For those of you who wanted me to do a Copics tutorial, here it is - the first part in a series. I filmed my coloring all of her, but it would be too long for one video, so this one shows how I colored the face of Vivi, a stamp I purchased from The Greeting Farm. (The rest of her will come later.)
A small caveat here. I am not Copic-certified, although I will be by the end of March (yaaaaay)!
So follow me at your own risk.
;~D
I'm a little unorthodox as I tend to use four/five colors instead of the traditional three. For this tutorial I used Copics:
E0000
E000
E00
E21
Signo white pen
A surprise ingredient - my "secret weapon"!
Please let me know what you think I should do to improve in the future.
I have a demonstration video for your viewing pleasure and edification. It's all about masking and stenciling. I know it's probably very old hat to most of you, but I'm still trying to get this whole video-making thing down, so it's going to be pretty simplistic for awhile.
The good news is that I learned how to adjust the brightness, etc, so things are a little less dark this time around. I'm hoping I won't have to make that adjustment manually in the future, though. I got my hands on some overhead task lights from IKEA, so I'm hoping they'll install easily and light my desk like...I don't know - something really BRIGHT.
I know! I know! Like "Moonlight in a Martini"! (Can anybody name the movie this came from? How about the actor who said it? Or the actress to whom it was said?)
Our lines are open, callers!
More good news about this video... sort of. After about 37 takes, I was able to finally get a handle on recording a voice-over, so this time around, you get to hear my voice telling you what you can clearly already see in front of you.
As opposed to listening to some cool Brazilian music. (This is why I'm not so sure it's such good news that I'm actually narrating this little flick.) Another negative is that I am totally congested, so my voice sounds very annoying. However, I managed to keep from sniffing, sneezing, coughing, and hawking up phlegm, so THAT'S certainly a positive, right?
Another positive is that I kept this one right under five minutes. I don't know how long people usually prefer their instructional YouTube videos to be, but I'm thinking newbies like myself should probably keep it under five minutes.
Finally, no animals were harmed in the making of this movie... although I did manage to break three nails.
Which was a real bummer. What with Easter coming and all.
But I digress. The challenge at the Hero Arts Blog last week was to do a one-layer card - and that almost certainly demands masking and/or stenciling, so I decided to do both with a Cuttlebug die of a butterfly. I also employed a little embossing (old school). Here's the card:
And here's the video (you can double-click on it to see it at YouTube if you prefer. It's available in HD, either place, I think.)
After unbelievable amounts of trouble and aggravation, tears, cursing, and much gnashing of teeth, I finally conquered technology.
I'm not saying I kicked its butt, but I stuck my foot out and tripped it long enough to suss out a few parts and procedures!
So I am pleased to announce that I have completed my first ever demonstration video. I decided to demonstrate a spinning disk card because so many people asked me to share how to make one.
A few caveats:
1. I wanted to do a voice-over, but I abandoned that idea as it required a little more iMovie kung-fu than I have. (Mainly, though, I went with background music because I can barely breathe and am coughing up internal organs left and right.)
Oh. Lookie there. A small portion of my kidney. Hope I don't need that later....
2. It is my first effort, so please forgive some of the rougher transitions, etc.
3. My apologies for those times when my head bobs into the frame.
