Enter the Powerpoint Face Contest by May 15!
This won't be my main entry this week if I can help it -- I wanna launch the next interview in a few days here. But in response to a topic in GD the other day, I wanna make something clear. Not going to link to it, just quote from it, and I'll not pretend to speak for Greg or anyone else -- just me. The topic starter had this to say:
Now, I can understand his sentiments. Sometimes I am attacked, and of course that is wrong. But some people
Okay, so a lot of people wanna talk about my posting style, and VB polls and Hero Factory topics are not the place to do it. I already have a blog entry where yall could post comments like that, but then that's a blog entry that dwarfs most of the posts in question, so yeah. XD Whine here.
(I mean... comment here. No whining. )
In my defense, usually all I'm doing in terms of length compared to others is responding with about the same amount of content that others use. But they tend to sp
Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose.
As a sequel to my Visual Guide to Cool, today the Bones Blog brings you a collection of leaves found in my yard and around my neighborhood while dogwalking in the last two weeks. Study these leaves closely -- they'll be on the test. I mean... they roxor...
With the exception of three "leaves", including the pine needles, that I plucked from trees and bushes in my own yard, all of these were found on the ground. Then I scanned them in my scann
Today the Bones Blog brings a walkthrough of tips to consider when drawing vector art with Powerpoint. This is Part 2 of the two-part feature begun here: Vector Art In Powerpoint: Quality, Inexpensive, Easy. That entry focused on the inexpensive and easy aspects. This entry should help with the quality aspect, listing many important concepts I use when I "coolify", though they can be used for original artwork too. I will use an avatar request from Great Being #1 to illustrate these concepts. Enj
All three Coolified Makuta Phantoka are now available in avatars, banners, and wallpaper, in case you didn't see the Artwork Topic the other day. Those were fun!
Note that the avatar pathnames were apparently too long earlier. I've reuploaded in the main folder -- all the avatars are listed below with pathnames that should work.
Kanohi:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bonesiii/kul/antmaskav.gif
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bonesiii/kul/chavmask.gif
http://www.bric
I felt like doing this as a warmup for making the Pet Peeve Contest winning creatures -- I'm coolifying the Makuta Phantoka for avs, banners, and wallpaper in Powerpoint. I started with Chirox because he's my fave.
Here's the Artwork topic.
I'm planning on doing the rest of the Makuta Phantoka and also the Shadow Matoran, if possible.
Bones CAFE -- Coolified Avs Freeware Emporium
bonescafe.webs.com
New website devoted to making my freeware powerpoint avs easily available for all! Been working on it a while; still a work in progress, but the most important page is ready NOW. Check out the:
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Nearly two hundred .ppt avs available in there. Not every recolor or version of the same face/mask is in there, just the best of the best IMO, but every face/mask that's available fo
So what do you guys think about me running a blog contest where you guys design Bionicle-style faces in Powerpoint, and somehow or another, at least a few winners are picked? Using the methods I explained in these two guides:
Powerpoint Art Guides:
● Vector Art In Powerpoint: Quality, Inexpensive, Easy
● Coolifying With Powerpoint Vector Art
But what should be the prize?
I don't think I can do another sidebar gallery -- I've got enough images over there as is. And last time I made t
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
1) Forgot to say thumbnail size for the S&T Time Capsule contest (for those with imagery entries who opt to make their own thumbs) -- 128 by 128 pixels.
2) March 30 -- a Monday -- is probably going to be the Time Capsule entry period closing date. Will this be too soon for anyone? I'll reconsider if so, but probably by the end of the week the date will be set.
3) Swert and I have come up with something really cool for the future of the Expanded Universe. Look f
Firstly, the General Art contest, LEGO Battlescapes, had been extended by two weeks, to Tuesday May 8, at 11:59 PM EST. Enter! Second, still writing The Perfect Cage. The end is in sight now. Third, now that taxes are done I hope to start getting some Expanded Multiverse stuff back up later this week. Watch the discussion topic in S&T for updates. Not sure how much I'll be able to get to this week but what is needed includes putting up a saved copy of the wiki in downloadable form
[Pretend there is a Bones Blog banner here. ]
Various stuffishness:
1) I can has reviews? (Link goes to Mindfire. )
2) I'm planning on reviewing everybody else's epics contest entries. I enter, I want reviews, they enter, it's only fair I review theirs. No? Of course, this week will be a bad time for a lot of people to review I'm sure, as it will be for me, heh.
3) S&T weapons contest entry period ends noon EST, Wednesday June 25. After that point the grace period will start. Re
Random Thunks.
Contest Banner
Here's a banner to spread the word about the Powerpoint Face Contest:
[url="http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=39&showentry=29997"][img=http://www.majhost.com/gallery/bonesiii/BZPstuff/powerpointfacecontst/powerpointfacecontest_sigsize.gif][/url]
Yall must use it, capisce?
That's a Normalfied Calix, a Coolified Kaukau, Coolified Jutlin from my recent Phankuta art topic, Coolified "Igniru"request from GB#1 that w
Love or hate it, complaining is an important aspect of Bionicle discussion. It's always possible that real problems could exist, and constructive criticism might bring it to LEGO's attention and help Bionicle's health. The Bionicle fanbase has a unique relationship with the franchise it follows because the LEGO company is very interested in fan input and correcting such errors. In the past we have helped with such things as clone sets thanks to this. As such, the ability to complain is a privele
I'm officially ready to post the first chapter at least of my Bionicle retelling. Ran into a new problem in reposting the end of my previous fanfic, The Perfect Cage (apparently BZP has drastically shortened the maximum post length since the latest software update, and the final chapter and epilogue got cut off). Will repost final bit of epilogue tomorrow. Then I will get The Destiny of Bionicle up. After posting the first chapter this week, I plan to post one chapter per week, at least until
Hey, Multiverse fans, got some goodies for you today. First, Swert is making good progess on the next Cipher Chronicles episode, and he wanted me to tease the prologue today. Here you go!
For the moment, this story is untitled. Swert wants your opinions for a title. Add comments.
This episode is set on the volcanic Tyrant planet of Tanuuk, focusing on Khiri and Bajnok's attempts to escape that planet and join Team Cipher. Swert also says: "(and for fun, mention the fact this is the firs
Today I had planned to post about the Matoro death flame war that seems to be getting worse rather than dying down. With the death of another character in the latest serial chapter, the issue spreading to this, and the new Character Death Policy, this will be a little more general, starting with the reasons the policy was made. Bold is for important points, not emotionalism.
Why
I'll ask that we don't discuss the details of what happened -- that is just going to make things worse. But su
All 21 chapters of the Bionicle Paracosmos epic Captain of Treason have finally been reposted. It would rock if someone would review. (I know some people said they were meaning to get around to reviewing for the final chapter, but the glitch got in the way.)
Now I've gotta get around to restarting Twisted Island and reposting the two Altacosmos Chronicles so far.... and writing the SS for the Monster Mystery Contest... and doing a bazillion other things....
Speaking of contests, great en
All 21 chapters of the Bionicle Paracosmos epic Captain of Treason have been posted! Enjoy! Any reviews would be appreciated and enjoyed. And thanks to all who have reviewed so far, and to all the readers!
Got not much more to say right now, as I have only 'bout half an hour till ye olde weekend paper job starts, after Christmas stuff and all. Twisted Island has reached the "point of no return" winding up to the climax in the writing; the setups for the epic after it have pretty been put in
Alright, so if you haven't looked at S&T lately, check out the new announcement about a system Greg is starting -- the Bionicle Story Squad. I am a member, and look forward to working with the fans.
A big reason this is being done is because lately there have been a lot of (many valid) criticisms of the tendency to officialize fan ideas lately. This team will primarily poll ideas before anything is decided, to hopefully address this criticism. There have been a lot of myths and misconcep
Today the Bones Blog brings you the answer to one of the most commonly posted debate tactics on BZP. This is answered already in the Debate Terms Guide, but the answer is somewhat spread out over many entries there and that length can be daunting to read. So this blog entry addresses the idea directly. For clarity, key points will be bolded; don't confuse the bolding for emotionalism.
Can Opinions Be Wrong?
One of the most common ideas I encounter in debate is this: "These are my opini
Please note: The following will NOT spoil the identity of a Bionicle character who recently died. I wouldn't even tell you that, but it's been basically leaked past the point of no return now, but I'll hope at least somebody didn't hear who yet. So there will be no spoiler tags here today.
This is an expansion on a recent post about this. And please note, I'm not trying to be offensive in any way about this -- if you feel I'm speaking to you, I apologize if my tone seems that way. I must ad
In most debates, most of the "disagreements" actually arise because one side or another (or both) fails to clearly define the terms they are using. This is a continuing and profound problem on BZP that I run into often; and often I find myself needing to repeat myself over and over as new debate topics pop up with members posting in them that missed the last topic. Gets tedious, so here's a basic dictionary of the debate terms most important to Bionicle debates on BZPower! [Note: I maxed out th
Okay so it's late and I had other blog entries planned and I am out of time for this week but I'm trying to keep this a weekly blog. So this will have to do. The Bones Blog brings you today a set-related proposal that just might be plausible.
No, I haven't mutated into some monster beyond all recognition, if you've read the title and come in here thinking I was the guy that hates gears.
I do hate gears. Personally. That's just my own personal preference. They are mildly interesting gimmi
