micro Animations

Just thought I'd add a link to my twiflip page... It's like twitter but flip book style animations.

http://www.twiflip.net/jaredjohnston

Got about 7 I've done so far...

Trying to do at least one a day.

Enjoy!

Beard-B-Gone

This is the thrilling tale of how my beard became a chin.

That's pretty much it... aside from the sideburns I still have in that last pictures.... I took those off too.

Adjustment Bureau

Best movie of the year... so far.

I just got back from seeing this with Gretchen and we both loved it. I would highly recommend it. I didn't quite know what to expect going into this movie, but coming out I was in awe of how well it was done. I kind of wish they would have explained things a little more, but hey, they left me wanting more and that's what anything good does.

check it out.

Fruit Ninja

If you have an iphone, ipod touch or ipad...

Buy it, Play it.

iPad

I know i'm behind on blogs... So I'll do my best to catch up starting now... and ending tomorrow or the next day...

But first things first, I gots an iPAD!!!

On day one, March 11th, Gretchen and I went to Ridgedale for the release of the iPad 2. We got there about 1:30pm and hung out in line till they closed the Apple store at 3 and reopened at 5 for the release.

I got two black 32 Gig Wifi iPad 2's. One for me and one for my aunt Kerri. They're awesome.

We both ended up getting the green smart covers too. I've already downloaded a ton of apps. but the best one has to be the game "Fruit Ninja"... so fun.

More to come tomorrow.

The last couple weeks... and Comic-Con

I know, it really sucks when all my posts are just, "this is what happened last week", but that's all I have time for these days.

(iFaceFat app)

So what happened in the last few weeks... well, we had another epic poker night at Chevis and Dan's house. It was awesome, but it was the first time I didn't win at least one game, but I still had an amazing time.

I had a fun Valentines day with Gretchen. We ate at a little place called Mozza Mia. Pretty good pizzas but not a HUGE selection. I'd go there again but I don't know that I would have pizza again next time.

We went to our first Roller Derby a few weeks ago. It was awesome. It was the MN all star game pretty much... at least that's what I was lead to believe. But it was really cool. Pretty Violent too, not quite as crazy as in the movies but still... Gretchen and I met JJ, Mary and Mary's friend there. Good times.

My friend JJ and I finally got around to getting our plane tickets and room reservations for this years San Diego Comic Con.

The other night I got to meet Jalayna, Janaya and Brandon's new daughter. She's awesome! And what's even more awesome is that Janaya asked me to be the Godfather of Jalayna. I'm pumped. So awesome. A bunch of my family met up at a Red Lobster to have dinner and introduce the baby. Braxton (Janaya's 3 year old) and I downloaded some dirt bike and snowmobile apps and played those the whole time.

Tonight Gretchen and I are going to go get sushi with my friend/co-worker Dan. Looking forward to it.

OH, I also saw Gnomeo and Juliet... was better than the last Shrek movie.... Gretchen and I also saw The Fighter. It was pretty amazing. Really well done. I'd recommend it.

I'll try to keep things more up to date...

The Trade Show in Vegas

I didn't get to go, but I did get to design the banners that went up.

Here's a few pics my boss took with his cell phone.

There were 10 Wrapping banners with different product names on them; One high rise banner with four logos on it.

My boss said that our booth was the talk of the show.

I also did the intro and outro animations for the 5 videos they had playing on different 32" HDTVs.

As for the Slot Machine animations, that stuff is all put on hold. As of now, I'm doing mostly graphic design with talk of animations in the future.