graticule: stuff on the web

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Recording Dope

My friend Tom has just started a very useful site focused on home recording called Recording Dope. It's got tons of extremely useful information as well as a free podcast. Tom is an extremely experienced producer and engineer who lends his particular wit and wisdom to problems that plague even the most seasoned recording artists. Check it out!

07:55 AM in stuff on the web | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Distraction

It's been hard these past two days to get anything done because I keep digging deeper into the unfolding disaster in New Orleans and Mississippi as well as the political jockeying that surrounds it. Today, too, I strolled by dried, brown cornfields with just a few shrunken ears to be seen. It has been endlessly sunny in Iowa this summer, with the usual rains nowhere to be seen.
Hard to be hopeful and buoyant when one's heart is thus shadowed.

04:11 PM in stuff on the web | Permalink | Comments (0)

Carrollhach Animation

Resources

Inspiration

The Corn Crib

Here are some low-res shots of my studio. It is an actual corn crib, albeit one that hasn't had corn in it for many a year. Somebody should tell the mice, though... I sometimes see their traces in the morning.

Clench goes to the Dentist

Here are some stills from the animatic of my current project. The anatomy needs some work. It's my first effort in color. This project is being done start to finish in Mirage (except for the editing, which will be in Final Cut). Not only is Mirage lovely to work with-- perfectly aping pencils, pastels, watercolor, ink-- it's also really useful to control workfolw in all the processes of making a movie.

Trucks

Here are some stills from an animatic I did last year. I need to make a better print of it and do a soundtrack. Once again, it was an idea that didn't really have legs, but by the time I discovered this it was too late.

Voice of Reason

This was an early-90's strip that was in a few weeklies. It was the transition between my mainstream work and the later graphic novel/ alt comix stuff. Some of the characters are pretty funny.

RAIL

These were semi-political comics that were published in a leftist newspaper back in 94 or so. I even got paid, a rarity for the genre. Some of the gags are a bit stale (Bob Dole is a ROBOT!) but some hold up.

Boig and Bitty in Carry On

This is a short comic story featuring Boig & Bitty, an odd couple who sort of asserted themselves to life back in 1992.

Suit

About

What is a graticule?

graticule \Grat"i*cule\, n. [F. See Graticulation.] A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. A graticule is often mistakenly called a "field guide" by professionals and amateurs alike (and certainly a graticule has a field guide printed on it), but it is itself the plastic sheet laid over a drawing to determine precise layout. I chose this name because I would like this journal to serve as a measurement for myself as I grow as an animator.

Equipment

Sony DCRVX2100 Mini DV Camcorder
I use this for serious video stuff because it's huge. It sits well on a tripod or even a shoulder, is great in low-light and has superlative image quality. FOr quick captures I generally use a crummy Wal-Mart JVC or even the quicktime capture on my little Minolta.
M-Audio BX8 Studio Monitors
These are excellent reference monitors for the money. I've found them to reliably play back almost everything from music to foley.
MXL 992 Condenser Mic
A fair mic for the money, but a bit noisy. It's absolutely necessary to use a pop-filter with this one. Does a great job with foley.
TubeMP Mic Preamp
Probably the best 80 bucks I spent. This versitile unit makes even poor mic's sound pretty good. Has a great guage and some extras.
Yamaha MG12/4
The Onyx never came, so this is what I'm using instead. It's not bad... clean preamps and very easy to use. It can handle live drums and vocals, my basic requirements.
ProTools 6
This is the industry standard, but I must admit that I do use CoolEdit Pro and soundtrack nore often because they aren't so heavy about using specific USB devices to capture the sound.
Final Cut Pro HD
This is superb editing software, powerful and easy-to-use. It can do just about anything, really.
ToonBoom Studio 3
Bauhaus Mirage 1.5
This superb software does everything, literally. Need source video? Motion capture? Lovely tools for painting, drawing or sketching? Light? Incorporation of 3d objects? Sound? Wanna flip your tests as you would on paper? Look no further.
Wacom Intuos 3
Emachines 5305 laptop
Mac G5 dual 1.8 with 4GB RAM

Subscribe to this blog's feed

June 2008

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

My Online Status

AIM: jcarrollhach

graticule