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Family Album Project

Travis — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:47:40 +0000

I’ve been scanning hundreds of slides that my parents took around 1960’s and 1970’s. The goal is to digitize, repair and archive these gems. It is taking awhile. Some of the photos in my flickr account have not been corrected (scratches and dust). The black and white ones were developed photos that my father made in his homemade darkroom. I found those in a cardboard box. It’s going to take me forever, but I think it’s worth it.

Check it out here.

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Golly, He Brought Charts

Travis — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:11 +0000

I Am Legend (Dumb Hollywood Version)

Travis — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:40:38 +0000

I’m so unbelievably pissed that Warner Brothers fucked this up. Those familiar with the Richard Matheson original story will know what I’m talking about. I did enjoy the movie up until the climax, where everything that made the original story so great was shat upon. The title “I Am Legend” refers to Neville being the only human alive and thus, the “legend” that vampires tell each other. He kills their kind and as seen as a monster to them. In the movie, this was set up rather nicely - I was under the impression that the head vampire had set up the spy (the woman) so he can find his lover. Brainless Hollywood decided this was too creative and cool, so they went for the hand grenade ending - making the woman (and boy with an obvious wig) actual humans who *STUPID SPOILER ALERT* at the end bring the vampire cure to a enclosed town - NEGATING the whole “legend” thing. I implore you to read the original story (here at Amazon.com) and be dumbfounded on how the WB could fuck this up.

That said, I did like Will Smith’s performance and the movie’s post-apocalypse special effects (an empty New York). I didn’t like the vampires CGI work, it was a humanoid character - old fashion make-up would have worked for what they did. Maybe just using CGI for the jumping around. I could do better shit on my laptop. I’m glad I rented it on iTunes and not bought the DVD.

Dead Shaun of the Dead

Travis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:41:34 +0000

I finally found a nearby art supply store! It’s in the same strip mall that my grocery store is at. I always thought it was a framing store. It was like walking in a slice of heaven. I bought a compact drawing board and more white charcoal pencils. I’m not digging on the paper I bought from Dick Blick. It’s too rough for my tastes. I’m going to stick with the kraft paper more; it’s smoother and I can cut it to any size I fancy.

Here’s a quick sketch of Shaun from Shaun of the Dead. It’s a little too rough, but I did it while watching the movie. I bought Spaced more than a week ago and finally finished both seasons, so I’ll be posting a review of that later.

A Pair of Punch Balls!

Travis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:15:49 +0000

I don’t know what we’re trying to tell our kids these days. It’s never FUNSATIONAL to get punched in the balls. Luckily only one ball is blue.

Thanks Safeway for stocking these. You’ve made the world a more alert place.

Kraft Paper

Travis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:30:29 +0000

Just got my white and black charcoal pencils in yesterday. I found a roll of kraft paper at the drug store for like two bucks. More later…

Izzard Sketch

Travis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:18:32 +0000

I just ordered some charcoal and white pencils and brown paper - I’m going to start making some of these without photoshop. This was done in a tiny cheap sketchbook I got from Barnes and Noble (bastards), but added the white and paper texture in photoshop.

Welcome to My Life

Travis — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:32:35 +0000

For those who think my job is easy, please watch the following:

Rough Sketch

Travis — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:42:30 +0000

I did a sketch in a cheap sketchbook using a #2 pencil - the paper was rough. I took it into photoshop and added a paper texture to the background and added white. Interesting technique. I need to get some colored paper and some white china pencils and try this out, analog-style…

*UPDATE*
This is another sketch I did - on the same paper, with the same technique - except I used some color.

Genius

Travis — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:14:56 +0000

I got my HDTV antenna today - hooked into my EyeTV, I can now watch HD tv on my PowerBook. EyeTV also has a nifty screen capture command. This guy on Jeopardy said he found his only suit in a dumpster. Don’t judge - he kicked much ass tonight, even though he came in second place (because he missed the Final Jeopardy question). So I made this in his honor using this site.

I need to find a better (faster) way to dump my VHS collection into the digital age. Those 500 tapes have to go!