13:33 The leaves on my street are starting to change color. # 20:03 I’m cutting out the yoke for the wood witch’s shoulders. # 20:07 That went faster than I thought. Now, I’ll sand the sucker to get rid of the copious amounts of splinters. # 20:18 Moving on to installing the shoulder-yoke to the […]
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I’m delighted that “Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery†is going to appear in Talebones #38, tentatively scheduled for Spring 2009. This will be my second time in Talebones, which is one of my favorite magazines. Seriously, if you’re only going to subscribe to one magazine (besides Shimmer) I highly recommend Talebones.
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Last night a group of us went to see the midnight showing of the Dark Crystal. This is the first time I’ve seen it projected since its original appearance in 1982. What amazed me was how well the puppetry stands up. The other special effects? Not so much. I’m not sure if I should chalk
For the fog witch, I start with roughing out the form in styrofoam and clay. You can see that I have it on a simple stand. Here’s the basic sculpture, without the ears, and the drawing Michael Schupbach, the designer, gave me. I’m pretty pleased by the resemblance to the drawing. I’ve added in the
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09:19 Back to sculpting. I’m pretty pleased with what I got done last night. # 12:23 Taking a break from sculpting. My god, I love the feel of real clay. I don’t understand the people like plasticine. Ugh. Petroleum. #
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If you are feeling a little adventurous, you could try making this paper marionette from Raven’s Blight. The instructions look pretty easy. Mind you, the control is fairly rudimentary, but for Halloween it should be plenty of fun.
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10:22 I am totally tired of having to dodge the moose head to reach my clothes. Seriously, the thing needs to get out of our apartment, now. # 19:24 The thing about riding in a cab is the ride is so jerky, I get no writing done. # 21:08 Starting to sculpt the fog witch’s
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Eric James Stone pointed this out and had I seen it earlier, I so would have posted this instead of the Feist video for songs that make me smile.
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Deanna Hoak posted a music video today that, as promised, made me smile. Introducing the video, she said, Music has a lot of power to affect mood, from soothing to energizing to frightening. Every once in a while, a song comes along that will make me smile every time I hear it. … Will you
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19:02 I’m ordering Chinese food and thinking about what cocktail I’ll have with the debate. How about you? # 21:42 Let’s talk about the important issues. McCain’s tie is too long and his suit is ill-fitting. # 21:43 If you want to see a breakdown of the differences in their tax plans, check out this
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I’m a visual person, so I find charts like the one that chartjunk put together enormously helpful. I’m not seeing the tax increase that McCain said Obama was giving me. Maybe he’s just worried about the one that happens for the people up at the top of that thin, thin line.
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Your Mama is a very simple animation toy. It’s fun to play with as you manipulate each part of the face individually to build an overall expression.
These puppets at their base, are rod puppets, mostly with internal rods. What you’re looking at here is the grip and shoulder bar of the fog witch. The grip is the bit that looks like a ray gun. Now, normally, I wouldn’t have the shoulders above the grip, but in her case, her head is
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07:37 Back to papier-macheing. Mm… Goo on a Sunday morning. # 08:59 My computer is scrolling to the bottom of the page and a restart does not help. # 10:20 Finished with paper-mache for now. The ends of my fingers look like raisins. # 12:33 Dang. Wasn’t it summer just last week? # 12:57 Gah!
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Sam Tomaino, at SFRevu, gives the current issue of Shimmer a a glowing review. A teaser: The editors of Shimmer have put together another fine issue, well worth your support.
SFRevu covers Shimmer Vol. 3, issue 1 Read More »