AAQR: Gem Spinner (game)

NOTE: This game was given away on Amazon Free App of the Day (not any more)

Gem Spinner is a genre masher, combining Bejeweled and Tetris.

The field is full of different "pieces" each containing several colored gems. You need to make 3 consecutive gems (horizontal or vertical only) of same color. The catch is, you can only move gems INSIDE the piece. You cannot shift a gem across two different pieces. If you remove gems, that square turns "dark" and gems are removed, and more gems drop from above to "fill" the pieces. If you don't see obvious possibilities, you can "rotate" pieces (double tap the piece) 180 degrees and see if that gives you more ideas. If you turn ALL squares of the piece dark, that piece is removed from the board. The idea is to remove as many pieces as possible before the time limit expire. You can actually MOVE the pieces around when you have removed a few pieces already and have some room to maneuver.

Too complicated? Yes. It's hard to keep track of all this stuff in your head. Not a bad idea, but a bit too complicated for action puzzler.

(Link to be added later)

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Miss Audley

Before I start I would like to tell you that I am going to give a talk at the Pixel Animation Festival in Vienna this October. I'll be there for a week, the festival takes place from Oct. 7-9.
It would be great to run into some of you guys over there, if you are nearby, see if you can make it.
Here is the link to Pixel 2011:






Eleanor Audley  was a great character actress, her roles were mostly in TV.
She could be seen in shows like "I love Lucy",  "Green Acres",  "My Three Sons"
and many others.
Her most famous film roles were with Disney. She voiced and provided live action reference for two classic female villains, the stepmother in "Cinderella" and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty".
Frank Thomas and Marc Davis couldn't say enough good things about working with her. She was a perfectionist.

I met Eleanor Audley in the early eighties through a friend, who told me that she lived next door to his family in North Hollywood. I couldn't believe it, what a coincidence!
Soon after I got invited to the family's Thanksgiving dinner, and I was thrilled to see that Miss Audley was a guest as well. Imagine...dinner with the stepmother.
I never forget when she asked me: "Andy, pass the gravy!" She totally sounded like the stepmother, with that crack in her voice. I immediately passed the gravy.....

A few weeks later I visited Miss Audley in her house, she knew I was interested in hearing about her work at Disney. Apparently the voice acting was a lot of fun for her, but the live action was....work!
"Oh, that Ham Luske!" she reminisced, "sending me up and down those stairs on the set, up and down!"



In 1985 I invited Miss Audley for a visit to the old animation building at Disney.
At that time I was exhibiting some of my wire sculptures in the studio library.
She arrived in her old Chevy, and I greeted her at the studio's entrance.
We got to the second floor of the animation building, and I asked her how she's been. "Not too good at all" was the answer.
Miss Audley was 80 years old by then, and she talked about her failing health often. I found out that she might have exaggerated here and there.
"Andy, look!" she said (many people called me Andy in those days). "I have these terrible spots on my hands." She showed me her hand, and when I said, I couldn't see any spots at all, she insisted :" Here, take my glasses, you will see them."

I did the above sketch of that situation the way I remember it, especially her bright red coat.
When I asked Miss Audley how she liked my wire sculptures, she responded:
"They are interesting, but keep your day job!" 
What a fantastic line...too funny.





Here are a few photos showing Eleanor Audley at work as the stepmother and as Maleficent.





Look at how beautifully Frank Thomas translated her intense expression into a character drawing.





Marc Davis used this live action reference when Maleficent confronts the prince.
Note the prop of a milk carton being held by Eleanor Audley as a stand in for a lamp.
The final version shows Maleficent holding a candle instead.

If you are interested, here is a Youtube clip from a "Dennis the Menace" episode,
starring Eleanor Audley:

Miss Audley

Before I start I would like to tell you that I am going to give a talk at the Pixel Animation Festival in Vienna this October. I'll be there for a week, the festival takes place from Oct. 7-9.
It would be great to run into some of you guys over there, if you are nearby, see if you can make it.
Here is the link to Pixel 2011:






Eleanor Audley  was a great character actress, her roles were mostly in TV.
She could be seen in shows like "I love Lucy",  "Green Acres",  "My Three Sons"
and many others.
Her most famous film roles were with Disney. She voiced and provided live action reference for two classic female villains, the stepmother in "Cinderella" and Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty".
Frank Thomas and Marc Davis couldn't say enough good things about working with her. She was a perfectionist.

I met Eleanor Audley in the early eighties through a friend, who told me that she lived next door to his family in North Hollywood. I couldn't believe it, what a coincidence!
Soon after I got invited to the family's Thanksgiving dinner, and I was thrilled to see that Miss Audley was a guest as well. Imagine...dinner with the stepmother.
I never forget when she asked me: "Andy, pass the gravy!" She totally sounded like the stepmother, with that crack in her voice. I immediately passed the gravy.....

A few weeks later I visited Miss Audley in her house, she knew I was interested in hearing about her work at Disney. Apparently the voice acting was a lot of fun for her, but the live action was....work!
"Oh, that Ham Luske!" she reminisced, "sending me up and down those stairs on the set, up and down!"



In 1985 I invited Miss Audley for a visit to the old animation building at Disney.
At that time I was exhibiting some of my wire sculptures in the studio library.
She arrived in her old Chevy, and I greeted her at the studio's entrance.
We got to the second floor of the animation building, and I asked her how she's been. "Not too good at all" was the answer.
Miss Audley was 80 years old by then, and she talked about her failing health often. I found out that she might have exaggerated here and there.
"Andy, look!" she said (many people called me Andy in those days). "I have these terrible spots on my hands." She showed me her hand, and when I said, I couldn't see any spots at all, she insisted :" Here, take my glasses, you will see them."

I did the above sketch of that situation the way I remember it, especially her bright red coat.
When I asked Miss Audley how she liked my wire sculptures, she responded:
"They are interesting, but keep your day job!" 
What a fantastic line...too funny.





Here are a few photos showing Eleanor Audley at work as the stepmother and as Maleficent.





Look at how beautifully Frank Thomas translated her intense expression into a character drawing.





Marc Davis used this live action reference when Maleficent confronts the prince.
Note the prop of a milk carton being held by Eleanor Audley as a stand in for a lamp.
The final version shows Maleficent holding a candle instead.

If you are interested, here is a Youtube clip from a "Dennis the Menace" episode,
starring Eleanor Audley:

Challenge #8 sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen.


Thank you all for the great cards that you made last week ;o) We really enjoy seeing all those cards, unfortunally not every one used a stamp on their card, so we removed those links. If you want to join our challenge, you realy need to use a stamp on your card. So please read the rules when you join our challenges, Thank you!

This week's sponsor is Alles om te Scrappen and you can win this awesome paperpad from First Edition.


Alles om te scrappen is a new online scrapbook store. We sell scrapbook papers, stamps, dies, punches, inks and all sorts of embellishments. Because we recently opened our store, we are still expanding our assortment. We deliver from stock and we dispatch within 24 hours, so usually you will receive your order the next day. In the Netherlands you won’t pay any shipping costs on orders over € 25,-. Visit our website to take a look at our product range: www.allesomtescrappen.nl. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: info@allesomtescrappen.nl. 

And now some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ... This week's sketch is made by Linda and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o)
 
Made by Linda

Made by Marion
 
Made by Monique
 
Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire
 
Made by Janneke
 
And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Linda made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made ​​available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

 
 
Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members ....

Thanks!
 
You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Sunday September 11, 23.59 am (Dutch time)
 





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Challenge #8 sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen.


Thank you all for the great cards that you made last week ;o) We really enjoy seeing all those cards, unfortunally not every one used a stamp on their card, so we removed those links. If you want to join our challenge, you realy need to use a stamp on your card. So please read the rules when you join our challenges, Thank you!

This week's sponsor is Alles om te Scrappen and you can win this awesome paperpad from First Edition.


Alles om te scrappen is a new online scrapbook store. We sell scrapbook papers, stamps, dies, punches, inks and all sorts of embellishments. Because we recently opened our store, we are still expanding our assortment. We deliver from stock and we dispatch within 24 hours, so usually you will receive your order the next day. In the Netherlands you won’t pay any shipping costs on orders over € 25,-. Visit our website to take a look at our product range: www.allesomtescrappen.nl. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: info@allesomtescrappen.nl. 

And now some little inspiration, here are the cards the Design Team made for you as samples ;o) You can click on the names and you go straight to their personal blogs to see the details about their cards ;o) They love to recieve your comments ... This week's sketch is made by Linda and you can find that sketch at the end of this post. Please do not post it on your blog but link to our blogpost. Thank you ;o)
 
Made by Linda

Made by Marion
 
Made by Monique
 
Made by Nicole

Made by Renata

Made by Wilma

Made by Betina

Made by Carol

Made by Claire
 
Made by Janneke
 
And here are the cards made by our Guest Design Team

Made by Annemarie and Merit

Made by Dina

Here is the sketch that Linda made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made ​​available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.

 
 
Regarding the sketch, please make a link to this post in stead of placing the sketch on your own blog. If someone wants to join us they can find the sketch here and get inspired by the cards of our DT members ....

Thanks!
 
You can place your direct blogpost link in Inlinkz until Sunday September 11, 23.59 am (Dutch time)
 





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