As I sanded away at another new guitar neck I listened to a repeat of "Deadliest Catch" and "After The Catch", and could not help but attempt to watch both shows even though I'd already seen them. There's something about the truth in what the deckhands were saying about Captain Sig - and I wanted to catch it again. His brother said that he should have been a head shrink, and that Sig can turn your head around, making you do what he wanted - all the while making you think that it was your idea! He uses some sort of reverse psychology, and tames his rowdy deckhands all the time.
Sure enough, though - I missed it while transporting another neck back into the spray booth for retouching. (For those of you who don't know, I build and sell guitars for a living.)
By the time I was losing my sanding arm, I decided to flip around to find something to watch and make me sleepy. I found "Big Idea", airing on MSNBC. The program was about making computer cartoons for a living. The host promised that after every break they would show the viewers how cartoons can be made at home for a few hundred dollars and a piece of software. BAH! BAH! BAH! and BAH! again. I stayed up another hour waiting for a cartoonist to tell me the secret, and all he did was say, "Flash" and "Adobe Photoshop". They showed some nondescript pictures of a few frames of animation, the artist did a terrible job of explaining the ins and outs of the software. I got gypped!
The Bastards! They did what nearly every news program does - they made me wait until the end for what I wanted, and then failed me miserably.
ARG!
How could I be roped into something like this? I'm smarter that that! But no, I was tired, and I figured I might get a hint or two on how to start animating.
I regularly attend http://www.b3ta.com for their funny and outlandish animations. They've given out more info on animation than anyone else on the Internet. So if you really want to learn the secrets of computer cartoon animation, go there. Here's the address again for you:
http://www.b3ta.com
Check out the guys who made money by creating commercials for VH1, the BBC and Quiznos. Learn from some pros at B3TA.
Oh, and if you're into morbid animations, go to:
http://nails.hoogerbrugge.com/
Hoogenbrugge is my favorite computer animator artist. His work is disturbing and sometimes hilarious. You'll also find links to his other pages there and info on the artist himself. Yes, that's him - he models the guy in the animations after himself.
*sigh* I solemnly swear to never watch another news program simply because I need to see one story. From now on I'll not waste my sleep time, and pledge to always look it up on the Internet.
Yeah...we'll see how long that lasts!
I promise to let you know the next time I get taken by a news program.
How many licks to the inside of a tootsie-pop? ;)
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