Are You Metal?, originally uploaded by Like a Bull at a Gate.
We are.
Creature from the murky past
In Android, Animation, Drawing, Flash, iPhone on July 16, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Here’s an ancient creature, a joblin, helping me to see if that other ancient creature, the animated .gif, will play on shiny new smartphones like my HTC Desire. Any iPhone or even iPad users out there, please let me know if it plays ok or not.
He should appear quite jaunty, he’s that kind of joblin.
EDIT:
I can confirm, the animated .gif plays not at all on my shiny new smartphone. Android 2.2 (Froyo) does support them, but I haven’t been updated yet. It seems remiss not to support such an established web format from day one… but what can you do? I’m sure that the browsers that do support animated gifs play them at varying speeds. Which is all rather vexing, cos all I want to do is find away to show animation without a plugin or video player. Javascript maybe the answer, but that’s not really the point. There’s no reliable way of playing low bandwidth animation without Flash, and since Apple has binned Flash from their precious iOS it’s all a. Massive. Pain. In. The. Arse.
He has a nose like a squashed tomato
In Character Animation, Childrens media Conference, Deep Dark Wood, Drawing, Goblins, Illustration, Pens, Series Development on July 9, 2010 at 10:42 am
I So Need a Pale Yellow and Blue, originally uploaded by Like a Bull at a Gate.
I love Copic markers, thanks to LegoJoe. But they’re so damn expensive. So I’m using Letraset ProMarkers.
They’re Markers for Pros, you can tell by the name. That makes me a THRIFTY PRO. They also come in handy packs of 5 for a tenner. They have a lovely vibrant colour on the page, but being alcohol based they do soak through the page in a Moleskine, even the heavyweight sketchbook version (you know, the ones us Pros use). Can’t really help that, and the effect is worth it.
I so need a pale yellow and blue.
The above image is from an idea for a TV series and game I pitched recently. The main character really does have a nose like a squashed tomato, and a chicken on his head.
