Art + Vid recs

[charmax]

So as well as vidding I have been busy over at art_battle. I am currently in a battle with moondancerjen but I won't bother posting my volleys until we are all finished. My last battle with lily_sunshine was a good one, it was quick and making non fandom art was really refreshing. If anyone wants to challenge me to a similar art battle I would jump at the chance. :D Anyway, here are the results from the completed battle.

I think I did a rather good job on these!

The theme was Women of many emotions and the rules were only stock females or models.

Volley 1. Morose
Volley 3. Joy (I liked this one so much I decided to have it for my layout.)
Volley 5. Boredom
Volley 7. Lustful (This is another favourite)
Volley 9. Sadness
Volley 11. Surprise (I think this is also one of my best)
Volley 13. Fear (I really love the stock image I used for this but sadly the rest just did not come together as well as I had hoped.)
Volley 15. Envy
Volley 17. Guilt

That is pretty much all on the art front.

Oh and any of these can be made into a LJ header image if requested.

Texture, image and brush credits can be found here

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Video Recs

I don't know how many folks on my flist has been keeping tabs on this IJVP (Insane January Vidding Project)? If you haven't, you have seriously been missing out on some vidlet gems! The vidders that are involved with this are dualbunny, f1renze, sdwolfpup and pipsqueaky. All of them are classy vidders and to take on this kind of challenge is inspiring. I couldn't do it and to be truthful it would scare the crap out of me. The whole thing seems totally daunting.

How is it possible that videos that good can be made that quickly?

I cannot pick a favourite vidlet of dualbunny's because I really do love them all. So far she has done "Dr Who" With the song "A place in time", "Spike/Spike's Duster" with the song "Black black heart" , "The Spitfire Grill" with the song "The Christmas Song". I guess the latter would be my least favourite but not because it is any less worthy in terms of editing or style or song but just because I am unfamiliar with the source. As far as I can tell ,without knowing anything about the film, it's still a good video. Oh and her latest - If you heart Logan/Weevil from VM then you need to see "Cool Rider". You will not be disappointed! :D All I can add to what I've already said about these vidlets is - Although dualbunny has made them in a relatively short time she has not lowered her standards one teeny bit. If you know and love dualbunny's full videos then you will love what she has done with these. Yay and more to come!

f1renze has finished her project now and she has also put out an excellent standard of vidlets. She is another vidder who makes me extremely jealous! I urge you to watch them all - "Angel and his band" will crack you up. I so so love this. :D Another gem is "Buffy, Darla and Angel" with the song "What you don't know about women"

I feel a little guilty because I haven't left feedback for either sdwolfpup or pipsqueaky. That doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed their videos as much though. I think it is just that I so rarely get around to commenting outside my flist and I don't want to just say "your vid rocks" or something equally useless. Again, I urge you to watch them all but you should definitely watch "The Moth" (Gone with the wind) by pipsqueaky (when was the last time anyone vidded a classic film?) and "Orbiting Jupiter" (BSG), and "Thank you for the music" (Buffy) by sdwolfpup

All their vidlets are great so go watch! Leave feedback too. ;)

Comments

[dualbunny.livejournal.com]

I love it when you post these groups of art battle pieces! So much fun to see that kind of variety all at once. I think they're all gorgeous. Morose (love the coloring!), Lust (so deceptively delicate), and Guilt (wonderful impact!) especially stood out for me. It comes across so clearly that using PS is a natural extension of yourself at this point. A great sense of freedom in there with the experimenting and design principles. :)

And in respect to the IJVP stuff, I can't believe f1renze is done and sdwolfpup finishes tomorrow! Talk about whirlwind vidders. :D

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks bunny. I really enjoyed working with stock images I hadn't really tried that before.

I have to admit that I am very comfortable with ps now. It does what I want it to do and I usually get the results I expect. *glares at premiere* which delights in giving me whacky puzzles to solve.

I have nothing but respect for everyone tackling the IJVP. I can never just finish one project and then go on to the next. I always need a bit of a break and I never did do well with deadlines. It must be quite mentally exhausting.

[messyjessie58.livejournal.com]

ooo your battle images look great! i really like Surprise and Guilt :D so colourful! and thanks for the links to the vidlets! ive been interesting in checking them out but i didnt know where to start :)

[charmax.livejournal.com]

Thanks Jessie.You picked my favourites. I hope you watch some of the vidlets they are a lot of fun.

[carnivalnights.livejournal.com]

I was originally adding you for your icons/graphics, so you don't have to add me back... but from what I've read here, you seem very interesting and I think I'd enjoy reading your other entries. So it's your call. I know we don't know each other so I won't be offended if you decide not to :D xo!

[charmax.livejournal.com]

I have no problem you friending me but I don't tend to friend back straight away unless I already know the person in some way. Be it through art or vidding. Not many of my posts are locked anyway. :) I'll check out your lj!