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Highlights video

JUL
24
2010
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View in HD A compilation video created in After Effects showing some quick highlights of my work in animation and effects.

Silverstone 2010

JUL
12
2010
Posted in category Random blog posts | 462 views
Tags: f1  silverstone  2010 
 
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I went to Silverstone this weekend for the Formula 1. Spent FP1 at Luffield, FP2 at Copse, FP3 and Qualifying at various points in the new Arena stand, and at Vale for the race, so a nice selection of vantage points.

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Dragon model rig test

JUL
03
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 1001 views
Tags: dragon  model  skinning  rig  texture 
 
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A UVW unwrapped, skinned, rigged and textured character model. Work in progress, the animation is rubbish at the moment, just testing the skinning and rigging.

Need to fix the weird shine glitches but it's getting there...

I have a robotic ball in my kitchen

JUN
26
2010
Posted in category Work In progress | 1076 views
Tags: robot  ball  kitchen  composite  test  camera  match 
 
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A test of some camera matching. My main focus was on the motion of the camera rather than the animation or rendering of the ball - that's to come later, now that I know I can match up the camera! Time to come up with some ideas... View in HD

Use Javascript to interact with Flash

JUN
17
2010
Posted in category Tutorials | 1777 views
Tags: flash  actionscript  interaction  javascript  web  site  tutorial 
Click me!I've now redesigned my portfolio page, and as a result there's no space for this little feature, so I'm going to write about it instead and give the example.

It's a handy way of having extra interaction on the web page, by allowing a nice little animation every time a link is clicked. I was using a jQuery plugin to load content dynamically, and it gave me the idea that because the rest of the page outside of the target div is static, it would be good to have a small animation. So each time the page swapped from one section to another, this little guy pressed the button.

The Javascript used is pretty much th...

Multiplayer Blackjack in PHP, Javascript, MySQL

JUN
13
2010
Posted in category Featured work | 1941 views
Tags: blackjack  web  php  mysql  javascript  online game  site  multiplayer 
BlackjackI've been working on this extension to my website for the last few days, and it's ready to be viewed and played around with. It's an online version of Blackjack, created with PHP, Javascript and MySQL, and can be played as single or multiplayer - to test out the multiplayer, just open another browser window and be another player. The aim is to get a hand as close to 21 without going over, and to beat the dealer (not...

My favourite Firefox plugins

JUN
03
2010
Posted in category Random blog posts | 2584 views
Tags: firefox  plugins  web  random 
Firefox pluginsAdblock Plus
Adverts in general annoy me (if I want something, I'd research a type of product then buy the best one, not one that was shoved in my face), but adverts on the internet annoy me in particular. My internet connection is shockingly bad, so every kB saved is a bonus, plus Flash...

CSS Theme Switcher

MAY
29
2010
Posted in category Site news and updates | 2455 views
Tags: web  web design  css  themes 
web-themesI've just created a few style sheets and tidied things up a little, one day this site will be finished. Maybe.

The script I used can be found here, along with instructions so not a great deal for me to talk about really.

The important thing to remember is that you don't need... View in HD

Template websites version 0.5

MAY
03
2010
Posted in category Site news and updates | 3306 views
Tags: web  web design  template 
template0.1Added what I have so far of the template website, allowing Mr Random with no web experience to create his own website.

Many things still to add, including image backgrounds (will most likely be disabled in demo), custom stylesheets and sample settings to choose from.

All features that are visible at the moment are working, however it needs a colour picker - at the moment you have to put in either the...

Web design price list

MAY
02
2010
Posted in category Site news and updates | 3381 views
Tags: web  web design  price  freelance 
web design price listI've updated the home page, creating a small animation of the robot powering the slide transitions. Also, on the web design section, I've made a link to a price list, to make it easier for quotes. The prices are perhaps a bit off, but it's generally working as I'd hoped. View its location on the home page here, complete with said animation or at the link...
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