If Plato and Bishop Berkeley had released albums…
This is what they would look like.
Yes, I’m that geeky.
Claudia can’t do math, but she sure can make stupid album covers. Useful talent right there.
Berkeley was the one who said “existence is perception,” and Plato, of course, had his famous Allegory of the Cave.
I have the feeling that this is going to be the summer of the album covers, I’m saying that right now.
Bonferroni is not a type of pasta
Not too much to say today, really. Hung out with Rob (outside, cause it was nice for once!), and that was fun. Freaking out about my stats test. I feel kinda sick. Here are two album covers for you to admire.
Yes, that first one’s a stats thing.
A Blog in Its Purest Form
I broke down and downloaded the Sousa march we’re playing in concert band today. I couldn’t freaking take it anymore. I’d promised myself, “no more Sousa marches! You have like ten of them!” But NO, my weakness prevailed and I’ve added yet another Sousa march to my iTunes library.
I also broke down and did three more albums. Observe!
Yeah, I totally photoshopped (well, altered in Flash) this one, too. Put the clock hands on the moon. Also, isn’t the font that the words “Disjoint” and “Don’t Panic” are in awesome? It’s called “astigma” and it’s from fonts.com.
Actually, I think that’s the only thing I like about this design. The clock hands are kinda cool, though.
Forget Physician, Heal Thyself, I’m calling my hypothetical band Schadenfreude. This cover, if I do say so myself, owns.
Okay, I’ll admit it, I purposely sought this picture out. It does fit quite wonderfully, though, doesn’t it? And I like how I made the wording colored so closely to the sky that it makes your eyes hurt. A band called Cloudbuster would totally want that.
Also, I’ve discovered a few new songs that I will recommend for you good readers. Yes indeed, you read my blogs and are therefore subject to my preferences regarding music. Isn’t life grand?!
1: Breathe (LMC Extended Club Mix) by Erasure. Electronica at it’s finest, my friends. This now tops my “play count” on iTunes.
2: Hide & Seek (DJ Russ Harris Extended Mix) by Imogen Heap. If you’ve listened to Hide and Seek the regular version, this is even cooler in it’s own special way.
3: Dreaming of You by The Coral. This is totally different than the first two songs. For one, it’s not techno (I know, shocking!).
Okay I’m done.
My Torso has a first name, it’s “S-T-E-V-E”…wait, that’s not right…
New obsession: making album covers using that little trick I had listed on the 7th. Here are three more, ranked by how much I like them (worst to best).
3
Band: °Celcius
Album: Limits of the World
Hit Single: Wicked Cool
(I swear, I did not coordinate the band name, hit single, and picture I got. All coincidence. Pretty cool, eh?)
2
Band: Technical Atmosphere (probably the best random Wikipedia search ever)
Album: Better than a Thesis (probably the best end-of-a-quote-random search ever.
Didn’t have a hit single for this one, cause I didn’t think it would look good on the album.
Finally…
1
Band: Icarus
Album: End of the Day
Hit Single: Time to Learn
Alright. With this one, I took a little artistic license. Here is the original picture. I put the wings on myself, cause I was thinking “you know, Icarus…wings…the sun…how perfect!). Tell me if the wings look real (and did you notice how I had to bring the sky upwards as well? Betcha can hardly see the line where I matched the colors!).
I love this stuff. I recommend you try it. I’ve been lucky with good Wikipedia searches (not getting, like, “List of Olympic Javelin Champions 1888-2008” or anything weird like that). It’s fun.
Oh no, not another blog!
Came across this little doodad whilst looking at random peoples’ blogs. So I gave it a shot. If I had any inclination to make my own music at all, this is totally what I’d call myself/my band.
Instructions:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. http://www.livejournal.com/random.bml
Use the subtitle of the journal you go to. This will be your 1 hit single from the album.
5. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result.
Result (done in–what else–Flash):
Debut album: Statuary, Tapestry, and Porcelain from the group Physician, Heal Thyself, featuring the hit single “All the Right Adjectives.”
I’m not sure I like the text on the side there on the left, but I think the rest of it’s pretty snazzy.
Hooray!
Good news: first test of the semester yields an A! Air of cautious optimism assumed. However, fears of tomorrow’s statistics test not yet quenched.
Subtitle THIS!
I re-watched the Flash I made on Friday. I can’t understand a freaking thing they’re saying.
So I present to you: Fillmore Wars: Now with Subtitles!
Please tell me what you think of it, now that you know what they’re saying.
Disguising oneself as an “artist” and making Flash animations to no end
There was a country, had a prez, and Fillmore was his name-o!
M-I-L-L-A
R-D-F-I-L
L-M-O-R-E
And Fillmore was his name-o!
Millard Fillmore + Star Wars + Mario music performed on saxophone = win.
Rated PG-13 for some language and sexually suggestive content. And the phrase “butter churn”.
Please enjoy. Makes little to no sense. Another overdramatic piece of interest. Made under the influence of about 20 Jolly Ranchers.
Edit: Speakonia voices hard to understand? Ask me for the words if you’re so inclined.
Waiter! There’s a Matt Farnsworth in my Blog!
About freaking time, too.
Yes, so it’s finally here. And on your birthday as well! And I’m shocked and surprised that MySpace is actually working so’s I can get this up on the correct date and make it even more special (even though it’s like 11:58 and you’re probably sleeping and won’t see this until tomorrow, earliest).
But anyway…
Yes, here is the long-awaited flash. And I must warn you…it will disappoint. I’m not even going to say “might,” because I know it will. It’s only three minutes long. Four if you count the credits. How sad is that? Four months, four minutes. I sincerely apologize for the sucking that this flash will do (and not sexual sucking either, which is even more disappointing, haha).
So here is my obligatory disclaimer that I put on freaking everything: this is not meant to insult. I don’t think it will—it kind of evolved from a “let’s make fun of Matt just for the heck of it” to a “let’s put Matt in crazy situations with Millard Fillmore and see what happens next” kind of thing.
So yeah.
I’m not asking for anything, just a little credit for actually finishing something that I set out to do that wasn’t school-related.
I hope you like (tolerate) it!
The Matt Farnsworth Experience
by
Claudia “Can’t Finish a Flash in Good Time if Her Life Depends on it” Mahler
Enjoy, and happy birthday!
Claudia channels Ansel Adams (or fails to, rather)
Yeah. I took these over the summer. I’m just uploading them now. Dork.
And yeah, I know they suck. What do you want, I’m horrible at photography!
A trippy picture of ivy. I call it, “A Trippy Picture of Ivy”
“The Moon and I“—I was lucky to catch it like this.
“Kibbie Rising“—or setting, actually.
“Grass of Leaves“—the ivy up the wall of the Ag Sci building.
Comments? Suggestions? Tacos?
61 Songs about Dental Floss and Other Mania-Induced Productions
Hey people, sorry about that private blog yesterday. Don’t worry, it wasn’t about anyone. It was just some crap I had to vent about myself a little. Fun continues now!
Hello my fine ladies and gentlemen! Today, I realized I wanted a fish for my dorm. A bug-eyed one. Named Bug-Eye. I already have the little weirdo picked out at Pets are People Too.
Problem = I have no pump/bubbler for a fish tank.
Actually, real problem = I have no fish tank whatsoever.
So I’m pissed.
Being pissed, I made this instead!
I dub him “Pilgrim.” It strikes me.
Yes, I know the water and rocks are shifted a bit, but what’re you gonna do? Also, don’t you love the way he turns around?
I’m a loser.
Blog number 417: in which fruit is drawn
Hello again, fine people who read these! Being bored today I decided to give another shot at drawing in Flash. So here’s a strawberry for you! Took about 15 minutes.
This blog may contain latex. If you think that could lead to something dirty, please read on
My big adventure today: I got a tablet. You know, one of those little handy-dandy doodads that attaches to your computer on which you can draw and stuff. I tried it out, just kind of experimenting with the pen, in Flash. Apparently my unconscious thoughts come through in my doodles, because I realized after awhile that these little squiggles I was drawing looked freakishly like sperm. As I was drawing them I thought, I wonder if I should post these on my blog. Then I thought, maybe I shouldn’t, as it may offend some of my more sensitive readers.
Then: do I have sensitive readers?
And: I’ve only got three or so regular readers in the first place. Well, if my crap hasn’t offended them yet, I don’t know why it would start now.
But by the time I’d made up my mind to post it up here, I’d absentmindedly deleted everything and started making random text boxes all over the page.
So I drew this instead. It’s an abacus. Duh.
Note: this was not drawn with the aforementioned tablet. This is my real drawing skill in Flash right now, not my make-a-stick-figure-dance-about-for-50-seconds animating skills. That comes later. Apologies in advance, Matt.
An Imperfect Algorithm (or, Claudia + Flash 5 + old timey music = wtf)
I swear I don’t know where this came from. I guess a recessed part of my brain was awakened by my discovery of a clip of old-timey music in the Newgrounds audio portal. I had to steal it and make my own animation. It makes no sense, it has no plot, the varying shades of gray are dull at best, but hey, it’s Saturday and I’m bored.
An improvement over the Aneel animation? Doubtful. Aneel’s infamy will live on in Flash form forever* (as soon as I get around to finishing it).
*If you would like your infamy to live on in Flash form forever, please tell me! I adore making dorky Flash animations, and I adore my friend-people. Put two and two together and what can be better?
Please note: you must provide at least one aspect of your personality and/or a part of your physical appearance and/or a hobby that I can use to make fun of you.
Please also note: I do not like being sued, so this is at your own risk.
Through my crappy flash animation, we all of us get to see Aneel in a dress
Haha, second time posting this piece of crap! But I’ve extended it a bit and added some more fun stuff: drinking! If it’s too insulting now, I’ll take it down. If not, be prepared to be dazzled on your birthday!
So you want to build a three-masted schooner…
I’m calling this art, even though it’s a piece of crap.
I’ll modify it/remove it/hang my head in shame if you want me to, Aneel.
But yeah. This is basically the intro, I plan on animating the whole song.
Hope it’s not too bad! I suck at Flash!
An anomaly in my regular blogging schedule
What’s this? I’m blogging in the middle of the day? WTF?
Well, biology lab doesn’t start until next week, and band doesn’t start until next week, so I don’t have any classes today!
So I decided, because I’m bored and have nothing to do, rather than a normal Fillmore Fact™, I would provide for you a taste of my (crappy) Flash skills.
This short film explores Cheech and Chong’s “Dave” by placing Dave (movie president; it’ll make more sense if you’re familiar with the movie) outside the gates of heaven. When he knocks, the angel of Millard Fillmore comes to answer. Hilarity ensues.
Several notes on this short little film:
~the sound is low. Turn up the volume.
~the quality is low. That’s because I can’t animate.
~that thing in the middle is supposed to be the gates to heaven, where Fillmore resides.
~the preloader is from newgrounds.com, cause it’s the only place I could find a preloader.
~this was made in about 10 minutes.
Enjoy!
Oh, and comments are APPRECIATED!!! (HINT HINT HINT!)
Van Gogh Oh No!
Yyyyyyyyyyeah. This is what I do in my free time.
It’s flour, water, and food coloring, in case you can’t tell. Apologies to Van Gogh. And to whoever came up with food coloring.
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