Truth or Dare

nobody@flickr.com (deviantmonk) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:40:18 -0700

Every day I walk by a Napolean Dynamite poster on the door of the Middle School Minister's office at my church. I've been wanting to make something inspired by it, because it's an admittedly cool poster.

Thus, you have this. You may be thinking- what do quasi-3D buildings, winged unicorns, godzilla, angry thunderclouds and a dog peeing on an electric fence have to with each other, or anything for that matter?

The answer is: I have no idea either. This was one of those projects where I was more going for (hopefully) tasty visuals and a 'huh?' kind of reaction, rather than unmistakably communicating what this particular series is going to be about.

The reality is that 2 people are using the same theme for 2 completely different messages, so it was going to be quite impossible to accommodate them both in this video. So I decided to go this direction. The funny thing is that everyone who has seen it really seems to like it. Go figure.

Also, I've always wanted to use a peeing dog. I have no idea why. And flying unicorns. Again, no idea why.

All the graphics were created in Photoshop CS3 Extended, and animated in Motion 3.

Psalm 46

nobody@flickr.com (deviantmonk) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:07:07 -0800

deviantmonk posted a photo:

based on Psalm 46.

Come and see the works of the LORD,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.

He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
he burns the shields with fire.

Creme Brulee HDR

nobody@flickr.com (deviantmonk) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:41:08 -0800

deviantmonk posted a photo:

a rather tasty desert that my mom made as a birthday treat for my wife.

Megan blogged about how to make it here.

Canon T2i
50mm 1.4
Photomatix Pro
Topaz Adjust
Topaz DeNoiser

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Truth or Dare

Psalm 46

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