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My name is Paul Greer, I work full time at BDH, making computer animation for the telly.
This is my main blog with news, work updates, new drawings, stories, comics, notebook pages, how tos, animations and link dumps. My more impulsive internet scrapbook is here.
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“An excellent writer, a rock star traffic-generator, and a generally awesome person.”
‘You guys all know how much I think of Susannah Breslin, right? She was the second total stranger I ever painted (after Genesis Breyer P-Orridge), and she wrote an incredibly kind post about it on her old (now gone?) blog, the Reverse Cowgirl. She contributed to the first round of Significant Objects (and I bid on and won her Story and Object), a she is, mysteriously, the connecting thread between all of the first people I started following on tumblr. She has two amazing current projects: the self-published They Shoot Porn Stars, Don’t They? and The War Project. I am aware that it is absurd to think that my sphere of influence has anything on nevver’s, but, you know, sometimes you have to say your piece all the same.’
1. I found tumblr because of Susannah.
2. I found Molly because of Susannah, and then this happened.
3. Susannah reblogged my animation.
4. I fully endorse this message.
…and the tide recedes…
The 6 minute Moleskine
An assembly manual by Burningfp.
1. You will need:
2 sheets good quality A4 paper (150 gsm is good)
1 piece of recycled cardboard (Stella beer box card is thin and strong)
2 standard staples
Scissors, ruler, pencil and stapler.
2. Fold the paper in half, then fold back the other way, this then should make it easy to tear in half with a neat edge.
3. Repeat so, in the end, each sheet bears 4 strips.
4. Repeat on the other sheet so you end up with 8 strips.
5. Fold them all together in half, making booklet.
6. Make sure that crease is nice and sharp.
7. Using the booklet as a guide measure out a rectangle on the card to act as a cover. Give it an extra 5mm in width and 10mm in length to accommodate the edges and spine thickness.
8. Cut out the card.
9. Making sure the edges are equal fold the cover around the booklet.
10. Using a thick carpet or plasticine as a base push two staple through the spine. Turn the book over and carefully bend the staples over as they should be, but use a tool, like a knife or something so you don’t damage your beautiful fingers.
11. You can even cut the corners rounded just to look classy.
12. Bingo, it’s flexible so will fit nicely in a back pocket, and is the perfect receptacle for notes on your next novel, concepts of social theory, life sketching, mind maps, crudely drawn genitalia etc etc.
(If this is a bit low rent for you, may I recommend the excellent Linda Boucher’s elegantly decorated actual moleskines available here.)
Enjoy!
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(cross posted from my tumblr)
eye of green people (4/182)
Doh ray me fah soh lah te (3/182)
“Firestarter” is the “My Ding-a-ling” of Rave. (2/182)
This is my “moleskine”
Made from 2 sheets of 120 gsm paper, 1 piece of recycled cardboard and two standard size staples.
It’s very low budget and fits into a back pocket.
I’ll post some instructions later.
I’ve decided to post a 2 notebook page spread every other day during the course of this year, thats 182 in total.
Slightly ambitious but it’s slightly more achievable than daily. The last few days have been extremely complicated so these pages were made during last year.
Hope 2011’s working well your end.
Christmas night down my way.
Paul Greer 