Icy's Playground

They Should Ban Hand Bows!

2010-03-03T14:29:00.000-04:00

Mini Lammy

2010-02-11T02:48:00.002-04:00

Karate Girl

2010-01-05T00:58:00.004-04:00

Vanessa Cartoon

2009-12-11T22:01:00.003-04:00

Vanessa said something about how do we animate, well, this is her drawing that we took and placed into an ad for CrazyTalk6 program. I liked the butterfly at the end, it seemed fitting.

Lammy Pulled A "Nessa"

2009-12-06T22:20:00.002-04:00

Vanessa was sending an email and something went wrong and she sent another saying she was just pressing buttons. That reminded me of this upcoming episode of Lammy when she did the same thing that Vanessa did.

The Lights Went Out!

2009-11-24T16:05:00.001-04:00

The previous movie clip looks simple, but it is very complex, really. Every item in the scene is a program that has to be installed: the doll character, her clothes, hair, the seat, piano, stage and even the cameras and lights. After installing the dozen or more programs, they have to be positioned using co-ordinates x,y,z for position and then again for rotation. 0,0,0 is the very center. 400, 0, 723 is where they are and the same for the rotation which means head, each arm, leg must be set with numbers. Then we have to install sound programs and integrate them with the movements. The oddest thing happened to me during a rehearsal before shooting a scene: the lights went out. I was shocked at first. How could a light bulb burn out in a virtual matrix of programs and settings? But the light program crashed and I had to uninstall it and then re-install another light, and then assign it co-ordinates so that it would shine on the subject.
But honestly, the hardest part is creating something for the character to do. The script writing! Everything starts with creative writing.

Classical Lammy

2009-11-20T04:44:00.002-04:00

Move Your Body

2009-11-07T02:15:00.002-04:00

Just practicing making videos.

Bootsy Was A Male

2009-10-30T18:19:00.000-04:00

Last Picture of Bootsy

2009-10-25T16:30:00.003-04:00

I checked the camera and found that Icy, our dog, took this picture of our cat, Bootsy, just before he went missing.

Body of Water

2009-10-21T16:21:00.002-04:00

We found this old home movie film taken years ago while we were vacationing on a ship in the Bermuda Triangle. We were playing music on deck when suddenly a body made of water leaped up and began dancing on the surface of the sea.

Dress Shop

2009-10-20T07:34:00.002-04:00

As we were walking down the street in the Netherworld, we saw this dress shop that had an outfit just like the one Lammy wears.

Vinnie Barbarino Jr. Hates His Job

2009-10-14T15:49:00.002-04:00

He claims the life of a criminal is not as glamorous as the movies make it out to be.

Liquid Bling and Friend

2009-10-13T02:51:00.002-04:00

The lobby of the Netherworld Hotel.

Star Crossed Lovers

2009-10-10T16:28:00.001-04:00

Xin has fallen in love with a Cling-on alien, but he is cool!

Wolfkin Wears Lambkin's Clothes

2009-10-06T17:25:00.005-04:00

Wolfkin, the boy child of Wolfie of the Death Cheese Band likes to try on Lambkin's (daughter of Lammy) clothes. They are in the Otherness Woods of Weirsdo's big back yard.

Lambkin and Wolfie

2009-10-05T23:34:00.002-04:00

Lambkin makes Wolfie of the Death Cheese Band beg for a donut from her picnic basket.

Girl From Nibiru

2009-10-02T02:54:00.002-04:00

Peter Piper and Lambkin

2009-09-20T03:40:00.002-04:00

Peter Piper teaches Lambkin (Lammy's daughter) to play a flute.

Xin's Pet Dragon

2009-09-18T16:13:00.001-04:00

Xin takes her dragon pup for a walk.

Meow

2009-09-15T01:34:00.003-04:00

Cat Gal

Priscilla Renea

2009-09-13T20:23:00.002-04:00

She is not a doll. She is a real singer! She has a channel on YouTube.

Dog Guy

2009-09-02T19:58:00.002-04:00

Stress At Work

2009-08-02T23:29:00.002-04:00

Not In The Mood To Blog

2009-07-24T01:05:00.002-04:00

Fireflies

2009-07-10T17:12:00.001-04:00

Here is a video I made last July, a year ago.

Graveyard Drinking

2009-07-09T22:59:00.002-04:00

I really don't feel like doing much on the blogs right now, so I just threw together something from my files where I was piddling around.

Video Potpourri

2009-07-05T19:39:00.004-04:00

Buzzin Jackson

2009-06-28T10:32:00.002-04:00

Robo Spider interrupts Buzzin's performance.

This is a response to Cheesemeister's post HERE
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A Comb

2009-06-27T17:11:00.000-04:00

Nuts!

2009-06-25T20:21:00.002-04:00

I was just walking around the neighborhood with my camera taking shots of "anythings" as I call them, whatever catches my eye at the moment. I saw that metal nut and zoomed in on it and snapped. Then when I went home and transferred the photos from the camera to the computer, I noticed that it looked like a nut from a tree at about 11 o'clock beside the metal nut. It was just a coincidental juxtaposition of two different kinds of nuts beside each other. I was going to go back and check if that was a real nut, but I knew I'd be looking for an hour before finding it again.

Lula Visits

2009-06-24T09:07:00.003-04:00

Don't Mess With Xin

2009-06-22T11:50:00.002-04:00

Shero tries to pick a fight with Xin.

Rose Begs For A Job

2009-06-20T11:43:00.002-04:00

An image from Nessa's story, but I had problems because of the heat of the day and the program crashed because it uses so much resources. So after it got night, I tried it again, but not with as much detail as I had intended. The story is good to read!

Hungry Chicken

2009-06-18T23:20:00.000-04:00

The Chicken Raptor thinks the fairy would make a good meal!

Rose and friend

2009-06-15T02:41:00.003-04:00

Rose shows her fish friend the new laptop. It stares at it without blinking!

Arsewipe's Paradise

2009-06-14T15:30:00.000-04:00

Party Girl Partied Too Hard

2009-06-13T05:47:00.002-04:00

Girls' Night In

2009-06-12T13:54:00.002-04:00

The girls got picked up on the corner even though Nessa claimed they were just practicing their cheer leading.

Girls' Night Out at the Spa

2009-06-11T21:12:00.001-04:00

This one was really hard; took several hours to make. First had to get the mirror enlarged and working, and then had to line up the girls' hands, feet and asses to fairly match the exercise machines. But it won't take near as long the next time I make a picture like this because this is a learning experience. That's my purpose for doing it: to learn how to manipulate the computer program and create a matrix of files so that if I decide to try some serious screenplay writing again (I've written nine plays and three novels) then I will be able to create the storyboards.I got the program almost a year ago. Well, anyway, I left the girls' skimpy clothes on this time.
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Sugar Sally Studies

2009-06-10T00:20:00.001-04:00

Rodney Roach asks her if she has any snacks
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A Friend To Tell Our Troubles To

2009-06-08T06:32:00.001-04:00

It's nice to have someone who will listen.
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The Girl In Yellow Looks Delicious!

2009-06-06T05:30:00.001-04:00

The girls dance for an old friend.

Koldair Hotshit

2009-06-03T21:11:00.001-04:00

Death Metal Rapper opens for Death Cheese.

Sean and Mr. Smith

2009-05-31T23:34:00.001-04:00

In Nessa's Story, this is how I imagined Sean the Vampire attacking Mr. Smith.
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Xin's Home Movie

2009-05-30T23:59:00.002-04:00

Xin's boyfriend bought an old 8mm movie camera at a yard sale and tried it out by taking a couple rolls of film of Xin at church and at home.

Dressed Up With No Place To Go

2009-05-27T03:20:00.002-04:00

No Class Today

2009-05-26T18:45:00.000-04:00

Happy Girl

2009-05-25T14:27:00.000-04:00

Happiness is going to Ugly Grace's Bar and seeing Death Cheese perform.

Off Season Is Tough

2009-05-22T23:36:00.000-04:00

Funky Pumpkin & Friends

2009-05-20T14:56:00.000-04:00

Computer Glitch in my Matrix

2009-05-16T23:25:00.001-04:00

I was trying to make a scene on the moon when I did something wrong and got this picture.

Quiet Place To Relax

2009-05-15T14:18:00.002-04:00

This is a peaceful remote place to go and get away from it all.

2 Cats 1 Bird

2009-05-12T15:44:00.000-04:00

Co-Ed

2009-05-05T04:16:00.003-04:00

Soggy (lower right) joins the students at Ersatz co-education University in the shower after gym class.
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Who Is This?

2009-05-03T18:50:00.003-04:00

Does anyone know the origin or archetype for this character? I bought the virtual doll for my matrix because it seems to nudge at my memory, like I have seen the image in fantasy art many times since I was a child, but I just can't place it exactly. I know it has to do with squids or octopus tentacles. I was thinking of using him and calling him Zombini the zombie king in my Lammy fantasy blog. There's just something that fascinates me about him: that creepy feeling you get when you see spiders and roaches.

Bad Neighborhood

2009-05-02T07:19:00.002-04:00

Sean the Vampire is very discontented with his neighborhood.

Abductions

2009-04-30T12:52:00.002-04:00

Crackhead Heddy and the Vixen were abducted by an alien spaceship as they were leaving Ugly Grace's Bar through the back door into the alley.

Island

2009-04-29T04:44:00.000-04:00

Alien Anal Probes

2009-04-25T18:28:00.001-04:00

What they found out.

Rubber Neck

2009-04-20T16:16:00.003-04:00

Patty Lamb (Lammy) looks around.

Do They Still Have Sunday Comics?

2009-04-19T08:43:00.002-04:00

I haven't looked in a newspaper in about ten years since I got the Internet. But I was just sitting here on Sunday morning thinking of that comic page I used to love to read. This is sort of how I remember they looked like.
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Oops!

2009-04-16T16:13:00.000-04:00

Ariel's original photo is here

Hunter's Blind

2009-04-12T22:12:00.003-04:00

Mrs. Weirsdo checks out a hunting blind she found in her great big back yard. She was perturbed at first, but they told her it was just part of the Ersatz University Biology class Nature Observation so they could watch the animals without disturbing them.

Ned In His Cave

2009-04-07T23:38:00.001-04:00

There was an old man named Ned, who kept a dead horse in his cave...

Who's The Bad Guy?

2009-04-04T20:27:00.003-04:00

Sean the Vampire attacks a statue from Mount Olympus, thinking it is the bad guy, but the real evil Orangutan Man watches him from the surrounding Birch trees.

This is just what I thought could happen. Click HERE to read Nessa's original story.
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Ghost Toasty

2009-04-02T04:07:00.003-04:00

Sean the vampire thought that Ghost Toasty was a marshmallow.

Pennywise Upset

2009-04-01T10:03:00.001-04:00

Penny Wise was very upset and thinking of jumping off the bridge into the green slime of the sewer. She was in love with Arsewipe and crushed when she saw him going with Sean the gay vampire who only likes evil men. She was also despondent because she was the financial reporter for the Crappy Times and considered herself an expert in money matters because she could see the Bank of America from her back yard, but learned that they are failing and asking for a bail-out from the government. She was fired and replaced by Anna Banana. So being unemployed and losing her boyfriend, she felt the only thing to do was dive into the green slime and see if she could get super powers and become a Ninja Turtle.

Sean the Gay Vampire

2009-03-30T01:04:00.002-04:00

He sucks the blood of evil men.

Nessa's story is HERE
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Mickey Ratt and Baby Blooze

2009-03-28T07:23:00.001-04:00

It's always nice to have a friend.

Nessa's Grandchild

2009-03-26T16:48:00.001-04:00

Here's the first picture of Nessa's grand baby!

The real picture is HERE
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Purdy Pirate

2009-03-25T09:39:00.002-04:00

Filthy Fairy loves pirates, especially Purdy Pyrate.

Nessa's original cartoon is HERE
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Philosophy

2009-03-22T17:35:00.001-04:00

Robo Ho, Death Metal Tinkerbell, Buzzin, and Glymmer the Pooka discuss the meaning and purpose of blogs for their Philosophy Class at Ersatz University.

Robo Dance

2009-03-21T00:52:00.000-04:00

Bot Buddy goes dancing with his girlfriend.

Glymmer says...

2009-03-18T19:49:00.001-04:00

"Sit on this, Kizz Myass!"

Happy St. Patty's Day

2009-03-17T04:11:00.001-04:00

...from Kizz Myass and other denizens of the Matrix of Tom and Icy's computer.

Home Sweet Home

2009-03-15T00:49:00.000-04:00

Neanderthal Ned got a new cave/mine apartment.

Watch Who You Talk About

2009-03-11T15:57:00.000-04:00

He might just be behind a bush.

Walking Pets in the Park

2009-03-10T22:22:00.004-04:00

Jenny was taking her pet Gecko for a walk in the park when she met Nurse Violent and her pet Dhole.
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Golden Shower Dare

2009-03-09T15:44:00.001-04:00

Gary the Axolotl dared Kenny to give him the ultimate golden shower, so she carried him to the rear of an elephant for his thrill.

Brothers

2009-03-08T10:59:00.002-04:00

Elfis and Stevie
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Ariel's Impression of Kenny Girl

2009-03-07T07:14:00.004-04:00

In the Truth or Dare challenge, Ariel said, "She found her boyfriend in bed with her one year old rottweiler." And we got the picture of it! Do you have a Truth or Dare challenge for us?

Truth or Dare

2009-03-06T19:15:00.003-04:00

The girl named Kenny took the dare and kicked Rush's ass and we got the pic. You can give her a dare in the comments and she'll do it and we'll try to get the picture.

Kenny

2009-03-06T17:55:00.003-04:00

She seems like a tom-boy to me. Do you know her? As a challenge experiment, you can make a short statement about her and I'll try to get a picture of her to illustrate what you say about her. Like maybe a Truth or Dare thing, you can dare her to do something like climb a mountain or kick Rush Limbaugh's ass and we'll try to get a picture of her doing it.
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Absinithe Fairy

2009-03-05T03:46:00.001-04:00

Ariel's original photo is HERE
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Flop!!!

2009-03-04T08:08:00.001-04:00

Jenny fell off her exercise bike.

Jenny's Apartment

2009-03-04T04:53:00.001-04:00

Jenny got her a nice apartment, and after being insulted by a cat, she got an exercise bike to ride while watching TV.

Brrrrrrr! It's Cold!

2009-03-02T04:15:00.002-04:00

We just added a girl to Nessa's picture.
HERE is her original photo and her story about it.
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Window Drama

2009-03-01T02:09:00.001-04:00

Ariel's original photo is HERE

First Night Together

2009-02-28T01:48:00.003-04:00

This is a silly movie Red and Tom made a couple years after they were married about their meeting at Ugly Grace's bar.
Married Feb 28, 1975

Dirty Boy

2009-02-26T20:38:00.003-04:00

Ariel's original photo is HERE

Nessa's original idea and picture is HERE

Icy said that it was Bootsy that did the stealing of ideas and pictures.

Orlof Steals Nessa's Design

2009-02-25T04:04:00.003-04:00

Orlof saw Nessa's design on her blog and stole it to make a pattern for a tunic in his clothing line which he showed at a style show at Ugly Grace's bar.

Maddie

2009-02-24T05:51:00.002-04:00

This is just a Maddie doll I put a pixie wig on and was testing out a spotlight and shadow effect.

Hindsight Is 20/20

2009-02-21T02:17:00.001-04:00

Nessa's original photo is HERE

Special Message

2009-02-20T03:42:00.003-04:00

Ann Muire said that while she was drinking at Ugly Grace's Bar, she went into the rest room and an angel appeared as a bright light and told her she was going to be a virgin mommy.

Ariel's original photo is HERE

Driver's Test

2009-02-17T14:43:00.000-04:00

I heard a racket outside next door and this is what I saw.

Not A Vampire!

2009-02-15T17:09:00.002-04:00

I finally learned to make the characters cast a shadow. I have been trying to figure it out for weeks if not longer. Then I learned that you have to click on the controls of the lamp or light source and set it to make a shadow. But it takes three or four minutes more to process the picture, so that is why the program sets the default to no shadow: so it will render the picture a lot faster.

Shiny Floor

2009-02-13T00:39:00.002-04:00

Sammi Summer visited the boys' apartment and said they were sloppy and messy, but they sure kept their tile floor waxed and shiny.

Out of the Water

2009-02-09T09:41:00.003-04:00

Ariel's original photo is HERE

Fairies and Angels and Birds

2009-02-07T06:03:00.001-04:00

Ariel's original picture is HERE