Archive, 2008 January
Published by Bear
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Restless creator here. I've been fiddling around with some style ideas for the site. I know, I know, I haven't even finished coding the real sections of the site yet and I'm already redesigning it. It's an addiction.
I just love the process of seeing something develop from nothing. Every element can be aligned and shaped in countless permutations. Of the new mockups, the one I'm leaning towards is Version 4. It's fairly similar to how the current design is laid out in terms of the header, content area, sidebar, etc.
Take a look and let me know in the comments anything you particularly like/dislike. The site is currently just a mockup and the only pages you can visit are the main weblog and the admin page. You can also click on the sticky for a hidden reveal.
Published by Nick
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Tail feathers done. Mixed the medium blue yesterday but just got too tired to finish up the wings/body. Took like 3 and half hours for the feathers so far.
Published by Nick
Monday, January 21st, 2008
SQUAWK or QUACK.
Whatever noise flamingos make, this baby can. Tip of the beak will be covered by feathers. That shit was just too tiny to make look really polished.
I said shit, because I'm listening to Classic Rap, ho.
Published by Nick
Monday, January 21st, 2008
The goose is loose!
Yeah, it kinda looks like a goose, but I haven't done the face with the trademark flamingo schnoz yet. At least it's coming to life. I left a groove in the face for the eyes and beak attachment so that part shouldn't be too hard.
Published by Bear
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Late Breaking News: Marion Tinsley, aged 68 years, dies visiting his sister in
Humble, Texas. Tinsley, regarded as the best Checkers player ever, lost only nine times after winning his first World Checkers Championship in 1955. To be clear, nine times means nine games, not tournaments. Several of these losses came at the end of his career when Chinook, Deep Blue's Checkers counterpart, burst onto the scene with the promise of superiority. In the first ever Man-Machine World Championship, Tinsley defeated Chinook four games to two, with thirty-three draws.
In 1994, Tinsley was diagnosed with cancer. During his last tournament, he forfeited the championship title to Chinook after only six draws due to health concerns. Normally I wouldn't need any other reason to write about a master of board games, but, as it turns out, Marion Tinsley was also a professor of mathematics at Florida State University.
"Checkers can get quite a hold on you, Its beauty is just overwhelming -- the mathematics, the elegance, the precision. It's capable of wrapping you all up." -- Marion Tinsley
External Links
- Marion Tinsley, 68, Unmatched As Checkers Champion, Is Dead (NY Times)
- Marion Tinsley: Human Perfection at Checkers? (PDF)
Published by Nick
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Body complete. Going to add feather layer over part of the back to make up the wings. But first must complete neck and face.
Published by Maida
Friday, January 11th, 2008
So anyways, a few days ago I was forced - due to circumstances uncontrollable yet entirely foreseen - to move out of my apartment. Well, it wasn't exactly my apartment, and I was living there for free. Anywho. I'm currently living out of my car and sleeping on a couch, with my computer and tv/xbox set up ... well ... just check out the picture below. As it stands, I'm operating out of the most ghetto set-up known to mankind. It's a real dandy, and I'm proud to say I sit in that lazy-boy every day. At least for the past few days. Figure A) Maida's new porn drive Figure B) Maida's TV sits atop a minifridge Figure C) Ping-Pong table. We made it ourselves. Congratulations, Maida! You graduated from a highly respected institution of learning! Way to go! Here's your new life!
Published by Bear
Friday, January 11th, 2008
This last New Years was an exciting adventure down at Papa Jason's new property in Rosemary Beach. The house was a gorgeous, five bedroom palace with all but direct access to the sandy shores.
There were plenty of photo opportunities along the way and I did my best to capture the essence of each moment. I've compiled some of the better ones in a ZIP file for everyone that would like to relive the precious moments.
Download: New Years '07
Published by Nick
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Sounds good enough to be a code name. Bear and I were talking about some polymer clay (like Sculpey) sculptures on a WoW site, World of Raids. Exhibit A - 
For a while now I've been working with sculpey, making decent, albeit highly cartoonish figures for my mom and gifts and stuff. Exhibit B - 
Anyway I figure it's time to bring the quality of the work up a notch, but I really didn't know how, and still have very little idea how to make the figures so sleek, since the clay is often too soft and deformable to get too detailed with. Drawing most of the new techniques I'm practicing from Elvenwork. I started with making an armature from copper wire (not ideal) and aluminum foil. They were too hard to glue together so I tried to bond them with some trash clay. It worked out alright. Here's the result - 
I wicked some clay over night to make the base ready to shape. I think I used too much paper cause it took a ton of kneading to make it workable. The clay was much less impressionable than right out of the wrapper, but a bit dryer than I wanted. This picture is from before I baked the base, which is now set pretty well and looks sturdy. Base - 
I plan on trying to get the body done this weekend, and maybe the neck. P.S. Tiptup bitches! 