I made this short little video for work way back, just in time for Halloween: Here's a very special witch's brew to enjoy this Halloween ... the brew that brought us life. #HappyHalloween from CLEVER Planets@RiceEarthSci @RiceUniversity @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro pic.twitter.com/fW6LwJk7YF — CLEVER Planets (@CLEVER_Planets) October 31, 2019 I spent the week leading up to Halloween… Continue reading Scicomm on Halloween
I am working as a science communicator, like at a real job, can you believe it? Well, I like shiny things, a la Taylor Swift, and I like pretty colors, and softness, and sparkles and flowers and things like that. So my plan is to use my new position to populate the online presence and… Continue reading A very girly science feed
It's rare enough to find a Blender tutorial made by a woman. I won't complain too much, because essentially all the men making tutorials are sharing their knowledge for free -- aside from some ads -- but when there's no women making tutorials, it gives you a sense that you don't really own the field… Continue reading Something new in the Blender tutorials
My Application I applied two years ago and my application didn’t move on to the semi-finals. As a favor to you just starting your application, let’s go through mine to see where you can do better. My application Here's the summary of my proposal: "I will undertake a series of animated film projects at schools… Continue reading My best tips for your Fulbright-National Geographic Application!
I think a "sleeper" is a movie that no one thinks is going to do that well, and then it takes over the box office. My YouTube videos are like that, if you chop off the "takes over" part. My videos are like David and Goliath, but David loses. Any case, I think people are… Continue reading The YouTube sleeper
I feel like I have very bad follow-through sometimes when it comes to my Science animations with kids program. Sometimes, it's my fault. Like at my last viewing party, about 30 parents, grandparents, aunts, everyone, showed up. I gave them all a little slip of paper with the URL of my website (the one you're… Continue reading Feeling ghosted – Animations with kids
Two of my favorite pieces of software are QGIS - used for making maps on a computer - and Blender 3D - used for 3D animations. Both of these pieces of software, furthermore, are open-source. That means they are free for anyone to download. Every time I make an animation with a group of kids,… Continue reading GIS and Blender at once
Is there a minimum age-limit when it comes to computer animation? Well, I'm sure there is for toddlers and babies, but in the summer camp I'm in, there's three little kids that are entering kindergarten in September. They're all five. They reach out their hand for me to hold if I chance to walk them… Continue reading Five-year-olds computer animating
I had written a dour and grim post about the futility of applying to grants, but before it went live, I actually received one. Which means I was able to do one more 'Animations with kids' project in Concord before my run here ends (at least for the expected near future.) I am working with… Continue reading Animating at a summer camp
In the last few weeks, I made one of the coolest things I ever made in Blender: these planetary marbles rolling towards each other while swirling inside: planetary marbles in #blender3d #b3d #planetaryScience #evolvingEarth pic.twitter.com/CzKp2Fi7wz — Lila Gardiner (@lilagardiner) June 9, 2019 And before that, I made a volcano and a glacier. I've been blendering… Continue reading Animations of geology
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