The video follows the creation of this strip, and was wonderfully edited by my good friend Dave Scales.
I can't say enough about how hard Dave worked on it. He took 3 hours of raw video from two cameras and made something that really bounces along nicely. Had I done it, it would have looked like your great grandma had edited it - so we *all* have Dave to thank. (In fact, if you liked the video, do me a favor and drop him a line and thank him along with me!)
posted Monday, August 11, 2008 - 05:29 PM (#44200)
DAVE! Both Daves!
This video is amazing. The music and dialog is clever and fresh but at the same time feels comfortable. And even though I've been interning for a while now, I didn't realize how much work goes into the strip, and I certainly never knew about the eraser spinner. You learn something new everyday :)
Awesome job guys. Make more videos! On what I don't know...I don't think a video about shipping would be very interesting.
Blessed!
Stephanie
posted Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:21 PM (#44204)
So what was that bit about the word Nina being in the strip 7 times a day. I have to know the story why and now I also have to go reread every thing to find them.
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Anticipation of death is worse than death itself. -Me-
posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 03:46 AM (#44206)
Love watching these "how I made..." videos. I watched it once. Loved it and I'll probably watch it a hundred more times. Thanks for sharing... great video job and I like Sheldon even more now. THANKS KELLET!!!
The number of NINAs concealed is shown by an Arabic numeral to the right of his signature. Generally, if no number is to be found, either NINA appears once or the drawing was executed before she was born. The NINA-counting mania is well illuminated when, in 1973, an NYU student kept coming back to the Gallery to stare at the same drawing each day for more than a week. The drawing was Hirschfeld's whimsical portrayal of New York's Central Park. When the curiosity finally got the best of me, I asked, "What is so riveting about that one drawing that keeps you here for hours, day after day?" She answered that she had found only 11 of 39 NINAs and would not give up until all were located. I replied that the '39 next to the signature was the year. Nina was born in 1945.
posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 11:06 PM (#44225)
Ahhh, so that is what he was referring to. Very interesting. I couldn't see the word Nina in Arthur's glasses and was a little confused. Now I don't have to study all the strips, I can just reread them for fun.
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Anticipation of death is worse than death itself. -Me-
posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 05:20 AM (#44229)
This is awesome, I spent this past Sunday buying the tools Dave recommends and was checking YouTube for something just like this and then the very next day its here! I was even trying to figure out where Dave gets that size board and was beginning to wonder if he cut it out of a larger size and then he explains it on the video, lol. Huge thanks to both Daves for this!
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