by Roy Blumenthal on July 17, 2010
David Germond of The Win Win Group emailed me a challenge… To come up with alternative uses for your vuvuzela now that the World Cup is over.
His email was simple. It said: ‘This is what Zapiro did…‘
So here’s my stab at it.
I took a good hour to do a Google search for a suitable Mel Gibson picture. I was hunting for one where he spews vitriol, something to match the sound of his voice on the leaked recordings of his verbal abuse of his wife.
It seems his public relations handlers are on full red alert doing urgent fire-fighting. There are only a very few unsavoury pics of the man. And those are tame.
Anyway. I found this one. It suits my purpose. It’s from ContactMusic.
I originally intended making a caricature of him. But when I was dummying up the composition, I liked the juxtaposition of the photo with the drawing. So that’s what I stuck with.
This picture was made entirely in ArtRage 3 (with the exception of the photo of Mel Gibson, which is used without permission). No vuvuzelas were abused in the making of this muzzle. Mind the drool.
By the way, you have 13 days left to take advantage of my half-price offer. Book and pay for my services as a visual facilitator before Friday 30 July, and you get me for a massive 50% saving. Email Jennifer for details: bookings@royblumenthal.com
by Roy Blumenthal on July 14, 2010
Just returned from Berlin. A top multinational pharmaceutical company made use of my services as a visual facilitator.
To give YOU the chance to experience what Europe’s corporate top brass experienced, I’m BASHING my prices for just two weeks.
If you book and pay for a visual facilitation session with me in the next two weeks, you’ll get me FOR HALF PRICE.
We’re accepting bookings at half price until Friday 30 July. This offer is valid for events up to 31 December 2010. All you have to do is book and pay before 30 July, and you get a MASSIVE DISCOUNT. HALF OFF!
So while I’m cooling off from the 40 degree temperatures of Berlin, you can heat up your boardroom by having me make live pictures of your event.
UPDATE: Thanks to Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July, I’ve added a bonus to this promotion… Take advantage of my special, and I’ll throw in a FREE half-day visual facilitation for a Gauteng-based NGO of your choice. You get to give back. I get to give back. The NGO gets to experience visual facilitation. It’s a win-win-win! So what are you waiting for? BOOK ME TODAY!
Book me NOW by emailing Jennifer on bookings@royblumenthal.com. Act now. The half-price window closes on Friday 30 July.
This picture was created live during a ‘best practice sharing’ convention held in Berlin.
by Roy Blumenthal on May 5, 2010
I drew three ink-on-paper sketches of John in my Moleskine. I scanned them, then tidied them up and coloured them in Photoshop CS3. I hauled them into CrazyTalk 6 and animated the pics.
Finally, I composited everything together in Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.
All audio editing was done in Audacity.
The music is a Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ licensed track I found on Jamendo. It’s called ColdRain by Silent Assassin.
This video is released under a Creative Commons ‘Attribution, Share-Alike’ license. Which means you can remix it, and do whatever you like with it. As long as you credit me as the originator, and that you release it under a similar license.
