happy medium

Couple of things I’m working on at the moment:

and sorry about the bad photo – but here’s my workstation complete with brand new 24″ monitor and indispensable wacom graphics tablet. bo!

Hibs have just won their first bit of silverware in 16 years – thrashing Kilmarnock 5 goals to 1 in the final of the CIS Insurance Cup final. 1-0 from a header by Jones by half-time, but the floodgates opened in the second half, going 3-0 up, before Killie got one back, before Hibs finishing the game off.

Today’s a good day, as I’m sure my old man will agree!

Sydney Harbour Bridge just turned 75. The entire bridge was designed in England, 80% of the steel was even produced in Middlesbrough. Six million hand driven rivets and 53,000 tonnes of steel were used. They started at both sides of the harbour, meeting in the middle. Not bad considering it was designed without the aid of computers, on the other side of the world. It’s also very wide for such an old bridge – 8 traffic lanes and 2 rail lines (two of the traffic lanes used to be tram lines).

If your not great with heights, it’s actually not the arch of the bridge that’s bad, it’s the walkway under the bridge. The Arches are wide, with the walkway in the middle, so other than crossing over on the top, you can’t look over the edges straight down. Before you climb up the arch, you’re on a steel grated walkway hanging below the road, which is the only real vertigo inducing part of the climb. Once you get through that, you can relax and enjoy the easy climb to the top…

Back to 2005 with this one. This was my final project at Uni in Leicester, and the first time I had opened, let alone worked in After Effects (or pretty much any animation work). Of course, it’s real ropey in places, but it’s still one of my favourites.

Figured this would be the best place to let everyone know my new address. So if your planing to send any letters, presents, bullion, please redirect to:

Flat 5d, 6 Piwakawaka Street
Eden Terrace
Auckland
1010
New Zealand

Piwakawaka is Maori for “Dove Tail”, and no I can’t pronounce it either.

I’m leaving my flat this week, or I should say my view. I’ve been here for over 6 months now, and while it’s been a very comfortable place to stay, I’ve been paying 220 bucks a week for a panorama of the Waitemata Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf Islands. It’s a view that would probably go for three times the amount in the UK, but here in Auckland it’s still on the high side. I’ll miss it.

I’m moving about a mile inland, at the meeting point of two of the main roads in Auckland – Ponsonby Rd and K Rd. This is where the bars, cafes and clubs are. I’ll be there for 6 months, time enough for me to decide what to do and where to go next…

This was our mode of transport from the North Island (Wellington) to the South Island (Picton). At first we were joking about it being a 14 or maybe even a 7 seater. Turned out to be a 4 seater. 60 bucks each (£20). Not a bad way to travel…

Amazing city…

(those are giant fruit bats)

Finished this show intro back in Feb, but just got round to uploading. Real pleased with the outcome.