I was on vacation when David Leite from Leite's Culinaria e-mailed me. I'm so surprised that he told me about my Chocolate-Ginger Crinkle Cookies photo goes to final.
It was the only photo I sent for this contest. I didn't have much time to try another recipes and to make so many photos because I was preparing my vacation to Indonesia.
Then at the beginning of the September month, Allison from Leite's Culinaria e-mailed me. Yayyyyyy!!! I'm so thrilled that I made it as a second place winner.
Now, I can't wait for my $200 gift certificate from B&H Photo *dora dancing*
When the first time I saw Sherlock Holmes end title, I was like "This is the one what I've been looking for!" Well, I was looking for a style that combine live-action footage, painting & motion graphic & that end title inspires me.
So I decide to make a 'rip-off' style from it. I have no problem with the drawing itself, but the problem is in the ink-smearing motion effect.
Fortunately I found this website with tutorial & material about the same style, Jake & Dan. So I grab the paper texture file, the smearing ink blot etc from them.
Next step, I pick some of video footages from our Canon EOS 500D. Then in Corel Painter X, I draw the outline & put some hatches in different layers. I keep the original image from the video footage for color effect, later in After Effects.
Then in AfterEffects, using the smearing-ink material from -- as Luma Matte for each layer of my drawings & apply BCC Watercolor in the original image.
In the final composition, all the layers are in 3D mode because I want to add depth (3D environment) & put a camera with slow track movement.
Our kids are easily get bored. Hence we choose to make their own toys rather than buying toys at the toy store. On the one hand we're taught to save money. And on the other hand teaches them to appreciate the creative process :).
This is a kitchen set that we made using old water boxes.
Shot with Canon EOS 500D & 50mm ƒ1.4 lens with 4x macro filter. The video was shot with manual aperture (ƒ1.4) in FLAT Picture Style & color corrected in Final Cut Express with Magic Bullet Looks.
Perkenalkan, ini supir taxi gelap langganan kami bernama Habib berkebangsaan Iran. Sama sekali ngga bisa bahasa Inggris, tapi kelakuannya rusuh & suka iseng. Berumur paruh baya mengaku punya istri 5 di Teheran, Iran :D
Becandanya suka rasis. Sambil nyetir, sering nunjuk-nunjuk ke orang di pinggir jalan "Bengali!" atau "Musr (Mesir)!" atau "Kuwaiti!" Yang sering jadi korban orang Bengali (Bangladesh). Setiap menemukan mereka entah sedang berjalan atau ambil air, Habib melambatkan mobilnya dan berteriak-teriak seperti mengomel kepada mereka kemudian kabur sambil ketawa-ketawa meninggalkan korbannya terbingung-bingung.
Suatu ketika, Habib dan kami memergoki teman sekantor kami (Yoswar & Eman - ex RCTI juga) sedang berjalan di parkiran bank. Isengnya kumat, Habib menginjak gas dan bersiap menabrak Yoswar & Eman. Kontan saja mereka berdua kaget setengah mati melompat ke trotoar menyelamatkan diri. Habib pun ngakak dari balik kemudinya.
Hari ini, korbannya seorang bapak-bapak sedang tenang & damai bersepeda di pinggir jalan. Habib menempelkan mobilnya tepat di samping pengendara sepeda, menggebrak pintu & berteriak keras dalam bahasa arab. Langsung kabur, Habib tertawa terkekeh, merasa puas membuat si pengendara sepeda nyaris jatuh. "Hada Irani (Itu orang Iran)" katanya. Buset. Orang sebangsanya juga jadi korban. Dasar Irani gila.
Pagi ini kami mampir ke Sultan supermarket. Yang menarik, kini tersedia mangga Indonesia. Cuma harganya yang luar biasa, sekilo dijual Rp 70.000 saja! Kebayang kalau di kampung tinggal manjat pohon dan metik sendiri. Pengen sih beli, cuma ngga rela sama harganya. Sementara Leia yang duduk di trolley sudah teriak-teriak pengen mangga-nya. Neo yang duduk di sebelah Leia juga ikut excited. Nanti pas mudik saja ya nak, kita pesta mangga! *balada perantau*
