tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86264941758482415532012-02-16T10:00:52.410-08:00upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-81095695993912027572011-02-14T20:04:00.000-08:002011-02-14T20:12:24.663-08:002011-02-14T20:12:24.663-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Canon_EOS_450D_Xsi.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 363px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Canon_EOS_450D_Xsi.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Well, I just bought a used Canon XSi Digital SLR camera.<br /><br />I am still learning the functions and tricks, but I have tried it with stop motion pro and it works flawlessly.<br />The quality is fantastic, and being able to control focus is very useful.<br />Unfortunately, I will now need to re-shoot a very large amount of animation in this higher quality. This includes the 1000 subscribers video, so that video will now take a little while longer.<br />The upside though, is that you can expect much higher quality animations!<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />-Josh<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-8109569599391202757?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DJPzonAK_yNck3anL2wn1x8_5Ic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DJPzonAK_yNck3anL2wn1x8_5Ic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DJPzonAK_yNck3anL2wn1x8_5Ic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DJPzonAK_yNck3anL2wn1x8_5Ic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/N298jFWtSUU" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com1http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-dslr-camera.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-22179026359725129042011-02-06T20:52:00.000-08:002011-02-06T20:55:28.669-08:002011-02-06T20:55:28.669-08:00Thank you viewers for 1000 youtube subscribers! I didn't ever think I would get this far when I started, but the ball is really rolling now.<br />I am getting paid offers for animation and everything.<br />I posted a bulletin on youtube also.<br />Congrats to the 1000th subscriber: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/silverstareb?email=subscription_create" target="_blank">silverstareb</a>!<br />I will think of some kind of prize for you!<br /><br />Expect a video commemorating this milestone shortly, I m really busy, but I will throw something together in the next few days.<br /><br />Thanks, and invite some people to read this blog!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-2217902635972512904?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lZIiCSw5X1hEDgiViQTOh8hULag/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lZIiCSw5X1hEDgiViQTOh8hULag/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lZIiCSw5X1hEDgiViQTOh8hULag/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lZIiCSw5X1hEDgiViQTOh8hULag/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/aWgOvEsCSj4" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com0http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2011/02/1000-subscribers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-73168056243550582912011-01-27T16:25:00.000-08:002011-01-27T16:31:38.077-08:002011-01-27T16:31:38.077-08:00I am still working on a few projects at the moment.<br />These include:<br />-Thinking Putty animation<br />-Citizens of Tomorrow music video<br />-Fun trippy morphs set to music by Mega Cubensis (my new band project)<br />- SUPER SECRET 1000 SUBS VID!<br /><br />That's right, you can expect a sweet animation for 1000 subs, although it might not be exactly at the time of the 1000th sub. The 1000th sub gets free access to my HotFile account!<br /><br />If you want some updates including behind the scenes videos (only on the blog) and pictures, subscribe to the blog.<br /><br />If you haven't already, subscribe to my youtube upperlevelthegreat.<br /><br />I will no longer let this blog go long times without updating, as long as I am animating I'm updating.<br /><br />Thanks, new update in a little while with promised pictures and videos, maybe even a blog-exclusive tutorial, stay tuned!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-7316805624355058291?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/88_jIa5oQ8FTeH2lTx6uDjvsqFA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/88_jIa5oQ8FTeH2lTx6uDjvsqFA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/88_jIa5oQ8FTeH2lTx6uDjvsqFA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/88_jIa5oQ8FTeH2lTx6uDjvsqFA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/xOBVXSZl5u4" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com0http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-projects.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-77539958567577546192010-12-04T14:49:00.000-08:002010-12-04T15:00:29.076-08:002010-12-04T15:00:29.076-08:00<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7da4gg42kA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O7da4gg42kA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />Go ahead and take a look. Hope it works on the blog, I'm not real experienced with Blogging.<br /><br />Stay tuned for the project I am now working on, a music video for the song Citizens of Tomorrow by Tokyo Police Club (I got the ok, and the rights reserved from the band and the band manager).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-7753995856757754619?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yIxBFbbAO7WuUyqfalfjPa8AlH0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yIxBFbbAO7WuUyqfalfjPa8AlH0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yIxBFbbAO7WuUyqfalfjPa8AlH0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yIxBFbbAO7WuUyqfalfjPa8AlH0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/KjFhhBdGl_s" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com0http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-video-like-g6-cover.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-20932177764155316592010-11-12T15:51:00.000-08:002010-11-12T15:59:50.007-08:002010-11-12T15:59:50.007-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KHm3aC3Spz8/TN3U32O-NlI/AAAAAAAAAAU/0-j2PwtTrRI/s1600/Blog_00658.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KHm3aC3Spz8/TN3U32O-NlI/AAAAAAAAAAU/0-j2PwtTrRI/s400/Blog_00658.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538817172651783762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KHm3aC3Spz8/TN3U3uBGxYI/AAAAAAAAAAM/psTVAzk57KM/s1600/Blog_00654.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KHm3aC3Spz8/TN3U3uBGxYI/AAAAAAAAAAM/psTVAzk57KM/s400/Blog_00654.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538817170446140802" border="0" /></a><br />Hey guys, well no followers yet, but also haven't put the link anywhere yet, thought I'd make some posts first.<br /><br />Anyways, I started trying to teach my friend Kris the basics of stop motion animation and I got really into doing some morphs again.<br />I am at 40 seconds so far (30 fps, so 1200 frames) and I will consider posting it to youtube and the blog here at the 1 or 2 minute marks depending on how many ides I have.<br /><br />Stay tuned also for a tutorial on doing a perfect sandcurl.<br /><br />Here's a couple frames from this animation showing a sandcurl:<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-2093217776415531659?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKjLKeViqpuPhbXPKcrWd3JfCT0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKjLKeViqpuPhbXPKcrWd3JfCT0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKjLKeViqpuPhbXPKcrWd3JfCT0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JKjLKeViqpuPhbXPKcrWd3JfCT0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/XR_PUPzqT3s" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com1http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-animation-coming-soon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626494175848241553.post-63516558723984286212010-01-23T20:19:00.000-08:002010-01-23T20:21:18.671-08:002010-01-23T20:21:18.671-08:00Hello everyone, welcome to the Funhouse. I will post everything about my animating and everything important to me. Thanks for visiting and I hope this is enjoyable to you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8626494175848241553-6351655872398428621?l=upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M_8udv8HsISMOPsAw6aNKl0rBpg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M_8udv8HsISMOPsAw6aNKl0rBpg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M_8udv8HsISMOPsAw6aNKl0rBpg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M_8udv8HsISMOPsAw6aNKl0rBpg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UppevlevelsFunhouse/~4/S0AM_UumIRY" height="1" width="1"/>upperlevelthegreathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14830863448632205031noreply@blogger.com0http://upperlevelthegreat.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-funhouse.html