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The best lil gadget to practice animation

If you take a DSI XL like this.... approx $170 And pair it with the new animation app INCHWORM $5 You've got the BEST portable solution to practice animation ever! Inchworm let's you do STOPMOTION, 2d animation, rotoscoping and all kinds of mixed media fun! I don't have a working gameboy or Inchworm BUT I'm planning on getting both when I can as I want to practice all types of animation as much as I can... and of course so I can post all my little creations here as well ^ ^ I didn't mention the 3ds because its a lot more expensive... it has smaller screens which will make a BIG difference when drawing and the 3d is useless for using Inchworm. I'm looking at the Gameboy itself NOT TO PLAY GAMES but as an animation practice tool...so thats why I say DSI XL. So if you're a parent and you have a child that wants to get into animation I can't think of a better/cheaper/more portable way for them to do so. The DSI will work too ^ ^ Related Side Story

THE SILENT FORM

If you got my A_BOOK you know how Noh theater, Samurai Film, Kabuki theater, The theater of the absurd, Jungian psychology, and Pantomime all played a part in inspiring HEART STRING MARIONETTE... just now after going through some old reference photos I realized that the main characters mask was very much influenced by the famous mask of Buster Keaton... the STONE FACE. I'm very much interested in making a silent film in the future as well ^_^

Black and White B_B00k for only $5.99

Since having the pages in color were really driving the price up I'm glad I can now offer B_B00k in Black and White which brings the price down to normal levels... NOW the color one IS much nicer to look at... so those of you that got the color one have a much nicer book ^ ^ BUT if you just want to read my motivational art/film werDs then grab the B&W or maybe get a couple and give them to friends who need an artistic kick in the ass ^ ^ B_BOOK Authored by M dot Strange, Edited by Rakel Musicbox BUY COLOR version  $26.00  BUY Black and White version $5.99 5" x 8" 136 pages The spirited arts manifesto by professional weirdo and uberector M dot Strange.   B_B00k addresses: Motivation, depression, using your emotional pain as fuel for your journey as an artist to meet your ultimate potential and know true happiness. How to create and live through your own INNER HERO! The way of the Samurai artist! If you have never quite felt like you fit in, and that you have a

Moving on....

I'll be sending out the materials to the voice actors next week and then when I start to get some voice stuff back and the rest of the music at the end of May I can start finalizing this thanG... I entered the Fantasia film festival in Montreal yesterday... It'll be the only festival I enter as they are expensive and the only reason I entered it is because my last feature won some awards there and it seemed the audiences really liked it there... so I only go where I'm wanted nah mean. I'm not going to assume it'll get accepted as I didn't try to schmooze my way in... I filled out the forms and mailed it in with the $85 entry fee like everyone else... I da know why they cost so much though?!....I have to sell nine books to make $85 0_o So yeh I'm still editing and will mail out stuff to the voice actors next week... Editing and shet So I've been working long hours editing and creating the M dot alterate soundtrack for the DVD, and making tutori

I'm happy to present to you.....

The unveiling of HEART STRING MARIONETTE! Watch the teaser trailer on Youtube Since you've been following along all this time please leave me a comment to let me know what you think. HEART STRING MARIONETTE teaser trailer #1 from M dot Strange on Vimeo . Go to the HEART STRING MARIONETTE site Thanks to everyone for your support! And thanks to everyone who helps me along so I can make these films! BestesT to yall! AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING! ^_^

Voice acting collab tools?

So on Monday May 1st I'm sending out ALL the stuff to ALL the voice actors so they can do they thing... I'm going to physically mail materials to peeps who have a lot of dialog as the reference movies might get too big... BUT I don't want to have to force them to physically mail me back they audio... now the files they are going to give me back are going to be uncompressed wav's or aiff's so they can get kinda big... I'm wondering what the best way would be for them to send me the files back? Email is too slow and unwieldy... Dropbox is tite but requires a software install... Ftp is too geeky and I don't even have ftp access anymore... The best thing I can think of is the Soundcloud dropbox... Has anyone used it? Looks tite! 120 minutes of time and anyone can upload even if they don't have a Soundcloud account... so that's what I'm going to go with for now... if anyone has any better ideas please let me know! Thanks! AND I'm most likely

DIY SOOPERMAN 3:PREssin Charges

What should I do? You decide!

So it seems imma have to wait a few more days to get the next bit of music for HSM... So I can't edit/sound design/foley for a few days... So what should I do? Here are my options... 1) Make new FULL episode of Sooperman 2) Do some work for the HSM DVD extras 3) Reload the same 5 web pages over and over for hours 4) Work on the M dot Soundtrack for the HSM DVD 5) Go outside? Talk to humans?! 6) Start on another book So let me know what you think I should do this week and I will doeS it. SankS. ALSO for fun I give you THIS  It's the HARDSTYLE Sooperman video with Linkoln's voice and the animal sound missing... so you can add in your own voice and animal sound! Check the txt file with it for info HAVE FUN!

SOOPERSHORTKUT: REVERSE BAG PIPES

Since I still have extra time as I wait for HSM music so I can cut/etc imma make these SHORTKUT versions of SOOPERMAN when I can... these aren't full episodes as those take more time... I did this in about 4 hours start to finish, doing the voices and everything so they don't take much time... I'll do the full episodes when I can but for now whenever I get a random idea I'll kick these out.

What it is M dot 4-16-11

Thanks to the people who bought A_BOOK and B_BOOK!  Buying those books makes M dot happy ^_^ and let's me know that if people care and/or are interested enough to buy them that I might have a future at this filmmaking thanG. 45 minutes of HEART STRING MARIONETTE is cut and complete with temp voice acting as the final voice acting still needs to be recorded... I filled out and submitted the online entry form for HSM to the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal... now I just need to send in a work in progress by the 27th... Right now I'm just waiting on music... when I get a chunk of music... I cut that part of the film then do the sound design/foley and a temp mix... I hope to get another piece Monday so I can submit an hour to the festival... At the same time as sending the fest submission I'm going to FINALLY send out the first chunk of work to the voice actors... I hope to send them one half of the film to record by the end of May... and then send them the second ha

A_BOOK unlocks secrets!

If you bought A_BOOK or are planning too... take a photo of it in your hands or on YOUR FACE and THEN I will give you the secret password to unlock THIS LINK It MIGHT be the prologue to HEART STRING MARIONETTE ^_^ Send the fotos to helpmdot (totally at) gmail.com and I'll send you the password.... Thanks to all of you who bought the book I mega appreciate your support!

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Out o towN

I took a short break from the city and my 24 hour computer grind to hang out with Fam up in Anderson, Ca... its nice to see a different way of life out here... so I'm here for a week then when I get back this DANGEROUS book will go on sale... A_GUN and A_BOOK A_BOOK has turned out really nice... I'm waiting on the final proof which will come by the time I get back and then I can make it available for all of you who want to be the FIRST to learn about HEART STRING MARIONETTE because as you probably know I've kept it all totally secret... Also when I get back I'll have just about 1 hour of the movie cut w/sound design etc so I'll send it out to the voice actors and a week after that BLAM teaser trailer ^ ^ So imma hang out here a bit longer then get back and start releasing stuff FUCKING FINALLY!???! 0_o Also I wrote 5 more SOOPERMAN episodes that are only funnier and more ridiculous so I'll make those when I get time... aight imma go breathe more air.