Well, not really ‘how many jellybeans in the jar’, more like, ‘how many images in my latest release Flip toon’. I just thought this would be a good analogy.
So this competition has been especially released for those of you who prefer the ‘guessing’ type competition, versus the ‘effort’ type competition. It shouldn’t take you more than 15 seconds to enter, and there’s a prize for the winner!
Click here to be the first to enter.
You’ll have to click here to see the cartoon today – it’s on You Tube!
I’m very excited to release my very first ‘Flip Toon’.
‘What the flip is is a Flip Toon?’ I hear you ask. Well it’s a Marti’ism. It combines those hand made flip books that show an animation (remember them from your childhood?) with a cartoon. I daren’t call it an animation, that would be too brash, for what I consider to be a modest extension to the cartoon media.
I hope to make more, but first I’ll need to recover from this experience. My hat goes out to those very talented people, who rightfully call themselves animators. It just about sent me over the edge making this – but that’s another story, probably a whole new blog…but I digress.
I hope you enjoy it.
Ever done the nine dot puzzle to test your lateral thinking capabilities? The goal of the puzzle is to link all 9 dots using four straight lines or fewer, without lifting the pen and without tracing the same line more than once.
For the answer, zip to wiki.
I don’t know where the myth concerning elephants standing after they die came from. Various theories are out there, but I couldn’t find any evidence on Google. Here is Tyler’s theory on the subject.
Only three days to go until the closing of the March Cartoon Caption competition! To enter, click here.
Here are three takes on the corner office
No sooner, do I post a cartoon on the amazing speed of Neutrinos, then things all change.
It looks like the Photons are fighting back, supporting Einstein and his theory on relativity and claiming the prize for being the fastest in the Universe. CERN released a press statement in February indicating that a faulty cable may be the reason for the faster than light speed measurements taken from our little friends the Neutrinos. See the UK Daily Mail for a non scientific explanation. (I decided not to link the official CERN site press release as it was a bit heavy reading, but possibly more technically precise).
Carnivorous plants are also called insectivorous plants. (What’s with insectivorous? – an unimaginative biologist trying to come up with a new word or something?). Bet they never heard of the Nepenthes Rajah. It is known to prey on small reptiles and animals and has a ‘belly’ capacity of 3.5 litres. Here’s an image I found on the web.
I loved setting up dominoes as a child – pity I couldn’t put any of it onto youtube back then. Here are two short videos I found (sorry, they come with ads they’re so popular)
