Archive for January, 2010
Well today I went to see this film, expectations high, although I must admit I still haven’t watched Titanic, so disregard any director faith input.
Friends love the film. Amazing.. Fantastic etc.
I did enjoy the 3d aspect, very nice, particularly the cognac ad that preceded the feature.
And all is going well into the first half hour, Character introductions, building the premise, allowing the mind to soar with wild and unimaginable expectations..
But what the hell.
The Matrix meets Dances with wolves, chuck in a little Brave heart spirit and we are done.
There are no twists, or unexpected eventualities, the plot proceeded into the full hour disregarding any humour that engaged you initially, You like a child, a baby… ‘I paraphrase’, but for FFS, Gaia, James Lovelock eat out your neural connections and root your arse to the ground and shimmy.
The idea was delightful, too many explosions for my taste, and the moral implications apparent and obvious.
I did, squinting eyes exit the cinematic arena feeling slightly sad that I could not live among the trees and connectivity of their planet, and couldn’t help but bring a smile to my face for the inhabitants of Pandora.
January 31st, 2010
January 29th, 2010
I’m twitching, and I don’t have an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder.
January 26th, 2010
Light Burst.
The tutorial can be found here: photoshop essentials
Not too bad for a first attempt, and very nice to follow instructions.. Cheers
Note to self: Align text in photoshop: Control plus a then v… 
Some more text tuts you might want to try.
January 26th, 2010
Hay, so I’m doing another tutorial, but this time I’m going to post my progress rather than hide it away on the old hard drive:
So the night has drawn to an end, brew followed swiftly by bed.. Maybe I’ll get around to finishing this one.
20-plus more stages to go, I’ve done the easy bit. See ya soon.
Full tutorial here: PSDTUTS
January 14th, 2010
The term comes from the Japanese word boke, which means “blur” or “haze”,
and anyway I haven’t been in town for a while and this beast needs updating.
So without further ado:
You know what, I think it was in Veerle’s blog, but I can’t find it,
And in a basic attempt to upgrade my photoshop and illustrator skills I am doing the odd tutorial.
In photography the concept is easier, in that your prime subject is in sharp focus, while the background dissolves into a “haze.”
Like I said, just a quicky.. See ya soon..
January 13th, 2010
