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The Latest on Rick-O

2011-09-28T10:47:00.004-05:00

I've switch away from posting here for awhile. To see my latest work check out my website:
Rick-O.com or see my silly random postings of stuff i like on tumblr!

Thanks!

WRECKTV Web TV

2009-07-17T00:40:00.001-05:00

I am broadcasting online a new video channel. It's still in beta phase.

Laughing Old Liver Spots

2009-05-15T15:50:00.007-05:00

http://homepage.mac.com/wrecktv/Sites/OldGuy/Old_Guy6.html

My buddy Jeremy and came up with this silly video to help launch a entertainment company we are working on. The animation is kinda pointless, it is actually my first attempt at animating in flash. I must say that i DO NOT LIKE animating in Flash. Not very user friendly. Oh well.

Try this prank: Copy this link (http://homepage.mac.com/wrecktv/Sites/OldGuy/Old_Guy6.html) and open it on a friends computer, crank the volume up and walk away. :)

Motico Logo

2009-05-07T00:28:00.005-05:00

These are some logo designs I am working on for a clothing line my wife and I are starting up. She is knocking out some killer tops for girls to wear, and I am working on screen printing and stenciling some crazy t-shirt designs. I am excited at to get this off the ground. Let's see how it develops.

The Edge of Imagination

2009-04-13T11:37:00.007-05:00

This weekend we took Azlan to the ArtPace annual Kids Day event. They had a bunch of great stations to make cool stuff. Azlan really enjoyed making a dino puppet with me from some random supplies at one of the creative workshop stations.

We had a blast being creative together. One of the workshops they had was put together by a guy named Jonny Villarreal. The station was appropriately called "The Edge of Imagination Station". It was a booth with cameras built into three stations where anyone could use the supplies on hand to create an animation instantly. People had a great time drawing with chalk, using bendy toys and magazine cutouts to create some very original/spontaneous animations.

I enjoyed talking with the creator of this contraption, as I was inspired to animate something. He shared his previous experiences with me and how he created this animation station with a friend of his who is also an artist. I am excited to see how this evolves. Check out a video created from all the animation entries during a festival in Corpus Christi.

I wanted to try my hand at making something there, but Azlan was more interested in the drums and craft table they had. Maybe next time.

2008-12-29T16:07:00.003-06:00

This Christmas I had an opportunity to create a video for my niece and nephew. I wasn't sure what to give them for Christmas, and so I asked them what they wanted to do. They really wanted to make a music video, so we listened to a bunch of their favorite songs and decided that we should use this one by Miley Cyrus. I had never heard her music before, but i really enjoyed the upbeat sound. It gave us a great rythm to be creative to. Here is the final result:

Kid Dub: "See You Again" from Rick Lopez on Vimeo.

Budwiser

2008-12-09T17:00:00.005-06:00

I just wanted to say thanks to those who prayed for me on this last project I was working on. The experience has been very blessed. THANK YOU LORD!

I thought I would let you know how everything went. It all started with Jeremy Koester and I deciding we would try to enter a commercial into and open assignment for Budweiser's designated driver campagin. The odds have been against us for several reasons; for starters, Jeremy and i have never worked together on a project like this and we only had a little over a week to pull it off. There where challenges along the way but there where also some great blessings too.

We needed to get a good concept, Jeremy and i sat down and wrote out a few directions. Then we needed talent, a friend of Jeremy's is a talent agent and agreed to let us use her list of talent FREE of charge. Then we selected the talent and they all agreed to work for FREE! The next thing was location, we needed a good size bathroom and some outdoor area for cars to park. Jeremy and his wife opened up their home for the production for FREE! Next we needed a really big truck. Well a phone call with a local four wheel parts store got us hooked up with a "stupid" huge truck, FREE! Then came production gear. I have some equipment, but I needed lights and a good microphone. I called a friend and he recommended another friend. I email the company/friend of a friend (5.6 Studios, Gary Groth) and I ask for a free light kit and mic (YIKES, expensive gear), well they hook me up, for FREE! WOW!

It doesn't stop there. We get production going and we end up having to trim one of the talent from the production. It was unexpected, but lets just say she misrepresented herself and wasn't the same person in the head shots and casting info we had been given. But the good news is I think that it ended up being easier to shoot and light two key principle actors instead.

We had two shoot days. The first went slower than expected, so we needed to cram more into our second shoot day. Before the second shoot day we discover that Kesha (one of the two main actors) is sick. We reschedule the second shoot day. This is crazy, EVERYONE, all 4 actors and 3 crew people for the day, are all available on the rescheduled shoot day. Awesome!

The shoot day arrives. I forgot that I need to return the gear that i borrowed for only two days. I call the studio and speak with Gary Groth, he say it's no problem to use the lights, but he needs the mic back. He quickly sets up another local production expert (Bruce and Joe Maniscalo sp?) to loan me his expensive mic equipment. FOR FREE!

I ended up getting to know so many great people from this experience. I realize that we may not win, but I am so happy and already feel like a winner. It's funny to think that God can work through anything, even a Buweiser commercial. Thank you for your prayers and if you didn't know about all this, now you know the power of prayer.

feel free to check out the two videos we submitted here:

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2.

Peace to you.

Rick Lopez

Lots going on.

2008-11-20T22:50:00.002-06:00

I created some logos for a gaming company, I will try to get those up soon. I also shot some interviews today for Latino American TV. I am super tired. I will try to post some more pretty images soon of my latest work.

Roller Coaster

2008-11-13T18:53:00.003-06:00

This freelance stuff is quiet the roller coaster. Feast or famine, and I hope to leave the famine behind. Permanently.

I am working on getting a few new things started. I have a logo job that may start tomorrow and possibly some new videos with Jeremy soon. Things are constantly changing.

Lets see what happens.

in the mean time I really dig this site for inspiration (and wallpaper for my iPhone)

http://iphone.gelaskins.com/gallery

Waste of Time

2008-11-11T23:29:00.002-06:00

I am completely hooked on this little game. Highly addictive.

Play it here:

http://www.freewaregames.net/onslaught-game.asp

Robert Horry Project: Final Version 2

2008-11-09T01:12:00.007-06:00

I posted the Robert Horry job online-ontime, only to find out the due date was extended. Cool! This gives me a chance to finesse the edit and work out some stuff that was bugging me. I gotta thank Jeremy and Amanda for their feedback, and Mnolo for tha tasty beats.

This will be option #2:

Robert Horry Project: Finished?

2008-11-07T03:20:00.003-06:00

So I completed the animation, but due to my lack of planning I did not get my buddy Jeremy over in time to do a proper voice over. So you will notice my voice at the end. Lovely.

Anyways, I am happy with the results... at least at this ungodly hour I am happy.

Robert Horry Project: Comp 2

2008-11-05T03:03:00.002-06:00

I am still chipping away at this animation. I only had the evening to work, so I didn't get as far as I'd like today. Oh well, here's my progress:

Robert Horry Project: Comp 1

2008-11-04T00:38:00.004-06:00

Ok, so I have been continuing to try and get this animation complete (see previous post). I am piecing things together and trying to match my general timings that i created here:

I put some music in as a placement holder, I am hoping to receive some help from either Dwavehed or Mnolo in regards to music. These guys rock.

I am also starting with an animation of the foreground, then I will start filling in the background with as many special touches as time will allow. The deadline is creeping up fast so we will see what details I can actually pull-off.

This is where I am at right now:

Horry Animation

2008-11-03T19:15:00.005-06:00

So I took on a new project. My mission is to create a 30 second animation of Robert Horry for an online company that wants to promote him for future endorsements. I had a couple of ideas and I needed to run them by somebody. So I got together my buddy Jeremy Koester. Jeremy had some very cool ideas to incorporate and strengthen the concept. I really needed some body to bounce ideas off of and it was great brainstorming with him.
Now it's time to produce! I will post my progress as I get things done. For now, here are some sketches I made to start laying out the commercial.

Water Color

2008-10-29T23:14:00.004-05:00

I haven't played with water colors in a long time. Here is what I created during a recent city wide prayer gathering.

2008-10-29T00:29:00.003-05:00

I am currently digging this site www.poptent.com. A good source for networking and getting work for creative peeps with some computer skill. I am working on submitting a video. I am curious to see if (1) I go through with it and (2) it pays off.

Time will tell.

My first Blogger Blog

2008-10-26T01:29:00.002-05:00

Hello and welcome. I am still figuring this blog system out, I will do my best to make this area a little more attractive and interesteing in the future. For now I will continue to make tweaks as I go.

More to come, you can bet on it!