BenjaminDBailey
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Grey Justice: Puncher of Men
Jul 27th
OK, two weeks ago I helped create a short animated film, called “Grey Justice: Puncher of Men.” It was our entry for the Richmond 48 Hour Film Festival, so we only had two days to make a complete little flick of genius!
So, here is what we made!
Grey Justice: Puncher of Men from Jason van Gumster on Vimeo.
Led by Roberto Rubet and Jason van Gumster (Fweeb,) the Hand Turkey Studios team, both in Richmond and internationally, put together a short film against all odds.
Though quite rough, it is by far the best entry our team has made for this festival, this being our third year in the contest. This is my first year being part of the team, however, and it was a blast!
The two character models were pre-modeled for the project by Jonathan Williamson, but other than that, everything was done within the 48-hour span of time. After all, is an actor ever born the day of the shoot?
All the modeling, rigging, texturing, lighting, compositing, rendering, and animating was done with Blender! Ardour and Mixbus were used for mixing, and we had HyperRendering’s farm on board to plow through a bunch of shots.
Some of the team members recorded their computer screens as they worked, so you can watch the creation process as timelapse videos. As for me, I recorded my screen while modeling the little toy rocket that is featured in the opening of the short.
Toy Rocket – Modeling Timelapse from Benjamin Bailey on Vimeo.
Well, that’s about all. I really hope I can work on more films like this in the future. I don’t know where my life is leading my, or where exactly I’ll end up, but I want to have an amazing time as I find out!
All in all, we had an AWESOME team. I tip my hat to our whole, insane, hardcore group! It was great working with you all. 
Until next time, fair winds on the high seas, friend!
Off To Cleveland Again :)
Jul 6th
I’m heading off in a few minutes to meet up with my ride to Cleveland again, but this time some friends and I are going to help a family move from Cleveland to West Virginia! I should be away for a couple days, helping load their truck and whatever else needs being done.
Recently I helped a friend prepare a photo for a contest (sadly I didn’t send it back to her until it was too late – it was taking forever to attach the file.) Anyhow, the job was relatively simple: remove the people from the background and make the image look stunning. Well, I didn’t get around to making it look awesome, but the people sure have disappeared.
Removing people from the background. Photo credit: Mai Kwok
She was very pleased with the result, and is even going to frame it, so all is well. I edited it in GIMP 2.6.6 and used the Clone and Heal tools, as well as blur.
Well, I had better pack for this trip. A ton has happened since this post and my last, including working on my website, (the main part of this site,) visiting Colonial Williamsburg, starting private vlogging, and so forth.
God bless and see you next time!
