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Working the Linesmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
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The official Matt Jordan website. January 8, 2013. This post is actually kind of momentous though it may not seem like much. First, the not so important part: I did some testing in Flash to see how I might be able to get decent line quality using Flash as a frame-by-frame animation tool. It’s okay, I guess, though the underlying drawing is kind of sucky. On the second head, I experimented with using blurs on some elements. Doesn’t that just look like a traditional hand-painted cel? January 8, 2013. If I ...
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Jumper Dude Revisitedmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
http://mattjordan.com/2013/01/05/jumper-dude-revisited
The official Matt Jordan website. January 5, 2013. This is a second pass at the little animation I posted here. I reworked the landing slightly and then played with Pencil’s coloring tools. The alpha protection mode is actually really useful for shading and highlights, but I’m still not crazy about the quality of the finished line on the character. I also did a really quick background in Gimp. January 5, 2013. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil. Working the Lines →. Darktable 2&...
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Pencils on a pencil in Pencilmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
http://mattjordan.com/2013/01/04/pencils-on-a-pencil-in-pencil
The official Matt Jordan website. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil. January 4, 2013. Experimenting with various approaches to finishing a drawing in the open source program Pencil. Nothing really satisfies me. I have a plan to do some old-fashioned paper and pencil animation this weekend. I think I may try finishing some of those frames in Gimp or MyPaint for comparison. MyPaint just released version 1.1 and I can’t wait to try out the new features. January 4, 2013. WIP – Last Drink. The 11 Second Club.
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The official Matt Jordan website. Last edited July, 2013. I code by day and write, draw, and animate by night. If you’re interested in the non-code stuff, here is my portfolio. So far and here is my latest book. I’ve also been known to make a little music. As for code, I count the following among my skills:. PHP/MySQL, Laravel, REST/API development, WordPress. HTML4/5 & CSS2/3. Javascript, JQuery, AngularJS. Some Java/Android, some Python, some Ruby/Rails. I’m presently slinging code for Logo Garden.
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The official Matt Jordan website. Today I finally got to set up my work space for my “Summer Camp” project. This summer, I’m treating myself to animation camp … in my spare bedroom. It took most of the afternoon to clean the space out, then to gather, assemble, hang, or otherwise make useful all of the various pieces of my…. June 16, 2013. January 8, 2013. January 5, 2013. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil. Experimenting with various approaches to finishing a drawing in the open source program Pencil. No...
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WIP – Last Drinkmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
http://mattjordan.com/2013/01/03/wip-last-drink
The official Matt Jordan website. WIP – Last Drink. January 3, 2013. I’m trying to work on values a bit with this practice piece. It obviously has a long way to go before it has a chance of looking like anything. This will be in color once it’s done. Gimp 2.8. January 3, 2013. Practice, Practice…. The new cover is finally here. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil →. 2 thoughts on “ WIP – Last Drink. January 4, 2013 at 5:15 pm. Good start and I’ll check back for the draft. January 4, 2013 at 5:16 pm. Facebook&#...
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Testing my Metalmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
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The official Matt Jordan website. January 1, 2013. Heh See what I did there? Ahem But seriously, I really need to learn how to paint metal surfaces properly. Not there yet. But, hey, first post of the new year! I gave MyPaint a spin tonight with only a little assist from Gimp. A weapon of sorts. January 1, 2013. Practice, Practice…. The new cover is finally here. WIP – Last Drink. Digital Painting in 2013! WIP – Last Drink →. And the world's neediest cat. Wolthera van Hövell tot Westerflier. Morevna anim...
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Summer Campmattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
http://mattjordan.com/2013/06/16/summer-camp
The official Matt Jordan website. June 16, 2013. Oh, somebody told you hand drawn animation was dead? Not in Nashville, Tennessee, it isn’t. Just give me a few weeks to get my peg legs under me and I’ll show you. 🙂. What I did today. June 16, 2013. Pencils on a pencil in Pencil. The new cover is finally here →. 2 thoughts on “ Summer Camp. June 20, 2013 at 12:28 pm. June 20, 2013 at 6:42 pm. You should definitely set yours up. Do it! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published.
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The official Matt Jordan website. Animation and Cartoon Sites. A music project I did with my brother, Young, in the early 2000s. We may yet do a third album. Brain Crud is the online dumping ground for whatever nonsense happens to be cluttering up my head. Creepspace is a series of horror books for young readers. Have you the nerve to enter Creepspace? I'm also a late-blooming visual artist/animator and an advocate of free software. I live in Nashville, TN, USA, with the world's most incredible woman.
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The new cover is finally heremattjordan.com | mattjordan.com
http://mattjordan.com/2013/09/25/the-new-cover-is-finally-here
The official Matt Jordan website. The new cover is finally here. September 25, 2013. When I first published Creepspace: The Witch Game. I also did the cover art and, at the time, it was the best I could do. But that cover didn’t entice the right age group (ages 8 – 12). It did seem to appeal to kids in the 4 – 6 age range, but they’re too young for the book. So I finally dove in and redesigned the cover. Thanks to people like Timothée Giet. I still used my old stalwarts, GIMP. Creepspace: The Witch Game.