Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- 19.04.20 That Was The Week That Was — 19th April 2020
Saw these Masuya Monakai notebooks, but so far have resisted clicking the add to cart button. Talking of notebooks, this piece in Fast …
- 05.04.20 That Was The Week That Was — 5th April 2020
During the second week of lock down, I started on a new idea, taking the colours from the final fight scene in Kill Bill Vol One and …
- 20.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 19th January 2020
This week I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time — I went to the cinema on my own, in the day time. For many, the cinema …
- 17.01.20 Handy Timecode to Frames Calculator
Handy Timecode to Frames Calculator Right now, find this very handy.
- 16.01.20 Making The Art of Cybersecurity
A year on from when this work was commissioned, I thought I'd write up my thinking and process that went into The Art of Cybersecurity — my …
- 12.01.20 That Was The Week That Was — 12th January 2020
The Entagma Houdini tutorials are always really high quality, so I wasn't surprised to see just how good this series of videos were …
- 17.11.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th November 2019
My latest client work was delivered at the beginning of the week. I decided to re-render one of the images as when looking at it later that …
- 10.11.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th November 2019
I started the week commissioning a new screen print from Harvey Lloyd Screens, based on my process sketch — something that is often the …
- 10.11.19 VFX File Formats You Need to Know to Save Time and Space
VFX File Formats You Need to Know to Save Time and Space Nice write-up on VFX image file formats from Pluralsight.
- 03.11.19 BBC iPlayer - Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
BBC iPlayer - Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Fascinating documentary about Vivienne Westwood, especially to see the seeming lack of control …
- 23.10.19 The Making of Kind of Blue
The Making of Kind of Blue Great documentary on the making of what is regarded as the greatest jazz record of all time. Recently got a …
- 13.10.19 Marc Ronson: From the Heart – great documentary on BBC iPlayer about Ronson, …
Marc Ronson: From the Heart – great documentary on BBC iPlayer about Ronson, his life and his influences Love this documentary on BBC …
- 30.09.19 Handy FFMpeg Automator Scripts
This is a follow up to the post detailing how to quickly convert sequential images into a movie using ffmpeg. Since writing that I've added …
- 17.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 15th September 2019
At the start of the week I found myself firing up Fusion 360 to create a better case for my Git Deploy Notifier which I had built the …
- 25.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — 25th August 2019
My free copy of Vitsoe Voice arrived, complete with Gary Hustwit on the cover. Inside he talked about his latest film, Rams, about the …
- 18.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — August 18th 2019
As Getz / Gilberto dominated the turntable this week, I continued to send out the Manifesto for Myself prints, only now the print arrives …
- 14.08.19 Adobe Alternatives
No longer will you find Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator on any of the Macs I use. You will find Premiere but that's only kept around in case …
- 06.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — 4th August 2019
The Entagma Houdini tutorials on Vimeo have been a great resource for my Houdini learnigs, and so I thought it was about time to stump up …
- 07.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 7th July 2019
This week I was mainly working in TouchDesigner, getting stuff finished for an exciting meeting happening the following week. One of the …
- 01.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 30th June 2019
Even though I had just signed the contract for my next project, there was still a few things to fall into place before I could actually …
- 24.06.19 That Was The Week That Was — 23rd June 2019
It felt like I had put a sign across my website to say "open for business", as this week seemed to be all about new work enquiries, so …
- 13.05.19 That Was The Week That Was — 12th May 2019
After the bank holiday on the Monday I travelled up to Edinburgh to apply for my Russian Visa so I could make my trip to OFFF Moscow the …
- 28.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 28th April 2019
The week started out on a sad note when John Davey announced he was ending the Reasons festival which happens in Brighton each year. I …
- 24.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 21st April 2019
This week saw me travel to San Francisco for Smashing Conference. I couldn't let anyone know I was travelling there as I was the so called …
- 28.03.19 There’s nothing more satisfying than when you manage to figure out something …
Currently working on a project in TouchDesigner and needed an elegant way to fade out and fade in audio programmatically. In the end I used …
- 26.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2019
Monday saw me travel to Manchester to give a little talk at PrintCity, based at MMU. It's been a while since I took the early morning train …
- 17.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th March 2019
There seemed to be a big German theme this week. I had an email from an agency in Germany asking if I would be available to speak at an …
- 10.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th March 2019
Much of the week was spent finally getting round to doing a much needed update to Kennedy, my app for capturing the now. Since iOS 12 came …
- 02.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd March 2019
Monday I started in earnest on a title sequence for an upcoming conference — another project I'm creating in Houdini. It's based on the …
- 01.03.19 Hail to the g
The more I dig into Vim the more I discover the power of the most simple commands and key combinations. One of those is the use of the g …