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[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Maya is an amazing programme, and the fortunate thing is that students get the programme, for household use, either free or at vastly reduced prices. My son is at Paisley Uni (formerly Paisley Tech, no less) and they use Maya as their basic toolkit for all the animation. I have watched him for hours at a time and it seems to be a fairly user friendly programme, but the best thing of all is the people on you-tube who go through the process of creating all sorts of things...what a teaching tool.

In his last year, they move onto Mudbox, another pro programme. Again I've watched some you-tube stuff and it's even more amazing, well worth 20mins if you've got them spare. The only drawback of all this, is that daddy is now being sucked-up to in the hope of upgrading an already high-end pc to something of the type that could not only launch the next mars probe, but also defend Millport from Russian Invasion whilst still being able to download the next series of Game of Thrones before it's even released.

Technology...what a wonderful thing.

(I still love my Rhubarb and Custard animation, mind you).   

PS. You worked on Dangermouse? Please accept some hero worship...what a cartoon. 

[Jack]

Malc, if I'd known you worked on Dangermouse, I'd have shown a lot more deference when responding to your posts.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Malc, if I'd known you worked on Dangermouse, I'd have shown a lot more deference when responding to your posts.

I vote Malc, "...polar bear's nadgers " on the Buttcheeks, "He's as cool as a...", reference scale, and that's going some. It's only one below "...sperm whale's john thomas".  Malc, you're the greatest, you're fantastic...

 

[Malc]

Gawsh...

[Roger Kettle]

Hang on, he's not THAT great!
Okay, he is. A hugely talented cartoonist with an incredible background in the golden days of animation at Cosgrove/Hall. I was amazed and delighted when Malc turned up here on the site many years ago. We've since met and he's great company and a delightful guy.
Talented and nice. Bastard.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Hang on, he's not THAT great!
Okay, he is. A hugely talented cartoonist with an incredible background in the golden days of animation at Cosgrove/Hall. I was amazed and delighted when Malc turned up here on the site many years ago. We've since met and he's great company and a delightful guy.
Talented and nice. Bastard.

I think that should be Mr Bastard now.

[Malc]

Roger made me soup.    < -- that's me afterwards, asking for a pint of water.





No, only kidding. It was delicious and immediately converted me to soup-making. At the moment it's pea and ham or lentil. If there are other soups, I don't want to know about them.

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Roger made me soup.    < -- that's me afterwards, asking for a pint of water.





No, only kidding. It was delicious and immediately converted me to soup-making. At the moment it's pea and ham or lentil. If there are other soups, I don't want to know about them.

Unless you physically watched it being made, it doesn't count. Think back, are you sure you didn't hear the squeal of the tin opener...the rip of the packet?   

[Malc]

Nah, it wasn't as good as Campbell's.     DOH!!


I mean much, much better.

[The Peepmaster]

Lucy and I had a lovely dinner at Roger's once. If I recall correctly, he had cooked it with his fair hand. A stove might have helped, but it was a very pleasant evening. 

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Lucy and I had a lovely dinner at Roger's once. If I recall correctly, he had cooked it with his fair hand. A stove might have helped, but it was a very pleasant evening. 

Was soup involved?   

[Roger Kettle]

Actually, I'm pretty sure I rustled up my watercress soup as a starter!
That hugely pleasant evening turned into a bit of a nightmare for Peeps and Lucy. The following day, when they set off from Dundee to Bute, Scotland was hit by almost white-out conditions. (This was the notorious winter a couple of years ago). As far as I remember, it took them about five hours to get to Glasgow, normally a journey of an hour and a half, where they had to give up and stay overnight. It was a further day before they managed to get home to Bute.
Visit me at your peril!

[Sandy Buttcheeks]

Maybe if starters had been a tin of Soup de Malc, they would have turned back.   
 

[The Peepmaster]

Actually, I'm pretty sure I rustled up my watercress soup as a starter!
That hugely pleasant evening turned into a bit of a nightmare for Peeps and Lucy. The following day, when they set off from Dundee to Bute, Scotland was hit by almost white-out conditions. (This was the notorious winter a couple of years ago). As far as I remember, it took them about five hours to get to Glasgow, normally a journey of an hour and a half, where they had to give up and stay overnight. It was a further day before they managed to get home to Bute.
Visit me at your peril!

That was all part of the unique experience, Roger, to go with the electrical storm which accompanied the heavy snow during the night in Dundee. Visiting you is incredibly interesting! :-)