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Run out of shows to watch? Can’t wait for the next series of ‘Flight Of The Conchords‘? Or maybe you’ve just Google’d ‘best US sitcom’ or something. You’ve come to the right place, for I can categorically state that ‘Arrested Development‘ is one of the greatest sitcoms ever made. Though I used the term ‘genius’ a few posts back about something different, it’s absolutely true in both cases. I can’t recommend it highly enough. All three series are equally brilliant too! Hurrah!

Oh, and it’s got Jason Bateman, David Cross, Portia De Rossi and Michael Cera in it too, but all the cast are awesome.

I’m probably a bit late on this one, but I thought it was funny and I like to share. Start-up Sound by prangstgrup

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Here’s two for the price of one (nothing).

After Effects does not automatically keyframe adjustments, so to save yourself some heartache, just remember to hit the stopwatch icon before you start adjusting things. I don’t have a clever way to help you remember to do it, I’m just hoping that by mentioning it I’ll save someone some pain.

This second one is so important, that I’ll probably end up posting it again later. Save your work. All the time. Whatever you are doing, whatever software, just press ‘Save’ (apple+s on the Mac). Do it now. Do it all the time. This was drummed into me by the lovely and talented Joe Bennett at City of Bath College/Bath Spa University many years ago, when he would come into the room we were working and switch off the power to the whole room. We learnt the lesson. Save. Thank you.

If you’re going to be doing more than a couple of hours of rotoscoping in your lifetime, buy a graphics tablet. You won’t want to use it exclusively (sometimes a mouse is more precise), but it will be worth it. Get whatever size you can afford. You can always buy a bigger one when you’re a success… I’m sure it’s much harder to be a success with RSI, and a life without that misery is worth at least a couple of hundred quid. Swap between your mouse and pen whenever you begin to feel uncomfortable, and make sure to take a break!

Hey, shameless plug! I’ve started multimedia production company called Super Mega Action Plus. We make cool stuff like videos, websites and other fancy things to make whatever it is you do look as great as it possibly can. Even if you don’t want something made, go have a look at our creations… oh, go on. Thanks!

If you can at all possibly help it, DO NOT rotoscope people you like. You will not like them any longer and it’s not their fault.

Thank you.

I had to make a jigsaw puzzle featuring a picture of a phoenix as part of a project we’re working on at the mo. As we couldn’t get a copyright free one, I thought I’d paint one in Photoshop instead. I like painting stuff in Photoshop.

Spookily similar to my previous post on florescent bulbs in a field, the new Battles video, by Warp Films…

Plus some other great videos and tunes…

The Rapture – WAYUH from ben dickinson and Vimeo.

(Thanks Si!)