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A quick image - four heads for ComiCon buttons:


Fig. 1.1: Four heads.

Longshots characters featured, clockwise from top left: Beth Kasty, Ishmael Kuffing, Captain Andrew Logan, Eric Mudrow.

I think I ordered about fifty of these buttons. So far it's about the only preparation I've done for the Con - I guess I'd better get my butt moving on that. Get some posters printed, at least. I'm thinking of doing a banner with my name on it, or something along those lines. I'll see what goes on.

And while we're posting images, here's four concept images for a Flash animation I'm doing. Hopefully, I'll be able to post the full animation for you sometime later.


Fig. 1.2: The aged hippie.

The Animation is for a Web Design project - Project 7, or some-such: "Design a Flash splash-page for a corporate website". Being the happy camper that I am, I decided any Flash splash-page for a corporate website would (and indeed, should have) aging counterculture figures and some type of drug use.

Keep an eye out, I should have the Flashimation posted on this blog at some future date.

Rick Out.

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Unknown said…
Awesome head sketches and looking forward to see flashimation.

- Josh H.
April 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM
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