Here it is at last. I took this screenshot on the set of the Medieval and Dragon Tarot Decks. This image is much smaller than the full-size screensaver that you can download from my site. This is the “Dragon Coven” scenario, and it’s the one we’re using this month to tie in all the Urthgame folks. See You At The Top!!! — gorby
http://youtu.be/PFCEHi-pLsw
Yep — I’m of course using “yep” in the Russian sense, to mean “sex”. It’s true; science fiction “filk” songs have finally hit the big time on tv when these guys did this sendup of sci-fi — syfy — si-fi — whatever. Live Long & Prosper! I know, I posted this comedy team only a few days ago, but it suddenly occurred to me that you might not have had the luck/skill/jenesequoi to find this particular link, so I’m posting it now for your pleasure. I think you’ll find it cheerful and amusing on a Music Monday — I’ll be on gorebagg tv at 4 pm pacific time today for more jazz, blues, folk, rock & more.
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gorby
Well, here it is at last! The image-making process of my Gods of Egypt Tarot Deck has been completed. The production of the level in which it was made took place over a number of years — the textures and technical skills are cumulative. The entire development of this technique, which is unique to 3D image creation at this time, took a total of 32 years, starting with tabletop and primitive computer systems and platforms, with the result that today’s engine has thousands of particle and physics effects as well as rendering methods that make the latest video games seem crude by comparison. The GODD 3D Engine was not made for Flattie toys. It’s designed for Real World Voyaging. My Gods of Egypt Tarot Deck will definitely trigger some travel in even a hardened astral-plane-resistant Collapsed Being. I’ll be talking more about states of Being in relation to the organic body/mind/emotions and what it means to piggy-back a flattie, at the next ICW.
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gorby
Well, I debated for several weeks about whether to post this or not; Rachel Bloom is a total scream, but she definitely goes over the limit, especially with her other videos. This one is the least offensive and has a lot of broad physical humor, the kind that made burlesque what it was. I think it’s mostly harmless, but it does underscore the interests of humans, flat or round, and illuminates the chief sport of biped males — to touch a stranger’s boobs. I guess it sort of makes sense — there is little else to provide amusement for the 60-90 years you have to wait to die.
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gorby
That’s me on the right, indicating my very intelligent but very literal laboratory creation, Bob the Robot, at the 1956 WorldCon Science Fiction Convention. The robot responded to simple commands from the RC unit in my friend Phil’s hand and yes, that’s a lampshade he’s wearing for a hat — that’s what was available at the junk store. He was built in three days. The hardest part was the aluminum paint — it wasn’t perfected yet, and didn’t do well on cardboard. Inside the robot costume is my friend Mike, who helped design and built it, and then figured out how to motivate it and make it “speak”. A flashbulb installed at the top would go off at the touch of a button. It exploded the first time we tried it. Very simple programming produces flatties, basically ON BP=MP, which is to say, whenever contacting any “otherness”, move toward it. Another way of saying that is to quote the U.S. Army’s 3 Commandments: If it moves, salute it. If it doesn’t move, pick it up. If you can’t pick it up, paint it. Of course the paint used is always whitewash. If I didn’t appreciate flatties, I wouldn’t have created and used thousands of them. They make the game work!!! Only thing is, don’t expect from Artificial Intelligence what you’d expect from a live player, is all.
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gorby
Workbench with tarot card original paintings sometime around midnight:
I’ll soon be posting the decks that are currently available — they now number 16 artwork decks and 2 absolutely stunning high-detail intricate and beautiful 3-D full color decks — the medieval and the dragon decks, actually, both of which are total knockouts. You’ve never seen a deck with this level of detail before, not ever. The Norton Street deck is currently a work in progress, and should be completed within a week or two. The decks pictured above are from my “Mango Girl” series, intended as guides for my commercial, advertising, layout, animation and fashion designers and comic and book illustrators. If you’re interested in becoming a commercial artist, you might inquire about my current art courses. Ah, I mentioned “Hot Lips” at the start of this posting…it’s one of the Mango Girl series, in this case, 80 fully tarted-up hotties on their way to a Hugh Hefner party.
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gorby