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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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Pinhead's Website hasn't been renewed. I'm gutted.
The Pinhead Annual Community Projects were more-or-less the only iClone Community Projects, that attracted thousands of views & Posts, showcasing the best Clips from the best iClone Storyline Animators, over many years.
Many lasting friendships have been forged through Pinhead & his Projects..
That being-said, there's hope that a New Website will be up around September time, with a new Community Project, to celebrate the Pinhead Community Projects 10th anniversary in 2016.
I'll be badgering Alley at that time. If we want to see Pinhead's return, we should all badger Alley & chip-in to help her with the new Website & a new Project. If we don't, Pinhead will be gone forever. We can't let that happen. I know that Alley doesn't want to see Pinhead just fade-away. Neither does Pinhead, who's still here with me & Dobbin & Boo. Plus an Owl or two.
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By animagic - 11 Years Ago
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Sorry to hear that. Wasn't there some fundraising last year for the website? I believe I contributed, as did others.
What is sad also of course is that with the website the many references to contributed Pinhead films have disappeared.
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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animagic (6/29/2015)
Sorry to hear that. Wasn't there some fundraising last year for the website? I believe I contributed, as did others.
What is sad also of course is that with the website the many references to contributed Pinhead films have disappeared.
Last year's Fund-raising kept site up for one year, Job. That's now expired. However, lack of funding wasn't the reason for not renewing. Other factors involved.
I don't understand Websites, so don't know if Pinhead HQ Data is stored "as is" somewhere.
I have possibly all Pinhead clips going back to 2006, on my PC.
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By toonarama - 11 Years Ago
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Colour
This is a shame. Could you perhaps consider doing it without a website and instead
a) Using a dedicated forum post on here
b) Using a youtube "group" (can't remember whether that is the correct term) to keep all the videos together - alternatively set up a dedicated user on youtube
c) making any assets available as freebies on Alley's content store?
Thanks
Mick
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By DELETED2 - 11 Years Ago
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colour (6/29/2015) ...//... Last year's Fund-raising kept site up for one year...//... I don't understand Websites ...//
You COULD host it free without "fund Raising" issues.
I use and host something like 300+ commercial websites, approximately 11 PHP SQL driven forum arenas and something like 23 different e-commercially enabled stores with corporate front and backend.
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Private access.
FTP Facilities.
So, there never has been an issue with losing your websites or content. I've offered this service since 2001. Laughable these days that anything should go down.
This also means you could have your own PHPBB v3.x forum like this one (Better actually, Ahem!!!)
And privately host your own WORDPRESS or other Blogging system WITHOUT SPAM and all the other inane drivel so called "FREE" hosting suppliers plaster and influence your hard work with.
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I use it all the time.
Armstrong.
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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Thanks for your concerns Toonerama & Armstrong.
As Posted, fundraising wasn't the issue. I'm not on the Pinhead Projects Committee, so I'm not directly involved in the decision making process. However, worth keeping in mind. Thanks.
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By justaviking - 11 Years Ago
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Sad indeed.
I hope Pinhead will reappear on a new website soon. We are definitely overdue for another project. For me, personally, it's been a good time for a pause between projects as I've hardly been on iClone at all (and I miss it).
Like Peter, I have most of the Pinhead videos, but not all. I'm especially missing most of the "project launch" and award ceremony videos posted by The Committee.
Pinhead has been through many dark periods, but always manages to persevere. I trust he'll be as resourceful this time, too.
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By mark - 11 Years Ago
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Absolutely.... Walter P. cannot, must-not die!!! Sounds like a great opportunity to built a new Pinhead from the ground up!!!!
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By Alley - 11 Years Ago
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Hello folks,
Sorry for the lack of posting on the subject so I'll try to be as honest as I can be about the situation.
For those people that don't know the history, PInhead originally started as a video editing project that encouraged people around the world to be involved in a video project. It was decided that everyone would create a video that showed where they come from, and Pinhead was to appear in the video as a common denominator. The character was drawn by my husband and he was meant to be a sort of techie kind of guy, a bit goofy but kind hearted. He was first brought to life because one of our video members introduced me to Crazy Talk, which allowed us to create messages from Pinhead to his followers. It was only a matter of time before discovering iClone and since version 2 or 3 (I forget) - there have been many variations of the guy created by community members. His looks have varied slightly, but he still remains the same character with distinct long face, glasses, tuft of hair on top, blue t-shirt and jeans, etc.
The Pinhead projects are completely organized by volunteer committee members. I seem to have inherited the lead role and I personally paid for the website myself for several years. At some point, we added prizes into the mix and I am the one who goes out and sources prizes from various companies that I have had relationships with. I also look after fulfillment of the prizes, often paying for shipping myself also. Last year was the first time we opened it up to donations and we are grateful to all of you who donated. We only accepted donations until we reached our goal to cover the website and prize fulfillment costs (under $200). There has been little turnover in the committee over the years, although there has been some. The committee for the past several projects consists of myself, Gerry (wires) from Germany, Joe from Chicago and Brian from California.
As with any creative group, at times you run into differences of opinion on how to proceed and unfortunately at start of last project, the opinions on how we should proceed got difficult. As this project is meant to bring fun and joy to all involved including the committee, it was clear that it had started to create too much dissension among the group. It was impossible to move forward and I won't get into any more detail.
Now, with that being said - yes, I downloaded a copy of the website. However, I think that it's time to give Pinhead a new look and a new beginning. For that reason, I let the website lapse (renewals keep getting more and more expensive). We are down to 3 committee members now who have agreed we are committed to keeping Pinhead going. Our goal is to create a new website (simpler) and probably project specific to start and to move forward with our last idea for a project. So, sometime over the summer, we hope to introduce a new url website, perhaps with some hints of what is to come, and the goal would be to introduce a new project in the Fall (September).
Sorry, but I really didn't know how to sugar coat the situation but we love Pinhead as much as you and don't want to see him gone just yet.
I hope this answers your questions. :)
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By jlittle - 11 Years Ago
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Very sad! Hopefully whoever managed the website has a backup of it.
Jeff
EDIT: Was writing just as Alley posted. Glad there is a backup! Yea Alley!
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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mark (6/29/2015)
Absolutely.... Walter P. cannot, must-not die!!! Sounds like a great opportunity to built a new Pinhead from the ground up!!!!
I mentioned to Alley some time-ago, Mark, that a September date would give those who have iC6 time to iron-out the bugs & get acquainted with it. And Time to develop a new Pinhead G6 Character.,
September is end of summer, when prospective Pinhead Project participants would be out & about.
A 2016 Project close date would be ideal for a special Project, celebrating Pinhead's 10 years.
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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Alley (6/29/2015)
Hello folks,
Sorry for the lack of posting on the subject so I'll try to be as honest as I can be about the situation.
For those people that don't know the history, PInhead originally started as a video editing project that encouraged people around the world to be involved in a video project. It was decided that everyone would create a video that showed where they come from, and Pinhead was to appear in the video as a common denominator. The character was drawn by my husband and he was meant to be a sort of techie kind of guy, a bit goofy but kind hearted. He was first brought to life because one of our video members introduced me to Crazy Talk, which allowed us to create messages from Pinhead to his followers. It was only a matter of time before discovering iClone and since version 2 or 3 (I forget) - there have been many variations of the guy created by community members. His looks have varied slightly, but he still remains the same character with distinct long face, glasses, tuft of hair on top, blue t-shirt and jeans, etc.
The Pinhead projects are completely organized by volunteer committee members. I seem to have inherited the lead role and I personally paid for the website myself for several years. At some point, we added prizes into the mix and I am the one who goes out and sources prizes from various companies that I have had relationships with. I also look after fulfillment of the prizes, often paying for shipping myself also. Last year was the first time we opened it up to donations and we are grateful to all of you who donated. We only accepted donations until we reached our goal to cover the website and prize fulfillment costs (under $200). There has been little turnover in the committee over the years, although there has been some. The committee for the past several projects consists of myself, Gerry (wires) from Germany, Joe from Chicago and Brian from California.
As with any creative group, at times you run into differences of opinion on how to proceed and unfortunately at start of last project, the opinions on how we should proceed got difficult. As this project is meant to bring fun and joy to all involved including the committee, it was clear that it had started to create too much dissension among the group. It was impossible to move forward and I won't get into any more detail.
Now, with that being said - yes, I downloaded a copy of the website. However, I think that it's time to give Pinhead a new look and a new beginning. For that reason, I let the website lapse (renewals keep getting more and more expensive). We are down to 3 committee members now who have agreed we are committed to keeping Pinhead going. Our goal is to create a new website (simpler) and probably project specific to start and to move forward with our last idea for a project. So, sometime over the summer, we hope to introduce a new url website, perhaps with some hints of what is to come, and the goal would be to introduce a new project in the Fall (September).
Sorry, but I really didn't know how to sugar coat the situation but we love Pinhead as much as you and don't want to see him gone just yet.
I hope this answers your questions. :)
Relief! Thanks for letting us know the good news, Alley.
PINHEAD RULES OK!
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By justaviking - 11 Years Ago
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Thank you for the post, Alley.
I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for all the committee members to struggle through their differences of opinions, especially with the weight of the entire Pinhead community on their shoulders. We all get emotionally invested in Pinhead and his projects, and nobody is closer to him than you. As you pointed out, it ought to be fun for the hard-working committee too, and I know that our excitement and enthusiasm unintentionally adds to the pressure you feel.
As we've said a thousand times (but still not enough), we all appreciate the work that goes on behind the scenes to select, plan, coordinate, and execute the projects.
Just know that we're here for you, the entire committee (past, current, and future), and Pinhead too, of course.
We'll all be eagerly awaiting his reincarnation.
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By wires - 11 Years Ago
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I've nothing much to add to what Alley has already said regarding the present situation. The decisions made weren't taken lightly, and we are very much committed to getting a new project started sometime after the summer. As always with us, we have a few totally excellent subject ideas for the new project - well at least we consider them excellent :P - and hope to entice users of various animation packages to participate.
We don't expect to be making any further announcements until maybe the end of August, so enjoy the summer and sharpen your creative juices - while cooling down with the fruity ones. :cool::):D:hehe::rolleyes:
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By Gerskey - 11 Years Ago
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Hi community,
So sad to hear this about Pinhead.
So lets all be positive and look forward to New revamped Pinhead in the Fall ( Autumn ). We all need a little bit of upgrading now and again and I'm sure Pinhead will agree where ever he is on his holidays lol.
I look forward with excitement!!
Peace
Gerskey
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By Peter Blood - 11 Years Ago
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Alley and Wires:
That is very good news. :)
I wasn't enamored by Pinhead when I first met him but the little bugger grew on me like a weed. :P I'm glad to hear that he will still be acting and I hope to utilize him in a role during the next project. ;)
:cool: pete
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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I'm sure Pinhead will agree where ever he is on his holidays
"Weather here. Wish you were lovely. Views Good. Pinhead"
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By justaviking - 11 Years Ago
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sw00000p (7/1/2015)
Why don't all of the members pitch in... say one dollar.
Sounds like a huge community. One buck should solve the money problems.
Per Alley's post:
a) Members did contribute, and the monetary goal was reached.
b) It wasn't just the money. There were creative differences (some dissention) within The Committee. I think they needed to take a break themselves, step back, reassess, and reorganize or whatever.
c) Pinhead shall return!!! :)
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By Peter (RL) - 11 Years Ago
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Unfortunately I have had to remove a number of posts due to a breach of forum rules.
I would like to apologise to the innocent parties whose posts were also removed as they were made redundant after the clear up.
To be clear it is certainly not a requirement to be a Pinhead fan to participate in this thread, but please be respectful to those that are.
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By pinguintje - 11 Years Ago
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Best Regards,
Arie
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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pinguintje (7/4/2015)
Best Regards, Arie
LOL! Nice one Arie. See you in September then, with the rest of the gang. I have Roger, Daniel & Laura's e-mail Addresses So will give them the good news.
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By 3DStory - 11 Years Ago
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Wow, so much has changed since my last post...the forum, iClone, and even Windows ... but I always expect Pinhead to be there as my anchor to the animation world :D
Pinhead can never die...all sorts of things have happened to him in his many adventures, and he always bounces back!
- Daniel
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By colour - 11 Years Ago
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3DStory (7/7/2015)
Wow, so much has changed since my last post...the forum, iClone, and even Windows ... but I always expect Pinhead to be there as my anchor to the animation world :D
Pinhead can never die...all sorts of things have happened to him in his many adventures, and he always bounces back!
- Daniel
Just rec'd your e-mail, Daniel & one from Rog.
Great to see your Post.:)
Hopefully we'll have a Full House of the Pinhead regulars. Plus a lot more.
PINHEAD RULES OK:)
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