tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post114520249514917330..comments2024-03-27T11:18:53.456-07:00Comments on Temple of the Seven Golden Camels: Follow Throughmark kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-82962119105156072006-12-28T03:51:00.000-08:002006-12-28T03:51:00.000-08:00I've been using a Cintiq to draw for years now, an...I've been using a Cintiq to draw for years now, and got a tablet PC recently (can't sleep at the moment, writing from bed). I used to (and still use) a Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pen for a lot my sketches and can say that there is no comparison in tactile response.<br /><br />Sometimes though, it's so frustrating to put so much effort into being careful in a drawing only to make some damn mistake somewhere while being powerless to fix it and save the drawing. I would often confine myself to simple tiny drawings because of this.<br /><br />I feel the tablet PC has liberated me from the shackles of worry that prevent me from attempting more ambitious drawings. I guess I'm speaking more from an illustrator's point of view than from a storyman's point of view, but the TabletPC lets me blow away large areas and move stuff around and experiment. <br /><br />I still use my sketchbook for all my story notes, and I'm still very shy when it comes to showing off any drawings, so the tablet PC is ideal because I don't have to worry about someone opening it up and looking through it like the countless sketchbooks around the house. My messy handwriting is bad enough to foil most casual observers.<br /><br />I suppose my affinity for the Cintiq and the TabletPC is partly due to my ability to create various tools and utilities to aid me in drawing.Mark Chonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279853873536838949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1157550520121945712006-09-06T06:48:00.000-07:002006-09-06T06:48:00.000-07:00For me follow through is the continuing motion of ...For me follow through is the continuing motion of something stuck to something that stops moving – it follows through the momentum.<BR/><BR/>Overlapping is a continues, yet delayed movement – say a long tail on a running mouse. When the mouse stops that would be followed through by the tail, coming to a rest as well.<BR/><BR/>Secondary action (for me) is action/acting to develope character. Studdering is excellent secondary action. Or missing the light switch when trying to turn on the light in a room, then hitting the button again.<BR/>That's what feature animation has alot of, especially Disney and Pixar – good secondary action.<BR/><BR/>I'm not an animator or anything – just a wanna–be :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1147501538183320592006-05-12T23:25:00.000-07:002006-05-12T23:25:00.000-07:00K- Um, off the top of my head, I don't...I always ...K-<BR/> Um, off the top of my head, I don't...I always thought of them as all the same thing! I use the terms interchangeably for anything that isn't a living form that moves because it's acted upon. Hmmmm....let me see if i can clarify for you more. I will look for an answer.mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1147405208339899732006-05-11T20:40:00.000-07:002006-05-11T20:40:00.000-07:00I love your post. I have a question for you. I hav...I love your post. <BR/>I have a question for you. I have animated for many years and teach animation from time to time. A student asked me one day if I could define the diffrence between the princeples of: Follow through, secondary action and overlapping action?<BR/><BR/>I would love to hear your definition of these terms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145509771438009272006-04-19T22:09:00.000-07:002006-04-19T22:09:00.000-07:00thanks for the responses-Danny, those are my favor...thanks for the responses-<BR/><BR/>Danny, those are my favorite pens of all time. Almost everything I draw is with them!<BR/><BR/>Skribbl-good idea. You should write that post first! But I will do that sometime. Maybe we can collaborate. Maybe I will write that post in pen and scan it just to be ultra low tech about it.mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145382671409227002006-04-18T10:51:00.000-07:002006-04-18T10:51:00.000-07:00Good stuff here. Very informative.Good stuff here. Very informative.C.Debodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633878931753933016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145350325957134692006-04-18T01:52:00.000-07:002006-04-18T01:52:00.000-07:00I love these vintage handouts. Give us all you've ...I love these vintage handouts. Give us all you've got.:)Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200158738230958775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145316637436073372006-04-17T16:30:00.000-07:002006-04-17T16:30:00.000-07:00The sad thing is that the ribbon WAS the only thin...The sad thing is that the ribbon WAS the only thing overlapping! OH SNAP! Sorry Paul, I had to say it. :-) <BR/><BR/>Mark you need to do one post about the evils of the Cintique! Away demon beast from an alternate evil future! Away! (not you Mark the cintique)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985132183438922332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145316407398311482006-04-17T16:26:00.000-07:002006-04-17T16:26:00.000-07:00Pen? Which pen?just asking because i wanted to sta...Pen? Which pen?<BR/><BR/>just asking because i wanted to start writing something right now, but - oh disgrace!- though using a ball point it wasn't any fun.<BR/><BR/>But then i remembered the one thing i discovered here in the states, the one thing i in the mean time love more than anything else: the Pentel Sign Pen! - and writing is fun again...Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436058136017739150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145228919081752452006-04-16T16:08:00.000-07:002006-04-16T16:08:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments! Kevin, my Cintiq cannot c...Thanks for the comments! Kevin, my Cintiq cannot cry because it is a cold, hard, souless peice of machinery! Unlike supple, natural paper and sensual flowing pen. They truly love me.<BR/><BR/> Paul-if you were nude then the ribbon wasn't the only thing "overlapping" was it?mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145220890105447042006-04-16T13:54:00.000-07:002006-04-16T13:54:00.000-07:00i just tried that run around the house while holdi...i just tried that run around the house while holding a piece of ribbon thing and now the neighbors think i'm gay. <BR/><BR/>should i not do it in the nude?pbcbstudioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633823323530799486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145218830414639402006-04-16T13:20:00.000-07:002006-04-16T13:20:00.000-07:00You just made your Cintiq cry. I hope you are hap...You just made your Cintiq cry. I hope you are happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23438334.post-1145214763711858122006-04-16T12:12:00.000-07:002006-04-16T12:12:00.000-07:00Great post Mark! Interesting point of view concern...Great post Mark! Interesting point of view concerning the Cintiq. Due to a story crisis at work, I have a Cintiq but have never had the opportunity to use it for boarding. It will be interesting to see if I can.John S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03562963042584020477noreply@blogger.com