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couch couple calendar 2017

Couch Couple Calendar 2017

Couch Couple Calendar 2017

At the end of 2014 Lauren and I had the crazy idea to do a themed photoshoot every month for a year. After turning those photos into a 2016 calendar for friends and family, we had no choice but to do it again. May I present Couch Couple Calendar, Volume 2!
hold on to your hat
Januray
rumple hogs day
February
i thought you said get caesar
March
april showers
April
mowing the couch
May
lauren and deven as an old couple
June
breakdancing forefathers
July
lauren and deven in the sand
August
telling stories by the fire
September
look out behind you
October
foooooood fiiiiiiiiiight
November
what could it be
December

Abusing our couch

Like the previous year, we tried to do as much of the photo shoot as we could using practical elements. Poor couch. We were actually on the sled, and it was not nearly as fun or comfortable as it looked. Ever do a bunch of physical activity inside with your coat on? Worth it though.

Alright… the snowman and the trees are fake. We had to make some compromises. I’d say on average I put about 5 hours of photoshop work into each of the photos in the series. As someone who is quite fond of post production, I was more interested in having a fun end result than saying everything was done right there in front of the camera. And now you know.

Speaking of in front of the camera, our dog Roddy really hates having his picture taken. It took a lot of coaxing and treat giving to get him to give a high five on camera.

couch couple 2017 january layout
couch couple calendar may layout

One Patch At A Time

Our solution for making a grass-covered couch was simple in theory and tedious in execution. At Michaels craft store you can buy patches of fake grass that come in a 1×1 square. We bought one. Then we took that one patch of grass and shot a series of about 80 photographs covering every visible spot on the couch. One ridiculously long photoshop session later, and the couch looks like it’s completely covered in grass!
grass patch couch behind scenes

I really put our lawnmover on the couch. The dog did not, however, actually pee on it. We re-used the same old high-five trick for Roddy and made him swiping at a butterfly. In reality I think he would probably care less about them. He’s a very unconcerned dog, most of the time.

Embracing Our Inner Geezer

I didn’t have to try quite as hard as Lauren to become an old geezer. This surprisingly simple photo shoot didn’t involve all that much photoshop work afterward. I enhanced the wrinkles on our faces and the gray in our hair, did a teensie bit of liquify to make our jawlines more jowly, and added veins in Lauren’s legs. Oh and the wallpaper, of course.

One more thing I’d like to mention…

Deven and Lauren Langston
Est. June 2017

This was the month that Lauren and I got Married.
couch couple calendar 2016 layouts

If you haven’t seen our first calendar yet, what are you doing!?

SEE COUCH CALENDAR 2016

The Series That Never Was

After two years of doing the couch calendar, we tried to start a new series called “floorscapes.” We thought shooting from above would give us new creative ideas, which it did, but without an assistant to man the camera it became too impractical. Instead we used it to announce our trip to Japan, which was where I proposed to Lauren.
floorscape space
floorscape passport
deven james langston 2016

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Photo Letter Script

My buddy Brian helped create a script that takes a word or phrase and creates a photo mosaic tile spelling it out. Check it out!

bouncy ball collision as3

Flash Bouncy Ball Collision Test

If the ball is at the top, click on “Play Again” to start the round, then use the paddle to keep the ball from falling into the dark blue area.

This simple game was a nice way to show off my understanding of basic collision detection using AS3. The ball detects a hit on the paddle or walls and reverses direction, with the point of impact on the paddle as well as the paddle’s velocity affecting the bounce and rotation of the ball. Not too shabby.

deven langston gears demo

6-Speed Transmission Gear Ratios

deven langston gears demo

Last year I worked on a very complicated animation that involved learning about and basically creating every piece inside of 3 different types of transmissions. It was awesome! I don’t think many animators would get as excited as I was about learning the mechanics of how a transmission works, but along the way I became very interested in the fascinating properties of a set of always-connected gears with varying ratios of teeth to handle shifting power flow. In motion, this gear set shows how the teeth can all be spinning at once and nothing jams up. I might export the animation soon, but for now have a look at this render!

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