BigGreenApe - Ramblings of a designer

Zipline welcomes our new Production Coordinator

Shawn Davis — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:42:24 +0000

On Monday, August 2nd Zipline Interactive added a new member to the team…Heather DeCamp. She’s a recent graduate from Eastern Washington University with a degree in Technical Communications. During her internship with us she showed what a big help she can be to the office and we’re happy to have her on board.

Time permitting, I like to create cartoon characters for the people around the office. Heather’s personality made it pretty easy to come up with her’s.

Welcome aboard Heather!

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Who’s Your Foursquare Mayor?

Shawn Davis — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:18:13 +0000

As the weekly Zipline Foursquare competition heats up, the mayorship race gets ugly.

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I want my iPad!

Shawn Davis — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:25:25 +0000

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Surfing and Snorkeling in Lahaina

Shawn Davis — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:16:36 +0000

Laid on a surf board and paddled out into the waves today. Not sure if that technically counts for “surfing” but at least I didn’t fall off. After paddling for what I thought was a long way, I reached down with my foot and tore a hunk of skin off on some coral. It may have just been a rock since I was only in about 3 feet of water at the time. In hind sight I should have come right back in instead of trailing my bloody foot through the shark infested waters of the South Pacific.

Also went snorkeling. Panic did not set in until I realized I was about 75 yrds from shore. After finding my direct path blocked a couple times by more deadly coral, I successfully evaded the 2 small man-eating fish I saw and made it to land. There I quickly traded my snorkeling gear for a romance novel and the safety of the beach.

Tomorrow’s adventure will be driving the “Road to Hanna”. This all day, 42 mile, trip includes 54 narrow bridges and some 600 hairpin turns. We’re looking forward to seeing some beautiful country on the way. Stand by for news…

EDITOR’S NOTE: I had planned on making this a normal Facebook post, but I guess they have limits to the length of your post. So I decided to use my neglected blog. This works out good, because that allows me to successfully start on of my new resolutions…using my neglected blog.

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Brotherly Thanksgiving

Shawn Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:02:28 +0000

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Announcing a new member of Team Zipline!

Shawn Davis — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:25:30 +0000

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 want to rush into making a character, just to change it later ’cause it doesn’t fit. Then again there is always a magic spell that could be cast to explain the change….

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Little Server Demon

Shawn Davis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:27:57 +0000

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Update on Deanna’s character

Shawn Davis — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:10:59 +0000

Not to be left behind, I finished the line and color work for Deanna’s character. You’ll notice the spit up on her shirt…which will be a permanant accessory for her. In case you didn’t know, Deanna is a proud new mom. And what’s a mom without a mega-purse…thus the kangaroo. Look for all kinds of stuff to appear from her pouch in future webisodes.

Oh, and for the “Mom Jeans” reference…click here.

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Kate finally gets a character

Shawn Davis — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:07:37 +0000

After patiently waiting for her character to be added to the roster of the Big Green Ape web comic, Kate finally got her’s. As a dancer and girly girl the consencus around the club house was that the flamingo was a pretty good fit.

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The Start of Grilling Season

Shawn Davis — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:34:48 +0000

I will admit that I have run out of gas while grilling before…just not this past weekend. Ryan was just telling me that he has a spare tan, which is probably a good way to keep from looking stupid. My brother-in-law had a 15 gallon tank, which is pretty damn manly. Down side to that is you can’t get by with a mediocre grill.

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