Carey 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) It's my fifth. I'm a big boy now! I put it on the youtubes. This one might be stupider than the other ones. You can be the judge. Love, Carey Edited February 4, 2015 by Binky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iline 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2015 Glad you're doing it. Lord knows if I could actually take in what you're saying, I'd probably move up the food chain. I'll watch this once my horrific deadline passes... cheers pal from another dimension Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AromaKat 1 Report post Posted February 4, 2015 Carey for President 2016! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oeuf 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2015 Good stuff man. This might have been asked before, but do you teach? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveglanz 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2015 Yay Binky's back!! thanks man, bookmarked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foughtthelaw 2 Report post Posted February 5, 2015 These are gold. You do realize people pay mountains of money to learn these sorts of things in colleges, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
throb36 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 This is awesome. You are a beautiful man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carey 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 Is this one any good? I never once showed it to anyone before putting it up. You do realize people pay mountains of money to learn these sorts of things in colleges, right? Absolutely. But I'm not competing with colleges. I'm really looking at this next one as an experiment, to see if I can just offset the cost of the time taken away from paying jobs. I still haven't figured out how to produce these any quicker, so I can't keep doing them without turning down jobs, which means I'm not breaking even. I don't want to charge the standard hefty sums, but that works out because if enough people think it's worth buying, then it can be super cheap, which is cool. Good stuff man. This might have been asked before, but do you teach? Thanks, buddy. And you're welcome! I'd kind of consider this teaching. I'm sharing what I know and researching what I don't, and packaging it in the most digestible way I can (within reason). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AromaKat 1 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Is this one any good? I never once showed it to anyone before putting it up. Yeah, I think its good. The notion of keeping a collection of inspriational images and catelogues may seem simple in and of itself, but it provides a theme and foundation for you to spill the real golden nuggets, which are purely in the explanations of the whys and rationale you walk us through. Its kind of a walking tour through your head to witness your thinking process. I think if you were to just work on some boards, a logo, or whatever and talking through it would be a great watch, but I understand the need for an anchoring theme within each video to chapter things considering the distribution of the collection. To me, what is great about your videos are more in regard to how you view and tackle design decisions and not necessarily the underlying design / art / color theory that happens to be the title of the piece. Edited February 6, 2015 by AromaKat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisC 2 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 Great stuff, valuable info. Nice centaur. Re: blogs, Pinterest works for me when I'm running around in circles - I work it like an über-blog, just pump into it vaguely related terms and see what spills out. Or find something I like and see what's in the 'Related Pins' list, follow it like a bit of string until I reach something that jogs something. Or setup a bunch of themed boards, and throw stuff into them. Interesting side note at the end - produce a project start to finish, with the aim of selling the whole series to your adoring fans. My take - great, based on what I've seen so far this will be really useful, I'm in. Not so much for the source files, project blah, but just to get an insight into how someone else's brain processes these sorts of jobs and turns chin stroking into actual pixels. Like most around here I guess, the methods I use are self-taught, constantly refined - I've got a system of sorts that mostly works for me, but there are times when I wonder if a dramatic change in how I approach a job might have a beneficial effect on what comes out - less derivative, more personal perhaps? Anything that can kick me out of a rut sounds appealing. So, good luck getting it finished, I'll be watching. C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anothername 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2015 I almost feel like the best fit for selling this would be as a course on FXPHD or similar, rather than the one off pay for this tutorial model. You might also want to look into Patreon to fund it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
superduper 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks for another great video Binky. Definitely looking forward to the one you tease at the end! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rich 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 These vids are awesome Binky. As someone who started in vfx, i kind of missed out of all this useful, inspiration/storyboarding/composition stuff, that i should have learned in school. Love the humour in these videos aswell as the content. Thanks man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vozzz 2 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 Maybe put it on kickstarter? at $25 a pop it'll let you gauge interest i guess. pateroen is also a good idea. you can make it so that you make a video every time you get a certain amount of funds. But seriously wonderful stuff you got there! And its true, even if you know this stuff, sometimes you just kinda forget that you're meant to be doing this.. =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Scott 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 Really reminds me of Belief's "The Common Desk" -- http://belief.com/post/5394453401/pollinate-the-common-desk-another-creativity ...which came out ten years ago?! Ten years. Good lord. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foughtthelaw 2 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 Really reminds me of Belief's "The Common Desk" -- http://belief.com/post/5394453401/pollinate-the-common-desk-another-creativity ...which came out ten years ago?! Ten years. Good lord. I've still got a copy of that on DVD somewhere. Does that make me old? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
javier g 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 Great as usual, im always looking forward to more of these, i enjoy them a lot. Inspirational yet funny stuff, Congrats and thanks for sharing this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cromico 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2015 I really enjoy watching your videos. you do such amazing work and are able to explain or share a little information to us on how your thinking works. very awesome!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andregodinh 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2015 Another amazing video. Thanks Binky! You could also think about Skillshare. I have no ideia how much money you can make there, but for now it is lacking on motion graphics related classes. That said, selling your videos without any affiliation is probably the best idea right now. (As an example, Louis CK now sells his recorded shows online at 5 bucks.) Thanks again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andregodinh 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Another thing that came to mind, Binky: so you separate the general reference pile from the other pieces of work you totally love? You save these "masterpieces" but, when trying to get inspiration for a job, you just use you general reference pile? I've been using Pinterest to collect things in different "boards", but I'm starting to thing that ONE general pile might be the best way to allow cross-polination of references and ideas... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carey 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2015 Yeah, pinterest is great. And you're right, I think if I used pinterest, or anything similar, I'd still put everything in one big pile for exactly the reason you mentioned. The random find is usually more valuable than pigeonholing. That said, I do have some small collections that are oriented to more specific interests. Things I just like to look at more regularly, usually because I'm trying to figure them out. And I'm glad you liked it! I figure this one was mostly obvious stuff, but stuff we all need to be reminded of when we hit a rut, cuz you know it happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
