VFXHACK Tip #1: Don’t Be Afraid to Look Like a Jackass

Here’s a couple of pictures of me

Q: What the hell am I doing?

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A: Aside from looking like a complete douche, I’m puppeteering some ghosts for a friend’s indy film.

I tore up some pieces of fabric, wrapped them around a foam ball, stuck a dowel thru the whole thing and swirled it around in a fish tank. No fluid sims, no fabric run-ups just good ole’ fashioned movie magic.

A buddy of mine who was on set and sent me this pics. After the horror subsided (the camera does add 20 lbs. ya know) I sent him a reply about how stupid I looked. I asked “WTF, am I doing?” he wrote back.

“At least you are doing “real” VFX old school style and honestly probably having a better time then if you were just sitting in front of a monitor”

Amen brother.

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2 Responses to “VFXHACK Tip #1: Don’t Be Afraid to Look Like a Jackass”

  1. MOBY says:

    Bookmarks…

    I can’t add your post to Digg. How I do this?…

  2. Moby, thanks for thinking me digg worthy in the first place. I have a “digg this” link on every post page, click it and it will take you right to the digg webpage. You may need to login or create a new user ID. You can also go right to digg and paste the URL of the post if you want. Thanks again!

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