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Florida Winter

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:22:11 -0500

Here's a video we made for the November 21, 2008 Theatre Strike Force Gator Nights show. We came up with the idea on a Monday, wrote it on Tuesday, rewrote on Wednesday and shot and edited it on Thursday and Friday. It premiered Friday night for an audience of about 200.

This was a lot of fun to make.

NoelBot

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:11:39 -0500

This is a short video a friend and I made for class. Learn how to make a robot.

GARY, Really?

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:10:45 -0500

I forgot to post this, this was the Gary Attack ad. To advertise for Theatre Strike Force's Fall Show, we created two tv spots. One for our fictional candidate, Gary, and one against him. I made these ads.

A few things about the Attack Ad. The baby is my nephew, Micah. The violin was played by April D.

It felt really good seeing this ad on TV during the commercial breaks of the Daily Show, even if we were only airing them on campus.

The Steamboat Willies for Truth was originally just a play on Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, but it soon became something more.

GARY: Backstage

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:01:13 -0500

This was another video from the big Theatre Strike Force fall sketch show, "GARY: A New Hope For A Better America." I shot this and stuff. This and Don't Vote were shot in one long, fun, tiring night.

The entire Gary show takes place in an alternate reality where there is a political candidate, Gary, running for president. Theatre Strike Force, the improv troupe at UF, is invited to perform at a rally for Gary. The hour and a half long sketch show itself was the rally, culminating in an appearance by Gary himself. I played Gary in the live show.

GARY: Don't Vote

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:36:36 -0500

This video was originally shown as part of Theatre Strike Force's Fall Show 2008, Gary: A New Hope for a Better America. I shot this.

All the lighting was done with a china ball and a work light. Luckily, there were a ton of c-stands and flags and other stuff around in the photo studio to help out.

Go vote tomorrow!

Homecoming Edition

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:17:22 -0400

I did another cover for the Alligator! Another Homecoming...

We are Gary!

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:40:53 -0400

Here's an ad I shot and helped write with TSF Sketch. We're really into this Gary candidate, apparently. We're hosting a giant rally on Oct. 27th...

(Sketch comedy)

This will be on the tv!

80's baby jam

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:58 -0400

This is a little web promo video that I shot/edited (and did a little bit of directing) for/with an Upstart member named Jovone B. Assisted by Tito A. and Liz P.

The idea was to recreate an 80's music video show. It was fun and I think it was successful. I'd like to tackle a real music video or two, so if anyone out there knows of/is a band that needs a music video, just get in contact with me.

As always, watch it in glorious HD over at Vimeo.

AM Radio in Pumpkin the Musical

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:58 -0400

I shot this video a month or so ago. I'm not in the video in any way, I was just doing videography, but if you have a half hour you'll probably enjoy this totally improvised musical. AM Radio, the musical improv troupe of Theatre Strike Force, is very talented.

Watch it in HD over at Vimeo.

Dr. K and the LHC

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Here's a PDF of a sketch that I wrote with TSF Sketch (specifically, a ton of help from Filup M and Erik V). I performed it as the opener to the first big TSF Improv show of the semester Friday night. I was Dr. Killdeathmurder and I wore an eyepatch, a lab coat and a hook arm.

It was a very topical sketch about the Large Hadron Collider Particle Accelerator and supervillains.

UPDATE: A video of the sketch is up on facebook: Dr. Killdeathmurder.

UPDATE: You know what, here's the sketch on the YouTubes.

HAWAII GIRL: Trapped

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Another epic batch of NPW clips

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Here's another batch of clips from the feature length film I was DP on this summer.

Newer Personal Worst

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Hey! Here's a little bit of footage from the feature we've been shooting the past three weeks. So exciting. Youtube messed up the aspect ratio and horribly compressed it.

Hawaii Girl: Wake-up Time

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Hawaii Girl is a series of videos that I shot around May. We shot five episodes. It's technically an adaptation of a web comic I did back in High School that may or may not still be online somewhere.

I never thought it would happen, but Shaun Spalding provided a lot of encouragement and we eventually found the perfect actresses to play real life cartoon characters (Jenn and April) and a few days to shoot.

I've taken forever to edit them.

My idea was to take the pacing and rhythm of a comic strip and apply it to short films. Keep things extremely short, cut out everything unnecessary. I think this is a good way to go about adapting film stuff to the internet.

I don't know how well I executed these ideas.

Wake-up Time, the one posted here, was the last one we shot, took the least amount of time to shoot, and was the quickest edit. If we had had another five minutes in the location, we could have gotten it perfect.

I'm telling myself that I'll post a new episode every week until all five are posted, and I hope I'll be able to stick to it.

Shooting a Feature

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

So, we're two weeks into shooting Adam's feature film version of the short we shot last summer. It's a lot of work and a lot of fun. I'm really excited about how it's all going.

Theatre Strike Force: Summer Knights

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Summer Knights: Party Quirks from Theatre Strike Force on Vimeo.

I perform improv with Theatre Strike Force and we had a show a little over a week ago. I recorded the whole thing and a few videos from it (including a few featuring me) are up over at the TSF vimeo page. Make sure to watch in HD (if you feel like it).

Two Photos

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Watermelon

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:31 -0400

Fourth of July. I still have a watermelon husk in my refrigerator.

DM 2008

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:11:30 -0400

Dance Marathon at the University of Florida 2008 Opening video from Rymo on Vimeo.
Dance Marathon at UF linedance 2008 from Rymo on Vimeo.

Dance Marathon has come and gone once again. I'm still sorting through footage. Here's the opening video I made and a master take of the Linedance.

Click through to see them in HD at Vimeo. HD! This is truly a pleasant future.

Guns on Campus?

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:26:05 -0400

An illustration for a guns on campus point counterpoint "Viewpoints" section.

Oh and hey, why not, Iraq War's fifth birthday.

Do you like flash graphics? Do you like baseball lineups?

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:29:05 -0500

My first flash info graphic thing! Here it is at AlligatorSports.

Model Through It

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:26:33 -0500

On Thursday, I had an illustration in the Avenue (The Alligator's Arts and Entertainment section).

This is the first time I've gotten to illustrate a story and I hope it sets a precedent for letting me do it.

Bears that look like Care Bears

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:25:45 -0500

If anyone wants a print of this frame, let me know.

A spread and a poster

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:58:30 -0500

Some recent stuff. The spread is from a Magazine Design class assignment (To answer any questions, I am Ryan Moulton). The poster is going up around campus just as soon as I can find a stapler that works.

Let's do Political Cartooning

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:07:35 -0500

This is the process I use to come up with my daily political cartoons at Alligator.org.

I usually get to the office anywhere from 7:30pm to 10pm and then I talk to the editor or opinions editor to find out what stories are going in the paper the next day. I might try to casually make a few jokes to warm up. There are usually a few story options. I read them.

Then I start brainstorming. I write lists of ideas in my moleskine notebook. I free associate. I try to understand the story and what's really at stake here. I talk to people to get my brain unstuck. I might go buy some dinner somewhere. I usually end up on facebook.

Sooner or later, I'll have something figured out. Some of the best days are when I hear a story and immediately understand what the joke is or where the twist of the story is.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, I draw in Adobe Flash. I use a wacom 9x12 tablet that I bought 7 years ago and draw directly into the computer. I sketch the layout and art and then go back and "ink" everything.

Sometimes, when I'm drawing, I'll come up with a better joke. These are usually the best jokes, because they are usually part of a "wacky stack" where the jokes just keep coming.

I'll draw for a while and then add shades of grey or color.

When I've finished the comic, I usually sit around for a few minutes trying to get up the courage to show the editor, managing editor, and opinions editor. I go and do that.

They tell me if I made any grammar mistakes and whether or not they like the comic.

My deadline is 10:30. The deadline where I actually die is 11.

After I finish the comic, I do stuff for the website until I go home around 1 am.

So it's 2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:44:13 -0500

So I've left my job at RecSports at the University of Florida. It was a great experience and now it's time to move on.

So now I'm looking for freelance work/collaboration in the areas of: editorial illustration, photography, film/video (documentary, or narrative) , and web/print design. Check out ryanmoulton.com and give me an email or something.

ALSO: I'm on the lookout for a summer internship in the area of either online video or design.

The Presidential Bunch

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:15:45 -0500

TOMORROW'S COMIC: TODAY. This is for the special Viewpoints part of the paper. The special topic of this week's Viewpoints was the 2008 election.

It's kind of weird to realize I've been cartooning almost every day for almost a semester now.

Perverted Justice

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:40:40 -0500

I took some photos before/during Theater Strike Force's fall show the other day. These two were some of my favorites.

ALSO, I don't know if you were there, but if you were, I had one line in a video sketch ("Yeah Gellieman, DANCE!") and was The Hand of God in The Miracle of Life. I also animated the eyes/mouths.

Photo blogetry

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:54:39 -0500

Afro-Hitchcock & The Lady Justice Stare Down Deluxe.

NEW PERSONAL WORST: Real Trailer

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:10:05 -0500

OKAY. So this summer my friend Adam Bowers was making this movie called New Personal Worst. I did all the camera work for it. Well, the movie's nearing completion and he just put a trailer up for it. Watch this trailer and then get excited.

My second Alligator Cover Illustration

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:03:49 -0400

At 2 a.m. last night I got asked to design/illustrate a cover for the Alligator's Homecoming Edition.

I was happy with the result, regardless of whether or not the science held up. Only bad point: for some reason The Suits didn't want me to set my own type, so what eventually went to print was a much much weaker type treatment.

Oh well, I'll always have the memories.

UPDATE: It looks pretty good printed. Today was the homecoming parade and a lot of us went out and handed them to people. It was great seeing a copy of it in pretty much everyone's hands.

Here's a step-by-step:

NEW VIDEO: ROBOT CAR!

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:05:39 -0400

Robot Car! New video at the Alligator.

Comic 9/28 & the Underwear Dash

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:35:51 -0400

That's how we comic in Alligator town.

ALSO: My friend Beau organizes an underwear dash once every semester. A lot of people show up and it's an awesome fun time. It's about being alive.

This dash was the subject of my first documentary, Everybody in their Underwear. Check out the video. Check out the dash. You won't regret it.

DIAL D FOR Djeljosevic

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:10:02 -0400

Here's a photo project from my lighting class. Assistance by S. Spalding. Subject was D. Djeljosevic. Class reaction today was favorable.

Don't Tase me, Bro

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:06:42 -0400

I designed a package compiling the Alligator's coverage of the Andrew Meyer gets tasered story.

Check it out if you enjoy people getting tasered, world-class student journalism, cartoons by Ryan Moulton, or grid based design with an emphasis on type and hierarchical presentation of information.

Blah blah blah blah.

I'm excited because now that we've set the precedent for breaking out of the template for special coverage packages, we can do it more often and it gives me more opportunities to do neat little web design projects. Hopefully.

Taser Comics: 9/19 This One's For Me

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:31:57 -0400

I've been cartooning for the Alligator since Summer B started. Last week I successfully did one comic for every day of the week. I usually miss a day. Here's yesterday's comic. It's about the protest that happened yesterday in regards to TaserGate 2k7.

Side note: I think it was pretty lucky that we got the "Most Popular" module debugged the night before TaserGate 2k7 broke, allowing people to see that the comments were exploding.

NEW VIDEO: "NOTHING FISHY ABOUT STURGEON"

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:36:54 -0400

You get it literally minutes before it goes live on alligator.org! Feel the glory of being a rymo.org patron!

I was less happy with this video than with previous ones. I won't bore you with details. Frank C. was awesome though. I really want to try some sturgeon now.

Groove poster

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:15:35 -0400

Right now I'm very happy with how this poster turned out. Printed out it looks like a watercolor painting.

About 75% of the way through, I realized that I was subconsciously inspired by the photo of tomatoes on this NYT story. I spent a few minutes just looking at that graphic the other day.

NEW VIDEO: SUPER ROBO FUN TIME

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:02:10 -0400

Another new mini-doc up at the BRAND NEW ALLIGATOR.ORG (which I also did a ton of design work on, and I'll be doing an indepth posting on soon, hopefully).

photoshoot

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:30:10 -0400

So my friend Val wanted some free headshots. I wanted to learn how to shoot better portrait photography. On Monday we got together and had a photoshoot.

I'm still editing photos, but it was a very good experience. I got a little more confident at working with off-camera lighting and got some awesome pictures out of it. One of my favorites is at the top. Some of the photos were a lot more "model-y" and less "actor headshot-y", but oh well. She did a very good job.

I'll probably post some more to flickr eventually.

And if anyone out there that I at least kind of know wants some nice photos taken, just let me know.

Last day for New Student Edition of the Alligator

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:13:24 -0400

Hello. It's the last day the New Student Edition of the Alligator will be on news stands. The NSE has a lot of articles that new students at the University of Florida might enjoy/learn from, but I think more importantly, it includes an awesome cover by me. I don't think I was credited anywhere, but oh well.

Put it on your wall! Or something! Just search for the orange Alligator boxes anywhere on campus.

New Personal Worst: FAKER TEASER TRAILER

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:16:21 -0400

New Student Edition?

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:29:24 -0400

I figured I better post it now before I'm ashamed of it.

RecSports magazine spreads

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:46:49 -0400

Here are some spreads from the RecSports magazine I worked on last Thursday and Friday.

I love doing layout.

PERSON OF THE DAY: JULY 30, 2007: ME

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:53:02 -0400

Kamphey.com made me their/his person of the day for July 30, 2007. JAWESOME!

As a response I did this quick portrait of Kamphey.

NEW PERSONAL WORST: FAKE TEASER TRAILER

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:16:52 -0400

Here is a fake teaser trailer for my friend Adam's movie that I'm doing camera work for. We were packing up after shooting at the infirmary and decided to shoot this little thing.

The real movie has nothing to do with hands coming out of stomaches... OR DOES IT?!?

The Paul Reveres

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:40:26 -0400

Here's a photo of the cast (minus me) of a commercial a friend of mine shot this weekend. It was a pretty wet, pretty fun shoot. Delicious cheese was served.

For this photo I used a little flash gun shot into a reflective umbrella to light them. The past few days I've been feeling like I want to get back into photography a little. Hmm...

ALSO: I just did a quick design for the Camera Phone Photo Blog. It's been a while since I've wrestled with MovableType. Bleh.

BE A MAN: A Guide to Manhood from someone who knows: Ryan Moulton

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:31:26 -0400

Here's a fake book I designed for one scene of my friend Adam's movie. I got it printed up and stuck it onto a book we found in the library. It looked pretty convincing.

The man in the kilt is Patches Beardley, and he will teach YOU how to be a man through chewy foods and harsh words.

Strongman 2007

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:34:55 -0400

New photo gallery at Rec Sports: Strongman 2007.

ALSO: here's an older one that I'm not sure I ever linked: here: this link: here: Prom Rugby.

Do people still say Moblog nowadays?

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:21:18 -0400

Hello friend. I have an iPhone. The iPhone has a camera. I use the camera. The iPhone has email. I email the photos to flickr, which posts them to a blog I set up.

Amaze yourself with photos of food I eat, places I go, screens I look at, and people I'm around! Almost every day!

I have not yet done anything with the design so... sorry.

NEW VIDEO:

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:18:31 -0400

New video at alligator.org: "WE GET DIRTY TOO"

What I gained from this one: confidence with abbreviating dance/music (just cut with the beat/ I only really effed it up once near the beginning, I think), rhythms stuck in my head for several days, a few nice shots that I really liked, got to go to a step show (which I never would have had the confidence to before).

I shot 45 minutes and edited down to 3. After groups performed, practically everyone would come down onto the main little stage area and danced. It was pretty intense. I did not include much of this because: not as rhythmically intense or interesting, the music was most likely copyrighted and I didn't feel like dealing with that.

Bad things: a few different overexposure problems. Who were those guys (Why didn't I get their names)?

Bruce and the Cougars

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:11:58 -0400

I have a short mini-documentary up on Alligator.org. It's right here and it's about a tai chi/fencing instructor that raises cougars. It is available here: Bruce and the Cougars. The story text is by Devin C.

This was the first video for Alligator.org. (I think?) We got the video request last tuesday, I shot the video Sunday morning, and by Monday night, I had the hours worth of footage edited down to five minutes and 44ish seconds. It was still a little long, but parts of it were ridiculously cute.

I'm hoping this leads to more video requests to the Alligator's new media staff.

DAYS FILLED WITH AWESOME

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:28:46 -0400

More and more often, my days are really awesome. I've had quite a few days where I've been busy from morning to night just doing stuff that I absolutely love.

Facebook Birthday Posts, a look back

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:14:00 -0400

One part of the culture of facebook is that on a person's birthday people flock to that person's wall and post things like "Happy Birthday!"

Yesterday was my birthday. I made a graph showing when people posted on my facebook wall.

What was year twenty like?

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:02:57 -0400

Last summer was hard. I wasn�t doing a lot of productive stuff and that just made me realize I was lonely. I did a few freelance projects, including an illustration for the Office of Sustainability and another thing for the Business Alliance of Greater Gainesville. In the fall I did a bunch of film projects. I got really involved with Upstart�s Film Slam thing. Every two weeks I made another short film. I made it to the finals.

Most of the shorts were really bad, but a few were great.

I made my first documentary film Everybody in their Underwear. That was a really exciting experience for me. I entered it in the ART Film Festival and won first place in the Documentary Short category. Going to the actual film festival was pretty weird (I thought there would be zero people there but there were about seven) but my brother was there to support me.

I worked on a few different web projects around this time. I reworked the design for Newsies. Newsies 2.0 was much more professional looking. Eventually I did websites for an honors society and a summer camp.

For a while I�d considered web design one of my weak points but over the past year I�ve started to feel a little more confident. I�m learning how to be confident with just designing to solve problems rather than designing to ornament or style something.

Christmas break was good. I was looking forward to the coming semester pretty heavily but the semester didn�t fulfill its promises entirely. It was still good though.

One of the highlights of spring was getting to go to Miami with a few people that I barely knew to try to make a documentary thing. That was an incredible weekend and I�m so thankful for it.

I spent a lot of spring obsessed with getting this one internship. It got to the point where I knew quite a bit about everyone who worked at this small company based on their individual online presences. They crept into my dreams, voices and all.

This is without ever having any contact with them at all.

I spent a lot of time getting a portfolio together and fine-tuning and worrying and freaking out.

Eventually I didn�t even apply.

The semester ended quickly and out of nowhere I was invited to help out with online stuff for the Alligator. I had my summer job.

Working on a redesign for the website of UF�s independent student newspaper has been a great experience. It�s given me a chance to really collaborate with other people on a high level and I�m loving it. I�m hoping we can pull everything together for a successful launch of the redesign.

This has been a weird year for me personally. I don�t like to talk about this kind of thing, but this year has been one of the first where I�m not obsessed romantically with someone completely out of reach. I haven�t really been interested in anyone. Just kind of blank this year.

Weird.

This year I did get to meet a lot of interesting people. Now I want to meet more of them.

I drew a portrait every day for one-hundred days. I remembered how fun and relaxing it is to draw and it seems like, at least to me, I quickly became better. My hand and eye became more confident.

Again this year I was on Dance Marathon Tech Team. I was a lot healthier this year and able to bring a lot more to the table. I did my second (maybe third) biggish (at least for me) motion graphics project and made about thirty short motion identity loops for the entertainers. I'm still very pleased with how these turned out. I also took a ton of photos at the 32-hour Dance Marathon and had a much higher quality-to-crap ratio than last year. Also, this year, I shot in manual and was able to much better post-process my photos to get higher quality images.

Awesome.

This year I�ve grown as a person, I think. It�s been a new experience living entirely alone. No roommate, no dorm, no family. Just me above the laundry room at Arbor Lofts.

I think I�ve always had a ton of independence but maybe it just gave me more? I don�t know.

That was year twenty. Plus or minus a lot that I�m forgetting now.

Now I�m twenty-one and that means I can adopt a child and run for mayor. If I�m going to get any of that done, I�ve got to get going.

iPhone

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:15:03 -0400

My name is Ryan Moulton and I love my iPhone.

Facebook Graffiti

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:53:25 -0400

Facebook has different applications that people can add to their profiles. One of these is called Grafitti. I drew the above dinosaur on a friend's profile.

It was a pretty good experience. It reminded me of drawing on Oekaki boards--these little squares in webpages that you could draw in and then post and people could comment--a few years ago.

It's like drawing with MS Paint and although that can be kind of annoying, there's a beautiful simplicity that comes out of it.

Right now, about twenty of my facebook friends have the graffiti app installed on their profile and I kind of want to just draw random crap on all of them.

There are a few problems with that though: 1) For most of these facebook friends, I don't know them well enough to place a reasonably well drawn thing on their facebook profile without it coming across as weird and 2) the drawings would be there for a few weeks, or at least until three more people had drawn.

Anyway, to come to a conclusion, I like to draw.

photos out of context

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:15:47 -0400

Practice

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:40:35 -0400

This is how you become a cartoonist for The Independent Florida Alligator:

JD: Hey Rymo, want to be cartoonist for next fall?

Rymo: OK. I'll do it for summer b.

My first try didn't run cause it was far too libelous?

Holla Bach

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:04:23 -0400

So I updated the Portrat-A-Day project. I kind of stopped on day 100. Now the final twenty or so are up. I think I'll use the page as a sketch blog from now on.

Today I painted Bach. "Holla Bach", get it?

Sigh...

Stories from the Alligator

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:49:40 -0400

Big Snakes make kids giggle. That's the headline of a story. I was there when they decided it was dirty. It went live anyway and got picked up on Fark and we got 50,000 page views just today.

Awesome!

London 2012

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:25:58 -0400

So earlier this week I was thinking a lot about the logo design for the 2012 Olympics. Go look at it.

Because I'm a terrible blogger, I'm just going to ask a bunch of questions and answer them myself.

Is it good? yes. Does it look good? Maybe. What do you mean by that? There's a certain jarring ugliness to it that is endearing and memorable.

Endearing and memorable, what do mean by that? It's different in a fresh way and grows on you--I went to sleep hating it and woke up appreciating it.

Bullcrap, ugly is ugly? Here's something else: this logo, with it's bright late-80's/early-90's style colors and sharp angles, could very easily be developed into an entire visual language for the 2012 olympics. What? You wouldn't judge an entire language (english) from the first letter of its alphabet (a), would you?

A giant event like the Olympics requires literally pantloads of designed things, from broadcast design, to stadiums, to posters, to McDonalds promotional tie-in commemorative cups. This odd logo brings with it a way of communicating visually that will be both memorable and (probably) beautiful.

Maybe.

Portfolio

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:39:26 -0400

Added this to my portfolio—it's the motion loops from DM. You can just scroll down to see some of them, I think they're still on this page.

Career Savepoints

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:06:44 -0400

There are times in your career development when you pass certain landmarks.

Today was the first time I had a bunch of suits tell me they needed more (and thicker) ads above the fold on a website. Exciting!

Still though, I'm very excited about the redesign we're working on for alligator.org. We just started last week and it feels like it's going to turn out very well.

And I've decided I really really enjoy collaborating with others. Some of my favorite projects this year have been collaborations.

Photos

Tue, 22 May 2007 22:16:51 -0400

Waiting.

Fri, 04 May 2007 11:40:59 -0400

So if the telecom department completes the paperwork I'll be producing a series of short documentaries and publishing them online this summer (and getting school credit for it/access to school equipment).

Do you have any suggestions for stories? I think my range is going to be within three or four hours of Gainesville, but right now I'm planning to drive far far (far) away to do one episode on my brother's Team Effort volunteer service camp. The documentaries will be on a variety of different subjects and done in a few different styles. Planning on doing one a week.

I really really hope this happens.

Also, I didn't get Florida FlyIns. (Oh well, I'll apply next year.) And I may be working at the Alligator doing online stuff this summer.

Also, I am thinking about doing a redesign. Hmm... This design was started on May 22, 2006.

Let's Do Poster

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:03:07 -0400

I actually did this poster, which hasn't been printed yet (won't be printed?), before the sustainability flyer I posted a few days ago.

I'd spent seven years KNOWING that drop shadows weren't something for good and decent people. Sometimes you have to just try things and grow or something.

What am I even saying?

Florida FlyIn Work Samples

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:02:53 -0400

Here are the work samples I submitted with my application for the Florida FlyIn program, including three new video things NEVER BEFORE SEEN BY ANYONE INCLUDING ME.

Well, I guess I saw them when I was filming them, editing them, and watching them over and over and over.

hahahuh?

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:23 -0400

So I'm editing this documentary footage and a guy's talking about having a knife pulled on him in a homeless shelter. The guy next to him as he's telling the story says, "Pull a butter knife on ya, put some butter on your arm."

Somehow, three months later, this amazes me.

walktalk

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:51:52 -0400

I've entered a Helvetica Rounded phase.

Highland Games @ Wauburg

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:17:56 -0400

If I don't come back, I've probably got a giant log/80lb hammer in my head.

Round up

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:51:04 -0400

Sometimes I feel like I'm actually getting somewhere.

...

Look at this: THIS. It's so incredibly beautiful. I've watched it like eighty times since last night. This makes me happy and excited about many things.

What I look for most in media is energy. I like upbeat driven songs; I like movies that you can feel. Hmm. I'm not quite expressing myself correctly.

I just really really like this little commercial. As a person who likes this kind of thing, this inspires me a lot.

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I've realized that I'm a bit like a bird: I'm attracted to patterns and colors. On people and on things.

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More Motion graphic loops from dm

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:27:54 -0400

DM motion graphic things

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:11:49 -0400

For Dance Marathon I offered to create a bunch of motion graphic things that would be on screen while the different performers were doing their things. I made about thirty of them all in all. Here are some.

Florida State Fair Hour @ DM

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:03:58 -0400

This American Hodgman

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:13:30 -0400

Here is a link to every episode of This American Life with John Hodgman listed in the description.

I have been listening to tons of episodes of this radio show over the past two weeks. It's an inspiration both as a journalist and as a person. Get the Podcast and listen.

Do this thing that I command.

I feel kind of odd for kind of focusing this post on John Hodgman, the PC from the Mac vs. PC commercials/Daily Show Correspondent/author, since I've only heard a few of the episodes he reports in (Superpowers and Plan B) but oh well. What's done is done. Ira Glass is awesome as well.

Also, check out the first episode of the tv show.

Post report

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:49:56 -0400

I feel both very good and very tired.

Dance Marathon Again

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:32:33 -0400

I'm at Dance Marathon again. Taking photos and making graphic things for the big screens in the O'Connell Center sometimes.

Here is a picture of an owl

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:31:52 -0400

Here is a picture of an owl.

Callback

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:20:06 -0400

It's called a "callback" when a comedian makes a reference to a joke from earlier in their set. This is a good way to end a set because people like to laugh at what they're familiar with, even if they only became familiar with it a few minutes earlier.

I went to see Lewis Black perform at the O'Dome yesterday along with my brother and a few thousand other people. Very very funny. As we were driving over, I made a joke about how, in a television special from years back, Lewis Black introduced a joke "If it weren't for my horse..." and then later ended his set with a callback to it.

I don't know why I made the joke. Later, the warm-up act, Johnathan Something, used the callback technique to end his set. I was pleased by this.

I was thinking about the short play I wrote for the Senior retreat back in high school. It was basically poking fun at where different people from our class would be in twenty years.

It easily got eight times as much laughter as any of the other plays we did for the other classes.

People like to laugh at themselves and at those they are most familiar with.

Web project

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:24:47 -0400

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society needed someone to create a new web presence for them. RYAN MOULTON was on the job.

Take a look.

Hey!

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:19:16 -0400

Hey? Do you ever have those dreams where you're traveling across the country in a camper with someone you knew in High School solving Murder Mysteries and playing around in muddy ditches?

Thanks Lost, Bones, and Facebook.

less personal

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:31:03 -0400

PAD continues, even though I haven't been updating the web site.

Lately, I've been drawing famous people. More politicians and directors and miscellaneous people. I do this on days when I don't feel like getting personal and finding someone I know to draw.

I put up walls.

cuban bread

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:32:00 -0500

Cuban bread was everywhere in Miami.

colors

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:23:24 -0500

Coloooorsss.

big thoughts

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:59:42 -0500

I wish I could hover about a foot off the ground and travel around like that.

HEY GATOR NATION, where are my hover boots? I'm talking to you, physics and engineering departments.

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March: In like a lion! FREAK OUT.

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Tonight: I wrote a web site proposal. Was finishing up a draft for another web site. Couple days ago I sent in some revisions for a project for the Office of Sustainability.

I need to become a better designer. Also, I'm excited about motion design. I want to do more of it.

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I had a dream that it was snowing in Gainesville and I was throwing snow balls around. I was taking photos and I could only take a few before the front of my lens was covered in snow/ice.

Grey's

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:37:10 -0500

OK. I may be going out on a limb here, but I'd just like to make the prediction that "Drowning Meredith" will become the new "Jumped the Shark" expression.

Definition: Phrase used to describe a show that has lost its relevance/spark.

Example: "Oh man, Heroes really drowned Meredith when that one asian guy turned out to be the messiah."

I'm watching 30 Rock.

rock, paper, scissors 2

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:22:12 -0500

Here's a gallery of some of my favorite photos from shooting Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament at SWRC on Feb. 16.

Also check out the Rec Sports Home Page to see a flash thing I built that pulls in XML and jpgs and swfs. I was very happy to figure out flash/xml.

Did I mention that I got promoted from photographer to photographer/webmaster a while ago?

rock, paper, scissors

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:15:37 -0500

Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament at SW Rec Sports Center. This is one photo where the strobe didn't fire. I like the silhouettes.

It's really really cold.

every pad ever

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:41:50 -0500

Every Portrait-A-Day ever.

miami trip

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:32:33 -0500

Miami was incredible. I've got a whole bunch of video to capture and edit and I'm really excited.

Some of what we documented: Bus ride, Venetian Pool, Viscayne Gardens, Little Havana (Domino Park), night fishermen at South Beach, the Umoja Village Shanty Town and a Cigar Maker.

Such a good weekend.

miami

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:58:03 -0500

I'm going to Miami tonight and will be back late Sunday. We're making some kind of documentary project. Photos and video to come.

Because the world needs to know...

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:49:32 -0500

sunset

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:18:06 -0500

I was photographing people running the stadium stairs for work today and we ran to the west side of the stadium to look at the sunset. I captured this moment with my moment capturing device.

clouds IN THEATERS SOON

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:11:45 -0500

Clouds from Rymo and Vimeo.

One of my short films, Clouds, is going to be playing before movies in the Reitz Union theater as part of The RUBZone block for the next few weeks. So show up to such films as The Departed (maybe, I don't know when the new episode of RUBZone will be premiered), The Princess Bride, and Little Miss Sunshine fifteen to twenty minutes early and you will see me on the big screen ACTING and EMOTING and STUFF.

Everyone's talking about Clouds!:

"Clouds is really, really funny." - Shaun "Inuit Jargon" Spalding

"[I hate Clouds, it's an abomination. I wish the clouds really did kill him in the end.]" - Brian Brown, director of Conversations in Bathrooms.

"Hahahaha. ... Hahahaha. ... Hahahahaha. ... Hahahaha! ..." - Film Slam Finals Audiences.

eitu on vimeo

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:36:54 -0500

Everybody in their Underwear on Vimeo

flyer/poster

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:01:59 -0500

pad, freaking out

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:27:59 -0500

Some of my favorites from the last couple of weeks.

I'm freaking out about portfolio stuff. It's in my dreams. I've got my eye on this one internship and I want my stuff to be perfect before I apply... I hope I don't wait too long.

There are people in my dreams giving me career advice.

I need to become a better designer. I need to become better at everything.

Work work work. I love the way it's put in that book The Agony and the Ecstasy, this work gives energy rather than takes it.

portrait-a-day

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:08:11 -0500

I'm trying to draw a portrait every day. I don't know how long I'm going to do it.

So I'm randomly drawing people I know and other people that I don't know. Facebook helps.

If I draw you, that doesn't mean I'm secretly in love with you. I think some people associate those things.

link

review

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:46:13 -0500

My film, Everybody in Their Underwear, got reviewed by Shamrock McShane in this month's Satellite. (Along with the rest of the Acrosstown Repertory Film Festival)

Or maybe I should say, my old nemesis Ryan Mowton got his film reviewed in this month's Satellite.

I could barely read it, because the situation was far too surreal. I think he said my ending copped out.

He's right. Whenever anyone sees EitU, they always ask, "So what happened at the police station?"

According to Bergeron (THE PROTAGONIST), nothing happened. He just promised to cooperate with the fuzz next time.

There's still stuff I should have done to fix it.

But Wow! Shamrock McShane! I saw him in a play one time!

I wish they'd spelled my name right though.

words

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:46:13 -0500

Somethings don't happen unless you make them happen. Just because something is hard is no reason not to do it.

Harry and the Potters

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:26:13 -0500

Harry and the Potters Rocked my face off.

Really great show. Stuck it to the man. Balloons flying everywhere. Jumping up and down. At the end, Harry and Harry ran into the crowd screaming "Hugs! Hugs for everyone!"

Hilarious and awesome. I bought a shirt.

OKAY

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:35:14 -0500

With as much time as I've spent complaining about poorly thought out crap phones, I want this soooo much.

Well done, Apple.

color scheme

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:16:14 -0500

Here are some colors. Was the color scheme for a web site, but then the color scheme changed.

sandals

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:23:23 -0500

contact sheet

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:34:46 -0500

Lately, I like combining photos. On its own, a photo can be good or bad or whatever. Smashed together, many photos become more than the sum of their parts. Even mistakes look good.

almost 2007

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:18:07 -0500

I am getting excited about 2007.

in the photobooth

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:15:05 -0500

edible architecture?

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:55:05 -0500

I made gingerbread houses yesterday with Anastasia Green and Chris Rubano. I designed a magnificent three story palatial dinosaur farm that immediately collapsed into itself. I had an incredible stomach ache that night.

sunset

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:01:01 -0500

fruit + glasses = hilarity...?

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:50:56 -0500

world premiere: Quirks

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:05:05 -0500

I acted in a short film for a couple of friends in an Advanced Electronic Field Production class. That film, Quirks will be premiered today in Gannet Auditorium (Weimer Hall) somewhere between 1 and 2pm as a part of a class-wide screening.

There is also going to be a live webcast so check this link between 1 and 2.

But keep in mind, there are other films showing too so you might have to wait for a little bit.

Prepare to get your face ACTED off. This production is so advanced it will melt your heart. Directed and Produced by Dawniece Tims and Lindsey Samilian.

EDIT: The live webcast is over but I changed the link to the archived version. The one I'm in is second. link.

Christmas Caroling or Awesome Club

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:20:16 -0500

We went christmas caroling last night and stopped by Broward Dining Hall and dropped a few songs on them. The staff there responded amazingly. There was dancing and percussion and awesomeness. I only got one or two pictures and none were any real good.

There was hot chocolate and we went to dorms and just randomly knocked on doors. It was very fun.

ALSO: we sang Carol of the Bells. Holy crap. We were awesome. Never before has there been such vocal richness in the world. Never before.

photo

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:01:54 -0500

december rymo related events

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:21:32 -0500

Here are some things:

Film Slam Finals
"Seven Rounds. Over Thirty Short Films. One Champion."

December 5 / 8pm Reitz Union Cinema

Film Slam is an intense biweekly filmmaking competition that Upstart Films does. I participated this semester and I won two rounds and am in a three-way tie for first place. Film Slam Finals is the final round. Come out and see all the shorts again for the very first time, and see the world premiere of three original short films by Natalie Andres, Zach Weissmueller, and Ryan Moulton.

Quirks
"Ever hear that saying 'Let a smile be your umbrella'? This is kind of like that. Maybe." Directed by Dawniece Tims and Lindsey Samillian.

December 8 / TBA

This is Dawniece and Lindsey's Advanced Electronic Field Production project. I star as a guy who smiles a lot and eats eggs and does some other stuff. I hear it's funny or good or something? Check it out. You can also watch some of the other telecom class productions. Sweet!

Everybody in their Underwear
"Beau Bergeron decided that seeing all of his friends running around in their underwear would make a great art project. He made it happen. Now, in its fourth iteration, the Great Underwear Dash sent 800 underwear-clad college students screaming through the University of Florida's campus and down University Avenue."

December 9 / 1pm & 5pm Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, Gainesville, FL.

Winner of the Documentary Short Category at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre Film Festival, It's just 9 minutes and 13 seconds and it's my first documentary ever.

Also, no one else entered the documentary category so I won by default. Ryan Moulton: he wins contests no one else enters. I'm trying to not let this get me down.

reporting

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:40:52 -0500

I had my final thursday of classes today. So that means no more Reporting lab. So that means no more stories due Thursday morning.

Question after the final in class assignment: We get 50 points off for fact errors, sure, but do we get points off for libel?

Let's hope not, cause I think I libeled something fierce.

foliage

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:44:40 -0500

It's almost as if the seasons actually change here! Wowee!

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:46:46 -0500

Back to Gainesville. I leave for Christmas break on December 10th, I think.

dream

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:35:21 -0500

So I dreamed that I was a velociraptor wearing an army uniform and driving a tank through a jungle shooting things.

I'm the most manly guy in the world.

product integration

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:39:35 -0500

So is blatant product placement the new way for NBC to beat Tivo?

The Office tonight had a weird several minutes where that one guy was shredding things in a Staples shredder. Papers, a cd... And then during two commercial breaks they had the shredder shredding cds and mail and stuff.

And now 30 rock is all about Product Integration.

Ok. Super. Now put your shows online, NBC! Stop living in the past!

yeah

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:55:57 -0500

I guess what I am trying to say is that I really hope tomorrow is a snow day.

EDIT: it's not. Also, I'm eating my cornflakes in a tupperware container with a giant ladle. ...No time for dishes.

11:11 11/11

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:11:27 -0500

happy 11:11 on 11/11.

where have I been?

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:20:52 -0500

I sometimes feel like I barely exist. I started trying to think about where I have been.

3 hours ago, I was giving a presentation on Werner Herzog, the german film maker.

6 hours ago, I was working on finishing that presentation.

9 hours ago, I was writing my reporting professor's obituary. (It was an assignment).

1 day ago, I was cold and sitting in Neurotheology class. I ate a burrito and talked with my brother.

4 days ago, I drove back to Gainesville after spending the day with my family and grandparents.

5 days ago, I got a hair cut and visited my high school to see the fall play. Talked with my old drama teacher. Talked to the few people I still know that are there. I was behind the theater/band room with the cast before the play started. All the guys still got together and jumped and did the "Lion face/lemon face" thing that was started my sophomore year. I felt good seeing the tradition continue.

6 days ago, I rested and ate dinner with my family and we talked.

1 week ago, I drove home to Port St. Lucie after a long day. I had turned in a reporting article that morning about the Sex on the Lawn Reproductive Health fair. (I eventually found out I got a B on it, and that's pretty good for me.)

8 days ago, we finished shooting for Quirks, a short film my friends were making for a class. I was the star?

9 days ago, I screened a short animated film I had been working on as a film slam. "Ryan Moulton is crazy."

Hmm...

OK, AMERICA

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:07:01 -0500

Okay, America. Don't screw this up.

I'm watching you. O_O

EDIT: 10:06pm. I heard Bill Nelson won; I was totally expecting Katherine Harris to use witchcraft to help her win. Looks like Crist took governor though... Hmm...

EDIT: 12:06. I heard that immediately after conceding, Katherine Harris made a coat out of 101 puppies.

self portraits

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:13:42 -0500

Quick self portrait tonight.

link.

Compare that to one I did back in january. link. look at the difference in number of colors and the stroke style. It's neat to see the development/change.

still

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:48:54 -0500

Now, I'm probably just hypnotized from working on this all weekend but... I think parts of this are really funny. Here's a still.

ALSO, I don't have time for NOR ACCESS TO a conventional six slot muffin pan. So... I've got ONE GIANT MUFFIN hurtling towards edibility in the oven.

Question.

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:32:11 -0500

What do Hitler, Hugh Laurie (House, M.D.) and the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park have to do with eachother?

pixels

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:06:03 -0400

We've got the pixels, now we just got to make 'em dance.