State of My Union

January has been a long month for me…  I managed to create 81 new animations and I added several new stock sites to my rotation.  You can read more of the details on my MicroStock Blog.

It was too cold outside to shoot any footage, so I spent all my free time learning more about Cinema [...]

Catching up and cleaning up

A new decade has begun and I was long overdue for backing up my data.  I bought a few new hard drives in December, but never got around to setting them up in my external RAID backup.  So, I finally took care of that. I now have four 2 TB hard drives in my external [...]

Shades of the past

A little less than a year ago I upgraded most of the components of my computer, including a new quad core processor and 8 gigs of RAM.  Prior to my upgrade many of my animations would take two to four days to render.  But with the new machine even when rendering in Cinema 4D with [...]

A cold winter means less time outdoors…

It’s a very cold winter here in Kansas right now.  And although I got several nice warm outdoor clothing items, I’m not crazy enough to go outside in 22-inches of snow.  So, I’m spending time learning more about using Cinema 4D.  A very nice and warm indoor activity that’s productive and cholesterol free.

My main computer [...]