Wrapping up 2018 N Goals For 2019 MOVING FORWARD

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!

Watch Highlight: Jackalope N Animation Final Film Edits N Other News from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv

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.

I got a 3rd Place Trophy at NewGrounds.com on Thanksgiving Day. :)

[I also did the audio on this which u can download for free]

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.

[I also did the audio on this which u can download for free]

The Making of: Whimsical Jackalope In Spring: Art On The Marquee Full 001 from Kandice Zimbleman on Vimeo.

[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.]

 This is THE MOST WORK I HAVE EVER DONE on ANY animated film SO FAR, EVER!

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.

For this one I referenced CAPCOM's Street Fighter II.

This one is referenced from Nintendo's Double Dragon.

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.

I did some other graphics to resemble old 90s CD-ROMS.

Especially THIS ONE:

Or, graphics loosely referenced from old Japanese Sailor Moon Video Games as well.

But, if you look at my "Movies" 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.

I will be re-doing my 2016 film "Smattering Thoughts Also Flow" including the new Butterflies I did this year for Inktober.

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 Spirit To Be Free".

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:

The full documentary is here:

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.

But, I'd also re-shot the Chinese calligraphy story/art presentation multiple times.

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.

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.

I'd also been working on a few rough concept art pieces at the end of August N Early September for part of my Ying Qilin Film which is eventually my BIG ultimate goal. But baby steps, 1 by 1.

At the moment THIS one is on hold because the other stuff I'm working on is THAT TIME now because it's not hot summer weather. And I can use my computer more frequently, and all day. So, it's on the back burner right now.

I also have ONE more Motion Graphics/Moving Picture Composition I haven't finished painting yet.

I need to update THIS picture to HD, but the amount of painting work I need to do for the HD version is OVERWHELMING.

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.

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. 

It will be similar to THESE other ones I made back in December 2017-Feb-2018 which were originally JUST still images:

[Side Note: If you like this style of a semi-still picture that moves I HIGHLY recommend my friend Lizkay's animated work found HERE.]

But, moving into 2019, once I'm finished with the puppet animations, I'M MOVING ONTO TRADITIONAL ANIMATION FOREVER. NO MORE PUPPETS! ^_^

I will still be integrating puppet animations as motion graphics elements inside my traditional animations as well as Effects animation like particles.

PLUS, I got TRAPCODE SUITE 15 NOW! ^,^

So, what's NEXT?

Well, if you didn't know this, I actually hang out FREQUENTLY on AMB Animation's LIVE STREAMS on YouTube. And YES, I AM aware that some people strongly dislike him.... but, the thing is.... he's generally RIGHT. 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.

If I had the money I WOULD totally invest in his Library option. I also like Aaron Blaise's streams n stuff as well.

But, AMB has some free stuff on his website, and I personally want to get back into animation basics N fundamentals.

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.

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.

This ONE:

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, NO, I didn't get it.)

In fact, I have a few more proposals to submit to them in the next few days.

But, this concept has been morphing N progressing quite a lot in my head this year.

I want to probably COMBINE this concept with my own artistic re-interpretation of an old James Bond film into:

OMG! I just LOVE THAT! But, also, KEEP IN MIND, I JUST GOT TRAPCODE! ;-) Tee-hee!


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...

But, I LOVE those pretty nude lady artsy silhouettes.

So, I was thinking up different graphical concepts that were NOT GUN RELATED..... IDK, all the gun motifs just make me feel UNCOMFORTABLE....

But, I like LANTERNS.

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.

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 Philosopher as well as an Artist. 
I'm generally NOT bothered by people legally owning a gun, or enjoying regulated target practice at a gun range. (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.) 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 "The Art of Fighting Without Fighting" (or Alan Watts) and various other Shaolin & Taoist philosophies as well. 
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.

 I DID actually work on Tipsy TV this winter. So here's MY WORK including Camera work, MOtion Graphics n VFX + Editing:

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.

AND, I'm STILL the DP (Director of Photography) on the film "The Holy Maple Tree" which is NEVER ENDING for a short film.

Not only did I get promoted to Graphics and the Chief Editor, but I ended up becoming DP.

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.

(Mostly shot on a camcorder, n various other cameras)

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.

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.

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.

Suffice it to say, we've achieved it (CANON 70D EOS DSLR):

Kit lens w star cross filter/ This Actor is SO AMAZINGLY GOOD!

Kit lens w star cross filter

This lens is a $1000 lens: CANON 135mm F2 which we rented to achieve ultimate bokeh. NOT A ZOOM lens.

Kit lens

Shot on a camera crane w a kit lens

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

[Also, nearly ALL of the costuming of Moonbeam, the Hippy character, including makeup supplies N jewelry, was done by me.]

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.

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).

I'd completed my film with my daughter also "Maple Bacon" in our brand "Titanic Panoramic" which also has a YouTube Channel:

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.

I now have a portfolio profile on ArtStation which I will probably be updating this month, but I'm rather busy at the moment.

I'm HOPING to get this FINAL Jackalope film DONE BEFORE Christmas.

OTHER STUFF I have IN THE WORKS Coming up:

I JUST GOT a new Green Screen Chroma-Key Lighting Kit! SO EXCITED! 

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.

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!

I'm also going to be making a NEW PIRATE HAT/Bonnet. 

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.

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 which I've worked on while on stream, but for the film "The Holy Maple Tree".

 I actually haven't finished it. I have a persistent pesky problem with hackers, and they targeted me SO HARD in September N October, and wore me out.

I was actually doing very well at my motivation to stream LIVE , but they kept hacking me.

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.

It was frustrating.  They also hacked my streams, and deleted my streams in Salem Mass on Halloween.

So, I hope to finish that also. It's on the back burner at the moment tho'.

I also got a Prism for trendy photography N video effects.  I'm sure u've seen the stuff on Instagram all over the place. (BTW I'm NO LONGER ON INSTAGRAM)

Well, thanx for for coming to my Blog. 

Sketching, Animation, Filming, N Arts: Summer 2018 So Far

Here it is on DeviantART

Where to start? I'm more than sure I'd doodled out a concept sketch or 2 of this since Winter 2017.

I want this one to be fairly nice, but also simplified ACCORDING TO MY STANDARDS. Not everyone else's version of simple nor simplified is the same as mine. 

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.

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.

I'll just post the Proposal versions here:

Here's the proposal version for Boston Convention Center's very long panoramic screen in the lobby:

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.

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.

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.

However, my muse or inspiration is a really old cartoon from the 1980s (I watched it in the early 80s, but it might be older), ironically, also from France, but produced in Japan: Mysterious Cities of Gold.


It the Outro they have this very simple Motion Graphics & Simple animation that makes use of editing styles/tricks to evoke mood and exigence.

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. 

So, I wanted to do my own version with my own character(s). 

THAT was the reason I did THESE rough animations last year:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

Lizkay's "Welcome Home", "Majestic", and her whole Animated Gallery has some really nice polished work.

Other Anime or Cartoon bits I'd like to try/do a re-interpretation of are ones like these:

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. 

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 Chinese Gongbi Art mixed with manga that moves. 

These styles are very calm, and slow moving, which is something I usually didn't do as an artist.

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.

Obviously, these do NOT compare to Disney, nor Glen Keane works such as:

Being that Tarzan is very fast paced, and dynamic, it has a certain look and feel. But it differs from this sequence in Pocahontas:

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. 

It was originally storyboared by Glen Keane, and the lead supervising animation was done by veteran animation legends: John Pomeroy and Glen Keane. 

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.

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. 

By the time they got to Macross Frontier it was very digital, but still very nice, with exceptional clean-up artists.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

You can see some of my other project concept work mixed in on that first page.

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.

I will be including it into my Qilin film project.

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.

Back in 2002 I was at Antrho Con in Philadelphia and I bought a Portfolio and a few other prints by Dark Natasha including THIS one which I want to credit as my favorite in this style, which also somewhat reminds me of Gongbi paintings.

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.

To give you an example of my own styles of Qilin as Anthro I have THESE:

Obviously, I wouldn't be doing an animated cartoon piece anywhere near this detailed, but more simplified for animation.

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.

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.

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.

The Making of: Whimsical Jackalope In Spring: Art On The Marquee Full 001 from Kandice Zimbleman on Vimeo.

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.

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.

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.

So, these are the custom particles I came up with, plus using trackmats:

Watch BlackUniGryphon Logo Custom Particles Falling Leaves from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv

That was A LOT of WORK! 

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.

Other particles are my Black UniGryphon Logo. Some are like falling leaves, and other are like snow fall, or confetti.

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.

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 "The Holy Maple Tree" and we finally did some filming for that. I'm NOT filming today tho'.

I've also been Live Streaming my work on Twitch:

Watch Sketching Anthro Qilin Unicorns in my Sketchbook n hanging out on my balcony from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv

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.

Watch Animating in Toon Boom Harmony from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv

Speaking of Maples Leaves, Filming, and Live Streaming on Twitch, I've been working on a headdress for a charter in the film.

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. 

Watch Highlight: Resume DIY Wire Wrapping Maple Leaf from blackunigryphon on www.twitch.tv

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.

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. 

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.

Location is Brockton MA

"Moonbeam" played by Shevon AKA "Muffin" whom is also a film director & recording artist.My 50mm prime lens

This lens is a 135mm F/2 CANON and it's $1K! Luckily we rented it cheap twice. Like the creamy Bokeh? Shot in Glen Park in RI.

135mm F/2 CANON

Shot at Brina's set in her house.

This film sucked up the majority of my time this year. It's exhausting. But, when it turns out, it's worth it.

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.

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.