These few weeks at my new job have been super fun! Loads of laughs and great projects. I finished my first project last week, I did the graphics for the Summer SEND Community Offer 2023 video, you can watch it here:
Though I finished the project it definitely didn't go so smoothly. The first graphic I did was the 'Happy' title. I wanted to have the sun come up behind the text and the beams be spinning. In theory, this should work but I have also never used After Effects for graphics before so I had no idea what I was doing. Here is my first attempt and the final version.
I decided to add a cloud to the graphic for two reasons, the first is that for the life of me, I couldn't work out how to do the effect I wanted with a transparent background. The second is it actually helps the graphic pop of the video and I then decided to add the cloud to every graphic.
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I finally made my Discord Server! Art, games, movie nights! Come by and join a 16+ fun, friendly community, full of cute and horror goodness! We just had our first movie night and on Saturday 23rd will be our first group game night. I am excited to build my little community slowly and have the best time with everyone. You can join Blade's Burrow here!
Custom emotes, coloured roles, and more!
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In the art world, Procreate announced its newest app! Procreate Dreams is a new animation app for iPads, it will have a similar interface to its drawing app Procreate, with the added touches of a timeline, animation tools, and assets. The software runs so smoothly and is quite powerful for being an iPad app, a lot of professional animators have said that this app will change the animation industry. Just like Procreate, Procreate Dreams is made for beginner and professional artists, animators, video editors, and hobbyists! The product releases on November 22nd this year, for ONLY $19.99 (one-off purchase).
You can find out more about Procreate Dreams here.
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Back in 2019, LEGO began making Braille Bricks, LEGOs made to help visually impaired, partially sighted, and sighted people learn the touch-based alphabet using the fun LEGO bricks! They are completely compatible with other LEGO products. The LEGO Braille Bricks were given to charities and schools to help children. As of 2023, you can now buy these bricks for yourself. You can find out more about LEGO Braille Bricks here and the languages they are available in.
Also, check out https://lingojam.com/BrailleTranslator, that's how I made the title! Isn't that cool?
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Did you know that Jaffa Cakes has the coolest Barcode design I think I've ever seen?
It's literally a mini-debate over if they are cakes or biscuits! I love this so much, they are poking fun at the question everyone asks for their brand. Also, it's a great conversation starter, I had almost everyone in the office talking about it last week!
I also added a poll on Instagram to see what my friends and followers think the debate is!
I'm not sorry to say I call them cakes, it seems most of my friends call them biscuits...I never did share my opinion on the topic though, so shh!
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