video blog 2011/7/23

Have I ever told you how much I hate videoing myself? D;

Photos of my new cat (name to be decided still) and Felton later tonight ;D

edit: please excuse the 40 seconds of black, I have yet to build up the courage to rewatch this to see what’s wrong with it :p

how to make a party cat plush

I hatehatehate videos of me.. but here you go (only a couple cuts this time whoooo) ;p

the printable pages for the basic pattern pieces can be found here: page 1, page 2

please feel free to send me any questions you have :]

past tutorials

1/2 final projects done for this class :D;

one of the final projects in my interactivity class was to create something visual programmed with processing. I made a music visualizer using the ess library (audio input is coming live from the mic). I’m imagining this projected on a wall for a party..

song in video is faberge falls for shuggie by of Montreal

can you tell what the image/graphic is supposed to depict? I’ve been working with it so long that I’m not sure it looks like what I want it to… D;

my poor computer stayed up all night trying to render and upload this..

assignment for time arts, based loosely around dreams

song is “hands” by four tet (but the beginning is so quiet on the video ;o )

but this is the reason I had paint all over me ;p

ahhhh I do not enjoy my voice. or being videoed. I will get more comfortable with this, I willll xD

was so nervous making this, I feel like it’s not the real me. :’]

thank you to everyone for their initial suggestions and encouragement! I hope I can keep you entertained for these two minutes ans sixteen seconds. c;

The assignment was to come up with a concept for a display-free that utilized a gesture-based interface.

My concept is based around gestures of nervousness, excitement and anxiety. Gestures will trigger changes in the music player whether the user is conscious of performing the gestures or not.

Personally I often listen to music to calm me down when I’m frustrated, nervous, excited, etc. Hopefully the process of using these gestures to control a music player will make the user conscious of the gestures they wouldn’t normally realize they do. Noticing these gestures may help them become aware of their anxiety, thus giving them more power and control over it.

Music in the video is NOT owned by me. :]

I was overwhelmed with guilt over the lack of time and effort I put into a recent video project of mine.. so somehow that gave me motivation to play with flash? not quite sure how that worked but here is the result ;p

this is my first flash animation ever :DD

Done done doneeeee ;D (so blurryyy, hope to do better than this one day D:)

description (more laterr):

One of my life goals is to make a costume for Lady Gaga by the time I’m 22, and I’m trying to do everything I can to prepare for that day. :] Dress, accessories and sweater designed and sewn by me. Camera work done by my friend Carolina Ibarra (love youuu), editing done by me. :D

stop motion animation I did with my partner this week for time arts :p

approximate time spent: 3.5-4 hours