BROKEN MIRROR EFFECT TUTORIAL

I would like to thank Sharon Milne and Kate McInnes of Vector Tuts Plus for having published my tutorial on a broken mirror effect. This is a very helpful site for learning Illustrator and I am glad I found this such creative community. I am looking forward to collaborating together again in the future. You can read my tutorial by clicking here.

PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL ON ANDY WARHOL

I would like to thank Joe Price of PSDRockstar for having published my Photoshop tutorial on how to turn your picture into a poster Andy Warhol style.

For the ones of you passionate about Photoshop and interested in my tutorial, please click on this link.

BARTOLO'S ANIMATED DIARY - MEET THE PRESIDENT

Recently I did this animation on myself and my skills as a negotiator with rich and powerful clients, based on a real fact that happened to me (if you are planning to offer me a job, just keep in mind this is a joke).

I find interesting the idea of making an animation to laugh about myself, and my friends agreed I'm exactly like my avatar (which I am not sure is a compliment).

What do you think about that?

MY PERSONAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Recently a friend of mine opened See Buy Smile: a place where you can buy many things on line for a very interesting price.

To celebrate this event, I did this animation of a naked man that can buy anything he needs just by using my friend's site.

For the music I wanted a boogie and I have found my perfect piece in the song Woogie Boogie by Bob Dylan, and I posted the video on Youtube.

With my big surprise, in just a few seconds Youtube recognized and named the music, and with even bigger surprise, within less than 24 hours they obscured my video in most of the Countries (they kept it visible just in China and a few oders) because it represented a copyright infringement.

This led me to 2 considerations:

1 - If companies really wanted to fight piracy they could do it very easily.

2 - On Youtube you can watch full films on DVD quality, but aparently Sony (the owner of Bob Dylan's song) thought my 40 seconds animation using a piece of music with no voice and 4 views (2 of them were me) could lead their business to disaster.

For the first time I just realized how nowdays creativity is subject to corporations, and this is bad.

NEGOTIATION THE EUROPEAN WAY

Once uppon a time, we were an Eurodemocracy with a Presient changing every 6 months to represent all the Euro Countries and working as a community.

Then our self proclaimed queen Angela Merkel and her mistress Nicola Sarkozy decided it was time to rule uppon us.
Greece is living the worst crisis in modern times and it could be just the first country of a long list.

Today I found out that Germany and its lackey   granted a loan to help Greece repaying the debt it had with them, opening the way to restrictions that could oppress people for generations.
In change of this big favor, Greece has been forced to buy enormous and useless quantities of wine produced by Germany and France.

No, wait, it's not very expensive wine Greece has been forced to buy, it's... cars? No, no. What was that...?

Yes, now I remember!

To get the loan to save the country and struggle its own population, Germany and France forced Grece to buy enormous and useless quantities of weapons they produced.

Congratulations peaceful Europe: this is a great message to give to humanity.
If you're strong you can abuse who is weak. Take advantage of any situations to mind your own business!

And an advice to Greece: try to go back to Germany for another loan, they might be more eager to give you better conditions now that you have the cannons.

It's the European way to negotiate!

MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH CHEVROLET

Chevrolet just made a series of creative videos using independent film makers.
I like the idea of a so known company, working alongside emerging authors and I think the result is brilliant.
There are various videos you can browse, and this is one of them:

THE BEST SCRIPT EVER

Lately somebody stole my laptop with my precious scripts.
I know, I wish him to burn in hell, but this is not my purpose with this post.

Today I went to the Police for my deposition and the officer read me the report they have been working on.

- ...And then? - I asked when he finished.
- Well... As said, the guy has been arrested and bailed, so he will be questioned again in a few weeks, but I don't think we'll get back your computer...
- No, I mean... never mind.

I wanted to mean that that report was the best script I have ever read: it was essential, very visual and full of action, I have been instinctively taken by the telling and intrigued by the plot.

It might have been the best lesson on script writing I have ever attended, and an experience that sure improved my skills.

My advice to Script Writers is to find a way to read police reports to understand how to write a good script.

Possibly without having their laptop stolen.

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ZELDA, THE LEGEND BEGINS

CELEBRITY CAMOUFLAGE

Yesterday I have been invited to the BAFTA premiere of the last Scorsese film Hugo in Leicester Square by a friend who starred in it.

For the ones of you who are not familiar with London, Leicester Square is one of the most crowded places in this town, especially when it's about the film industry. Here you have the most of the European premieres of the biggest blockbusters of the year, red carpets, people cueing for 5 hours just to take a snap shot of a celebrity and Artists drawing caricatures of the most respected Actors.

After the film my friend and I go to a coffee shop close by: a place I've never been into because it's too crowded with tourists, for it is right on the red carpet and it serves decent meals at a very cheap price.

I finish my latte and we prepare to go, when I see at a table, talking to someone...

- Stop staring at her, it's rude! - my friend says.
- Isn't she...?

Judi Dench, which I mostly know and respect for her performance as M in 007.

- How come she's... in this place?
- She chose to have a low profile meeting for not being bothered by people.
- And that's why she is in the Bat Cave of the Worldwide film fundamentalists travelling to London?

She really must have learnt something about secrecy from her James Bond films...

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BRIDES MAIDS - OUT NOW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY