I'm pretty sure nothing will happen tomorrow, the infamous 12/21/2012, other than a bunch of doomsday preppers angrily shaking their fists at the sky because they overstocked on spam and canned beans. …
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Moving to a standing desk has been awesome. After my trial Rube Goldberg desk, outlined in my Week Standing post a month ago, proved successful I updated the legs on my desk to an adjustable frame …
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The hardest part about wife branding... is getting them to stand still... because that branding iron is hot?Mmm, that was just idiotic. As you've likely guessed, the branding I'm talking about …
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Following my established practice of being at least one year behind the latest trends coming from those hipsters on the west coast, see my 2011 MacBook purchase a few months ago for further proof, I …
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I've mentioned "Licorice Merlin" in passing in a few blog posts but never really wrote anything about the story itself - but that's all about to change right... now. Imagine, if you will, a more …
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With Halloween nearly here it's time to bring the people what they want - which is monsters? Maybe it's just what I want, can't be sure, but I'm bringing it anyway. After watching Making Monsters …
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In shocking news, I've been working on things other than programming or digital artistry in my spare time! Laura and I received a dinning room table set, hutch and coffee table from her Grandmother, …
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Ominous visions and dreams of Cyclopean cities beneath the sea can mean but one thing, time for a Cthulhu update! The basic form was hashed out with ZSpheres as shown below:Spheres gone wild!There …
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We recently upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 at work and my first impression was that of staring at the sun... my eyes! The default theme is a stark white-ish color, referred to as Light in …
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Rather than diving right in and trying to make a super complex Cthulhu sculpture based on the drawing in this post, I decided to spend a tad more time learning the ZBrush tools and just creating …
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Beach vacations conjure up visions of frolicking in the surf, building sand castles, and possibly even kayaking?Hapless kayakers no nothing of the terror beneath the water!But what beach vacations …
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I worked through a number of design changes to Soule Designs in August and meant to write about the various iterations but never got around to it, so here we go! My goal was to refresh the look of …
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I decided to get my feet wet in the digital painting and sculpting application ZBrush after seeing so many awesome creations online by artists who use this app. I'm hoping I can use this …
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Yes, the mop is finally the topic of a post here at Soule Designs. Not just any mop, a cgi mop! Below are a few different mop test videos to try out some features in Maya's nHair physics engine. …
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I haven’t been twitter bombing or blogging for a few weeks because Laura and I have been busy bees working on a promotional video for her company. The epic intro I wrote about last month has been …
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Most of the world already knew that ham and pirates go together like peanut butter and jelly, but for those who didn't, the recent claymation film, The Pirates! A Band of Misfits, put it on display …
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I'm helping Laura out with a video project for her employer, The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), and I think I might have just crossed into too epic territory. This animation is intended …
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I've been stewing about the speed and age of my home computer, a 2008 iMac, for quite some time and last weekend I finally pulled the trigger and bought a new Mac. Let me start by saying I am …
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Somehow through the process of redesigning my site, I came to the conclusion that I should incorporate a stylized television as part of the layout. I went through a number of different versions and …
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A year plus after posting my initial scale drawing of the Entertainment Center project I'm finally posting an update! The construction was actually complete on this in March of 2011, it just so …
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