The Blog of Glen Moyes

Did you know that Klok has a beta program ? Neither did I until today. Sure you can download a beta version but it's not the current version of the software. Thank goodness because I've been using the public beta for a year and with no software updates I was worried that the project was dead. Luckily I found frequent and recent posts about Klok on their Twitter page and blog . You can be a part of the beta program my making a donation (anything greater than $0). I of course donated because as you might have read on my original post on Klok last year, Klok is totally worth using!

EDIT: This article has a follow up post about the beta program that was written a year later. And yes, I do mean life changing. Ever wonder how much time you actually spend on a project? If you bid a 40 hour project are you really sure it's going to take that long? How much time does each stage of the project take? How many hours do you spend emailing the client? What about other activities during the day like visiting websites, recreation, and cooking food? Where is your time going? I've wanted to know the answers to those questions for a very long time. I thought I had a pretty good idea, but I could never know for sure without an easy to use timeclock program. In the past I've searched for a free one that does not require a web server and is adequate for single person use, but I couldn't find one. Luckily a week and a half ago I found a very promising candidate thanks to an article on Webdesigner Debot . It's called Klok , an Adobe AIR app and therefore multipl...

This gives me an excuse to try out uploading videos to the blog. Here's the ads in their squint-o-vision glory (links to HD video and soundtrack downloads are in the previous post ). Edit: I started using Vimeo, so now you can click on the links below the ad to watch it streamed in HD from their web site. Enjoy! >> Watch this video streamed in HD (720p) >> Watch this video streamed in HD (720p)

Here are the links to the Computer Medical Center Ad we just finished. CMC Ad 1 : 720p, MP4/H264/AAC, 23.8 MB CMC Ad 2 : 720p, MP4/H264/AAC, 24.3 MB Music Track : MP3, 192kbit Music Track : OGG, 192kbit All content is copyrighted by Computer Medical Center. Credits Studio: Lumaglyph Creative Director and Designer: Glen Moyes Storyboard Artist: Shaun Williams Animation: Adam Weber, Glen Moyes Photography: Meggan Hayes Music: Glen Moyes (composition and engineering), Aaron Pike (composition), Shane Hunt (guitar) Design Process The goal for the TV spot was to create an ad on a tight budget that didn't look local. The ad is going to be shown in movie theaters locally and on cable TV, so we wanted to create an ad that is entertaining, communicates what Computer Medical Center does and sets it apart from the competition. The game piece concept worked very well to achieve this, and all within budget. For the second half of the ad, we decided to use photography in motion as opposed to vide...

It's 1:57 a.m. and I just finished making some last minute changes to the Computer Medical Center ad. The last frame has been rendered; it is finished. The ad is awesome. The visuals are awesome. Even the original soundtrack is awesome. I'll do a postmortem on the project as well as post links to the ad because it's awesome. But for now I can sleep and life can return to normal—wait, I have to move day after tomorrow. Crap.

Speaking of video games, This is proof that I need more free time. This is entirely due to a television ad that I'm working on. The visuals should be done tomorrow and I'll get the audio done a couple of days after that. It's been neat taking part in the entire process of creating an ad, and being able to see a design project of this magnitude from beginning to end. I've had a lot of help from the rest of us in our little 5-man studio: critiquing, concept art, and animation (lots of animation). I'll likely post the ad up here when it's done. I wish that's all I had to do before Christmas, but I have to move and job hunt too. Oh well. Until then, I miss you Team Fortress 2. Here's the link to my Steam profile so you can see what dirty rotten games I've been playing and for how long. There's also a picture of a scary possessed evil satanic squirrel there too (the spawn of a graphic designer when he did have too much time on his hands). So that...