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FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-13 17:11:52
April 11 2015 19:22 GMT
#1
Hello fellow Teamliquidians!!

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HOW THE HECK did I forget to say.... HUGE thank you to Kennigit and everyone at ESL who without them all this would not be possible!!


Wow how huge is this TL thing getting!! I remember when there were less than 200 of us!! Before I had even given a thought about balloons....It was all about Broodwar and the awesome community and friendship at live events...How things have grown! And I can see Broodwar games again!!


So its been a bit, there are bound to be many who have not a clue as to who I am...Thats cool..

Really I just wanted to share that a dream to merge balloons and gaming has actually starting to come together...it is happening!!

July 20-21st Frankfurt ESL One DOTA2 event!

http://www.eslgaming.com/interview/so-we-heard-you-dota-balloons-interview-esl-one-frankfurts-official-balloon-twister

After that my hope is to travel around busking/ meeting with balloon and gaming people. (Anyone around the areas Ill be in let me know!)

I hope to hit Amsterdam, London, Where I hope to jam with other balloon people and or teach.

And then try to get to Edinburgh around July 5th or so. Then make it to Dublin by the 9th of July Where I will be doing balloons again at the City Spectacular!

http://www.cityspectacular.com/

I hope to see many of my overseas friends! Hit me up here or on Facebook/twitter/phone/text whatever.. Most of which you can find at my Balloon Man FuDD page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965


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Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3454 Posts
April 11 2015 21:18 GMT
#2
Take tons of pictures!
I'm hyped for dota balloons.
Keep up the awesome~
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
April 11 2015 22:22 GMT
#3
Crazy stuff. Always amazing to see your balloon skills at work FuDD. Trips sounds exciting, lots of pictures! lol.
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11579 Posts
April 11 2015 23:49 GMT
#4
wow have lots of fun! I'd love to see a video of you making one of these, I don't even know how you do it! your balloons always look so amazing
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
c3rberUs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Japan11286 Posts
April 12 2015 00:35 GMT
#5
Incredible work as always!

DotA balloons, I'll wait for that, especially Doombringer or maybe Clockwerk or maybe Alchemist or maybe... nvm.
WriterMovie, 진영화 : "StarCraft will never die".
thundertoss
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1166 Posts
April 12 2015 01:42 GMT
#6
On April 12 2015 08:49 CaucasianAsian wrote:
wow have lots of fun! I'd love to see a video of you making one of these, I don't even know how you do it! your balloons always look so amazing



This. I'd definitely watch a few videos of you making or even just planning the build. Your average balloon person might know all the standard animals but learning about the insight required to make something no one has really done before (like a dota hero) would be awesome.
Underneath David Kims banelings is another control group of banelings.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10673 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-12 07:39:10
April 12 2015 07:38 GMT
#7
OMG you are amazing........10/10 FuDDx blog as usual, the yoda omg

EDIT : Please do a Tassadar or an Archon one day~
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
April 12 2015 09:55 GMT
#8
amazing work! Indeed would be cool to see some SC inspired art too =D
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
April 12 2015 11:34 GMT
#9
Pretty cool interview! I didn't know you got into balloon twisting in 2009, seeing how awesome are your sculptures I thought you had been doing it forever.

Enjoy your trip!
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Kronen
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States732 Posts
April 12 2015 12:38 GMT
#10
Awesome pics!! Thanks for sharing with all of us newbies.
shiroiusagi
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
SoCal, USA3955 Posts
April 12 2015 15:58 GMT
#11
So awesome fudd! :3 Hopefully lots of pictures after. :D
Graphics@shiroiusagi_ | shiroiusagi.net
FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
April 12 2015 16:04 GMT
#12
Spotlight and all this love!! Thanks everyone!

It was 2007 when I first learned to blow up the twisting balloons (they are hard to blow up or were for me)
I was into magic at the time and had no interest in being a balloon person. I did purchase balloons at the WCG 2007 Seattle World Finals event and D4D and I tried to make some stuff I had bought them more to challenge people to trying to blow them up, as an afterthought on a trip to Pike place and the magic shop under pike place. A couple years later is when I actually saw there was art to be done with balloons and it all started when I meet other balloon people at a local jam!!


I have done a few SC units throught the years. Some were even fetured on DAY 9 's big HOTS event I think it was... Ive done many of the players (years ago so I need to update them!) for TL and even MLG and Homestory cup balloons.... Check out my facebook/Instagram etc....

That would be cool to stream making balloons I have been thinking about trying it but then feel like I have too much I want to buy for ballooning and not enough to spend on a streaming set up.... I could start small and cheap though.... Maybe I can pick some brains of the techies at ESL!! I am not a techie guy ... I just play games surf the web T_T .. Hey Iam old is my excuse...

Thanks so much and please ask any questions and I will deff. take pics and post them here!!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
April 12 2015 17:11 GMT
#13
What? You will be at ESL One? So I can get back to being a kid and get a balloon???
What figures are you doing there? So from your interview 3-5min, 8-10min or bigger things!?
There can only be one Geisterkarle
FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
April 12 2015 17:48 GMT
#14
Doing the more detailed creations I figure most things I will be making (for the attendees) are going to take 15-25 minutes on average (doing DOTA2 and other video game characters) I hope to get as much practice as I can before hand to help in the construction of some larger displays as well as try to quicken my time as well as broaden my base knowledge of characters and possible ways of constructing them.

I will be trying to work as fast as possible and get as many balloons to as many people as I can! And hope to at least give anything a shot... sometimes when I try to make things just off of pictures and no prior practice they can come out looking a bit funky usually passable but sometimes its a mess...But I am upfront and try my best!!

Make sure you have a photo of what your looking to get as I am unsure if my phone/internet access will be working at that point (If I can get my phone set up to work overseas before hand then it will be fine, Last trip I had some trouble getting my phone working over there!)


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
Geisterkarle
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Germany3257 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-12 19:58:42
April 12 2015 19:51 GMT
#15
Because I hate roaming I can't tell you about US phone support in Germany... "our" Telecom is selling there though; maybe that helps...

But good to know! Can I already request a Meat Boy?

On April 13 2015 00:58 shiroiusagi wrote:
So awesome fudd! :3 Hopefully lots of pictures after. :D

I will be there with my camera again; so I will try to get a few nice shots
There can only be one Geisterkarle
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
April 13 2015 15:42 GMT
#16
I'm so happy you're going to be at ESL, what a sick pickup from Kennigit
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
3point14
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany890 Posts
April 13 2015 15:44 GMT
#17
that bear looks suspiciously alike the one from "five nights at freddys"
awesome work
FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
April 13 2015 17:10 GMT
#18
I am very happy as well!!

Forgot to say thank you to Kennigit and ESL (how the fuck did I do that sorry) Edited it in.

Meat boy looks challenging ...its the simple shapes.... but anything is possible with balloons! Ive got a long road ahead of me I am looking forward to growing and challenging myself and my art!!

Hey its a Care Bear and hes Grumpy!!

Thanks everyone!!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
April 14 2015 06:48 GMT
#19
Awesome man! :D So happy for you! Keep rocking!
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
Peeano
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Netherlands4990 Posts
April 14 2015 11:43 GMT
#20
I hope I - one day - get to live my a dream as well.

Just out of curiosity:
Did you ever ship/mail one of your creations?
Have you ever tried flying one of your creations with a drone?
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