Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, stop-motion, animation, patience
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REQUIRES PATIENCE

October 5th, 2005 | by Tom
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While I was doing today’s comic I kept thinking about how cool it would be if I could make a little stop-motion animated film for real and post it on the site.

Then I realized I don’t have a camera that I can use to capture images one frame at a time or a program to string them altogether. Hell, I don’t even have clay!

But here’s the next best thing. I think you guys will get a little kick out of it.

I actually think Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit looks really good and I’m kind of amped to see it this weekend. I don’t know where we’re going to squeeze it in between In Her Shoes and Waiting…, but I’ve really enjoyed the previous Wallace & Grommit adventures (Academy Award winning adventures, I might add!) I also really liked Chicken Run when that came out a few years ago. Really anything that Aardman Studios puts out has just this wonderful spirit to it that just tickles me. Maybe because it’s a British important and this kind of thing just seems so… I dunno – quaint in their hands.

I don’t have a lot of insight about the film other than I’m sure it will be an impressive technical accomplishment and I’ve pretty much convinced myself that I’ll have a great time sight unseen.

Still messing around with the site layout in the aftermath of the Dayfree-to-Boxcar switcheroo (which is getting all kinds of press in our circles, much to my surprise). You’ll see the mailing list form is kind of competing with the Webcomics List information. If you guys have any design suggestions, I’m all ears. Just thought I would let you know I’m in a receptive mood.

That’s it for now. Happy Wednesday!

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What's with the set up?

In hour of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit I'm making my own stop-motion animated movie!

But won't that take a lot of patience to take so many individual frames of film?

Probably. But it's something I've always wanted to do! No time like the present to do new things!

5 MINUTES

10 MINUTES

15 MINUTES

Screw this. I'm bored.

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FORM HELP

October 5th, 2005 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

Does anyone know how to reduce the height of a form input field? Maybe through cascading style sheets or other means? The default is too high and I need to squeeze everything down in the little mailing list section to a height of 75 pixels.

E-mail me if you have the answer.

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ALSO FOR THE RECORD

October 7th, 2005 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

So you know, today’s comic is also not supposed to be any kind of commentary about myself and Cami not having kids in real life.

Since there are no kids in the comic, I thought this would be a funny, sarcastic way to address that. It’s not indicative of anything going on in our personal lives.

I ran today’s punchline past Cami first and she’s cool with it. Where kids fit into our future is something we’ve discussed and are secure with. No lame-ass Tom Cruise rumor is going to change that!

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WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE STORE?

October 7th, 2005 | by Tom
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Okay, I mentioned in the earlier rant-heavy blog that there was some important news regarding the store. No reason to beat around the bush, so here it is:

At midnight Monday, October 31 I will remove t-shirts, hoodies and baby doll tees from the store. At which time "Truman in a Purse," "Under Construction" and "Emerging" will be discontinued, never to be printed again. Sales on the remaining designs will be suspended for an undetermined amount of time. When these areas of the store are re-opened, the remaining shirts might end up redesigned, so if you want a shirt in this style, now is the time to buy. Sales of posters, buttons, and the DVD will continue during this time.

The motivation for this is two fold. The first reason is because I am currently behind on fulfilling orders. Of the items I have in stock, everything has been sent out. However, there are still many orders left over where I do not have the right size in the right design or what have you.

I am in the situation where I have these several orders left over, but not enough to warrant a complete restock from the printer. It is my hope that with this final push I will accumulate enough orders to raise my position so I can meet the printer’s minimum order requirements.

The second reason is because I want to burn through what inventory I have left and start fresh with the store. That means retiring some designs and coming out with new ones. So if you ever wanted "Truman in a Purse," you have until October 31 to order it. After that, it will be gone forever.

I realise that there are many of you who are perhaps younger and don’t have access to PayPal or a credit card. If that is the case, please send me an e-mail and we can discuss alternate methods of payment. I’m fairly receptive to whatever works for you and want to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to get the shirt they want.

That’s pretty much the long and short of it. Hopefully this will generate some interest and we can get these shirts out the door!

As always, thanks for your support. I never expected that I would be able to sell t-shirts that featured my ideas or my artwork and it has been a certain joy to bring this to you.

Best wishes, all.

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