Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Splainin' 02


So, “Splainin’” part 2. For those of you who missed part 1, go to the blog and check it out…if you care. Part 2 is all about the Phics. Phics, as I have mentioned in past entries, are my graPHICS. These Phics started out a long time ago as a way for me to teach my-self how to use Photoshop and all the filters and tools it offers. The Phics are currently displayed in a web gallery in almost chronological order (they are pretty much in order but there could be a few that are out of place). If you really dig any of them let me know and I can get you a high res version. I’ll put an email below for everyone to use, it can also be found on the Phics page. Cheers!

Splainin'

Well it looks like I may have some explaining to do. There has been a frenzy of work on Video Anarchy recently. The way I work and present may be a little odd for some people. I will do my best to keep my explanations clear, short, and sweet. Keep your eyes on the VA blog I will be doing my best to get these explanations going today. I have asked (forced) a few of my friends to read over my blog entries and check out the Video Anarchy website. From this “market research” I realized there are a few key topics I will need to touch on. 1) What is Video Anarchy? 2) What’s with the Phics? 3) What is up with the Blog and the way it is written? Number 3 is probably the most common question and I will address this in time.

While I am at it I might as well get started with the “splainin’”. So let’s address the first question. What is Video Anarchy? Video Anarchy started back in 1999 with an 8mm hand held camcorder and a few friends. Mostly a manifestation of boredom and a small town, Video Anarchy was basically goofing around and catching it on tape. All this goofing off and video taping just happened to be timed right with my interest in web design. Now if you are reading this and you know me personally you probably know that I have a slight case of ADHD and can never be focused on one thing at a time. I always have a lot of irons in the fire. So I decided to mash these two irons together and use my goofing off on video to help me teach my self basic web development and design. From this Video Anarchy was born. Throughout the past 9 years there have been many different looks for Video Anarchy. There have been long periods of inactivity and neglect as I raced off and focused on some of the other “irons”. The winds have blown back and Video Anarchy has found a new iteration and some new life. I am hoping that this iteration will reach a wider audience even though VA is just a testing ground for some of my creative outlets, enjoy.

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