As square as a butter box

Posted August 21, 2008 by hil

For your reading pleasure: David Barnett frothing over last night’s broadcast of ‘Keating the Musical’. My favourite bit:

Alexander Downer, dressed as FrankN’Furter from The Rocky Horror Show, is shown as effete. Downer, father of four children and with nothing in his private life to suggest he is anything other than as square as a butter-box…

I’d never heard that euphemism before!

…how ironic it is that the Liberals are in the process of organising an orderly transition of leadership from Brendan Nelson to Peter Costello, along the lines of the transition by agreement from Bill Hayden to Bob Hawke. Not one like the brutal coup arranged by the stabber, Paul Keating, to serve his own ambitions.

I wonder if this is an insider view, considering Barnett is Prue Goward’s partner?

Keating! the musical is no joke, and the question it invites must be taken seriously: where does all this hatred come from?

An absolute mystery, isn’t it? Continue reading →

Another advance in lifelike CGI

Posted August 20, 2008 by hil

This woman is a computer generated animation by Image Metrics. Pretty amazing. Though I do wonder if being able to reproduce a real person like this is a good use of time and resources? The Times Online has more details. The makers say 90% of the work is in convincing people that the eyes are real, lending even more weight to what puppet makers and lovers know about the eyes being the window to the soul.

Previously: Uncanny Valley

Nearly done

Posted August 19, 2008 by hil

Finishing up with last detailing.

Pacific School Games bunyip mascot

Posted August 15, 2008 by hil

The Pacific School Games will be held in Canberra this year, from 30 Nov to 6 Dec. About 5000 primary and secondary school students from Australia and Pacific countries will be competing. I made their mascot, a bunyip, which was launched a few weeks ago. Here is a photoset of the making process. I like the way its tail waggles the best:

Playing

Posted August 13, 2008 by hil

Schlooop!

Hmm… Interesting

Posted August 13, 2008 by hil

I feel much more inclined to blog off the cuff when I’m using the wordpress app on the iPhone. Photos straight from the phone camera, and disengaging self- imposed conventions like linking and explaining things fully, make it seem a freer and more immediate experience. A bit like the way twitter or other microblogging services replace some of one’s aggregator reading.