too white-washed by the time I was done with the layering, and it would be too faded, or too bright. But also that's why I don't use true black.<br />
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If you ever get the change to look close up at a Rembrandt painting you would be surprised at just how many colors are actually used, and yet trick your brain to see colors that aren't even there. <br />
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Here is the Angelic Being of Light colored: <br />
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This one has so many layers in it. The circle halo is actually 2 layers, that are the same layer, but 1 is flipped. Then there are more halo layers, aura layers, and a "blush" layer which is a favorite comic book trick I like to use. (<i>I used to briefly work at <a href="http://topcow.com/" target="_blank">Top Cow Productions Inc.</a> in 2005 so some tricks I learned there, and other tricks I learned from an CALARTS artist on DeviantArt that used to run a website called Nethersphere.com that had a number of awesome tutorials, but no longer exists.</i>)<br />
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There the blending options Outer Glow, and Inner Glow in the exact same colors as the wings, but the other layers (aura, halo, and blush) are using the Screen blending option with Opacity variations, and those layers are deep RED-ORANGE and warm tones that are VERY SATURATED and BRIGHT. This is why RGB color theory is much different than pigment painting.<br />
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Also, it's important to note that I have made these images set on a gray background so you can fully get the effect, and actually SEE it. If I had use a white background you would not be able to see it and fully FEEL the effect. But, I never actually USED that gray background in the animation. It's just for presentation, so I could post these images online. <br />
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Also, the digital coloring techniques I am using are NOT new, but very old and vintage techniques. I have also applied these techniques to photography and photo manipulation for years, as well as to video editing in Adobe Premiere.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As for the background, I made my own galaxy, outer space graphic.</span><br />
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(If you would like to use this graphic, I have also licensed it for a <a href="https://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Galaxy-001-BG-pan-729896766" target="_blank">free download</a> on the Creative Commons) <br />
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Making a space or galaxy in Adobe Photoshop is one of the OLDEST tutorials I can even remember, and is ultra common. If you type into the search bar on YouTube you can find a variety of many artists interpretations of how to teach this, and altho' they're all very similar they can vary incredibly.<br />
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I knew how to do it, but I was so curious to see people make them in the new Adobe Photoshop CC versions and watched several for almost 2 days, because I wanted to follow along and see their way of doing it.<br />
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Here's one:<br />
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Here's another one:<br />
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There's so many. And lots of good ones!<br />
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Anyways, in my opinion I'd rather make my own one. But, if anyone wants to use mine, it's there if you want to use it for some project if you want it. Just go to my DeviantArt gallery and <a href="http://fav.me/dc2k7y6" target="_blank">download it</a>. <br />
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Then, I just imported the Photoshop files into Adobe After Effects CC 2018 version and played with it until I got what I wanted. I also used several layers of colors which I used blending options and opacity to blend the colors together. It keeps the color theory cohesive.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The first test in After Effects:</span><br />
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I played with this a number of times. here's the first few renders:<br />
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After a number of people eager to give feedback I reprogrammed the "flight path" so to speak, and here it is:<br />
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Based on the Director's input we're re-cutting it with the Hell Graphics. I just don't have that hard-drive at the moment. He's doing the dialogue audio in 2 scenes this will be a part of. <br />
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The fog was a <a href="https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-4k-fog-overlays/" target="_blank">set of free video overlays</a> shot in 4K in a controlled studio. And, I used layering techniques with that as well.<br />
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I used: Particles, Wiggle-rama, Motion Blur, 3D layers, a virtual kind of camera layer and programmed the camera to my liking at a 50mm equivalency, and the video file is 1920x1080 HD standard size. And, the layers move, and are animated similar to an old multi-plain camera.<br />
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The halo layers spin, and the various glowing parts also shift opacity. I had to program/animate the flapping by had, because I cannot figure out how to program the slider feature, and no one else knows either. <br />
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Those are all pretty basic and standard things to do in Adobe After Effects, but if you are totally new to After Effects it's incredibly overwhelming. It took me a long time to figure this kind of thing out on my own, because many users of After Effects don't have a traditional animation (nor a 3D animation) background and don't understand what I mean, and even if I show them an outdated version of After Effects tutorial no one could answer my questions. <br />
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I had to sift through a lot of tutorials, message boards, and blogs since 2016 to figure a lot of the After Effects things out on my own. I spent hours and days looking up After Effects Tutorials in December & January. Oh, well, that's just how it goes.... C'est la vie.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other contributing factors that also added to this was the Art History class I took at UMASS in the fall 2017 semester. </span><br />
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As it turns out, Art History tends to be a cultural documentation of the history of Religion(s) as well. I learned about how images, lighting, the use of space, and certain motifs effected the human experience of a religion start from Cave paintings in Europe, to Zigarats and the City of Jericho, to Pyramids, to Egyptian Mausoleums, Greek & Roman Temples to Cathedrals, and funerary art.<br />
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There are so many things that I incorporated from that class into creating this. You can actually go through the timeline and see where each style and technique came from, and were incorporated after that, and passed on. Eventually it became ingrained into the human psyche that certain motifs actually evoke specific reactions in the observer of the art.<br />
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Another thing to point out is that it also has a New Age-ish & Hippie vibe. I'm not a New Ager anymore, I'm a <i>Secular Agnostic Apostate Heretic Philosopher</i>, but I actually quite loved a lot of the things they go ga-ga over.<br />
<i><b>AND, after I made the thing, I'd realized it kinda looked a tiny bit similar to Doreen Virtue angel artwork. WHOOPS! Totally didn't intend that! </b></i><br />
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I mention this, because everything I'd incorporated is pretty standard basic knowledge, techniques, styles, motifs, etc. yet when I shared the images and videos, I was surprised at the comments I got from even non-religious folks, and fellow artists.<br />
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I just got robbed by <a class="link-complex" data-user-name="cafepress" href="https://twitter.com/cafepress/" rel="user" target="_blank"><span>@</span><span class="link-complex-target">cafepress</span></a><br />
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I got an email telling me to sign if I was owed under $25 and still wanted it, so I did, and they robbed me anyway.<br />
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I've sold a number of things over the years there, and even had promoted that site to my friends and fellow artists since the GW Bush era. <br />
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But took my art down. I won't be allowing them to use my work anymore.<br />
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Might have to file a <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf" target="_blank">W-9</a> w IRS.<br />
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This is actually a breech of contract, and violates income laws.<br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-22200764778865120612017-12-27T13:59:00.001-05:002018-09-22T15:15:45.103-04:00Black UniGryphon Logo Effects Motion Graphics Animation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Messing with Adobe After Effects 2018 to do an animated Logo for my videos/films etc.<br />
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I'd lost the original files of the re-colored version... in fact, I've had a persistent issue with these files. I'd colored & re-colored this sketch so many times, and had to start over multiple times over the years. There's multiple color versions of this in <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/gallery/61453254/Fursona-Black-UniGryphon" target="_blank"><i><b>my gallery</b></i></a></span>.<br />
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The lighting effects were done in several layers in various versions of Adobe Photoshop:<br />
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But, this one started with a partially colored version, which was the only one I still had left on back-up in CD-ROM DVD-ROM. I thought I had it on my thumb-drives, but couldn't find it.<br />
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Pretty much all these are Photoshop techniques that can be applied in layers in Adobe After Effects. I can do it in Premiere also, but After Effects is MUCH BETTER.<br />
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The Still Image:<br />
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Published here on <a href="http://fav.me/dbww7iu" target="_blank">DeviantArt</a>. <br />
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I've also done similar Adobe After Effects motion graphics/effects animations with other old Photoshop artwork files. I had to re-paint and edit them for HD in the new Photoshop CC 2018.<br />
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I will most likely re-cut this, for a more graphical looking video/animation. It's a bit to dynamic yet frozen in mid movement for such a slow piece. This is the downside of my art/drawing style... I'm kinda dynamic. <br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">Misc. Notes: </span></u><br />
* My Fursona is the Black UniGryphon (BlackUniGryphon) but she actually has a name: Valour Nikee. I just often don't use her name.<br />
* The Black UniGryphon, Valour Nikee, is actually a shape-shifter character.<br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-74880197089303261702017-12-14T17:37:00.001-05:002017-12-14T17:37:47.857-05:00Finishing up at UMASS Boston<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As far as I can tell, I'm basically DONE at UMASS Boston. I have an exam on the 19th. And, I will still finish up my Work Study job in the Biology lab probably for Winter & Spring semester. But, basically I'm NOT enrolled in ANY classes. This stuff is so exhausting, and very expensive in both money and physical energy. I was trying to get an RA position job. But, they never called me, nor interviewed me, and I'm more than sure I was the 1st one. I got stuck with a debt of about $6K on my credit card which included a massive tuition charge and fees. I'd only JUST paid off my AIPH student loan from 2001 in July of this year.<br />
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But, I ended up with so much B-ROLL, and I'm working on an independent film in Brockton, and 2 of my own Animated films with my daughter. So, It's all good.<br />
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This instructor had a film demo day, <a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/erik_levine" target="_blank">Eric Levine</a>, in my Experimental Film Class and he had a comment about not just studying and majoring in Art, but BEING AN ARTIST, and he said don't bother doing it unless you really NEED it, because as an artist, the whole reason for doing art, and BEING and Artist, was because you really MUST DO IT, or you will DIE. WOW! That is SO TRUE. <br />
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Anyways, since I'd shot SO MUCH B-Roll and footage, and several ideas burning within me, I came back to an earlier project that I'd cut, re-cut, and re-edited so many times, due to sheer pickiness. Most of the footage was stuff I shot in the winter of this year (Jan-March 2017) . <b>The Full story/stats are <a href="https://bohoblackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2017/10/boho-raver-lounge-videos-umass.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.<br />
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I'd managed to finish it up in Sept/October when I was sick. <br />
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I'd also managed to do a short animation based on some Ancient Greek Art: the Dipylon Krater:<br />
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And I also ended up making a Jack-'O-Lantern based on the Ancient Greek Artist Exikias' Ajax & Achilles:<br />
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I have no idea how the heck I pulled them both off, because I could barely even fit any of it in. imagine what they'd have been like if I'd had more time, and didn't rush. <br />
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Then, I got to also come back to revisit some older works and go from there in After Effects animation Experimentation:<br />
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Part of the reason I did these was because I figured I could use it in my Experimental Film Final. So, I did. The Full details are <a href="https://bohoblackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-making-of-diy-boho-whimsical.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>. </div>
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I also managed to go back to my old footage I shot in Fall 2016 (for UMASS Boston) and I edited it with some ambient music I made this year to make a mediation video which was a dream of mine for a few years. <b>Full Details are found <a href="https://bohoblackunigryphon.blogspot.com/2017/12/wanderlust-bohemian-meditation-autumn.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. <br />
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I would like to also cut some of the other leftover footage/B-Roll and audio design a new version of this song for an evening setting.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also shot some Cosplay of <a href="https://www.pintaram.com/u/wottyx" target="_blank">WottyX</a> ^_^ at the UMASS Boston Anime Club.</span> </div>
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I didn't do as much creative things as I would've liked. The muses were tugging on me a lot. </div>
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Some massive drama also went down on the Film I was working on. I'd started as just a Production Assistant (PA), and had been promoted to an Editor by Summer, and also Graphics, and often had to stand-in for the DP. Well, the DP fired herself in a blaze of glory because some bad stuff happened to her. It was another dramatic moment on the film, and we'd already had a number of those with cast. It resulted in my being Promoted to the Director of Photography (DP). </div>
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The entire drama was so traumatic for the Director, and since I was fulfilling the semester at UMASS, the entire film mostly went on hiatus. But, since being promoted I changed a few things. I can't disclose much, but I will be insisting on a Lighting Director hence forth. Production will resume in Spring of 2018, however, the Producer/Director & I will be starting to Edit footage soon. I'm also putting in a lot of creative input for audio as well now even tho I'm DP which is more visual. I'm STILL 1 of the main Editors. </div>
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Other than that, I still want to peruse more Life Drawing practice, and wish to also wrap up "Maple Bacon" animated short with my daughter for my Qilin Animated Film project I started in the summer to learn Adone's Animate program. </div>
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I also still have several experimental animation ideas I'd like to play with in Adobe Effects. I really want to get ALL of that stuff out of the way, before I can fully move onto my <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/YingQilin" target="_blank">Qilin project</a>. </div>
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I'm very much torn between working with cameras & video like Filmmaking, and Drawing and Animation. Animation and drawing is my GREATEST LOVE & PASSION, but I soooooooo enjoy cameras, and video editing, and all that stuff. I don't believe I will ever give them up. The other things I do creatively are just supplemental because I'm an artist. <br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-25815136557325319012017-07-07T18:56:00.000-04:002017-07-07T18:56:11.380-04:00UMASS Dean's List. June Arts, Film, n Animation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just found out this morning that I'm on the UMASS Dean's List. Meanwhile they cannot decide of they want to give me Financial Aid.... oh, and my GPA is 3.775....<br />
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I can;t drop out yet, and I'm in limbo, so I can't even take another job because <i>IF</i> I get Financial Aid I will get punished for having a job... but, IF I do take a job it MUST be HIGH PAYING ENOUGH to insensitivity me to drop out. So, I cannot get a job UNLESS it's a Federal Wrokstudy, which I CANNOT even start yet, even tho' I could last year BECAUSE they took away my Financial Aid... only sort-of... hence why I'm in Limbo...<br />
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So, it CAN be fixed... but I couldn't go to the meetings, which must be scheduled because my car got totaled, and my Spouse was in Japan due to a major scholarship grant he got at UMASS, which I helped him to get. So, now that ALL of the July slot are filled up for these meetings at UMASS, I can't go and remedy this Limbo issue until I go to the meeting, and I can't even go until August. There was actually 1 other thing to remedy, but I cannot even do THAT until they tell me what to write AT THE MEETING. *loooooong reluctant sigh*<br />
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I did actually create a Portfolio for a specific studio in Burbank California and they also have a studio in Hollywood. I worked on THAT portfolio for over a week last month, and even redid it at least 6 times. usually whenever you send a out a portfolio to a studio or production house they always send you a courtesy email acknowledging that they got your portfolio. I actually never got one. I found that to be odd, and unusual, and it was half a month ago. perhaps that's a "No"? I have no idea. I also did some other work for a friend of mine in Burbank (nondisclosure) which I was SO happy & grateful to get! <i>For privacy reasons I will not divulge any of these details.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I just posted an update to my own film project <a href="https://yingqilin.blogspot.com/2017/07/updates-horse-animation-related-n-more.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><--- i="">Lots of details in this post.</---></span></div>
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I'm filming all weekend on "The Holy Maple Tree" again, and heading down to Philadelphia on Monday.<br />
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My spouse has returned from Japan & China, and will be getting a new car since the old one got totaled.<br />
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Black UniGryphonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851985614331341796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31033778.post-12528502003979751082017-06-16T20:08:00.001-04:002017-06-16T20:08:51.845-04:00Recent Arts, Animation Experiments , and Filming Early June 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm trying to produce my own animated short, which involves practicing all kinds of things, because traditional animation involves LOTS & LOTS of DRAWING! But, since it's the new millennium that means LOTS OF PROGRAMS TO LEARN, which also involved PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It involves Qilin (Kirin or Kylin), Chinese unicorns, dragons, etc! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is the Main BLOG: <a href="http://yingqilin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Facebook PAGE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YingQilinArt/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Tumblr: <a href="https://yingqilin.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span> <br />
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I STILL haven't been able to get to doing Life Drawing, per se, but lots of OTHER DRAWING.<br />
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Since I'd launched my GoFundMe campaign I have been able to purchase Adobe Creative Cloud. I've been practicing that a lot. I also NOW can contribute as an editor and graphics creator on the the independent film (The Holy Maple Tree) I've been working on since November with my very good friend whom is the Director/Producer. I'd mostly been a P.A. doing mostly audio, but also prep for opening/closing film sets. I am truly lucky to have such a good friend! I've also made a lot of new friends and connections which have been SO encouraging, positive, and helpful to my life, creativity as an artist, and so on.<br />
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I've also been able to purchase many things that I NEEDED, which I budgeted for, including a condenser microphone kit! ^_^ <br />
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I'm also still very grateful to my video teacher at UMASS for having opened up all of these opportunities for me.<br />
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I have also re-opened my Etsy. Nothing on it right now tho'. And, I ended up getting some paid freelance work (nondisclosure) from a very good friend of mine, going way back, and I was very happy to do this work. ^_^<br />
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Unfortunately, at the moment, my financial aid got stalled, and I cannot return to UMASS unless it can be resolved. I can't do anything about that until Mr. Wang gets back from Japan/China. I believe he's in China at the moment.<br />
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Also, an elder gentleman hit our minivan about 1-2 days before Mr. Wang had to leave to go to Japan. this had been a constant frustration ever since! The elder gentleman was so upset that he hit us, and was shaking & quivering, but he'd admitted he was guilty, and set up his very good insurance coverage for us. meanwhile, auto body shops are all on vacations lately. I did manage to get EXCELLENT coverage out of the medical aspect, and now I have full paid visits to the chiropractor! I am SO GRATEFUL!<br />
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I had to monitor my visits to the chiropractor, and I was almost halfway through my yearly coverage, which isn't much. I didn't know what I would do, because I hurt my neck really bad! Luckily, the insurance gave me medical coverage! When I got the statement for how much they decided to award me, I was happy! I just didn't know how to work that out! SO, I hobbled over to the chiropractor, and told them my situation. When they found out how much I was getting awarded, they dropped everything, started making calls, and even started either helping me with paperwork, or doing it for me! <br />
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So glad that had been taken care of! Apparently my neck had some tissue tears, and had healed wrong. I get to go 3 times a week now! ^_^<br />
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Here's the animation stuff I've been practicing:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Studio Ghibli's OpenToonz:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Notes:</b></u></span><br />
I had pretty big hopes for this program. It's Studio Ghibli's open source animation program OpenToonz, which is entirely free.<br />
Unfortunately, I found it to be SO ENTIRELY BACKWARDS which is much like how I feel trying to drive a Japanese car after growing up driving only American cars. It's just SO BACKWARDS, it often felt awkward. I was frequently lost. updates weren't making it better. It lagged when I drew. There was no precision in drawing. I constantly had to source tutorials on YouTube, but they often didn't help out. </div>
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The main thing I wanted to practice is a number of horse/equine walk cycles. It just makes logical sense. I want better quality animation, so the ONLY way to do that is to just PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Toon Boom's Harmony Advanced Version:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">With 2nd Cycle started: </span></b></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Notes:</span></b></u><br />
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I mostly wanted to focus MORE on the motion, movement, animation, form, and timing, and not so much on the actual perfection of drawing, because it was making me crazy. I'm not accustomed to drawing with my WACOM "Bamboo" pad, I only use it for coloring the drawings I hand drew, then scanned. I like the feeling of real pencils and paper... but, I LOVE digital coloring.<br />
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<b>Toon Boom Harmony (Advanced Version)</b> <br />
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So, I gotta tell ya, I have ALWAYS loved TOON BOOM, and I HATE Flash! HATED IT! I remember when in was Macromedia, and I also remember Macromedia had this GREAT program called Director, which was pixel based and I LOVED IT. I could even do scripting/coding like it was breathing! I ONLY liked working in Flash, honestly, whenever my friend Kyle was with me, because he's like MAGIC. But, when he wasn't there, the magic vanished...<br />
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The kicker is this: I SO WANTED to actually BUY this program. I figured the Advanced version (since it comes in 3 versions now) would suffice.... BUT, none of the versions EXCEPT the Premium version do audio! WTF! I can't do the monthly subscription, because my spouse is a control freak, and would veto that, and I can't guarantee I can have enough income each month to pay it, so I prefer the bulk 1-year payment of programs, which are a better deal. The problem is the Premium version is almost $900! WTF! So, not going to happen.<br />
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Anyways, I already have Adobe CC now... which has their NEW version of what USED TO BE Flash... Heidi says she thinks it's more like Toon Boom.... I hope that's true. *pouty face* <br />
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Fixing up my Vintage Animation from UARTS Phila and AIPH in Adobe Premiere Pro CC:<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some Other Creative Stuffs:</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Qilin Character Designs:</b></u></span><br />
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I have done SOOOOOOOOOO MANY sketches of new Qilin sketches! I'm NOT even gonna post them all here. You can catch them ALL in my <a href="http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/gallery/9832852/Qilin-or-Kirin" target="_blank"><b>GALLERY</b></a>! Or a <a href="http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/journal/GoFundMe-4-My-Animated-Chinese-Unicorn-Qilin-Film-684740486" target="_blank"><b>DIRECT LINK to the Gallery's Blog POST</b></a>. <br />
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<a href="http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/CD-Qilin-Unicorn-003-686126955">CD Qilin Unicorn 003</a> by <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u beta username" href="http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/">BlackUniGryphon</a><span class="user-symbol beta" data-gruser-type="beta" data-quicktip-text="Beta Tester" data-show-tooltip="1"></span></span> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>LIVE Photoshop Qilin Sketch Coloring:</b></u></span><br />
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It was suggested to me, a number of times to try LIVE STREAMING myself sketching, drawing, or coloring. At the moment, my ability to do this was rather limited. Live streaming on YouTube isn't always free anymore, and you need to download a private party client/application.<br />
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Also, my ability to stream content outward is capped by my ISP broadband (Verizon) even tho' I've been using them since GW Bush was president.<br />
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Regardless, a lot of my coloring process is up on YouTube right now. I can ONLY get it to recognize the old vintage Photoshop 6.0 tho'. Almost no programs can be viewed in the live stream. <br />
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So far, this sort of thing wasn't going very well for me.... so, I might not continue with it. I will, however, continue coloring the Qilin, so don't worry. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Other Stuffs:</b></u></span><br />
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I may, or may not, have been looking into a certain potential position out West... possibly doing a portfolio of that. I was inquiring to a close friend of mine in Burbank, about their thoughts on it, and it was pretty honest, and encouraging. I have pretty bad anxieties over it... but, I had been suggested to this certain thing (potentially) regarding me reaching out and submitting some sort of a portfolio. I had previously been rather depressed (and this goes back to at least 2015) so I just wasn't open to the idea, and had a very bad attitude towards it. But, I had been suggested this by multiple persons, a number of times, and even this year. I had been on my mind a lot.<br />
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I'd stumbled into it, yet again, recently because the specific thing is a sequel of sorts to a well known film from the 1980s, which I absolutely loved which is whimsical, fantasy, but also dark, and very in line with the type of things I would LOVE to work on. Even my daughter got wind of this suggestion, when I was talking to someone about it, and was like: <i>Mom! That is so perfect for you! You should at least try it!</i> <br />
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I am also doing some graphics for the film I'm working on. We're often on this '90s stint. So, we wanted cheesey 90s looking graphics. We we actually shooting stuff at BTV, and going back again.<br />
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A post shared by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 (@blackunigryphon) on <time datetime="2017-05-28T15:26:48+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">May 28, 2017 at 8:26am PDT</time></div>
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There's an actress on the film, Sissy, whom you may recognize from some major mainstream films, but much of the acting talent is pretty good, and some are quite established. <br />
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This film is SO MUCH FUN! I gotta tell ya! But, after an entire day of shooting, I'm so drained. It's kinda like when you were kid and played all day at a Theme Park... except we were doing serious film making... serious for sure. But, it's SO FUN!<br />
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We've shot in several locations, including Rhode Island, all over Massachusetts, and even at the Director's house. We did stunt car scenes, lumber jacks, 90s party scenes, Heaven & Hell, and love scenes. <br />
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I'd also done some spontaneous acting. I'm NOT AN ACTOR, per se.<br />
So, the Director was like: <b><i>Kandice, you wanna be a nurse today?</i></b><br />
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If I'd known I'd have lines, I'd be like: <i><b>NO!</b></i><br />
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But, next thing i knew, I had 1 line, then 3, then, a whole part.<br />
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No idea how I pulled that off!<br />
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