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Justin Barrett

Odd Thoughts, Meet Social Media

Every so often, these odd thoughts come to mind.  Just silly stuff.  I’ve been sharing them (as text posts) via Facebook and Twitter for quite a while now, but decided that it’s about time to get a little more creative.  Keep an eye out for more of these on FB (if we’re friends), Twitter, and Instagram, and please share if you like them! Update 11/17/15:Read More »Odd Thoughts, Meet Social Media

Pith and Vinegar

Back when I was animating at Big Idea Productions, I had the privilege of working with Tim Hodge on several projects that he directed.  His clever wit and humor not only made his work fun to watch, but made the day-to-day work of animation production that much more entertaining. Tim recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of “an illustrated collection of dark andRead More »Pith and Vinegar

Podcast Teaser: Factory Environment

For another podcast intro, I was asked to design an audio environment sounding like a factory. Because the podcast is still in the planning stages, I can’t share the full intro yet, but wanted to at least share the results of my environmental assembly. It’s fairly simple, and is only meant to begin painting a mental picture for a few seconds before it gets overpoweredRead More »Podcast Teaser: Factory Environment

Podcast Intro: Completely Unsuited

As the intro voice for The Unsuited Podcast, I’m always listening for things that I can create to add to the show.  When the creators began doing side episodes under the title “Completely Unsuited,” they didn’t use the main show opener, so I decided to play around a bit and make one.  Concept, VO, and mixing by me.  More details on the sound elements used areRead More »Podcast Intro: Completely Unsuited

Three-Year Thoughts

Three years ago yesterday was my last day of full-time employment.  Three years ago today was the beginning of an adventure. When that adventure began, I thought I new roughly how it would play out, not unlike the way that I thought I knew how my animation career would play out.  Entering the animation field back in 2001, I envisioned myself steadily growing and improvingRead More »Three-Year Thoughts

Change Your Work by Changing Your Words

I recently discovered author, blogger, podcaster, and leadership mentor Michael Hyatt, and have been learning a great deal from the various things that he puts out on the Interwebs. One that really caught my attention was a podcast episode titled, “Watch Your Mouth”. In it Michael gives several powerful examples of how simply changing the words that we use to describe things can transform howRead More »Change Your Work by Changing Your Words

tweenMachine 3.0.0 beta preview

Here’s a quick peek at what you can get in the beta version of tweenMachine 3.0.0 for Maya…which is available now! This version will happily sit alongside the original MEL version if you already have that installed. Unfortunately I only have room on my poor little laptop for Maya 2013 and 2014, so I don’t know how it behaves in more recent versions.  If youRead More »tweenMachine 3.0.0 beta preview

David McGhee

Last year I had the good fortune to be part of a commercial photo shoot (a sample from which is on the left), and got to know the photographer, David McGhee.  Not only is he awesome at his work, but he’s got a wicked sense of humor, and knows how to inject a good bit of fun into what can sometimes be a lengthy and tediousRead More »David McGhee