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The third in a series of poster designs. I am hoping to create one poster daily with the issues that resonate within me from topics around the web or in my personal life.

The second in a series of poster designs I plan to create. I am hoping to create one poster daily with the issues that resonate within me from topics around the web or in my personal life.
Obviously, this is not a new topic, and it is not intended to be done by ones’ own will power. There is a greater message within the context of that statement that is usually missing, and that can only be attained by understanding that there is One who is greater than any one of us…The dark and light feel is intended to create a contrast within the context of each statement. Any feedback is always welcome…

I have been a little less active on this side of the web, but I have been engaging in a lot of conversations on Facebook. The image above pretty much sums up what has been happening there. I intend to explore every aspect of every gift I have been given by my heavenly father. Hang on… It’s gonna be a bumpy ride

I read an interesting post here titled Why Being a Jack of All Trades Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be., and It got me thinking about the need to create something.

3D rendered image from using IBL

3D rendered image from Maya using IBL

In anticipation for the new year (2012), I have been wading in ideas for an 3D image, animation or motion piece to close 2011 and start the new year. I had a similar idea for Christmas, which sort of ignited this pursuit, and I was able to finish the piece, but I felt it was lacking something. I will probably put it up sometime in the new year.

At any rate, the image to the left is hopefully going to be part of a motion piece for my new year’s message. I am in the process of finishing up the word pieces for the animation. My only concern (obviously) is if the rendering will be completed before the new year arrives. On a side note, while I was preparing the UV layout for the board in Photoshop, I was getting a little bored and distracted with creating the DW (Double Word), DL (Double Letter) scoring pieces that I created a movie animation and a Gif animation from Photoshop.

I have to admit, switching my frame of thought for just a couple of minutes to create the animated board gif was a project saver. Why? because after creating the gif, I was more energetic towards finishing the 3d component piece. I’m assuming it’s because it has sort of a Christmassy (if that’s a word) feel to it… .

Typically, whenever I work on personal projects, I tend to hit a wall (Get bored) after some time, and the project ends up in (what I call) the Personal Project Graveyard (PPG).

I also learned when adding animated gifs to a post, you can not edit it’s size. You have to import it at full size, or it wont work.

So, hopefully, this project will not become one of those that ends up in the PPG. More to come…

I’m not sure if this might be helpful to anyone, but the PSD file I used is available for download here  Download

**Disclaimer: This project is not endorsed by Hasbro

Image courtesy of GeoEye

When it comes to finding assets for creating image backdrops for 3d animation, or adding 2d elements and animation to imagery, getting the best images will be worth the time invested in searching for them. But, searching with the right keywords, and knowing what your options are, can make finding the right assets a piece of cake.

Enter GeoEye… with so many tutorials here and there focusing on earth zooms, animating sniper scopes, or UI design for games and satellite tracking, it’s imperative to find the best images possible. Obviously, the main focus of this post is satellite imagery, but there are tons of resources for finding other types of images or assets.

I visit the GeoEye site often because I really like the satellite images featured on their website. There are other satellite imagery providers like DigitalGlobe, but in my opinion GeoEye provides a larger, properly classified image library to choose from. So, what if you don’t have to animate a satellite tracking a location, or a game background… you can learn some geography in the process.

Image courtesy of DigitalGlobe

The beauty of it is, you can learn something new about other parts of the world by just browsing these sites, or get some inspiration. An example would be finding out that there is a Ferrari world theme park in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

So go browse today, and you might just learn something new about the world we live in .

Wonderful christmas animation from Elefant Studios AG. This is a truly fun piece, and should provide a good laugh. Everyone needs a good laugh, especially during this time of year. Kudos to the team at Elefant Studios.

I have always liked this identity piece created by Rob Chiu (The ronin) for the 2014 Glasgow 20th Commonwealth Games. It is very evocative of the event, as well as the preparation such events require. Everything about the piece evokes emotion and movement. What really sets the concept apart is the way the last scene’s action is incorporated into the logo reveal.

This is one of those identity pieces that I believe is timeless. You can see the entire piece on Rob Chiu’s site