Dennis Jones

Joseph Video

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dennis

I fired up the magical iShowU software and recorded my work on this little illustration…

Stop Motion Build 3

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dennis

I have the clay sculpt for my stop motion puppet about where I want it. I fear there is too much detail for the casting process, but I have no idea because I have never done any of this before. We shall see…

Sock Monkey 2.0

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dennis

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Some people are consumed with trying to build a better mousetrap. Me? I’m consumed with trying to build a better sock monkey.

Stop Motion Build 2

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Dennis

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…ok, so what have I learned so far on my first ever stop motion puppet build? Two tiny little aluminum wires will not hold five pounds of clay in the air very well. I had to bite the bullet last night, tear off the bottom half of my sculpt, and build a more substantial armature to support the weight… and you can tell by the look on this guys face that he was none too happy about it…

Stop Motion Project

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Dennis

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In an effort to try and learn something new, I enrolled in a stop motion class at the local university. Here are my initial steps into this foreign terrain. First I need an idea, (which I don’t have) so I fall back to my standard fallback plan… VIKINGS! Using aluminum wire and masking tape I build an armature over the top of my pencil drawing.

I attach the wire armature to the wood base with a couple of nuts and bolts.

I want the top of my viking to be pretty beefy and if I build all that bulk up with clay this thing will no doubt weigh 600 pounds when I’m done, so I pump up the volume on my armature with aluminum foil.

Now for the fun part! I start roughing in the form with clay. This is where I am at so far. I’ll post more as this process happens.

It’s A Hoosier SuperBowl!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dennis

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Friday at SuperBowl Village in downtown Indianapolis, we stumbled across the location ESPN was broadcasting from. Mike and Mike were on, so I called my oldest son (who listens to them every day) and told him we were there watching them live. He looked at his tv and began laughing uproariously telling me, “you’re in the camera shot right now!”

Skyrim Ice Troll

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Dennis

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Whenever I see Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer on television, I usually dial in for a little of it. I like how Yukon Cornelius makes a friend out of Bumbles, the lovable, bouncing, abominable snowman. You can imagine how excited I was the other night as I wandered around Skyrim and ran into a lovable abominable snowman there. Unfortunately, it was not a lovable abominable snowman, it was a Skyrim Ice Troll which promptly killed poor Magnus StormWeasel yet again. Magnus StormWeasel… good hearted… dumb as a rock.

My 2011 SketchBook

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dennis

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Happy New Year Everyone! Here is my sketchbook from the past year.

Skyrim Target Practice

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Dennis

Skyrim Nord

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Dennis

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I am a brand new, level one Skyrim Nerd, and this is my level one Skyrim Nord, Magnus StormWeasel. Unfortunately for Magnus, I am not a “gamer” so as a result, he is a bit of a dolt and does mostly really stupid things like unexpectedly jumping out a tower window five minutes into the game and killing himself much to my surprise… and his too, I suspect…

Oh Tannenbaum

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Dennis

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Ulthar Stormhammers Skyrim Quest to find the perfect Christmas tree for the holidays was about to come to an unexpected and somewhat uncivil termination…