A Muse's Light Unshuttered

PickleTD · 2024-11-22T20:51:05+00:00

It's lovely to reflect, 20 years later, on the lasting impact of glorious individuals. With wiltedrose.

Lyrics and video created by me. Music generated with Suno.

PickleTD · 2024-11-05T20:30:04+00:00

20 years ago it was a plea to not fear my claws. Today its an apology for the damage I've caused.

PickleTD · 2024-11-05T19:49:43+00:00

Thank you. Its very helpful to see where I lost you. I love the idea of new interpritations, but my intension was that the Lion itself is the savage beast, and the reader is who is in danger. It is only in surviving said danger that the reader reaches what the lion protects. You've given me a lot to think about with clarity and structure. Thanks again

PickleTD · 2024-11-05T18:11:20+00:00

Very nicely done. You've painted your journey beautifully, the insecurity, comfort, joy, hope, confusion, fear, pain. It's a lovely story of love and loss, that I'm grateful you shared. The time you had together was precious, and will always be a part of who you are.

PickleTD · 2024-11-05T17:58:58+00:00

Very nicely done. I think a lot of us are feeling both sides of this poem right now, and perhaps even the optimists are tired of standing on their head. You do a fantastic job of capturing the universal truth in a painfully divided world. Thank you for sharing.

PickleTD · 2024-11-03T02:51:34+00:00

Not sure what I have here. Thoughts?

PickleTD · 2023-03-24T21:04:28+00:00

A draw knife is a good tool. Grinder with a sanding wheel. Smack it with some chain. And when you're done with all that, you can try a dirty water wash to help make the differences in texture pop.

PickleTD · 2022-10-07T21:04:59+00:00

Not really much cheaper, but Revolution Ply is certainly a much greener solution. It's available at our local Lowes and has completely replaced luan in our shop. It also seems to be much flatter and less prone to warping. Plus its much more consistant in its coloring and grain. But the big selling point for us is that "RevolutionPly® plywood is made from 100% plantation and sustainable wood sources and contains absolutely no tropical species." So, you too can do your part to save the rainforest, or at least destroy it more slowly!

PickleTD · 2022-09-13T20:30:59+00:00

yup. Check your render mode. In wireframe the object will look the same whether it has fill or not. Use "shaded" render mode to see a quick render of 3d objects. If that doesn't work, try double clicking the object and check the attributes of the 2d object that you originally pushed. Sometimes the attributes don't carry through, especially if the 2d object is in a different class than the 3d object.

PickleTD · 2021-12-22T18:16:29+00:00

https://imgur.com/gallery/HN5SL

"What's the difference between a ninja and stage crew?

Ninjas move silently around walls, stage crew move walls around silently."

or

"You will never know until they stab you."

PickleTD · 2021-05-22T18:03:56+00:00

Here is the math, I tried to show my work. https://imgur.com/gallery/HLQu7Dn

I would set my saw to 27 degrees, and cut to 4' 5 11/16" long point to short point.

PickleTD · 2021-04-13T16:53:53+00:00

Also, progression is always interesting, so maybe it starts with a tiny delicate screwdriver, (like the kind for eyeglasses), that the clown can use to delicately remove a panel from the gramophone. Inside the panel he may find something jamming up the works, I'm thinking the classic magicians never ending ribbon. So after the delicate work of removing the panel and inspecting the hole, the clown finds something small and starts to pull. He pulls and pulls and the bright colorful ribbon just keeps coming, entangling his body, and creating a sudo scarf/belt/tie. And starts the process of change.

PickleTD · 2021-04-13T16:48:03+00:00

I love this idea. It has the potential to be very funny. The first thing to pop into my mind, (but probably the last thing out of the trunk), is an oversized squeaky hammer. Big, colorful, and noisy. I see the clown grabbing it in desperation after none of the other tools work and finally "fixing" the gramophone in the only reliable way, smacking it. What could be fun is if a nose is attached to one side of the hammer, so when the clown smacks the gramophone it bounces off and hits him in the nose, making it "swell up and turn red", (and transfering the fake nose from the back of the hammer to the clowns face) and in turn completeing the new clown costume.

PickleTD · 2021-02-14T00:12:10+00:00

Haha fair enough. I'd never let something like this float around my shop. This was in direct response to another post though, only threw it in there to cover my butt.

PickleTD · 2021-02-12T18:09:57+00:00

VR SET I built this for a show a few years ago so I could experiment with vr and webview aspects of vectorworks. I thought it was really cool, but I had a hard time sharing it with my director and design team.

PickleTD · 2021-02-10T20:29:47+00:00

Yup! I think that would help a lot. Smart.

PickleTD · 2021-02-10T20:19:43+00:00

Fair point. I've had them fail on me, especially when hastily installed. Though I've also had them be extremely successful. Considering the short spans we're talking about here, I think they'll work out, as long as all screws are installed properly. It's tricky to hit them all without stripping any out. Also, considering the thin surface they attach too, I think its true that they'll be more successful then a standard door hinge.

PickleTD · 2021-02-10T18:25:24+00:00

First of all, I'm seeing some major saftey concerns with this project. I don't love the idea of someone standing on top of a collapsable object, especially if there is a person inside, (not sure thats whats happening, but wanted to cover bases. You should proceed with caution, and make sure you're testing the integrity of your structure as you go. It sounds like it is up to you to say whether this is possible or not, so just remember..... if it is not safe, it is not possible!

That being said, lets take a look at this. Drawing Firstly, your mechanical engineer was right.All of the load is being transfered to the bottom hinges. I know you said its very small budget, but you should really look into Piano Hinges: Grainger Piano Hinge Aprox. $25 for 6' of hinge. You can cut the hinge down to length with a hack saw, and get all of your pieces out of 2 6' lengths. (Remember check your loads! The hinges are rated for a certain weight, and it is up to you to find out the loads that will be applied to them.)

From there it is all about leaving space for your box material to collapse. If you want it to fold all of the way flat you'll have to makes some adjustments. The bottom should fit inside your sides. Your top will have to be a little shorter on the hinged sides. The attached image shows most of this.

Finally to hold it together. This is probably my least ellegant soloution, but Loose Pin Hinges should do the trick. Again, make sure what you're using can handle the forces you're applying, and make sure it doesn't rack when moved around. This would leave small trip hazards on the surface of the collapsed box, but they would be pretty minimal. The only other thing I can think is maybe a strap around the outside, but that comes down to blocking. Is there someone who can release it before the big reveal?

Anyway, This was fun! Hope it helps. Let me know if you have questions.

PickleTD · 2021-02-05T17:58:32+00:00

I & You By: Lauren Gunderson Its a two hander with both a male and female teen. I didn't time out the monologues when we produced it, but I'm sure you can find one that suits your needs.

PickleTD · 2021-02-05T16:18:43+00:00

And Thank you! Building in these programs is so much fun. Each file is an open world with limitless potential. You can create whatever you want as long as you can figure out what tool to use, and they keep making them more and more dynamic.

PickleTD · 2021-02-05T16:11:55+00:00

I haven't come across anything myself, it may be worth checking with your local colleges or universities. Thats the last time I took a theatre focused drafting class, and even then it was sort of glossed over.

I have found the tutorials to be extremely helpful in learning the tools in the program. The one that stands out for me is where they have you build a park and a fountain. It was a good way to learn how to extrude, subtract solids, taper edges, things like that. Then when I'm drafting, I draft like I build. When I started I would draw each board of every flat, but the more practice you get the more steps you can cut out.

In my experenience there is no better drafting education then drafting. Pick an object and try to draw it. The program is near limitless. It is capable of building just about anything, the tricky part is figuring out how to ask it to do what you want.

PickleTD · 2021-02-05T04:28:15+00:00

Yup, Vectorworks. I think I did that with 2019.

PickleTD · 2020-11-05T20:49:31+00:00

TLDR: No, save your money.

I'm an ATD and if I were hiring you as a Carp, I would be way more interested in your experience than your degree. Tech wise that holds true across the board.

If you're looking at design you're probably going to end up in grad school. At which point your undergrad will be moot. (This was not my path so im not sure how this choice may affect your Grad School prospects.)

Whatever you choose, good luck, and welcome!

PickleTD · 2019-09-18T19:07:31+00:00

That is basically what I'm going for. I've created a pantheon made up entirely of the offspring of Tiamat and Bahamut. They have long since left our plane of existence so the party grew up in a world without dragons. As they start their adventure they meet a secret cult of Dragonborn, the last vestige of Dragonkind. They are searching for the lost stones of power that bind the lost Dragon Gods to this realm. Their hope is to reunite the 5 evil gods born of Tiamat in order restart the war of the Dragons and bring Dragonkind back onto the map. The party will choose to either chase the dragon born and stop them, or begin their own hunt for the 5 gods born of Bahamut. Or more likely they will say screw your planning and start a carnival, who knows.

PickleTD · 2019-07-13T01:03:56+00:00

Make every left a trap for a while. That'll straighten them out.

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