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Barry Island

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

For the past week or so, I have been extra busy with preparations for moving the family to manchester (we are moving next Friday) .. so today we decided to take some time off to enjoy the nice weather as a family.

And what a nice weather it was .. so we head out to Barry Island were they have a nice beach.

When we arrived, the whole place was packed, but not so packed to make one turn away, I got into a parking sport that was right in front of the beach, it was on a no parking area, but so were another 20 cars .. so I tough it was safe … I tough ..

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Lovely Day

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Cartoonized

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Thiago Brayner, has just finished the project I commissioned form him, to create a Toon version of my family, so I can use it on my Family Pictures site.

He started by doing a rought line sketch [A] [B] [C], wich I then reviewed and decided on some changes, a few jokes along the way [D] [E], and here is the end result:
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His work is just incredible, I can’t imagine being more pleased.

Before I was using a generic avatar set created at abi-station

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The images speak for themselves :)

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iComics

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

I found this program today called “Comic Life” for OSX .. basically it allows you to import images from iPhoto or any other medium and make them into a Comic storyboard.

I couple of weeks ago, we took the girls to the Pet Zoo, so I tough those pictures taken of them terrorizing the chickens would do a good comic story, and it sure did :)

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We still cant stop laughing over it :D

Very nice program indeed .. worth the 25 bucks.

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Children’s Pet Zoo

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

Today we went to the Children’s Pet Zoo in Barry

The Zoo is close by the Cardiff Airport, we took a drive to Barry Island first, for an ice-cream and we watched the waves, the kids were taking a nap in the back-seat.
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We then arrived at the Zoo at about 10:45 .. Vannah and Sierra had a blast, Sierra loved (and kicked) the Chickens, Vannah was just ecstatic, she loves animals, I got a few pictures of them chasing guinea-pigs and Chickens.
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Overall it was simply great, time well spent with my girls and the wife, we even got to see a bird fly show, were they demonstrated an Owl and a Hawk, the Owl landed a foot from Vannah, she jumped back, then proceeded to trow a bunch of rocks at the Owl … with everybody else looking .. :D what a nut, the other good laugh of the day was Sally trying to feed a large duck, every time his beak would go near her hand, she would drop the feed and scream.

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Big Null

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Thiago has redone the toon he made for me, it’s more in line with what I had envision, a caricature look, vs a rendered look :D

What a great artist he is .. love it.

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Cant wait to see the final drawings of the whole family.

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Mr. & Mrs. Null

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

Earl this morning Thiago sent me the first toonz sketches for me an my wife

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These and the other girl’s sketches are to be used in the header of my family photoblog, that we been keeping for a few years now.

The sketches look great, my own needs to change the eyes (they a bit small on the design) but overall I am very please with his work :)

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Walking the baby

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Last Sunday the family went for a stroll to a nearby park, my wife took this picture of me and one of our daughter’s …

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I quite like it, just the two of us, walking forward and never looking back, just like my life’s philosophy, and hopefully, my girl’s philosophy as well, Life is too short for regrets and “if only…” remarks .. yes, granted I too sometimes get trapped in the past, but I feel that looking towards the future is always so much more fun.

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Vannah’s Sketch

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

A few days ago I posted here the sketch an artist friend of mine had done for my daughters, I was not happy with one of the girl’s design.

Tonight he just gave me an updated version of her, and sure looks much better (well, looks more like her)

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I just cant wait for the final versions :)

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Toon Girls I

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

A Brazilian artist friend of mine is designing some toon caricatures of my family, he sent me the first draft of my 3 daughters, the one on the left can use some work, but the other two are right on the money

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This is the first sketch .. still allot of work to be done, but impressive neither the less, if they look “Disney” like, it’s on purpose :)

His website (currently under construction) is http://brayners.com

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Brats

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

We decided to go by the Outlet Stores to do a little shopping, when we got there we went by the children’s play area so the kids could run around for a little bit .. unfortunately they decided not to return the favor.

Within half an hour they started to misbehave, acting up as real brats do.

I am still unsure why, one had had a nap, but she was still refusing to walk at times .. so it’s not as if she was tired, while the other was just on a pissed-off mood ..

The problem with having little kids is that your social life all but disappears .. you cant go anywhere without them acting up.

My kids are very young, one is to be 2, the other is to be 3 .. and I understand it’s a trying time .. but one still get very upset over it, another couple of years and it will be easier I am sure, but for now .. it’s delivery chinese for dinner instead of dinner at a restaurant, and home watching TV instead of Star Wars III on the big screen …

Is it still illegal to sell kids on ebay ??

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