Category: Ideas

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The Allegory of the Hike To LA – Why Freelance Estimates are Always So Far Off

no f–ing way…yes, I’ve never done this walk before, but I *know* it does not take 70 days to walk from San Francisco to Los Angeles – Michael Wolfe This is a great analogy to how difficult it is to … Continue reading →

January 30, 2012 and filed in Ideas, Motion Design
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Love What You Do, Or Leave

via Creative Something and Rands

January 5, 2012 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration
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How Default Folder X Helps Me Find Files

I’ve been asked about the border that surrounds my open and save dialogs when I do my tutorials. It’s called Default Folder X and it saves me so much time and headache when messing with files and figuring out where … Continue reading →

September 6, 2011 and filed in Ideas, News, Video
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Learning From Tutorials

James White of Signal Noise writes about learning from tutorials vs learning on your own: If you only do tutorials without exploring things on your own, then you learn only 1 thing: how to read. They’re a wonderful place to … Continue reading →

August 17, 2011 and filed in Design, Ideas, Tutorials
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No More Abstract 3D?

There seems to be some push back away from abstract C4D stuff lately. This piece by Andrew Serkin sums it up by making the quintessential abstract mograph animation and adding a message to STOP MAKING THEM. Scratch Scratch Scratch Any … Continue reading →

July 25, 2011 and filed in Ideas
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Imagine everyone competing for that dream job of yours has just watched and followed the same tutorial you just did. Imagine they just read all the same blogs and articles about how to get a job that you just watched. … Continue reading →

July 18, 2011 and filed in Ideas
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Their Way Is Not Your Way

Jonathan Coulton wrote about the way he makes a living. If you are Steely Dan, you will not want to record onto a Mac Mini through an SM58. If you hate writing, please don’t set up a blog. When deciding … Continue reading →

May 23, 2011 and filed in Ideas
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Marble Machine: Catch And Push Box

More from my marble experiments. This module was inspired by the catch and rotate machines in this huge Lego Mindstoms Marble Run.

May 11, 2011 and filed in Ideas, My Work
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Marble Machine: Lift Wheel Test

I have been playing more with the idea of making some marble contraptions or Rube Goldberg machines in Cinema 4D. Mostly as a way to learn more about the dynamics system. Here is a concept for a way to get … Continue reading →

May 9, 2011 and filed in Ideas, My Work
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Is Design School Actually Worth it?

Image by D Sharon Pruitt Let’s be very clear. School isn’t mandatory to be successful in a creative industry. Nobody cares if you have a degree or if you went to a prestigious school. No matter how you get there, … Continue reading →

May 5, 2011 and filed in Design, Ideas