I fall asleep watching Gnomon DVD's...

[mordecaidesign]

I fall asleep watching Gnomon DVD's... not because they're boring... but because they have a calming effect on me.

When I was a kid, my Dad watched golf almost every-day. He didn't just love golf....he lived it. But seeing him fall asleep on his lazy-boy while watching Jack Nicklaus was almost a comedy. It was such a struggle for him to keep his eyes open.

Well, Last night I was watching a Feng Zhu DVD and conked out twice. :lol:
Seems I get that from my Dad.


Dylan Cole: I swear he's the Bob Ross of Mattepainting. The "maybe....something...and sortas" phrases he says make everything look too easy.

Christian Lorenz Scheurer: Quirky mannerisms and lightheartedness put me at ease almost every-time. "Hop...and Hop....Hop" If you don't know then watch a Scheurer dvd.

(Why people skip his dvd's or don't recommend them I have no idea....this one that I have has been very helpful. I know alot about Photoshop since I've worked with it since Photoshop 4, and I still learned something new from his DVD)

Feng Zhu: I have two of his DVD's and every line he draws seems perfect. His voice is smooth and mellow....like a big tibetan bell.


Anyone else have this problem?

[Andz]

I knew most of the photoshop stuff Christian Lorenz said on the DVD, but the Combinatory Play lecture he gave for free on his DVD really made a big change in my life. I thank him for that!

[lightwell]

I can't say that I have fallen alseep to any of the ones you mentioned but they can be a bit deadly late at night.

I know exactly what you mean about CLS DVD's, really good tutorials and quirky delivery. Another one for accent and content is the David Levy one on speedpainting. Its a really good run through of his technique but if you hadn't watched his intro sequence, you would swear that you were listening to a DVD by Thierry Henry. Great stuff and I look forward to the one from Barontieri.

If anybody is suffering from insomnia, I can recommend the one on photo modelling

[Ricardo Garces]

I have to agree with you!

I have never been able to see one lecture from start to finish. I own Dylan Cole's Advanced... , Mark Goerner V1 and Dusso V2.

The problem with the lectures are the lack of action. They tend to be like a mono-tone, always with the same rhythm.

I once suggested somewhere, that they could scream from now and them, to wake us up, like teachers do at school :)

Anyway, I think that dividing the lectures in smaller parts, instead of a continuous lecture could improve the audience attention a lot.

One other thing that could be used to cut the monotony would be introducing small trailers with the work done by the teachers.

Them they could continue the lecture.

One thing is for sure, awaken or asleep, Gnonmon DVD's are the best! :)

Kind regards,

Ricardo.

[lightwell]

they could scream from now and them, to wake us up, like teachers do at school :)

I'm glad that I didn't go to school in Portugal...

[mordecaidesign]

Ha ha. Same here.

Again, I don't think that they're boring at all...but you do have a good idea there Ricardo.

One other thing that could be used to cut the monotony would be introducing small trailers with the work done by the teachers.

Maybe a small clip here and there to show how the teacher used that skill in a certain sequence for a film. The quicktime player has the ability to do picture in picture and you can even move the small-picture around. (a motiongraphics buddy of mine has done it multiple times)

How great would that be? Hmmm.

[RiKToR]

Ahh but if you listen asleep you can have subiminal messaging sent to the brain to enhance your information retention.

I too have fallen asleep but mainly cause my life is completely hectic, so I usually break them up into segments, I have a vacation coming next week and have a whole stack to go through when Im rested enough.

[MPaquin]

Anyone ever read Herman Hesse's "Beneath the Wheel"? Its all about a boy genius who gets worked too hard and cracks. I've been working like crazy lately on a long term project, and its been kind of important for me to take a night off here and there when I reach a plateau. Its such a rush to produce new and better work, learn new techniques and advance your skills. I like to look at it more like a marathon than a sprint. You have to pace yourself.