• New Batman vs Superman Concept Art!

    Batshadow by Eastfist
    Batshadow by Eastfist

    Yknow what, I thought I was recording this while I was drawing it. Turns out, it didn’t record. Story of my life.

  • Concept for Storage Cells

    Saelee's Storage Cells concept
    Saelee’s Storage Cells concept

    I really want a portable camera like Pivothead’s hands-free eyeglass camera, but it’s just too bulky. Why does it look like something X-Men’s Cyclops would wear?

    So I thought of what the current technologies goes into the Pivothead: USB for transferring into PC, wireless transceiver, SSD storage, etc.

    I don’t care too much about LEDs and stuff yet, so I just want to focus on storage.

    And nowadays, storage is INCREDIBLY SMALL. Look at those literal thumbnail (or even booger size) flash cards we use in our mobile phones. So if those things can hold huge amounts of data in their compact size, why not take it a step further.

    I think they can stretch those microSD cards into cables and still accomplish the same thing. If my understanding is correct, it’s all about holding a charge to represent binary data. So find a way to hold the charge in cable form. Mayhaps, this is where carbon fibers might come in handy.

    So if this works, then an eye glass camera would just store it’s data inside the actual frame or temples.

    The power source, would be in the camera area. Something like that.

  • Inkscape faux-3D animation test

    Inkscape faux-3D animation test
    Inkscape faux-3D animation test
  • My AngryAsianMan.com Banner Contest Entry

    My AngryAsianMan.com Banner Contest Entry
    My AngryAsianMan.com Banner Contest Entry

    Hey, homies, you can enter the contest too!

    http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/01/call-for-submissions-angry-asian.html#more

  • HTML5 Canvas Performance Cross-Browser Comparisons

    By Chongchen Saelee

    Rendering 32×32 bitmapped image with 2D to real 3D to 2D projection tranformation to fit 320×240 (100%) HTML5 canvas with translation, scaling, and other composited images:

    • Chrome v.31x = 62fps
    • Firefox v.26 = 60fps
    • IE v.9.0.8x = 45fps

    BUT, when using browser’s built-in zoom to 200% (640×480):

    • Chrome v.31x = 60fps
    • Firefox v.26 = 15fps
    • IE v.9.0.8x = 45fps

    So obviously, Chrome is champ when it comes to utilizing your hardware acceleration techniques. Firefox, however, failed in the zoomability corner. What a shame.

  • The Tortoise and The Hare

    The Tortoise and The Hare
    By Chongchen Saelee

    If you’ve read or heard of Aesop’s story before, then you haven’t heard my twist on it. (more…)

  • Agent S vs. Agent Blue: Nuclear Arena

    Agent S vs. Agent Blue: Nuclear Arena
    Agent S vs. Agent Blue: Nuclear Arena
  • Pen Tonic Comics: Agent S – Dec. 24, 2013

    Pen Tonic Comics: Agent S - Dec. 24, 2013
    Pen Tonic Comics: Agent S – Dec. 24, 2013

    Might use GIMP exclusively to draw comics now. Tried to use some existing brushes off the Internet but Photoshop just can’t get the comic book ink look down. Pen Tonic Comics might return. Heck, I might as well finally sit down and finish Agent S.

  • Solution: HPMediaSmart DVD on HP Laptops stop playing Blu-ray discs

    Solution: HPMediaSmart DVD on HP Laptops stop playing Blu-ray discs
    By Chongchen Saelee

    http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and-Software/Hp-mediasmart-dvd-play-the-avengers-blu-ray-disc/m-p/1851997/highlight/true#M109828

    See, after 2012, 20th Century Fox slapped a bunch of their newly authored Blu-rays with BD+ and some other fancy DRM (digital rights management) techniques. So in order for you to play their content, you need to use their authorized firmware aka Blu-ray software players.

    Unfortunately, if you’re an owner of an older Hewlett-Packard laptop who is stuck using their built-in media player software such as HPMediaSmart DVD, and you don’t have software upgrade or update support anymore, then you might be SOL or forced to buy a new commercial Blu-ray software that will play newer titles (Who has USD$100 lying around these days, especially to watch Blu-rays that have been collecting dust on our shelves for more than half a decade?).

    HP, however, provided HP laptop owners with a FREE STANDARD VERSION of PowerDVD 10. The file is ~150 MB. (more…)