Wacom tablet

The Wacom intuos tablet that I purchased arrived last week. It is a drawing tablet that offers Flash artists more control and accuracy that drawing in flash with just a mouse. I have let several students play around with it and it seems to be a hit.

The tablet came with an assortment of software and brushes. We'll keep you posted of any discoveries that we come across.

Crazy....

Things have been nuts lately. I've been trying to give everybody and everything my 100%. Well folks...it didn't happen. I think everybody has been getting about 10-15% from me. So I had stop and take a breath. I just had step back and not try to run on instinct, because it was just scatter shot! I had to get organized and get a plan in place to get everything done that I needed to get done. I haven't got everything done but I am in better shape than I was 2 or 3 weeks ago. So what I am saying is...Yes, things in here are going to seem like they're overwhelming but if we just sit down get a plan in place and follow through. Everything will be okay.

Peace out!

Paper Prototyping

I started Paper Prototyping with my class yesterday. The students really seemed to be getting into it. to spice it up a bit, we decided to use colored pencils. I think when we present using the ELMO, the colors will stand out better than just black and white. Check in next week to see the videos.

I Love Tweening!!

There I said it. My first impressions of Flash back in April and May it would be nothing to conquer given my years of experience using AutoCAD. Boy was I wrong!!!!! It is so different to me that I can't even really make comparisons between the two. I love the functionality of AutoCAD, I mean it has been my bread and butter my whole career. But I really like the unlimited possiblilties that Flash offers. I really like the tweening effects. When I went to see KISS on the Reunion Tour back in 1996 ,they had a giant video screen that showed each member's face morphing into each other. I wouldn't have dreamed that I would be able to do something similar, so easily. One of my goals is to recreate the KISS morph. More later.

Hey music lovers

I just stumbled across a really cool music blog called The Screen Door . The blogger’s name is Anthony Kuzminski from Chicago, Illinois and he is the writer for UNRATED MAGAZINE and ANTIMUSIC.COM. Just at a glance, it appears he covers all types of music and movies. It appears the last few days he has been into Bon Jovi, not my favorite by any means. But if you look on down he’s got some posts about Guns N Roses, Metallica and the Allman Brothers.

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