Creativity in Linux: Synfig
News: August 16th, 2007Probably one of the most sought-after applications for Linux is a 2D animation solution. The fact that Adobe offers no Linux support for Flash sends many people to the Linux forums asking if there’s some sort of Flash-like program for Linux, myself included. I’ve looked at the common responses to these requests and most of [...]
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 1
News: March 24th, 2008After many requests I have decided to use YouTube to upload the Knights of the Dinner Table movies. Although I had a long standing interest in animation, this was the first animation I had ever made, using Flash 3.
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 2
News: March 25th, 2008After the surprise success of the first cartoon, I was surprised to find myself making another, as well as finding friend to voice the other characters for me. I’ve had people write me to say they can’t read the cartoons anymore without hearing our voices for them now.
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 3
News: March 26th, 2008The shortest of the cartoons, this one required me to draw a new prop and a flame effect. The sound of the fire and shutoff button was just me making strange noises and then effecting and distorting the hell out of it in what was known as CoolEdit (now Adobe Audition).
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 4
News: March 26th, 2008With this episode I got more adventurous with the end-credit gag. I wrote it myself instead of adapting it from a comic. Erik Bouchard was kind enough to translate and voice it for me. It resulted in a gag many people cite as one of the funniest in the series.
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 5
News: March 27th, 2008In this one, I re-designed the credits, choosing different fonts and making a crest for the crew that incorporated the dice. The visuals accompanying B.A. description of the action we inspired by Everquest 1. The end gag is a parody of The Blair Witch Project.
Knights Of The Dinner Table: Episode 6
News: April 1st, 2008A swipe at the gameplay of horror RPGs, the end gag was conceived along with Josh Marquat over a late night IM chat. The music at the end is just me singing and layering my voice multiple times, pretty much improvised on the spot.