Inspiration From Your Work Space?
Steve K
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I think it was Wendy who posted a few pictures of her work area a while back. It reminded me of an old TV show "Ray Bradbury Theater", in which the great Scifi writer started the episodes by looking around his work space, filled with a LOT of wild stuff (link below). I finally got off my tush and took a couple of pictures of my work space for short Carrara animations. The lighting sucks, I know. I just opened the blinds and moved a few floor lamps around. But all that stuff you can't quite see the details of is the most cool - like that big, heavy box set of "The Complete Calvin & Hobbes".
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this is where my wackiness modelling is done!
That image somehow brought to mind the old Star Trek episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles"
Yes, a good idea, except not for the 48 Hour Film contest (a five minute video in two days given a random genre, plus a required prop, character, and dialogue line). The rule is "If you sleep, you're doing it wrong".
"Then I guess a desk like this is needed for 48h shifts..."
Indeed. Plus some 3AM walks through the park ... no lost time, though, thinking about how that next scene should work.
The video dropoff party at a pub Sunday ~7PM is pretty wild. Caffeine wired team members come staggering in, sometimes with the video still rendering on their laptop (it has to finish and be handed over on a flash drive to make the deadline). The last ten seconds are counted down by the whole group, and usually one person will come running in holding a flash drive over his/her head. Then the beer flows ... >8-}
Pretty much. And the guy on the left is the music guy, who has not yet been given anything to watch to add the music. "Just a few more minutes ... " But they want original compositions ...
And BTW, that Jolt Cola image has a pretty funky looking monitor. Is that a DOS ASCII screen of some type? Brings back horrible nightmares ... remember "Abort, Retry, Ignore"?
https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/midnight.dreary.html#:~:text=Again: “Abort, Retry, Ignore.”&text=I pressed again, but twice,what I had seen before.
My workstation is gathering dust, literally (you can see it on the desk). This is the first time I have turned it on in weeks. Use Chromebook for emails, etc. I just can't get inspired. Family issues... but, hopefully by Christmas things will get somewhat resolved. Am desperate to get to the US for a visit in October. Husband turns 80 and it's our 30th wedding anniversary.
I miss working with Carrara a lot,, especially as I invested in a new video card which has actually solved all my problems. But the muse departnemt is just a big blank void riight now.
Silene
Looks like some heavy metal hardware. Some of my inspirations for short animations come from old shows (Twilight Zone, Death Valley Days, Ray Bradbury Theater (see above), and my treasured set of "The Complete Calvin & Hobbes" three volume box set (22 lb., I get a workout just taking it down off the shelf).
ha ha great to see inside minds and homes - this is mine, a 3d printing corner behind the fridge upstairs
the computer stuff is in the office on the middle floor
Somehow "The Garden Of Earthly Delights" comes to mind, a favorite of mine which inspired this one minute animation:
Thanks Steve K , really enjoyed that video, short sweet and succinct! And a narrative included. Yes Garden of Earthly delights is a stunner.