Category: H.o.p. art

  • H.o.p.’s first point and click game on Scratch

    This is the latest game H.o.p. wwas working on, the one I wrote about recently. His first point and click story game. He did all the coding for it with Scratch, made the sprites, and found non-public domain images for the background via Google searches. “Have you forgotten everything I taught you about copyright?” …I…

  • H.o.p. is still deep into Scratch

    H.o.p. is making a new Scratch game and, knowing that the MIT site has kids of all ages, he’s checking with me to make sure that adding in the element of a skull won’t be too scary for them. “It’s supposed to be scary but do you think it’ll be all right for little kids?”…

  • H.o.p. is Published

    H.o.p. is ogling the new Ill CD–a band which he loves, which makes it even more exciting and special to him that they used for the cover art an old drawing of H.o.p.’s that was down on the studio wall. “I’m too surprised to even speak. My own art work on the cover of Ill!”…

  • Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game

    Our son is a big fan of the Mouse Guard books. Which means he’s going to soon find this Mouse Guard game and want it. (Has great reviews.) As for his making a computer game, last night he announced that he realized he didn’t really want to try to program a game, he just wants…

  • Chuck Jones on TCM

    Chuck Jones extravaganza on TCM. H.o.p. was on pins and needles, waiting all week. Watched the bio in reverent awe. But he hadn’t realized Jones was dead… “He lived to be 90!” I told H.o.p. He was still sad because so many of his heroes are…well…dead. “Is he/she alive?” “No, they’re dead.” “Why is everyone…

  • Super Agent Luigi Meets the Sewer Rat

    I was thinking H.o.p. just went in to use the bathroom but instead he is shooting a movie in there now called “Super Agent Luigi Meets the Sewer Rat”.

  • One of H.o.p.’s latest sculptures – Shadow the Hedgehog

    H.o.p. did this the other night. If you like it, skip over to his blog and leave him a comment. We have hundreds of sculptures and dozens of movies he’s made over the past few months. One of these days I may get a few of them up on the internet. It’s impossible to keep…

  • Kitty and the Rainy Day (H.o.p.'s 2nd Flipboom movie)

    Kitty and the Rainy Day from H.o.p. on Vimeo. Here’s H.o.p.’s second animation in Flipboom. H.o.p. started on this on Sunday night last, immediately after finishing his first Flipboom movie, and did much of the work in one sitting. Then he worked on the animation in fits and starts what amounted to a couple of…

  • Ummm, this week….not much….to say…

    Nothing to say all week.  Nothing to say today.  I watched the debate Tuesday night and was alarmed by McCain.  No, say it as it was.  The moment I saw the expression on his face as he entered the stage, I felt dread on a scale that surprised me.  Subsequently, I have been increasingly disturbed…

  • H.o.p.’s new movie "Kitty and the Invisible Butterfly"

    H.o.p. has posted a new movie called Kitty and the Invisible Butterfly. He’s hoping for some comments…but most of all he hopes people will enjoy it. It’s his first movie made on Flipboom, an animation program for children made by the Toonboom people. H.o.p. sat down with it tonight, taught himself how to use it…

  • The Last Night of September 2008

    The Last Night of September 2008

    The Last Night of September 2008 Sept 2008 A photo accompanies this post. If you don’t see it, click on the header. H.o.p. made a movie while I chatted with George. When we came out it was just as the sun was setting, movers were moving someone into an apartment on the floor above us.…

  • A Precarious Perch at Twilight

    A Precarious Perch at Twilight

    A Precarious Perch at Twilight Sept 2008 Enlargement Brave man on a ladder at a Midtown intersection at twilight. This evening on our walk H.o.p. entertained himself making movies of Yoshi, a little toy figure of his. Yoshi was tossed up and down and thrown across the sidewalk and walked fences and cavorted in trees.…