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A quick render after some messing about in MAXON's Cinema 4D with Sub Polygon Displacement. I decided to dive into this extremely fun, but complex program this week for an hour or so...
TUTORIAL CAN BE FOUND HERE AT GREYSCALE GORILLA
Another quick shout to Andy Allen for bringing C4D to my attention. Cheers dude.
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: flavoredtape.com/post/161551719051
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✰ Now Featuring Shazzadul Haque Rafi ✰
-Explore @shazzadul.haque here and on instagram for more!
//Poise II// (Fullframe) #C4D #cinema4d #cgartistlab #hardsurface #renderoftheday #motiongraphics #photoshop #ArnoldRender #art #Design #otoy #octanerender #gsgdaily #rsa_graphics #digitalart #d_expo #greyscalegorilla
Another year, another ship… and a new Digitally Assembled video? Why yes!!
I created 红海 (Hóng Hăi) using the AI tool Midjourney to produce an image to base the design off of.
I worked with my friend and incredible concept artist, Till Freitag, to explore Midjourney and challenge us to create two very unique looking spaceships inspired by Midjourney’s prompt.
Are you curious how we created our designs? Follow the link to check out the video with Till and I on Digitally Assembled: youtu.be/kc8M9Iw9B_0
For those unfamiliar, SHIPtember is an annual LEGO community challenge where a builder must create a spaceship 100+ studs long on the longest axis within 1 months’ time. This is my third SHIPtember. This year was special with the inclusion of Midjourney and collabing with Till. The ship took roughly 62 hrs and was made in Bricklink Studio, Cinema 4D with Arnold, and Photoshop using my Puget Systems machine. Till’s art used Blender and Photoshop.(you can find his version on his and my Instagram page)
Here are my thoughts on my design’s fictional bio:
红海 (Hóng Hăi) is a Chinese deep space radiation research ship launched in the year 3090. It was made by the 太空海军研究会 (The Space Naval Research Society) in 3087 and reached Saturn on May 21st 3090. Its primary mission was to research a strange phenomenon of new unknown forms of radiation occurring near Saturn.
The ship is equipped with a large laser array to study the phenomenon and radiation levels up close. The main “sail” carries billions of sensors to detect various forms of radiation. It hosts a crew of 7 who are well shielded inside the spacecraft when not inside the large rear observation deck. The ship is 632.5 ft tall (192.79 meters). 7 years into its mission findings discovered the unique radiation was caused by The Shell, an alien inter-dimensional artifact discovered by German astronauts in 3093 near Neptune. The purpose of The Shell is yet to be determined but the radiation left in its wake was found to cause disruptions in the fabric of reality wherever it resided. Hóng Hăi’s taikonauts have been recognized for their findings upon return to earth.
The Lego model is 114 studs long (35.8in), 138 studs high (43. 6in), and 87 studs wide (27.3in) and has 7732 pieces.
#lego #legoship #shiptember #shiptember22 #legoinstagram #legostagram #legophoto #legophotography #legomoc #legoafol #legoafolcommunity #legomania #legospaceship #midjourney #ai #spaceship #afolcommunity #afol #moc #tillfreitag #conceptart #cinema4d #pugetproud #greyscalegorilla #arnoldrenderer #blender #digitallego #bricklinkstudio #digitallyassembled
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: bit.ly/1WaM97i
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Day 108 - T Stands For…? #hdri #hdristudiopack #backtothefuture #C4D #Cinema4D #gsgdaily #gsg #greyscalegorilla #topcoat #36daysoftype #36days_T
by @greyscalegorilla on Instagram.
[Sound on] I finished my build for this month’s RLUG (Sacramento Brick Builders) challenge: Create a bouquet or skyscraper. So I made an animation of the Soilent Green flower shop. I hear the flower arrangements are quite edible… just not so many returning customers for some reason…
This was lots of fun to do and animate. I designed everything in Bricklink Studio and textured and animated using Cinema 4D with Octane and Greyscalegorilla Light Kit Pro 3. I finished the video in After Effects with my own vocal sound effects and a song by DapperChapMusic, composed by Michael Collings. All of this was possible because of the awesome computer from Puget Systems.
Hope you like it. “Soilent Green is LEGO minifigures!!!”
#lego #legophotography #legophoto #legoinstagram #afol #afolcommunity #bricklinkstudio #bricklinkstudio2 #legomania #digitallego #VFXReact #c4d #octane #pugetproud #legoflowers #moc
[Sound on] I finished my build for this month’s RLUG (Sacramento Brick Builders) challenge: Create a bouquet or skyscraper. So I made an animation of the Soilent Green flower shop. I hear the flower arrangements are quite edible… just not so many returning customers for some reason…
This was lots of fun to do and animate. I designed everything in Bricklink Studio and textured and animated using Cinema 4D with Octane and Greyscalegorilla Light Kit Pro 3. I finished the video in After Effects with my own vocal sound effects and a song by DapperChapMusic, composed by Michael Collings. All of this was possible because of the awesome computer from Puget Systems.
Hope you like it. “Soilent Green is LEGO minifigures!!!”
#lego #legophotography #legophoto #legoinstagram #afol #afolcommunity #bricklinkstudio #bricklinkstudio2 #legomania #digitallego #VFXReact #c4d #octane #pugetproud #legoflowers #moc
The Gigaton Flux Inductor
Recently I got my "holy grail" Lego set: the M-Tron Mega Core Magnetizer. Being inspired by the incredibly cool set from the 1990s I thought it was due time to make my own M-Tron moc. In keeping with the epic M-Tron names I called this the Gigaton Flux Inductor. Also, since M-Tron is essentially a space-fairing mobile repair corporation I thought it fitting for them to have a mobile fuel truck for stranded rovers and spacecraft whether you are the Space Police, Blacktron, Unitron, you name it! Everyone's tank runs empty some day and M-Tron will be there to fill you up (for a price) with the mobile Gigaton Flux Inductor. The vehicle has six wheels (built using the technique found in the Lego Orchid base), two fuel pumps, a communications array, and a crew of 3.
This was made using Bricklink Studio, Cinema 4D, Octane, Greyscale Gorilla Plus lights and textures, and Photoshop.
Hope you like it!
[Sound on] I finished my build for this month’s RLUG (Sacramento Brick Builders) challenge: Create a bouquet or skyscraper. So I made an animation of the Soilent Green flower shop. I hear the flower arrangements are quite edible… just not so many returning customers for some reason…
This was lots of fun to do and animate. I designed everything in Bricklink Studio and textured and animated using Cinema 4D with Octane and Greyscalegorilla Light Kit Pro 3. I finished the video in After Effects with my own vocal sound effects and a song by DapperChapMusic, composed by Michael Collings. All of this was possible because of the awesome computer from Puget Systems.
Hope you like it. “Soilent Green is LEGO minifigures!!!”
#lego #legophotography #legophoto #legoinstagram #afol #afolcommunity #bricklinkstudio #bricklinkstudio2 #legomania #digitallego #VFXReact #c4d #octane #pugetproud #legoflowers #moc
Another year, another ship… and a new Digitally Assembled video? Why yes!!
I created 红海 (Hóng Hăi) using the AI tool Midjourney to produce an image to base the design off of.
I worked with my friend and incredible concept artist, Till Freitag, to explore Midjourney and challenge us to create two very unique looking spaceships inspired by Midjourney’s prompt.
Are you curious how we created our designs? Follow the link to check out the video with Till and I on Digitally Assembled: youtu.be/kc8M9Iw9B_0
For those unfamiliar, SHIPtember is an annual LEGO community challenge where a builder must create a spaceship 100+ studs long on the longest axis within 1 months’ time. This is my third SHIPtember. This year was special with the inclusion of Midjourney and collabing with Till. The ship took roughly 62 hrs and was made in Bricklink Studio, Cinema 4D with Arnold, and Photoshop using my Puget Systems machine. Till’s art used Blender and Photoshop.(you can find his version on his and my Instagram page)
Here are my thoughts on my design’s fictional bio:
红海 (Hóng Hăi) is a Chinese deep space radiation research ship launched in the year 3090. It was made by the 太空海军研究会 (The Space Naval Research Society) in 3087 and reached Saturn on May 21st 3090. Its primary mission was to research a strange phenomenon of new unknown forms of radiation occurring near Saturn.
The ship is equipped with a large laser array to study the phenomenon and radiation levels up close. The main “sail” carries billions of sensors to detect various forms of radiation. It hosts a crew of 7 who are well shielded inside the spacecraft when not inside the large rear observation deck. The ship is 632.5 ft tall (192.79 meters). 7 years into its mission findings discovered the unique radiation was caused by The Shell, an alien inter-dimensional artifact discovered by German astronauts in 3093 near Neptune. The purpose of The Shell is yet to be determined but the radiation left in its wake was found to cause disruptions in the fabric of reality wherever it resided. Hóng Hăi’s taikonauts have been recognized for their findings upon return to earth.
The Lego model is 114 studs long (35.8in), 138 studs high (43. 6in), and 87 studs wide (27.3in) and has 7732 pieces.
#lego #legoship #shiptember #shiptember22 #legoinstagram #legostagram #legophoto #legophotography #legomoc #legoafol #legoafolcommunity #legomania #legospaceship #midjourney #ai #spaceship #afolcommunity #afol #moc #tillfreitag #conceptart #cinema4d #pugetproud #greyscalegorilla #arnoldrenderer #blender #digitallego #bricklinkstudio #digitallyassembled
Space Police Planetary Hammerhead Incident Support Harrier
aka- The Big P.H.I.S.H.
Made for #febrovery this is an ode to my childhood in two ways: One of my favorite sets growing up was the Solar Snooper from the "green" era of Space Police. The other influence was my brother and my favorite non-LEGO toys- the Cobra Hammerhead from G.I.Joe.
This rover reuses the wheels I made for my MTron Gigaton Flux Inductor moc. The P.H.I.S.H. operates on planets with water and is amphibious by nature. When the Aquanauts call for help to deal with pesky Aquasharks the Space Police are there to help with this enforcement vehicle. The vehicle carries two Poseidon Darts, each equipped with 4 torpedoes and a harpoon cannon plus a holding compartment for criminals behind the pilot. There are also two T.U.N.A subs (Tactical Underwater Nautical Attack sub) each carrying two torpedoes.
On the harrier itself are two torpedoes, a rotating dual harpoon cannon, and two dual barrel forward-facing cannons. The vehicle is operated by two drivers, two Poseidon Dart pilots, two T.U.N.A. sub pilots, and an additional enforcement officer.
Hope you like this nostalgic build. It was created using the Greyscalegorilla Plus Plugins, Bricklink Studio, Cinema4D, and Photoshop on a Puget Systems machine. I started this build two days ago and took roughly 8 hrs to make.
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: bit.ly/1XVeRs1
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Alley-oop swirl #cinema4d #xparticles #greyscalegorilla lighting.
by @graphic_dreams on Instagram.
Another year, another ship… and a new Digitally Assembled video? Why yes!!
I created 红海 (Hóng Hăi) using the AI tool Midjourney to produce an image to base the design off of.
I worked with my friend and incredible concept artist, Till Freitag, to explore Midjourney and challenge us to create two very unique looking spaceships inspired by Midjourney’s prompt.
Are you curious how we created our designs? Follow the link to check out the video with Till and I on Digitally Assembled: youtu.be/kc8M9Iw9B_0
For those unfamiliar, SHIPtember is an annual LEGO community challenge where a builder must create a spaceship 100+ studs long on the longest axis within 1 months’ time. This is my third SHIPtember. This year was special with the inclusion of Midjourney and collabing with Till. The ship took roughly 62 hrs and was made in Bricklink Studio, Cinema 4D with Arnold, and Photoshop using my Puget Systems machine. Till’s art used Blender and Photoshop.(you can find his version on his and my Instagram page)
Here are my thoughts on my design’s fictional bio:
红海 (Hóng Hăi) is a Chinese deep space radiation research ship launched in the year 3090. It was made by the 太空海军研究会 (The Space Naval Research Society) in 3087 and reached Saturn on May 21st 3090. Its primary mission was to research a strange phenomenon of new unknown forms of radiation occurring near Saturn.
The ship is equipped with a large laser array to study the phenomenon and radiation levels up close. The main “sail” carries billions of sensors to detect various forms of radiation. It hosts a crew of 7 who are well shielded inside the spacecraft when not inside the large rear observation deck. The ship is 632.5 ft tall (192.79 meters). 7 years into its mission findings discovered the unique radiation was caused by The Shell, an alien inter-dimensional artifact discovered by German astronauts in 3093 near Neptune. The purpose of The Shell is yet to be determined but the radiation left in its wake was found to cause disruptions in the fabric of reality wherever it resided. Hóng Hăi’s taikonauts have been recognized for their findings upon return to earth.
The Lego model is 114 studs long (35.8in), 138 studs high (43. 6in), and 87 studs wide (27.3in) and has 7732 pieces.
#lego #legoship #shiptember #shiptember22 #legoinstagram #legostagram #legophoto #legophotography #legomoc #legoafol #legoafolcommunity #legomania #legospaceship #midjourney #ai #spaceship #afolcommunity #afol #moc #tillfreitag #conceptart #cinema4d #pugetproud #greyscalegorilla #arnoldrenderer #blender #digitallego #bricklinkstudio #digitallyassembled
Stills from an animation I made with Processing and P5Sunflow for the 5 Second Project.
- Vimeo
[Sound on] I finished my build for this month’s RLUG (Sacramento Brick Builders) challenge: Create a bouquet or skyscraper. So I made an animation of the Soilent Green flower shop. I hear the flower arrangements are quite edible… just not so many returning customers for some reason…
This was lots of fun to do and animate. I designed everything in Bricklink Studio and textured and animated using Cinema 4D with Octane and Greyscalegorilla Light Kit Pro 3. I finished the video in After Effects with my own vocal sound effects and a song by DapperChapMusic, composed by Michael Collings. All of this was possible because of the awesome computer from Puget Systems.
Hope you like it. “Soilent Green is LEGO minifigures!!!”
#lego #legophotography #legophoto #legoinstagram #afol #afolcommunity #bricklinkstudio #bricklinkstudio2 #legomania #digitallego #VFXReact #c4d #octane #pugetproud #legoflowers #moc
... not really part of my regular stream, but I got stuck with this overlay thing after I read this plug on Greyscalegorilla. It was late night, I had finished my work for the day, so why not : ) Not a truly random thing, but a bunch of pictures overlayed in there, mostly black and whites, with a forest sunset picture on top for the slight coloring.
Another year, another ship… and a new Digitally Assembled video? Why yes!!
I created 红海 (Hóng Hăi) using the AI tool Midjourney to produce an image to base the design off of.
I worked with my friend and incredible concept artist, Till Freitag, to explore Midjourney and challenge us to create two very unique looking spaceships inspired by Midjourney’s prompt.
Are you curious how we created our designs? Follow the link to check out the video with Till and I on Digitally Assembled: youtu.be/kc8M9Iw9B_0
For those unfamiliar, SHIPtember is an annual LEGO community challenge where a builder must create a spaceship 100+ studs long on the longest axis within 1 months’ time. This is my third SHIPtember. This year was special with the inclusion of Midjourney and collabing with Till. The ship took roughly 62 hrs and was made in Bricklink Studio, Cinema 4D with Arnold, and Photoshop using my Puget Systems machine. Till’s art used Blender and Photoshop.(you can find his version on his and my Instagram page)
Here are my thoughts on my design’s fictional bio:
红海 (Hóng Hăi) is a Chinese deep space radiation research ship launched in the year 3090. It was made by the 太空海军研究会 (The Space Naval Research Society) in 3087 and reached Saturn on May 21st 3090. Its primary mission was to research a strange phenomenon of new unknown forms of radiation occurring near Saturn.
The ship is equipped with a large laser array to study the phenomenon and radiation levels up close. The main “sail” carries billions of sensors to detect various forms of radiation. It hosts a crew of 7 who are well shielded inside the spacecraft when not inside the large rear observation deck. The ship is 632.5 ft tall (192.79 meters). 7 years into its mission findings discovered the unique radiation was caused by The Shell, an alien inter-dimensional artifact discovered by German astronauts in 3093 near Neptune. The purpose of The Shell is yet to be determined but the radiation left in its wake was found to cause disruptions in the fabric of reality wherever it resided. Hóng Hăi’s taikonauts have been recognized for their findings upon return to earth.
The Lego model is 114 studs long (35.8in), 138 studs high (43. 6in), and 87 studs wide (27.3in) and has 7732 pieces.
#lego #legoship #shiptember #shiptember22 #legoinstagram #legostagram #legophoto #legophotography #legomoc #legoafol #legoafolcommunity #legomania #legospaceship #midjourney #ai #spaceship #afolcommunity #afol #moc #tillfreitag #conceptart #cinema4d #pugetproud #greyscalegorilla #arnoldrenderer #blender #digitallego #bricklinkstudio #digitallyassembled
Made for one contest for greyscalegorilla.com/blog/
Had to upload it again due to it being stolen quite a lot...
Hardware:
Nikon D90, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, Nikon SB-900
Space Police Planetary Hammerhead Incident Support Harrier
aka- The Big P.H.I.S.H.
Made for #febrovery this is an ode to my childhood in two ways: One of my favorite sets growing up was the Solar Snooper from the "green" era of Space Police. The other influence was my brother and my favorite non-LEGO toys- the Cobra Hammerhead from G.I.Joe.
This rover reuses the wheels I made for my MTron Gigaton Flux Inductor moc. The P.H.I.S.H. operates on planets with water and is amphibious by nature. When the Aquanauts call for help to deal with pesky Aquasharks the Space Police are there to help with this enforcement vehicle. The vehicle carries two Poseidon Darts, each equipped with 4 torpedoes and a harpoon cannon plus a holding compartment for criminals behind the pilot. There are also two T.U.N.A subs (Tactical Underwater Nautical Attack sub) each carrying two torpedoes.
On the harrier itself are two torpedoes, a rotating dual harpoon cannon, and two dual barrel forward-facing cannons. The vehicle is operated by two drivers, two Poseidon Dart pilots, two T.U.N.A. sub pilots, and an additional enforcement officer.
Hope you like this nostalgic build. It was created using the Greyscalegorilla Plus Plugins, Bricklink Studio, Cinema4D, and Photoshop on a Puget Systems machine. I started this build two days ago and took roughly 8 hrs to make.
24.03.2014 - Olded #ethikdesign #everyday #wood #c4d #cinema4d #inspiration #dailyart #dailyinspiration #3dart #3dartist #3dpicture #vray #rendering #compositing #dailypicture #designmilk #creative
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vmedium: This one is very interesting!
ethikdesign: Thx @vmedium I play around curves, splines and sweep nurbs
roonnak: @ethikdesign hey man you're so good, it boggles my mind. Your almost on beeple level :P. But I had a question, where do you get your inspiration and like how do you start. I know basics of C4d and am capable of learning advanced techniques, but am having trouble with inspiration and finishing projects.
ethikdesign: Thank you for your feedback @singhkhin ! beeple is a UFO dude haha it inspires me like other people can inspire me. I'm inspired by many things, sometimes are very simple things like a building, insect, material etc, I observe a lot and I try to give more attention to the small things that are generally under our eyes. On the greyscalegorilla website I explain the process of creation of one of my animations (Sandcastle), the process remains the same, I try to draw (when I have time), forms, concepts, shadows and lights, characters or experiment things with different tools and software.
shihuime: those still images are blowing my mind,such delicate details and all the beautiful reflections,I'm wondering that is that vray helping or good lighting+HDRI+GI,and most important,does that take a lot of rendering time?thank you.
ethikdesign: Hi @shihuime, vray is a very powerful rendering engine but I don't use it all the time, sometimes rendering are lengthy. Depending of the work i use also the physical Rendering engine integrated into the new r15 version.
Don't worry about not knowing what 'NOXU' is, because it is a fake word/brand/logo. I made this in Cinema 4D and After Effects after following a tutorial by GreyScaleGorilla. I'm not really sure about all the sounds even though it took me a lot of time. But they can always be changed later. I also hope that I have altered it just enough so it does not look exactly like the Gorilla's version.
Lastly, I hope you like it and thanks for watching!
[Sound on] I finished my build for this month’s RLUG (Sacramento Brick Builders) challenge: Create a bouquet or skyscraper. So I made an animation of the Soilent Green flower shop. I hear the flower arrangements are quite edible… just not so many returning customers for some reason…
This was lots of fun to do and animate. I designed everything in Bricklink Studio and textured and animated using Cinema 4D with Octane and Greyscalegorilla Light Kit Pro 3. I finished the video in After Effects with my own vocal sound effects and a song by DapperChapMusic, composed by Michael Collings. All of this was possible because of the awesome computer from Puget Systems.
Hope you like it. “Soilent Green is LEGO minifigures!!!”
#lego #legophotography #legophoto #legoinstagram #afol #afolcommunity #bricklinkstudio #bricklinkstudio2 #legomania #digitallego #VFXReact #c4d #octane #pugetproud #legoflowers #moc
This is the first time I have rendered anything in 3D. GreyScaleGorilla really is a good teacher! I also used some music by DjLang59.
It's big, see? It's big C! ;-)
Related to the animation I made with Processing and P5Sunflow for the 5 Second Project.
- Vimeo
Couple versions of my result from "Bubbly Rounded Type" tutorial at Greyscale Gorilla, had a good connector trick - greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2011/10/how-to-make-bubbly-roun...
Here is my seventh build in my colorwheel series of 2025. #colorwheelchallenge
This build was done in 4.4 hrs.
Made on Puget Systems machine
using Greyscalegorilla Plus textures and lightkits
Rendered with Octane in Cinema 4D
Make a Five Second animation based on the theme “Nude No More” and submit it to Greyscale Gorilla for a chance at a sweet prize pack from Threadless. The deadline is this Sunday, June 20th!
Full details can be found HERE
(photo by rachel)
I've been reading a few books lately. It started when some of my previous time management skills (writing primitive symbols on flat surfaces and the occasional post-it) began to lag behind my increasing workloads. I listened to some of Getting Things Done." I'd recommend this to read rather than listen too - it would just be clearer.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Rework, and The 4-hour Workweek
I like to get down to the nuts and bolts of things. Why do we want to do things in the first place?
We are a bit confused, as a species or as a culture. Motivations that were needed in the past now are less reliable. An appetite for protein and fat got us to chase down prey when maybe it would have been easier to pick berries, but now with such ample supply of it we eat to the point of unhealthiness (or way beyond). Also, studies show that more options can make people less happy - we end up questioning or obsessing if maybe the other choice was better. Often we are wired to want certain things, but not wired to know when it's "enough" - so I guess happiness can be unintuitive.
"Drive" is a sort of casual science look at what people want, and one of the great things he talks about is that rewards can actually detract from motivation, that beyond feeling that your wage is fair and adequate, more money is not often what works. The author goes into how we are raised, how we structure offices and work, and examines what aspects might be misguided or counter-productive. He talks about many studies, although his application of their results, while reasonable, is not strictly scientific.
A definite thumbs up.
This is from the guys at 37 Signals, a very successful small software company.
The main thrust is keeping your business simple, removing blocks, rethinking the notion that every business should
be grown as large as possible.
I won't try to rehash it. If you are a software developer, or starting your own small business, just read it. It's
short and very much worth your time. If you are an employee at a job you don't like, a cog in the grand machine,
it may not be of help - although it might inspire you to move on by describing a healthy workspace.
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
This is a favorite of people right now. I got through about half on audio and stopped. It just didn't connect with me.
I've been doing contract/hourly computer work for about twelve years now, and for the last six I've juggled multiple clients.
I don't think I've revolutionized anyone's world, but I guess the notion that I'm doing something really critical for my
clients isn't new to me. They need me, I need them. The book spends a lot of time explaining how the typical company
is structured to not depend or even foster individual talent and independent thinking, and why the reader should be
pursuing a role where they are independent, valued, and critically needed. The author also puts a lot of effort into
exhortation and encouragement for the reader to sort of rise up and be brave and make this happen.
I would have loved if this book went in some slightly different directions (for instance, a more in-depth historical
perspective on how we became an assembly line world), but it's not the point of it. I'm not the target audience.
Running my own business doing computer work, I end up usually being a linchpin for my clients. Often I'd rather not be,
but it pays the bills!
If you are feeling like a cog in the machine, and don't have a visualization of alternatives, this book may be for you.
It seems like many people have gotten a lot out of it.
The premise is that you can utilize a lot of off-the-shelf tools on the internet to have a small business that
sells something, and make a lot of money with very small amounts of ongoing work. For instance maybe you know a lot
about how to tune-up vintage motorcycles. Spend 30 hours of work putting together a video that details
it. Sell it as an $80 DVD and booklet combo via a yahoo store. Eventually find a warehouse to fulfill the orders, and
have the printer and DVD manufacturer ship directly to the warehouse. Advertise via google to hit relevant web searches.
The magic here is - if you sell only 20 per week, that is $6400 per month. You're costs may be $20 per item or less, leaving
you $4800 per month. The work involved? Once or twice a week check your email, make sure all the gears are turning.
The above massively understates a lot of what the author talks about. His main motivation is to travel a lot and have
free time to pursue things that interest him for fun. He details ways to cut down on distraction, how to be more
efficient and make your business less dependent on your own constant input. He at length discusses the importance of transitioning
your job so that you can work remotely, from anywhere, and that this is really the first step. The scope of the book
ultimately is quite broad, and maybe not every aspect is of use to every person, but it was well done.
As I was listening to the audiobook, I could sense two reasons that it would have detractors (Nick @ GSG touched on this too)
First, the author isn't describing being a Craftsman. The main thrust is: if you are unhappy with your life and work,
then find a way to make some money with minimal effort, and then do things you DO like. Which could involve hobbies, or
could involve learning a new trade. Superficially this runs counter to books like Rework, but I think it's just for people in a different place.
Second, the author has a background in athletics and martial arts, and his product, the one that really taught him
what he is writing about, is a sort of food supplement. It ends up at times feeling very $19.95 via an infomercial when he
talks about it. Many of his real life examples from other people are less like this, but his personal example is less appealing.
But maybe that is the point - if you aren't happy, than disconnect the notion that your work has to be this craft you love.
It would be great if we could all have that, but for some people (or all people, sometimes), the two are just different
things.
Of all the books I mentioned, this one was my favorite. I think the author really gets into a lot of the nooks and crannies of how our brains work and what holds us back.
Also, where Linchpin and at times Rework have a kind of soft-hands feel-goodness to them, this is all business. The author doesn't want to muse about things, he wants to live in Thailand and study martial arts while working four hours a week. Maybe this is more where I'm at; I don't need soft hands, I needed some contagious determination.
Another nice thing about this book is that the author is not trying to build some new way of looking at things - he doesn't separate workers into linchpins and non-linchpins and then build layers on that, for instance. He talks about many related things, but they can be absorbed individually. Its not a new outlook that might be replaced in a few years by a new way of looking at things. I think the things he talks about have actually been making business owners money for thousands of years - the yahoo storefront might be new though.
I would recommend this to anyone who is really at a place to make things happen in their lives.
This might work as an audiobook but might be better in print form.
Overall
Some common threads and main points I got out of these books:
Making more money for it's own sake probably won't make you happy
What people want is to have the freedom of being rich, which is more about free time and reasonable resources
Crazy amounts of work, all-nighters, and other stress producers are not helpful and aren't a good means to an end
Being independent and free thinking, and having the right amount of challenge in your work is critical
Distractions kill efficiency. This includes e-mail, web browsing, IMs, phones, co-workers. Everytime you are interrupted, you lose that time, and also lose time trying to get back into the mindset of where you were.
This usually-distracted mindset may itself be a huge source of stress
Being able to work efficiently and solve problems is probably a natural source of happiness - i.e. being in "the zone"
Even 4-hour, with it's make some easy money goal, favors producing a quality product that is useful to people. Returns and unhappy customers are a support headache and don't help you sell more products. Giving easy refunds costs less than arguing.
Simplify down to things you know, things you are good at, and things most people will want.
If you try to please everyone, you will dilute your product or service. Be like Apple - concentrate on how few buttons you can have to get the job done.
One of the things I'm still chewing on is why we need to be told not to be distracted, inefficient, and/or lethargic. How many people would say they feel trapped in their job, but a the same time do nothing on a day by day basis to change it? This seems to be a common state for people, but although these books touched on it I'm not sure the completely answered it.
I'm working on some of my own ideas....stay tuned.
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lukedaviesss: Do you do these yourself?
ethikdesign: Yes @lukedaviesss i win the 5sp animation Contest at GreyscaleGorilla.com . You Can find an ITW as well
lukedaviesss: Amazing! Well done. Could you possibly spare a moment to make me an animation of me juggling 5 clubs! Its for a logo/intro that me and the company I work alongside are thinking of! Would be used in all my videos ect. Pretty cool if you could help:)!
olliehooper_studio: Love this. Remember seeing it on gsg a while back.
ethikdesign: @olliehooper_studio yes dude I can't share it here before . Glade you like it ;)
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Greyscale Gorilla Cinema 4D tutorial easy to follow with great results (i think) - Camera Mapping and Projection