Recent Posts by JamieO

Topic: Peoples' Choice - Two Matches for 1/24 / Conversation About The Matches

And who won the prizes for suggesting the match combinations? I was in very early with Inmann vs Glass on that thread so am liking my odds on picking up some free schwag. Come on…...FIELDNOTES :P

Topic: Season Finale: Peoples' Choice / Who Should Play In the Last Two Matches?

Shaun Inman versus Chris Glass!

• Both of their matches stayed well away from the stereotypical tennis / game references that LT can get lost in
• If you look at each match independant of the volley they both were part of telling an excellent visual story.
• As I find the best part of LT is the left field factor that each artists’ creativity brings, I think their great efforts should be rewarded.
• They used multiple types of media in very interesting ways
• They deconstructed their LT match on their personal blogs giving other designers some things to thinkfor future matches.
• They kick ass!

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

Damn! I’m thinking James Hutchinson has the game in hand and he’s thinking about putting it in the bag. I like Trevors art style better across the panels, but James seems to be doing more zigs and Trevor isn’t zagging quite as well. Plus I gotta go with the guy who has the same name as me :P

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

@SamB – Thanks. Fixed it and blogged it :)
2nd verse, same as the 1st

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

My Entry into the Side Contest

It’s a whale of a tale!

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

Oh hellsyeah!

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

Are LT players allowed to use assets they already have in their repository?

Topic: Trevor Van Meter vs James Hutchinson 11/30 / Conversation About The Match

Who won the prizes from the last forum competition two weeks ago? I couldn’t see it in the threads anywhere.

Topic: Aaron Draplin vs David Nakamoto 11/16 / Conversation About The Match

Really happy to see that after the last two matches which weren’t all that interesting imho, this one is back to the strong volleys!

My Side Match Entry

Topic: Scott Hansen vs Rob Cordiner 11/9 / Conversation About The Match

Volley 4: What story is there in this? Sure it’s a shmorgazboard of colour, but I see little value / aesthetic in it.

Topic: Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit 11/02 / Conversation About The Match

We’re at the half-way point….And this one isn’t stirring any ‘wow’ moments for me. I’m going home now…Will check it when its’ all said and done, hopefully they pull some amazing things into play in the 2nd half. But right now I’m pegging this my least favourite match.

Topic: Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit 11/02 / Conversation About The Match

There we go…...Evolution is happening before our very eyes. If this whole match stays on ‘tennis’, that’s good as it might force other designers to think twice before going back to that well.

Topic: Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit 11/02 / Conversation About The Match

A bit of a weak start? Though maybe its’ better to start slow and finish strong. Will be interesting to see if they feed off each other to build great things.

Topic: Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit 11/02 / Conversation About The Match

Evhan – Design your cherry so we can pop it :) I’m a LTvirgin here too so you’re not alone.

Topic: Marian Bantjes vs Armin Vit 11/02 / Conversation About The Match

When does the match start? My defect list is very small this Friday afternoon :)

Topic: General Layer Tennis Discussions / pARTicipate - What else would you like LT to be?

This is an awesome concept and one that I very much think needs to be encouraged. From a design perspective it forces you to think outside the box, work with other peoples’ assets and gives you opportunity to learn / improve your skills in a “high pressure” situation.

From a viewers’ point of view, it’s a lot of great eye candy with a little bit of story. If we could post-match learn a little more about what the different artists were shooting for / thinking at each stage of their match, that would be great.

I wrote a blog post about Layer Tennis – http://www.oastler.ca/my-002/reviews/20071101_what-is-an-artistic-sport/ – which I’d welcome anyone to check out. The meat of which was answering the ‘what else would I like to see LT be?’ question in context of the sites’ claim that LT is “not just what the artists and designers do with the matches but what we all do with Layer Tennis together.”

How about you?