…you’ll just wanna bang on these drums all day!

You need a webcam in or for your computer in order to get this to work, but you can now play the drums by waving your hands around in well-lit areas.

Virtual Drums

I know my girlfriend doesn’t read this, or at least won’t before she gets the surprise, so I think I’m safe. I’m off to Maine in the morning, to visit her as she gets out of work with flowers. I’ve been super careful not to tell her at all, and she has been complaining about not being able to see me for Valentine’s Day in our three years together (it’s unfortunately one of those long distance things), and how I don’t do very many romantic things… haha, it’s too perfect. And I’ll have proof here, to show how fully planned out this has been!

There is actually a cartooning class at RIT and I am enjoying it like crazy! It is always great to practice things, but when it is something I already feel passionate about, I get an extra kick of excitement. Today we were doing pieces in the style of famous creators, each student needed to intensely analyze the artist we were assigned, then use that information to realize what interesting bits and pieces we could incorporate into our own styles. I was assigned Seth and given the graphic novel Clyde Fans: Book 1 for reference.

I made sure to note the documentary style, like there is a camera actually following a character around, and cutting to close ups in between. The characters tend to do menial real life tasks while words come streaming out of their mouths, not necessarily on topic. The backgrounds are loaded with detail, but always with simple objects, nothing is too complex. The color palette is very consistent, it is either blue, gray, a mix of the two, or pure white (on yellowish paper). Let me know if you think I got the style.