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4. Forth Design Challenge—Snowboarding
I love challenging the fear inside of me when snowboarding. I love the adrenaline rush, the beauty of the mountain, fresh ungroomed powder and the whole culture and style of snowboarders. It’s addicting and I can’t get enough. I … Continue reading
First Challenge = Complete! Money Stop Motion Animation
The long awaited first challenge, my stop motion animation video is finally finished! Here’s a quick recap of the things I learned and wish I had known. New software and techniques: – Features on my new Canon 7D – Studio … Continue reading
Third Design Challenge
These past few weeks have been crazy to say the least. Finishing up an internship, applying for jobs and quickly starting a new (and awesome/demanding) job left me very little time to focus on my challenges. Moving forward however, I … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes Photos
Last night’s stop motion photo shoot was quite a workout to say the least. Between setting up the camera, tripod and lights, to moving up and sown between the money on the floor to the camera viewfinder, my legs are … Continue reading
List of “Moneyshoot” Materials
I am all packed up for tomorrow’s big money stop animation. Here’s what’s on my list: ✔ Cash (12 one hundred dollar bills, 20 twenty dollar bills, 300 one dollar bills) ✔ Coins (144 quaters, 107 dimes, 70 nickels and … Continue reading
Sketching Each Frame
Last night I went to three different banks and cashed out 95% of the money in my account. Why three? None of them had as many one dollar bills as I needed. It was worth the hassle, however, as I … Continue reading
Withdrawing Cash and Dollar Windmill
For those that haven’t been keeping up with my first challenge, I am creating a stop motion animation with money. It is going to move, fly, roll, wiggle… and man is it going to be funny! Currently, I am sketching … Continue reading
Playing with Money
I have been playing with money over the past days and will, in fact, create a stop motion animation with it. Follow me over the next few days as I blog live the behind the scenes. Money, money, money…. … Continue reading
Brainstorming stop motion ideas
The biggest lesson that I learned during my first challenge, stop motion, was the importance of picking the best ideas out of a large poll. Yes, its great to brainstorm and have a variety of options, but it is just … Continue reading
Where do great ideas come from?
During college, many of my professors lectured about the importance of having a great idea. But I was never told about how these ideas are formed, and where do great ideas come from. I reflected upon this while on the … Continue reading