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Polk audio show car at a formula D event.
Just trying somethings on CS3. I added a blueprint effect with a bit of orton.
MADDALAM: The maddalam or madhalam is a drum made out of the wood of the jackfruit tree. It has two sides for playing, made out of leather, and has different kind of sounds on each side. The maddalam is a heavy instrument which is hung around the waist of the person playing, and the player stands all the while to perform.
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A phenom if ever there was one, Maurice Brown had people buzzing about his chops while he was still attending Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills. In short order, he won a full music scholarship to Northern Illinois University, took top prize in the Miles Davis Trumpet Competition and established himself as a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He was featured on recordings by Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Fred Anderson.
In equally short order, it seemed, he was gone. After studying with Louisiana legend Alvin Batiste at Southern University in Baton Rouge, he asserted himself in New Orleans, where he mixed it up with top local players, scored a weekly gig at the Snug Harbor jazz club and recorded his first album, Hip to Bop. Think of hard bop monsters Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan dipping into contemporary grooves, personalizing the sound with “wah wah” effects and such, and you’ll have a hint of what a blast of fresh air Brown was.
The next leg of his journey was set in motion by Hurricane Katrina, which he escaped with little more than his horn and his laptop. As captured in the documentary, Brass Movement: A Modern Love Story, he landed on his feet, and then some, in New York, where his talents were demanded by such artists as Aretha Franklin, Roy Hargrove, Talib Kweli, Diddy, Cee-Lo Green and rising Irish soul singer Laura Izibor. Whatever he’s playing, he creates instant excitement. A group with its own strong personality, the Maurice Brown Effect includes New Orleans saxophonist Derek Douget, pianist (and Chicago native) Chris Rob, bassist Solomon Dorsey and drummer Joe Blaxx.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Petrillo Music Shell
Maurice Brown Effect
5:00 – 5:50 pm
These were all taken in my bathroom with the lights off, the way I got different lighting was by shining partial light on certain parts i wanted illuminated for the shot, the streaks are created by showing the camera the light directly in front of it.
All of these were taken on a long exposure, and each displays a different style of lighting.
Hurricane Sandy affected the Big Lake for a couple days so I had to get out to Holland beach to snap some shots. It was SUPER windy, very difficult to stand still and hold the camera still enough to get clear pictures.
Tried a new technique this time. Turquoise base coat with Devlan Mud wash and then Ice Blue stippling/dry brushing.
Well, here she is: the Original Effect Army Attractive Mulan figure.
To summarize the story so far, she was effectively a random Facebook purchase from Ottawa, a city about 4 hours from where I am., so I had to depend on the kindness of strangers to get the job done. She arrived, and I knew she was incomplete (missing one shoulder armour piece) and I learned there was some pleather deterioration.
But it is definitely an interesting piece to do a bit of research into.
The box, as far as I can tell, comes with the figure, complete with fabric outfit, various armour bits, and a necklace, an additional pair of hands for holding accessories, a sword, and a shield. There are holes on the bottom of the feet which indicate that you can get some sort of a stand for the figure, but there is nothing to suggest that she ever came with a stand.
Original Effect, as far as I know, no longer exists. Their webpage is dead and there hasn't exactly been any recent chatter about them... or any in general. They made at least 10 figures, and seemed to be active in the mid 2010s. A quick glance on eBay will very quickly show why you either really like Original Effect, or you rolled your eyes at them.
All their designs were clearly aiming for the sultry anime character look. Mulan here is actually one of the more conservatively dressed ones - she's no worse than what you'd find in a Warriors/Musou game, though it's funny because she's supposed to be the one that the entire Imperial army couldn't figure out was a chick.
The standard Original Effect 1/6 body... well isn't really 1/6 at all. Mulan is slightly taller than the rest in that her feet are wearing some crazy stilettoes, but she's about 12 inches from her ANKLE to the top of her head. She's about the size of those old DC 13 inch "one sixth" figures... that or she's really 6.75 ft. tall. While she's clearly mostly leg, comparing Mulan to my Widow collection shows even her upper torso is about a half an inch taller.
This does kind of put a damper on my plan to convert Mulan to a TBLeague body.
More interesting is the aesthetic the body was going for. In my mind, Original Effect was aiming for a fantasy body, albeit one that is relatively slender and when posed, can appear quite graceful. Put another way, the body is more akin to the slender TBLeague offerings as opposed to the curvier ones.
The overall design of the body resembles a Ball Joint Doll or Figma more. All joints are single and have restrictions on motion as you'd expect. There is no lateral shoulder movement. The overall design is like of one those semi-seamless bodies, where it's really the main torso that has no visible gaps.
The trade off, however, is because this is not a true stainless steel skeleton, the rubber (at least I think it's rubber) sits on top of some relatively bulky mechanical bits, which in turn negatively affects the range of motion in the torso, both waist and abdomen area.
The joints for the wrists and ankles are also embedded in the stumps, which also reduces range of motion. Range of motion for the arms and legs themselves aren't bad. The figure appears to be top heavy, which can overwhelm the knee joints causing the figure to flop over.
The neck is interesting. I don't think I have a broken one, but it appears that the actual neck itself has no functioning joint, with a short joint piece for where the head plugs on. This translates into you're not getting too much variety in your head poses.
Overall, I'd say the body itself isn't up to Hot Toys level, but the outfits the characters are in allow them to utilize their somewhat limited articulation better.
The outfit itself is relatively simple, consisting of a silk like outer robe, one single sock, fabric sash, and effectively a black top and underwear set. Having said that, after staring at Hot Toy outfits for the past decade, its a nice change of pace.
I dig the head sculpt. Mulan has the benefit of basically just having to look cool, and I feel the doll like appearance works quite well, complemented by the make up they applied to her eyes and lips. Expression is very cold , which admittedly can be a turn off. Having said that.. at least she looks awake, which is more than I can say for other 1/6 figures I've seen.
Detailing in the sculpted hair is also nicely done, rivaling some of the stuff I've seen on Japanese scale figures. The fabric strap on her head has a wire in it, so that can be posed
Detailing and paint work on the armour and weapons aren't bad. I've seen more polished work on my Figma and Figuarts releases (and of course, Hot Toys) but is still several steps above some of the third party stuff that I've seen. The hands are actually nicely sculpted, appearing slender as one would expect, something that I've yet to see on any 1/6 female figure outside of the modern seamless crowd.
Finish on the various plastic parts can look a bit rough, though on mine it appears most of the "oof" areas are covered by the sleeves.
The shoes are a bit much. I mean, stylistically I don't mind as it fits the overall design, but they make standing the figure up without a stand somewhat of a challenge.
The head is somewhat different. From what I can tell, she actually has a layer of rubber skin rather than flesh colours paint, which if I'm using my engineering hat, was done in order to keep the colours of the chest and face consistent, as there is a slight difference between the chest and the legs/arms. It's not as noticable on this figure due to the outfit, but I imagine this could be somewhat of an eyesore on the... shall we say... more modernly dressed figures.
In conclusion, I like the overall package the figure offers, even if it's not quite up to Hot Toys standards. Aesthetically, though, Mulan is like a character out of a comic book, with an emphasis on her long legs, which is something you're not going to get with the main players in the one sixth industry.
Clearly being one sixth, I'm not exactly going to rush out and hunt these figures down. I lucked out here on this purchase, as in general figures this size are not cheap. But, this does give me one more thing to keep an eye out for when I can travel again.
2021 is off to an interesting start toy wise... lets see what other exotic finds it brings.
....sun from behind, shadows in the alley (hence the blueish background) but I did use a gold-coloured Dörr reflector to light out model Kim with this strange result of a cold blue background and Kim in the warm light of the goldplated sun.
Definitely going to use the reflectors way more often!!!! They are a cheap substitute of flash-umbrella's but do the job just as well and take much less effort to take with you :)
This is for “Its An Addiction” group tutorial HERE
I got totally lost on this so there is a couple of processes missing but it's my first attempt. I will try again when I have more time, don't like things beating, lol.
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Warning, the following text contains heavy spoilers; all those who have not seen the Ending of Mass Effect 3 should probably not read on!
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So yeah, my thoughts on the Ending in short form: WTF did I just see?
Long version:
We struggled through a bunch of crap, witnessing the Fall of Thessia, combating Asari-Husks with GITD-B00bs, seeing Mordin die to cure the Genophage and Legion to unite Quarian and Geth and when we finally get the last piece of the puzzle, it totally screws us over with three unacceptable choices.
After three games of preparation and fight against the Reapers, a race of intelligent 2km long Spaceships who want to eradicate all life that is technologically advanced enough to travel space, we are brought to the conclusion that a little child just uses them to create “order” in the universe.
People are harvested, preserved in Reaper Form and then aide in the next cycle.
And now our choices stray away from the original plan:
Either we kill all synthetic life, including the Reapers, but also the Geth who are finally on our side (and pretty damn cool) and EDI who got a downright character development in the third part.
Or we take control of the Reapers doing that what our arch-enemy planned to do, which is therefore unacceptable.
Or we rewrite the whole genetic code of the galaxy making every life form the same, which apart from being totally unrealistic, is also stupid in that aspect that there would be nothing “interesting” left in the galaxy, like sexy, blueskinned, female Aliens or badass…however you’d describe a Krogan.
On top of that, all three choices bust the Mass Relay System limiting all civilisations to sublight speed making galaxy wide travel near impossible.
Thinking about that, the Quarian Homeplanet is on the other side of the galaxy, but they are in the Sol system. So after 300 Years of exile they need 300 more years to get back there.
Now, all choices also result in Shepards demise (except that final scene after the synthetic destruction, which can be interpreted different ways). Normally I wouldn’t have a problem with Sheppard giving his/her life for the cause, but I want a good cause for it!
So, my suggestions for the ending:
1) Kill all the Reapers, Sheppard either dies as a hero and gets a memorial. (Galactic readiness not at full but high enough for victory against Reapers)
2) Kill all the Reapers, Sheppard lives happily ever after (Galactic readiness full or nearly full, final scene: Normandy flying into the sunset, please?)
3) Fail, because of lack of galactic readiness and the Reapers harvest everyone, completing the cycle.
So yeah, that’s my thoughts on the ending. I sincerely hope Bioware retcons that, like Bethesda did with Fallout 3 (BoS DLC allowed you to survive the original Finale). A DLC making the last 20 minutes a dream would be great, Harbinger simply knocking you unconscious (therefore starting the DLC at the run for the Beam-Lift to the Citadel). That would allow different choices and also have the game continue after the final Mission, probably opening the stage for less Reaper related content like Project: Overlord or LotSB were for ME2.
Now, just to clarify: I tottaly loved all three Mass Effect games, and this final chapter was realy great, I enjoyed everything about it, except the ending.
I will also play through it multiple times again, but I'll probably stop after the Cerberus base.
Just to make it clear, that I did in fact like the game.
Now: Anyone else feeling a little F’ed by Bioware as well? Please post your opinion below.
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" A*C Bad Wolf Cookies" - montagem da exposição para o projeto GIRL EFFECT da Nike Foundation, apresentado durante o Forum Anual do Banco Mundial, em Washington DC.
MAKING OFF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRjYaUXGm8A&feature=channel_v...
SOBRE O GIRL EFFECT
Skylight roof of Spencer's Plaza, Chennai(India) reflected on to wind shield of a car kept for display in the atrium.
"Arts installation documenting the life and works of Michael Faraday who was Scientific Advisor to Trinity House and said to have conducted many experiments in the TBW Lighthouse."
To the left of the shed was a warehouse, its inside filled with smoke and cut at top and bottom by two horizontal planes of laser light. I poked my head through the door that was barely ajar, and a man with long white hair told us to come in. We walked through the mist for ages, looking at the light patterns spreading like luminous milk through the coffee darkness. Mannix's pram seemed to be standing wheel-deep in a foggy marsh.
According to the Trinity Buoy Wharf website, this was called Horizon, "An installation of Laser light and paintings by Caroline Cary and Jim Webb in the Electrician's Shop Basement and Chainstore II."
K ENB Extensive 'The Living Lights' 0.236 + Extreme Quality + Moonsprite + SweetFX + a few Mods.
More beautiful scenery from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Some Mods ...
Skyrim Immersive Creatures (where I got it from - requires DLC Dawnguard)
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24913//?
Original SkyMoMod link ...
www.moddb.com/mods/skymomod-v12
Monster Wars v6
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18997/?
Danariel Stormbow Follower
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/47649/?
FR Girl Followers with In-Game Body Changer
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/47063/?
Transformation Dark Knight and Paladin
www.loverslab.com/topic/14831-transformation-dark-knight-...
Jump animations
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16069/?
BBP Armor paks (English translations)
www.loverslab.com/topic/6034-bbp-armor-english-translatio...
Warrior Within Weapons
skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/42280/?
Explosive Arrows- Fire Frost and Shock
Item #85075
Vice Effect
Ollie Lawson Dressed Doll
Color Infusion™ Collection
2015 W Club Upgrade Doll
Approximate Ship Date: Summer 2015
Edition size: TBA (Determined by the total amount of orders received)
Doll Tech Specs:
Body Type: FR:Homme
Head Sculpt: Ollie Lawson
Quick Switch Feature: No
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Frosted Blond
Eyelashes: No
Late afternoon Lake Effect fog rolls off Lake Ontario and obscures the West Pierhead Lighthouse in the Oswego, New York harbor.
This is one of the photos I featured on my blog yesterday which was Freshly Pressed, Wordpress.com's version of Explore, and garnered over 1,000 views.
Here is an example of the von Restorff effect with the Old Spice commercial. When other companies seemed extremely serious in their advertising, Old Spice decided to go the other route.
Old Spice commercials are my favorite! They are so weird that they tend to stick with you. Isaiah Mustafa was the perfect actor for these off-the-wall commercials.
Leica M2
Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 IV "King of Bokeh"
Kodak Tri-X 400
Kodak HC-110 Dil B (1+31)
7 min 30 sec 20°C
Scan from negative film
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Snow can be a pain. But in early winter, I love lake effect snow. Unlike Michigan, and places like Buffalo, Who get pounded.
In early winter we only get occasionally. And it's usually just an inch or so of the soft fluffy variety. melting away in a day or so.....
When I was a child. It was the best sledding. And as an adult. The best when doing something outdoors. Because it meant warmer temperatures. After a cold blast.
Now by end of March and April. My tune will change greatly. Because then it will just be winter hanging on. But for today.......
Sleigh bells ring. Are you listening....