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Churn graphics

Something that got started on a thread about wanting a better way to make butter and cheese. A butter/cheese churn was suggested and I jokingly offered to produce the graphics for one. Another member voted that I go ahead and produce. Of course, unless Tiny Speck gives the seal of approval this is just for entertainment and educational purpose for the members of the forum.

I'm providing the links here for the stages of doing this churn. I own my domain and website (I own an independent software company) and so I'm providing my own image hosting. I'll also happily host other related projects in the future if there is interest. I'll try to add to this posting as I progress through the development of this object. I'll happily accept criticism or suggestions. (Or work!)

1. First Draft - This is the first version I did. It's a very large image (over 2 megabytes) with a very colorful background. (Yes I'm aware of the glitch in the bottom black band).

2. Animated Next Draft - This is the next one I've done. I've started the animations. It's an AVI video though I can do Quicktime or other formats if needed. It's a short video of 30 frames lasting only one second. I'll extend the duration later.  I'm thinking of slowing down the moving parts though. The move at a rate of 240 RPM at the moment. WARNING - HUGE file! 67Megabytes. I did not do a compressed version of the video. I'll do that later. This was over 40 minutes to render and about 10 minutes to upload to my server.

3. Animated Better - This one is a much smaller file! And the animation is smoother. I'm really pleased how this one turned out. I've gotten no feedback (anyone even bothering to read this thread?) But I'm having a blast and the Glitch game has been very inspirational to my renewed graphics work.

4. Sound Track - The two second sound track for the churn. It sounds like crape when I played it through Chrome. Haven't tried it through Firefox (yet). It's best just to download and play it for now. :)
If you listen you might here the sound of the liquid milk pouring in. This lasts for a tenth of a second, or six frames of the final animation. 

Posted 18 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Whoa! I had started to open the first one on my phone, but decided that I really should get up. That's a big picture. Very nice. I like the animations, though it took a bit for the 2nd one to download.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • FF, even if TS can't use it, I think it's awesome that you ran with the idea and showed us your progress.

    Like Lord Bacon-o's story, I love the creativity that is coming from my fellow Glitches.

    And now I'm craving buttered toast.
    Posted 18 months ago by Lilith Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the positive comments. The next incarnations will have sound, a liquid filling sequence at the start, a few more embellishments of the churn, and will be longer. I'm just not sure how long is reasonable at the moment.
    Posted 18 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • that is excellent! I hope they use it! I can't wait to see the next version....
    Posted 18 months ago by The Cat Face Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice! I personally feel the colours are a bit too bright, but I hope TS uses it :)
    Posted 17 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So cool!
    Even if TS is way ahead of you, the effort you've put in to this makes me feel your design deserves to be incorporated into the game.
    Hope you had a lot of fun making it :)
    Posted 17 months ago by Aya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You did a great job on this -- it's very cute -- but please don't make me carry yet another tool.  I would much rather just shake milk.  :)
    Posted 17 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Odd. I thought I posted a reply to this...

    Thanks for the nice comments. :)

    @KitkatCat - I'm just basing the colors off of what I've seen TS use for their tools. Cartoon colors in fact. But I'm able to tone things down. I could even have given everything more natural colors and textures, but it didn't seem appropriate. I do such a revision just for giggles I have to redo some things anyways because one of my files appears corrupted.

    @glum pudding - It's just a suggestion from another thread. I'm all for the old-fashioned shaking and compressing too. I'm always running out of storage space for both tools and ingredients. This is just a solution to another problem, and it allows justification of new items. Thanks for the compliment though.
    Posted 17 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink