Friday, January 11, 2013

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

"Imperfect Square"

   "Corporate Meeting"- Up in Canada, they had a problem with snow and ice collecting on the power lines and downing/breaking them (or telephone lines, this was pre-cel phones, I guess).  They called a meeting to brainstorm ideas.  Brainstorm enough and people get tired or crazy, strange ideas get put out.  One brainstorming punch-drunk, as the meeting progressed, suggested getting bears to shake the poles.  Happy to chime in on this silly idea, a person asked, "How are you going to get the bears to shake the power poles (and shake off the accumulated snow and ice that was breaking the line and the reason for the meeting)?"  Another person in the spirit of the lunacy, and the boredom of sitting in a meeting of how to economically deal with the issue of downed lines deep in the isolated tundra, suggested that bowls of honey be placed on top of the poles.  This lead to the discussion of HOW do you get the honey up there, that lead to the quip of using helicopters to deliver the honey...  Which lead to the ultimate end idea and the solution of the meeting of just having helicopters fly out after a storm and the harsh backwash from the main rotor as the copter hover/flew over the lines knocking off the ice and snow, no bears and honey pots needed.  This is why I like creative brainstorming with creative people that can allow the lapse of sometimes silly ideas developing into great ideas.  I appreciate open-minds.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Sorry, ~finished this back in August (apparently).  
(I am too tired to discuss its shortcomings or merits today)
-Considered in progress.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I forgot I needed to get back to these




Shoot, they are all rigged, I just need to animate it and get the lead out, sorry.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

logos works 3.lost.lv


Work from 2009 at Bally.  
I do not know if I have permission to display work done for them even now at this late date as a former employee, so if they wish me to take this down, I will ASAP.

Royal symbols - Organs


(on slot machines, they have a great number of symbols spinning around.  There are major and minor symbols... and then there are the Royals. Some companies treat the royals like the red-headed stepchild of reel symbols and just slap the same royals graphics on that they have used for 30 years on every game they produce, and others use them to really solidify the theme and, well, do better on their artistic output and game presentation.  I liked working for the ones that do better, that aren't just try to "do" the game.)