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If you've read the story (or watch before that scene), you find out that she has a genetically over-sized tongue. It's kind of hard to tell, if you don't know, I guess.

Not one of the better scenes from the film, but probably one of the more memorable. Honestly (and I'm not saying this because I've worked with LGM on this), this is some one of the most well done amature films I've ever seen. Hopefully, LGM will be kind enough to upload the whole film when it's completed.

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I think that being able to paint exactly what you think is a better skill then drawing from life.

Victor, sure it's impressive, but they're all drawn from photos. Anyone can learn to do that.

TV seems small. The window's cross bar looks offset. Table looks too close to the couch. Desktop looks too low. Maybe just drop the safe and closets down a pixel. Not a fan of the cuts on the walls either. It helps break up that negative space, but it's all messy and uneven.

I hear you. I just got in an accident an hour ago. Blew out two BRAND NEW tires. I've got maybe 60 miles on them. Ugh, this blows.

You could have him waddle like a penguin, though I love the idea of the hop with the sections dividing. The "rolling" looks nice, but maybe as a movement thing. Like the snow shifts? The only comparison I have is in the cartoon "Ed, Edd, and Eddy" when the outlines are always shifting. Maybe when he moves, the snow distorts.

Over all the character is pretty solid. The arm seems a bit long and I'm not a fan of the mitten. Maybe make it less saturated so it's not standing out as much.

Really, the image is too blurry to even bother. It's cyborg-ish, but anything different then the typical iris looks like either a cartoon or a robot. I suggest start over with a better quality image, then re-do your technique.

I've been trying to record some of my music for ages. I finally got the hang of Audacity and mastered some of my recording techniques, and got something that I think is pretty polished. Audacity has crashed at least five times while working on this, losing almost half of my progress each time, so it's progressively gotten better. No drums at my disposal, and I didn't want to bother to match midi drums to the whole thing, because the time slows in some parts.

Critic anything and everything you want. I might, very likely, redo all of it. So anything would be great.

Strings

And I know I personally don't listen to music people post. But it's not midi! Hooray mp3!


Lyrics:

I'm not trying to be
anything extra. Ordinary
things will put me out of
place.

Now I start to see
that none of your tunes are too happy.
I still don't know why.

Oh,
you don't have to
prove yourself,
improve yourself or
dilute yourself with him
like you do with me.

I can't scream and
shout
because you won't even
talk this out with
me.

I've tried to seek the truth about
writing special things about
you, because my words don't
compare.

"It's no big surprise.
Just open your ears and shut your eyes
and things will write out in your mind."

Go ahead and burn the bridges, fence the ridges.
Wash your hands of me.
But you know I won't
watch you let me go.

Tears and drama,
fame and fortune,
keys and strings,
And the girls that cause them.

"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words,
how wonderful life is," is what she heard
"Oh, now Boy, that won't be
me."

"Life's a bitch and bittersweet.
Love is her pup and she's in heat.
And you can take this all from me."


Extra credit to anyone that can name the two song references in the lyrics.

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Okay, so my new amp doesn't have a built in reverb and I've got a few tanks lying around and I thought why not make a reverb tank into a pedal. Good ol' springs.

I looked for information on how tanks are split and panned and whatnot, but I can't find any information on them. So, I've had to make some conclusions myself.

There are two possible ways that I've concluded that it could work. Really, it's just a matter of placement of the boost and how it's panned.

The first idea would be to split the input into two. One side would go right to the output, and the other to the reverb tank, then to a boost pedal to limit the volume through. Then it would meet back at the output. Not really a pan, I guess. Half would be straight through, the other reverbed. I think this is how most amps use tanks.

The other idea would be to split the signal and pan between the two and add a boost to the end to add some gain to the more reverberated levels.

I made a quick MSPaint drawing.



I think that my thoughts are right, and I believe the best option would be the second, and just buy a panning pot. Really, the level won't be adjusted much and I don't plan on having an on/off switch. Just full time use, adjusted when necessary.

Are my dreams of a tanked pedal crazy? Any insight on how to go about this?


Edit: I found a small company that makes what I'm going for. And I think that this is how they do theirs, which I think is the best layout yet.



I think this is solved for the most part. Feel free to add your input. Or list your pedals or something, so I didn't waste this space. :-p

The crop is high. You've got some nice space from the top to the heads, but the bottom is cropped right at the feet. The saturation is really high, and it kind of burns my eyes.

I've had the same issue in the past. Turns out my ISP was just lagging baddly. But there could be tons of reasons that it's slow other then a firewall. Other people in your building could be downloading more, or even people in your local network. Someone in the next building over could be hosting or something and taking up a bunch of bandwidth. I'd say ride it out for another week or so.

That is if you can go another week without stealing.

He was, indeed. Pity he's no longer alive.

I'm not a fan of the curved edges. You could keep the cartoony feel but have a more realistic background, if you lessened the curve of the verticle lines.

Not a fan of the colors either. The ground looks great, and the second building from the left has good color too. Everything else is too saturated.

The lighting is all over the place. You've got a bright back light that gives the roof it's bright color and the building's with their cast shadows. But the faces of the buildings are lit from the front.

Yeah, I always try to read what people got, and like CJ, I'm never amused. But I still feel the need to write out what I got.

-New hooded sweatshirt
-Candy
-New Keyboard and mouse
-New cell phone to replace my broken one
-PeeWee's Playhouse DVD Box Sets
-The offical You Have Bad Taste In Music t-shirt

And, today I bought myself a new guitar amp.

Hit me!

Really, the red was in relevance to the rug. Almost any other color but red will make the red stand out. Cyan would make the rug a purple and stand out against everything. Sure, you could change the overall color of the rug first, but then you'd have even more grain on that part of the picture.

I agree with the light ballance too. All of this light looks reflected off of the walls or ceiling, like from a up pointing lamp. It's good, don't get me wrong, it just needs a lot of work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v458/evil1359/chick_photo.jpg

First, the photo was blurry so I sharpened it up with a high-pass layer. Darkened up the background to give it some depth and added a bit of a vignette. Adjusted the over-all color. There was a subtle red, so I boosted some of the red tones to everything. Helped make the rug less distracting.

Composition is good. Could be a bit of a lower shot. Not a lot of interesting subjects and focus, so a better shot angle would help.

Private photo! Oh no!

Either his left leg is too long or his right leg is too short.  But only one pixel. His right arm could shorten one pixel on the left too. The little logos look great and are easily identifiable.

I'd make the table wider. At least half the width. The width of the wrist of the left hand is weird. Pillow shading isn't terrible, but some places, like the table under the arm, could use some help.