Questions for a VLOG (and a little video too)

 

Did my first little "oooooh" freak you out? I just showed it to Henry and it made him jump! But isn't he the sweetest little thing? I just want to hug and kiss him all day. 

Hi guys! Okay sooo, I think I am going to try my hand at video blogging/vlogging (even though I kind of hate that word) in the next month or two. I feel totally weird about it, but whenever I watch my friend Amber's videos I really enjoy them, and she's slowly given me the courage to try it again too! I still feel a little too awkward to just talk to the camera, so I thought questions might be a good way to start. Years ago, before I had many followers on this blog I used to post weird little videos now and again (like this one and this one) but there's something about so many people watching something that makes me nervous! Whatever though, I'm going to get over it and just have fun.

So, do you have anything you'd like me to answer in my first real vlog? Ask away! Feel free to ask anything- life stuff, blog stuff, whatever- and if you want to leave it as an anonymous comment that's okay too. I'll answer them all.

A look back...

With Henry's first birthday less than a week away, the mood around here is part excitement, part nostalgic, and a whole lot of bittersweet. It's hard to see your little ones grow up, isn't it? And of course the best is yet to come, but it's difficult to let go of the baby stage- the crawling, cooing little guy that Henry once was. Now he's a quick little bolt of lightning as he makes his way around the room and it's amazing to see how different he really is. However bittersweet it may be though, there's so much more sweet than bitter. I'm bursting with excitement about celebrating this past year, and today I thought I'd take a look back and share a very special video I made exactly a year ago today. Happy almost-birthday, Henry!

Tribal forearm tattoo tutorial video on youtube

Hi,

It has been really nice job to do some filming and editing for my latest design "tutorial"
First I had to set up my new camera (Panasonic HDC-SD9) which records in Full HD quality ;) on a sd-card.
I recorded several scenes and edited it in Windowns Movie maker, I'm not a pro on editing, so I used this simple tool to add some titles and credits. Then uploaded it to youtube and Voila! here it is!

In this video to show you how I create and uptimized my designs. This time it's a forearm sketch in tribal style, which I'm tracing in the first video, I posted the sketches yesterday, so you can find it in my previous posting. In the second one you see how I scan the design, uptimize it and make a high resolution linedrawing in Photoshop CS3.

I received the following e-mail from my customer when he got the high resolution design:

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"Hi Mark,

Thanks for completing, I love it :)

Can't wait to get it done and will definitely send you some photos once complete.

As some feedback I would like to say that you have provided a very professional, simple and friendly service.
Excellent communication with your client and a great turnaround time from start to finish. I am recommending your designs and great customer service to friends and I will be checking in to your blog for your new designs for a future tattoo.

(Please feel free to use this quote, online or elsewhere)

Many thanks,

Rich Wallace."

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Here's the final result in low resolution.



















Any questions? Just let me know.

Regards, Mark Storm

drawing a maori-inspired tribal tattoo youtube video

Hi,

As I mentioned a few days ago, I'm working on a video, so you can see me drawing and tracing one of my custom tattoo designs.
Today I finished my first (test)video and uploaded this tattoo drawing tutorial on youtube.com:

Any comments, questions, or things you wish to see, just let me know.

Mark