http://scaryjim.multiply.com/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:08:41 -0000 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:29 -0000 http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/logo http://scaryjim.multiply.com 100 100 <a href="http://seantevis.com/kansas/3000/running-for-office-xkcd-style/"><img style="width: 500px;height: 333px;" src="http://seantevis.com/i/3000/the-3000-final_02.png"></a><br>"It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner"<br><br>Click the image for the full comic, it follows Sean Tevis - a guy from the internet who is running for Kansas state rep.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Sean_Tevis_for_Kansas_state_rep. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:10:29 -0000 My first character animation project was due in today. The brief was to create 3 animations, each at least 5 seconds long, of a sport from the olympics - in each one something had to go wrong at the end. If you're bored, have a http://scaryjim.multiply.com/video/item/5/Character_animation Tue, 20 May 2008 14:08:32 -0000 I've completed my favourite of the recent assignments - modelling.<br><br>The assignment was to create the perfect opposite to any superhero of our choice.<br>The Litterbug was created as an opponent to Captain Planet, here is his Bio, as included on the assignment as I handed it in:<br><br>The litterbug is the sworn enemy of Captain Planet, and a right bastard, to boot.<br>He buys inefficient consumer electronics, and leaves his TV on standby all night, eye witness reports state that he was seen tipping over Al Gore's bins, but no solid evidence was found.<br>It is believed that he was once a wealthy oil baron, who fell into a barrel of experimental radioactive oil made from beetle shells. This, however, is merely fanciful nonsense. <br>He is magic and a wizard made him.<br><br>And the finished model:<br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#82"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/82/The%20litterbug%201%20%28small%29.jpg?et=eOEUEgF%2BElCXdAA%2BRZSXlw&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#83"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/83/The%20litterbug%202%20%28small%29.jpg?et=UI1fZvZIDaysiZHjq3WLbQ&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#84"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/84/The%20litterbug%203%20%28small%29.jpg?et=x0Yic0bytexRzw89Oxxgmg&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br><br>The model had to be rendered against a white background, but I preferred the look of it against black, so I rendered another one.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/44/Modelling_assignment_-_The_Litterbug Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:02 -0000 So, it looks like I'm rubbish at stop-motion animation. The frames were shot with my Canon http://scaryjim.multiply.com/video/item/4/The_caveman_walks Wed, 14 May 2008 15:49:19 -0000 As part of my course, we have to do a stop motion project involving cavemen. Now usually, I'll procrastinate wildly, then hand in a piece of work consisting of one or two sleepless nights.<br>In this case, I got quite into making my character, and I'm far prouder of it than I should really be.<br><br>Anyway, here he is:<br><br>I started with a copper wire skeleton. Originally the main parts of the limbs were made of air-drying clay, but this cracked when the limbs were moved - so I swapped that for 150-200 (ish) elastic bands, then I modelled the head, hands and feet from the same clay. <br>I then wrapped a piece of flannel around his stomach to bulk him up a little.<br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#73"><img style="width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/73/Step%201.jpg?et=D%2C5DVbXwrvzyP0EINANKfw&amp;nmid=7393526"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#74"><img style="width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/74/Step%202.jpg?et=rBrDW%2Bjn5jXaBfp6kGxj3Q&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br>Moving on, I cut the front and back of a t-shirt and sewed them together on his torso (Note to self - next time, make the clothes before modelling the clay extremities.)<br>The next step was to sew together two tubes as trousers.<br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#75"><img style="width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/75/Step%203.jpg?et=9UIH%2BDBry7w9zithVBc9GA&amp;nmid=7393526"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#76"><img style="width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/76/Step%204.jpg?et=0kCMBAdoBggNwYeCiKA8qg&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br>The next step was a crude belt, followed by extensions to the sleeves.... http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/43/Learning_to_sew_and_the_making_of_a_fully_posable_caveman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:17:54 -0000 I just found out about this amazing mechanical calculator, it's beautiful...<br><br><br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/42/Curta_mechanical_calculators Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:32:09 -0000 Hello there!<br><br>You may or may not have seen a photograph I took some time ago;<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/2327963006/"><img style="width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/2327963006_0e717d7cbe.jpg?v=0"></a><br><br>Well, there's a self portraiture competition on <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2008/03/submissions_self_portrait">www.wired.com</a> - and I've entered this picture.<br>There doesn't appear to be any prize for doing well other than the picture being published on the site and, if it makes the top 10, being published in wired magazine - but still, it's something.<br>Would you mind poking your nose in and having a look around? As of posting this my picture is in 7th position.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/41/Wired.com_-_self_portraiture_competition Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:43:17 -0000 <a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/album/7#71"><img style="width: 606px; height: 593px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/3/photos/7/600x600/71/People%20-%20from%20space.jpg?et=tqblfXz9q9Oo9Op1GLHRCA&amp;nmid=7393526"></a><br><br>I was roaming the world via Google Maps just the other day.<br>I zoomed in to Japan, zoomed in to Tokyo, zoomed in to some street, and found what appears to be a family.<br><br>Two parents and two children, out for the day - holding hands and enjoying the sunlight on their backs and their shadows on the ground.<br>At this moment they may well have been talking about what to have for dinner, maybe what their day has/will involve, and in that one instance - without them ever knowing, a photograph of the occasion was taken. <br>From space*.<br>It's almost certain that they will never know this picture exists, but someone on the other side of the world saw their outing, and thought it would be worth making a note of it.<br><br>Just thinking about this picture raises more questions than I could ever hope to answer in a lifetime...so I'm just going to leave it here and let you take from it what you will.<br><br>*(sort of)<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/40/I_love_the_future Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:24:44 -0000 I apologise for not posting this link last night, though I have no doubt that pedantry runs rampant within this group regardless. Make the most of what remains of today by correcting everyone and everything! Luckily, anyone reading this in America still has most of the day http://scaryjim.multiply.com/links/item/8/National_Grammar_Day Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:33:18 -0000 Hi, it's certainly been a while since I actually did anything around here, so to break the silence, here's the first short animation I've made on my course. I brought all my bad habits with me from school and college, so predictably I left this until the last minute (well...the last 4 nights before deadline). There's no way I'll be able to get away with this in the future though, so I'll get over the habit or I'll fail. The title on the brief was "Rise of the machines", which required a 10 second animation. My first idea was simply a robot standing in a lift, tapping its foot as the light on the button pad rose to the top - but the brief also called for 3 machines using a variety of animation techniques. We were also given a choice of when the animation should take place - turn of the century (victorian/edwardian), 50's, 70's or futuristic. Hopefully it's obvious I went for the steampunk victorian style. The first object is how I imagine a microwave might have been made a hundred ... http://scaryjim.multiply.com/video/item/3/Rise_Of_The_Machines Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:18:35 -0000 It turns out that my web cam can focus on objects as close as 2cm ish from the lens - so I've spent the last 30 odd minutes finding things to take pictures of super close up:<br><br><br><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/5/photos/7/600x600/66/Eye.JPG?et=wGhftofvSdsEJHd1jK4jLg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/67/Jack%20O%27%20Clubs.JPG?et=aksZ6Rrrfw%2B9kf05TfYGLw"><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/68/Malted%20milk%20cow.JPG?et=4ejA7tOJC%2CdJ9XE0FzyB7w"><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/69/Ruler.JPG?et=B9k3zd4dEIpn3CxS3yQ34w"><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/70/Writing.JPG?et=oqbVQTVFKdXxCWrElYwUBw"><img style="width: 300px; height: 210px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/65/End.JPG?et=6OBlDNgiuIEM2LNriNm8Lw"><br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/38/Super_duper_web_cam_macro Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:07:40 -0000 A WKD advert recently raised a very good question.<br><br>Which can swim faster; a horse, or a dog?<br><br>I think that for the purposes of this poll, the assumption should be that the animals are roughly the same size as those in the video shown below (the dog being of labrador size - possibly a labrador, and the horse being of horse size - I'm a little ignorant on the subject of horses, so I guess racing horse size, possibly). I'm also assuming that the two will be swimming in calm water and will not be distracted.<br><br>Arguments for why each may/may not win:<br><br><br>Dog:<br><br>Pros:<br><ul><li>Lighter than a horse - higher percentage of the animal will be above water, which means less drag</li><li>Has a type of swimming named after it</li><li>Labradors have webbed feet</li><li>Labs also have a "water resistant double coat".</li></ul>Cons:<br><ul><li>No matter how water-resistant - the coat is still going to provide drag quite a bit of drag<br> </li></ul><br>Horse:<br><br>Pros: <br><ul><li>More streamlined than dogs (as far as I can tell)<br></li><li>The fur is generally shorter</li><li>Hooves have a wide flat base and taper upwards ... http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/37/Which_can_swim_fastest Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:00:18 -0000 It's very nearly the end of my second (and final) year of photography, the end of year exhibition opens in 24 hours, it gets folded up and packed away next Wednesday, and everything ends the day after.<br>I set up my exhibition piece this morning with the help of a couple of friends, and took a few pictures of it in the same vein as some of the the ones on display:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/581708926/"><img style="width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1115/581708926_1806fc2774.jpg?v=0"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/581489223/"><img style="width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/581489223_14ae39b367.jpg?v=0"></a><br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/581488893/"><img style="width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/581488893_a9ad06e858.jpg?v=0"></a><br><br>Anyway, as for the future bit mentioned in the title - I'm (finally) going to university in September to get my teeth into a bit of 3D computer animation. I'm really looking forward to it, and after seeing what films, games and the internet have to offer on the subject there is nothing I would love more than to become a great animator, here's hoping I have the talent.<br><br>Anywhom, that's it for now - have a nice day.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/36/Exhibitionism_07_and_the_future... Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:01:40 -0000 I am curious...just how many people, whilst alone, have set aside an amount of time (be it 20 seconds or half an hour) to try and control physical objects with their mind, with serious intent?<br><br>Whether you comment or not, I'd appreciate your vote on the poll.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/35/Anyone_with_Jedi_powers Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:21:14 -0000 Hey everyone, the feedback from my last set of photos was beyond useful, I got a good bit of work done with it and it has been praised by a number of my tutors, I asked for honest opinions and I got them, it was a real help - thanks a lot for responding.<br><br>Anywho, I do have another few pictures (still self portraits) I'd like some opinions on if you wouldn't mind.<br><br>Again, if you could just give a bit of a critique on any/all of the ones shown (Including your name and location - I'm copying the text en masse from the multiply page).<br>Could you also give an opinion on whether you think these images fit into the category of Surreal/Abstract/Neither/Both...Actually I'll put that bit into a poll, graphs are always impressive, and they fill space pretty well.<br><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/473390228_9c7301dfd1.jpg"></a><br><br> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/473402965_feabaa81b1.jpg"></a><br><br> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/473402963_0fb36ceb32.jpg"></a><br><br> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/473402961_be298e9346.jpg"></a><br><br>Are the following three pictures suitable as a series, or are they better suited to being shown individually?<br><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/473390214_e9ecbfb18f.jpg"></a><br> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/473390208_5e41ae2b55.jpg"></a><br> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/473390224_8d1ed8e044.jpg"></a><br><br>Thanks for any replies, there's a chance I'll be asking one more time, but I may go looking for feedback from a few other... http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/34/If_you_wouldnt_mind...Another_call_for_help Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:42:24 -0000 Hello there!<br>I was wondering if you could give me a hand, I'm doing my final major project in photography and I need some feedback on my pictures (the theme is surreal self portraits).<br>If you've got 2 minutes, could you just tell me what you think of these images?:<br><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/465104277_e2a0cc4806.jpg?v=0"></a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/465104255_72ee68fd5c.jpg?v=0"></a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/465104221_cc280177fe.jpg?v=0"></a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/465104185_1211f8a5b5.jpg?v=0"></a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/465104666_06e104e994.jpg?v=0"></a><br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jameswclarke/sets/72157600087220891/"><img style="width: 333px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/465104183_a14f5c90a9.jpg?v=0"></a><br><br>All I need is a basic bit of text about any/all of the pictures, something along the lines of whether or not you think there is a meaning behind them, how technically well done they are, what could be changed, favourite image (if any) etc.<br>Also, something about yourself - first name and country/state would be fine.<br>Thanken da if you can spare some words, no worries if you can't.<br>(By the way, feel free to be brutally honest).<br><br>Hopefully I'll have a good few more pictures on the topic of Surreal self portraits before long, but along different themes.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/32/Self_portraits_call_for_help Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:29:32 -0000 My final major project started today in photography, and I'm going ahead with surreal self-portraiture.<br>I've been researching for a couple of hours already, but I have yet to find some stuff that I really like, other than these:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.zwirnerandwirth.com/exhibitions/2006/0706YBN/images/2.jpg">Charles Ray</a> I first discovered these images in the MoMA NY last year and instantly loved them.<br><br><br><a href="http://whytheluckystiff.net/i.content/orimoto-1.jpg">Tatsumi</a> <a href="http://www.assemblylanguage.com/images/Orimoto3.JPG">Orimoto</a><br><br><br>I'd be much obliged if anyone could point me in the direction of some surreal portrait photographs either now, if you know of any, or within the next 4 weeks or so if you happen across something. Thanks if you can help out.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Could_you_do_me_a_favour Mon, 5 Mar 2007 23:58:05 -0000 <a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/photo/7/63.JPG"><img style="width: 48%; height: 80%;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/600x600/63.JPG/Lunar%20Eclipse.JPG?et=QoLr5EHCBrQjryWZZ3HgpA"></a><br>I only found out a couple of hours ago - just in time. http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/30/Hooray_Lunar_eclipse Sat, 3 Mar 2007 23:21:45 -0000 Based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbeetarianism">Frisbeetarianism</a> for a project I am doing in college, I made a hologram (made meaning I had the idea then asked a woodwork technician to cut the wood for me). The video isn't very good quality, the first image is of me about to catch a frisbee, the second is of me on the floor, my soul on the roof, and my friend running over to my http://scaryjim.multiply.com/video/item/2/My_hologram Fri, 2 Mar 2007 00:31:13 -0000 http://scaryjim.multiply.com/video/item/1/A_swan_stood_on_my_phone Thu, 1 Mar 2007 22:14:22 -0000 A japanese reality TV show, totally unimaginable in the western world - and yes it was highly cruel, but good luck with not laughing when you read that page. By the by, I'm off to Prague tomorrow - see you all in a http://scaryjim.multiply.com/links/item/7/Nasubi Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:37:54 -0000 Possibly the best project assessment I've had on my course.<br><br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/photo/7/59"><img style="width: 397px; height: 600px;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/2/photos/7/600x600/59/James%20is%20crazy%21.jpg?et=44WZ3XJxIRmvbMueSM%2CEGw"></a> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/29/Some_recognition_at_last. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:11:34 -0000 I've just had an epiphany.<br><br>I finally fully comprehend Zen Tom's elation on making the Perfect Bacon Sandwich.<br>That which I just created - is of such magnitude that no mere mortal phrase can describe it.<br>I almost cried during its construction - just for the knowledge that no other sandwich could ever hope to be as good as this.<br><br>Though no bacon was used in its creation, this Gastronomic Masterpiece...this King of Midnight Snackery has filled the raging void within me. Though I may try to recreate it in the future (I will indeed try) I know deep within my heart that this is a one time thing. A fleeting moment - which I am privileged to have been a part of.<br><br>I can only hope that some day, each and every one of you can find that one perfect combination of food and time - and know the sheer joy, the ecstasy that comes with every bite. This feeling as the last wonderful mouthful settles down, and no more or less than satiates the hunger.<br><br>I think my life is complete.<br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/28/Zen_Tom._Finally...I_comprehend Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:31:09 -0000 I am a student. Therefore I draw foolish pictures while I should be working.<br>I never really considered it worth posting my sketches, but someone might find them entertaining - so why not?<br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/photo/7/58"><img style="width: 48%; height: 110%;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/4/photos/7/orig/58/Foolishnessosity2.JPG?et=AZmeM6rlN6PJPaTkNpcfaA"></a> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/27/Not_for_not_not_mark Tue, 5 Dec 2006 18:02:02 -0000 Chris' recent blog on writing was well timed - I started learning to write in Japanese just last monday. Turns out my writing sucks in all languages.<br><br><br><a href="http://scaryjim.multiply.com/photos/photo/7/57"><img style="height: 350%;" src="http://images.scaryjim.multiply.com/image/2/photos/7/orig/57/bad%20writing.JPG?et=A16GHT%2CcX5B%2CIvx5J3ZwnQ"></a> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/25/Bad_writing Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:59:32 -0000 <br> http://scaryjim.multiply.com/journal/item/24/Lasse_Gjertson_-_stop_motion_music Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:05:51 -0000