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Announcing a new member of Team Zipline!
This week we added a new member to Team Zipline…Jessica Dietzen. She’s a web developer and recent grad from Eastern Washington University. We’re working on getting some more information about her that might help with the development of her character. So far the interrogations are proving fruitful (vee have vays uv maakink you talk). I don’t [...]
Character Study for @stemkoski
Even those characters that you think would be easy, really aren’t. Here is where I ended up on Ryan’s character. UPDATE: Ryan came dressed in his “uniform” today so I thought I’d show how accurate his character is.
Red and Green all over
Had a great time with the kids yesterday on our outing. Went fishing and then on a hike. Dad got SPF 50 on everyone except himself!
Skat Kat
So here’s another character for the comic, Skat Kat. Character profiles will follow, but I have to do it in a way that won’t offend the intended victims, er I mean the folks they are loosly based on. I think a strip featuring each one will help setup their character.
Big Green Ape – Study #1
So work on the webcomic is coming right along. People at the office have been very helpful in suggesting characters for themselves….hmmm. Anyway, here’s a first look at the main character. Does he look familiar? I’ll be posting more characters in the next few days as I get closer to actually doing my first strip. [...]
Stake Your Claim to Your Name
I know that you’ve looked yourself up on Google before. Admit it…everyone has. And the results that come back can be surprising. When I look up Shawn Davis in Spokane, WA., I get a real mixed bag. Everything from a Christian Avon Lady to a dog breeder came up, with me mixed in between. Then [...]
Formatting a DVD interface for HD
On a recent DVD project we ran into a weird problem. The artwork we were creating was a 16:9 ratio (720px X 405px). Everything seemed to be in order until we brought the art into DVD Studio Pro. We were creating the DVD as HD for wide format and letterbox for standard TVs. Once the [...]