http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog Mon, 17 May 2010 17:42:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Priscilla the pig! http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=210 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=210#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 17:42:22 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=210 It’s going a little slower than I had anticipated, but here’s the second character (first being Benny the bull, see below) for the kid’s book idea I’m working on in my limited spare time…  ladies and gentlement, Priscilla the pig!

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=210 0 Nature by Numbers http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=206 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=206#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:02:57 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=206 Very cool video/short film:

Nature by Numbers

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=206 0 No updates in a while… http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=199 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=199#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:47:41 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=199 Oops. Just too busy, I guess…

But I have started working on a children’s book, which will be illustrated entirely in 3D (created in Cinema 4D, to be exact). Here’s one of the characters:

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=199 0 New demo reel for winter 2010 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=195 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=195#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:27:17 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=195 I put together a new reel, it can be found at stephenblacker.com, or right here:

Cheers!

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=195 0 Visual effects http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=193 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=193#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:07:10 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=193 Just started working on effects concepts for a feature length film. Exploring the wonderful world of 3D shaders and texture animation. ;)

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=193 0 Merry Christmas & all the best for 2010! http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=190 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=190#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:28:31 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=190 Have a good one!

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=190 0 blackermusic.net is temporarily down… http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=188 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=188#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:01:25 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=188 Seems that Dreamhost, the company that hosts my sites, has completely borked a server migration (data centre move), resulting in blackermusic.net being down. Seems like a great opportunity for me to redesign the site and add some new content. I’ll post here when it’s up and running again, hopefully Dreamhost will have it together by then…

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=188 0 Best music video ever… http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=184 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=184#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:20:05 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=184 Came across this today – awesome.  ;)

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=184 0 Busy, busy, busy… http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=180 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=180#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:39:46 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=180 Not much time for personal projects lately;  I’ve been pretty busy working on commercials and PSAs at work for Eastlink, Bell Aliant, New Brunswick Regional Health Authority (Horizon) and Nova Scotia Department of Health, among other things.

My new and improved music/sound design production setup is almost complete – just need to get a new audio interface and MIDI keyboard/controller.  Portable is the theme this time around – I’m hoping that I can get out and play some stuff live again some time in the future.  As a result I’m selling off some hardware (synths and audio interface listed below), so if you know anyone who’s interested, give me a shout.

Waldorf Micro Q

Waldorf Pulse

Novation KS4

MOTU 2408MK II (with PCI-324 card, etc.)

]]> http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=180 0 Not much to report… http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=177 http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=177#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:14:30 +0000 Steve Blacker http://www.stephenblacker.com/blog/?p=177 Working away on some TV commercials for Eastlink and a PSA.  Getting into the swing of things at the new job and also trying to find time to write a bit of music here and there.  Busy times!

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