Roy Makes a Picture -- A Video of How Roy Works

Roy Makes a Picture -- A Video of How Roy Works
Originally uploaded by royblumenthal

As part of a pitch for Missing Link to win a gig for Coca-Cola South Africa, I made a pic of the head honcho, Ilan.

As part of the pitch material, I documented the making of the picture.

I used the free and open source FREEZ SCREEN CAPTURE to record everything happening on my machine.

I set up my Sony VX1000 behind me on a tripod to catch the over-the-shoulder footage.

And I slammed it all into Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and sped up all of the footage.

All of the painting is done in ArtRage 2.5 on my Rectron-sponsored Asus R1E tablet pc.

[Missing Link won the pitch. As a result, I did a wonderful day of visual facilitation at the Coca-Cola Conference in Sun City.]

Redi Direko vs Floyd Shivambo -- The Animated Summary by Roy Blumenthal 320 x 240

Redi Direko vs Floyd Shivambo -- The Animated Summary by Roy Blumenthal 320 x 240
Originally uploaded by royblumenthal

On Wednesday 13 May 2009, Redi Direko was hosting her talk show on 702 Talk Radio. During the show, she took ANC Youth League Spokesperson, Floyd Shivambo, to task. He was on record accusing DA leader, Helen Zille, of 'sleeping her way to the top'. He also suggested that the male members of her cabinet were her 'concubines'.

Shivambo phoned the station, outraged at being taken out of context, and demanding the right to reply, to explain what he meant.

Listen to the podcast for the full version of his incompetent idiocy. Or watch this animated summary to get a sense of what listeners and Direko had to go through. Here's the podcast link: is.gd/zKir.

I made the caricatures using ArtRage 2.5. I used Audacity to edit the audio down to an acceptable length of time. The animation was made using a closed beta version of CrazyTalk 6 (I was asked by the developers to be one of the beta testers of the software).

The music used in the end credit is by Antony Raijekov. It's released under a Creative Commons 'Attribution, Share-Alike' license.

The computer I'm working on is sponsored by Rectron South Africa. It's an Asus R1E tablet pc.

Re: Fw: REF METOC64270/1

Hiya Steve...

I really am getting loads of these emails. From people hopping mad.

They seem to think that I work at Virgin, cos they address them to me
as 'your company blah blah blah'.

I really don't mind being a 'smooth the ruffled feathers' kinda dude.
But heck... Something's not lekker.

And I'm hearing these rumours from people who know a thing or two.

I don't wanna tell you how to run things. But I *do* wanna mention
that it's probably best to either squash the rumours by taking them on
directly, or be open to whatever truth component there is, and take
public responsibility for whatever's going down.

From my side of things, I'd really prefer it if Virgin Mobile stays in
business. And I really hope you can find a way of getting your
processes sorted. I *love* being s Virgin Mobile customer.

I have to say that even though I had a 'bad experience' with Virgin
Mobile, it was *nothing* compared to the crap service I subjected
myself to for a decade or more with AutoPage Cellular.

Having said that, you've got two challenges that must be dealt with:

1. These rumours are loud and clear and 'authoritative'. People on
Twitter are claiming that Virgin Mobile is pulling out of South
Africa, that Cell C is taking over the company, that VM is bankrupt.

2. One stupid blog post (mine) is getting a steady stream of EXTREME
disgruntlement from people being treated horribly by Virgin. This has
to be the tip of the iceberg. People who write to me must be a tiny
fraction of those who are being messed around.

Thanks for taking action on this woman's kid's party present, Steve.
It's really cool of you. And thanks for communicating it to me.

All the best.

Regards,
Roy

On 5/15/09, Steve Bailey <Steve.Bailey@virginmobile.co.za> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear Roy,
>
> Thanks for the alert, I will deliver the phone to the customer today, in
> time for her daughter's birthday. We have taken the liberty of
> enclosing a birthday card from all of us at Virgin to.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: schmucknews@gmail.com [mailto:schmucknews@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> Roy Blumenthal
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:39 AM
> To: Karonie Ramsamy; Steve Bailey; post@posterous.com; go@blogger.com
> Subject: Re: Fw: REF METOC64270/1
>
> That is PATHETIC of Virgin Mobile! Yeoooooow!
>
> I've cced Steve Bailey into this email. Hopefully he can sort
> something out. He's the CEO of Virgin Mobile. (Or was, the last time
> we communicated.)
>
> Steve...
>
> I'm getting way too many emails of this nature. Virgin HAS TO pull its
> socks up.
>
> I've been hearing strong rumours on Twitter that you guys are packing
> it in. But until you've packed it in, your doors are still open for
> business. It's best if you actually DO business.
>
> This is not great, Steve.
>
> Please respond to this message. I'm also posting it on my blog.
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Karonie Ramsamy
> <karonie@serendipitytours.co.za> wrote:
>> No The Customer Service Manager said she acnnot do anything and she
> will
>> cancel my contract and if the phone arrives tomorrow I must send it
> back
>> with the courier company
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Blumenthal"
>> <royblumenthal@gmail.com>
>> To: "Karonie Ramsamy" <karonie@serendipitytours.co.za>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: REF METOC64270/1
>>
>>
>> Oh man! What a runaround! You must have been so disappointed! Yikes,
>> Karonie! I can see how horrible this must have been for you. Did you
>> eventually GET the phone? Virgin really should get their act
>> together!!!
>>
>> Thanks for writing to me. Would you mind submitting this as a message
>> on my blog? That's the blog post you would have found my details on.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Regards
>> Roy
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Karonie Ramsamy
>> <karonie@serendipitytours.co.za> wrote:
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Karonie Ramsamy
>>> To: notthathappy@virginmobile.co.za
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:43 AM
>>> Subject: Fw: REF METOC64270/1
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Karonie Ramsamy
>>> To: maweni@virginmobile.co.za
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:38 AM
>>> Subject: REF METOC64270/1
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> My name is Karonie Ramsamy, I am so disappointed with the bad service
> I
>>> received from your company, I was hounded for a week with your
> special
>>> Sony
>>> Ericson w350i phone and eventually I got another call from Dean i
> decided
>>> to
>>> take the phone on 7 May , I Called Dean he was not in so another
> person
>>> assisted me and promised I would get the phone before Thursday 14May
> as
>>> this
>>> was my daughters 13 birthday present which is tomorrow 15May . I
> called
>>> daily and I spoke to Precious and Notlonga on Tuesday and Wednesday
> and I
>>> was told I would definatley get the phone before Friday as it is
> already a
>>> week from the order date. I called again this morning as i received a
>>> message from the courier company and was advised I will not get the
> phone
>>> today I called your office again and spoke to the manager of customer
>>> service who was absolutely of NO Help. I cannot believe the calibre
> of
>>> staff
>>> that you have . I am so disappointed with your company , She could
> not
>>> assist at all and did not offer any alternatives. You have not put me
> in a
>>> position wereby I was relying on this for a birthday present for
> tomorrow
>>> and now I do not have the phone especially after your company hounded
> me
>>> for this phone with false promises.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>>
>>> Karonie Ramsamy
>>> Tours Manager
>>> Serendipity Tours
>>> T : 031 3015230 / 0861 STOURS(0861-786 877)
>>> F : 086 679 42 62
>>> E : karonie@serendipitytours.co.za
>>> W : www.stours.net
>>> A : 9th Floor, Mercury House, 320 Smith St, Durban, 4000
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> ROY BLUMENTHAL
> Visual Facilitator, Illustrator, Writer, Director
>
> Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of
> Southern Africa: http://snipurl.com/psasa-profile
>
> Mobile: +27 74 104 6386
> Fax: 086 512 2580 (South African calls only)
>
> Email: royblumenthal@gmail.com
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/royblumenthal
> Blog: http://schmucknews.blogspot.com
>
> Visual Facilitation: http://snipurl.com/visualfacilitation
> Illustrations: http://snipurl.com/SchmuckGallery
> ------------------------------------------------
> I use an Asus R1E tablet pc, sponsored by Rectron South Africa
>
> Steve Bailey
> |rocketseedSenderPhone@
> Fax: 011676 5448
> Cell: n/a
> Email: Steve.Bailey@virginmobile.co.za
> Website: www.virginmobile.co.za
>
>
>
>
>
> ©Virgin Mobile South Africa (Proprietary) Limited
> Directors: C.R. Berry (British), J. Hedberg (American), N.R. Kunene, F.
> Mambrini (Italian), G.D. McCallum (British), R.W. Samuelson (British)
>
> Disclaimer: 1) Confidentiality: This email, sent from
> Steve.Bailey@virginmobile.co.za to royblumenthal@gmail.com on Fri May 15
> 08:48:03 2009
> , is confidential and may contain privileged or copyright information. You
> may not present this message to another party without consent from the
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> Steve.Bailey@virginmobile.co.za and delete this email, and you are notified
> that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on
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> the express confirmation by the sender's superior or a director of the
> Company. 3) Viruses: The Company does not certify that this email is free of
> viruses or defects. 4) Requested: The Company does not consent to its
> employees sending un-asked for emails which contravene the law. In the event
> that you feel this email is such, please notify the Company in order for the
> appropriate corrective action to be taken. 5) Advice: Any views or opinions
> presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not
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>
>
>

--
------------------------------------------------
ROY BLUMENTHAL
Visual Facilitator, Illustrator, Writer, Director

Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of
Southern Africa: http://snipurl.com/psasa-profile

Mobile: +27 74 104 6386
Fax: 086 512 2580 (South African calls only)

Email: royblumenthal@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/royblumenthal
Blog: http://schmucknews.blogspot.com

Visual Facilitation: http://snipurl.com/visualfacilitation
Illustrations: http://snipurl.com/SchmuckGallery
------------------------------------------------
I use an Asus R1E tablet pc, sponsored by Rectron South Africa

Re: Fw: REF METOC64270/1

That is PATHETIC of Virgin Mobile! Yeoooooow!

I've cced Steve Bailey into this email. Hopefully he can sort
something out. He's the CEO of Virgin Mobile. (Or was, the last time
we communicated.)

Steve...

I'm getting way too many emails of this nature. Virgin HAS TO pull its socks up.

I've been hearing strong rumours on Twitter that you guys are packing
it in. But until you've packed it in, your doors are still open for
business. It's best if you actually DO business.

This is not great, Steve.

Please respond to this message. I'm also posting it on my blog.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Karonie Ramsamy
<karonie@serendipitytours.co.za> wrote:
> No The Customer Service Manager said she acnnot do anything and she will
> cancel my contract and if the phone arrives tomorrow I must send it back
> with the courier company
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Blumenthal"
> <royblumenthal@gmail.com>
> To: "Karonie Ramsamy" <karonie@serendipitytours.co.za>
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: REF METOC64270/1
>
>
> Oh man! What a runaround! You must have been so disappointed! Yikes,
> Karonie! I can see how horrible this must have been for you. Did you
> eventually GET the phone? Virgin really should get their act
> together!!!
>
> Thanks for writing to me. Would you mind submitting this as a message
> on my blog? That's the blog post you would have found my details on.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards
> Roy
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Karonie Ramsamy
> <karonie@serendipitytours.co.za> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Karonie Ramsamy
>> To: notthathappy@virginmobile.co.za
>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:43 AM
>> Subject: Fw: REF METOC64270/1
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Karonie Ramsamy
>> To: maweni@virginmobile.co.za
>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:38 AM
>> Subject: REF METOC64270/1
>>
>>
>> Hi
>> My name is Karonie Ramsamy, I am so disappointed with the bad service I
>> received from your company, I was hounded for a week with your special
>> Sony
>> Ericson w350i phone and eventually I got another call from Dean i decided
>> to
>> take the phone on 7 May , I Called Dean he was not in so another person
>> assisted me and promised I would get the phone before Thursday 14May as
>> this
>> was my daughters 13 birthday present which is tomorrow 15May . I called
>> daily and I spoke to Precious and Notlonga on Tuesday and Wednesday and I
>> was told I would definatley get the phone before Friday as it is already a
>> week from the order date. I called again this morning as i received a
>> message from the courier company and was advised I will not get the phone
>> today I called your office again and spoke to the manager of customer
>> service who was absolutely of NO Help. I cannot believe the calibre of
>> staff
>> that you have . I am so disappointed with your company , She could not
>> assist at all and did not offer any alternatives. You have not put me in a
>> position wereby I was relying on this for a birthday present for tomorrow
>> and now I do not have the phone especially after your company hounded me
>> for this phone with false promises.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Karonie Ramsamy
>> Tours Manager
>> Serendipity Tours
>> T : 031 3015230 / 0861 STOURS(0861-786 877)
>> F : 086 679 42 62
>> E : karonie@serendipitytours.co.za
>> W : www.stours.net
>> A : 9th Floor, Mercury House, 320 Smith St, Durban, 4000

------------------------------------------------
ROY BLUMENTHAL
Visual Facilitator, Illustrator, Writer, Director

Professional member of the Professional Speakers Association of
Southern Africa: http://snipurl.com/psasa-profile

Mobile: +27 74 104 6386
Fax: 086 512 2580 (South African calls only)

Email: royblumenthal@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/royblumenthal
Blog: http://schmucknews.blogspot.com

Visual Facilitation: http://snipurl.com/visualfacilitation
Illustrations: http://snipurl.com/SchmuckGallery
------------------------------------------------
I use an Asus R1E tablet pc, sponsored by Rectron South Africa

Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009

My mind is blown. This redefines the word 'unbelievable'.

Danny MacAskill -- thank you for sharing your art with the world.

CubeCart CSS definitions list -- helping you sort out your CubeCart design

Here's a resource for people who use CubeCart to drive their e-commerce. 


I've recently adopted CubeCart 3 as the tool to sell my services as an illustrator, visual facilitator, and animated-summary creator. Check out my fledgling EaselEmpire.net site for my baby steps.


This post is a verbatim comment on http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2006/12/28/cube-cart-vs-zen-cart/. 


Ben Moffett:
February 8th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

I have had pretty good success with Cube Cart in the Past. I am definately going to check out the Squirrel Cart.
I noticed some of you were looking for definations for the CSS on Cube Cart. Here they are. It took me some time to find them….

• .searchBtn — The "GO" button for your search box.
  
• .searchBox — box that you write in for search
  
• .textbox– The number that shows up in the quantity box from the view cart page
  
• .submit — The "Join Now" button for mailing list, and the "Add" button for adding product codes to shopping cart.
  
• li.bullet– little bullets that show up for the catagories
  
• li.bulletLrg — bullet for "tell a friend"
  
• li.num — numbers for products in sale and popular products
  
• .txtSession — text for "Search for" "Welcome Guest" and brackets
  
• .txtCopy– text in info box "products 2, catagories 1, prices: US dollars"
  
• .txtSiteDocs– text "subscribe to our mailing list" and "Email"
  
• a.txtSession, a.txtSiteDocs– "Login" and "Register"
  
• a.txtSession:hover, a.txtSiteDocs:hover– mouse over for "Login" and "Register"
  
• a.txtButton– "add to basket" button on product pages, and "buy" and "More" butttons on Catagory pages
  
• a.txtButton:hover– rollover for "add to basket" button on product pages, and "buy" and "More" butttons on Catagory pages
  
• .txtOldPrice– This is the price which by default appears with a line struck through when the item is on sale.
  
• .txtSale– Price that shows on Catagory Page and product page
  
• .txtOutOfStock– Text that tells a product is out of stock.
  
• .txtSiteDocs, a.txtSiteDocs — links at bottom of page"about us, contact us . . ."
  
• a.txtSiteDocs:hover– rollover for links at bottom of page"about us, contact us . . ."
  
• a.txtDefault– text for categories box "Homepage, sale items", text for products names in Popular Products box and Sale Items box
  
• a.txtDefault:hover, a.txtLink:hover, a.txtLocation:hover — rollover text for categories box "Homepage, sale items", text for products names in Popular Products box and Sale Items box
  
• .txtContentTitle– Main Titles like "Welcome to Cube Cart" and Catagory Titles
  
• .txtBoxSave– color of the text in the Sale box that says how much they save
  
• .tblList– main area on catagory pages where the list of products is
  
• .tdListTitle– text inside the main area "Image Description Price"
  
• .tdEven– background color for the first product listed then every other one
  
• .tdOdd– background color for the second product listed then every other one
  
• .txtCartPrice– text for dollar amounts that show up in cart box on homepage- per item, items in cart and total prices-
  
• .txtCart — Text "items in cart" and "Total" in cart box on homepage
  
• .cartTotal– included dashed line that appears in cart box on homepage
  
• a.txtCartProduct:active, a.txtCartProduct:link, a.txtCartProduct:visited– text for Products in cart box on home page
  
• a.txtCartProduct:hover– roll over for text for Products in cart box on home page
  
• a.txtviewCart:active, a.txtviewCart:link, a.txtviewCart:visited — text for "veiw basket" button in cart box on homepage
  
• a.txtviewCart:hover — roll over for text for "veiw basket" button in cart box on homepage
  
• .cartProgress — text inside cart that progresses as you go through check out "Cart— Address— Payment — Complete"
  
• .txtcartProgressCurrent — this is the text color that shows up for the page that you are on in the progression of the cart, for example when you are on the address page, address is this color and the rest are the color you specified for .cartProgress
  
• .quickBuy– Inside cart txt that asks " Want to add more items? Enter the Product Code:"
  
• .tdcartTitle — txt Inside Cart at the top "Qty, Product, Code, Stock, Price, Line Price"
  
• .tdcartEven– background color for second product inside cart and every other one
  
• .tdcartOdd — background color for the first product inside cart and every other one
  
• .tdCartSubTotal– includes line above subtotal
  
• a.txtCheckout– text and box for "continue" button on cart pages
  
• a.txtUpdate — text and box for "update cart" button on cart pages
  
• .txtStockWarn– text for when an item is out of stock
  
• .txtError — text for when someone messes up while filling out information during cart process
  
• .txtCopyright, a.txtCopyright — text for Copywrite info at bottom of page
  
• a.txtCopyright:hover– roll over for Copywrite info at bottom of page
  
• .dropDown– width of drop downs
  
• Layout.CSS for Classic Skin
  
• body — entire window attributes
  
• #pageSurround– large floating window inside window
  
• #topHeader– top section of page surround
  
• .boxTitleLeft, .boxTitleRight — top area of boxes in left and right columns where title appears
  
• .boxContentLeft, .boxContentRight– main area of boxes in left and right columns
  
• .colLeft — left column attributes or positioning
  
• .colMid — middle large column attributes or positioning
  
• .colRight– right column attributes or positioning
  
• .boxContent– middle columns box (where to change colors, background, borders, and some text)
  
• .colLeftCheckout — check out pages positioning for left column
  
• .colMainCheckout — checkout pages positioning for main column
  
• .siteDocs — positioning and attributes for box at bottom that contains "About Us | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions"
  
• .pagination — main large box on catagory pages
  
• .regSep– the "need to register?" box in checkout
  

Alan Stevens makes me an entire marketing tip in an article in SPEAKER, March 2009

SPEAKER March 2009 -- Roy mentioned, originally uploaded by royblumenthal.

London-based media guru, Alan Stevens, honours me with a huge mention in the latest issue of the American magazine, SPEAKER. (To navigate to the story, use the 'Contents' tab on the magazine page, and go to page 32.)

In his column, BEYOND BORDERS, he offers eight marketing tips that he's picked up from his travels around the world.

He says, 'Consider using cartoon portraits or graphics to market yourself. They can make you stand out from the normal head-and-shoulders shot. I was "cartooned" by artist Roy Blumenthal in Durban, and have used the graphic very effectively.'

Not bad! Thanks for making me an entire marketing tip, Alan!

I've composited the cover, and clips from Alan's article into the top half of this picture.

The illustration at the bottom is a visual summary of a talk Alan gave at the annual conference of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa last year.

If you know of anyone who might want to make use of my visual facilitation skills, please head for my portfolio and pricing page at http://royblumenthal.com/portfolio.

And remember that every new client of mine is entitled to a one-third-off discount as my special introductory offer.

Act now! Book me by sending Jennifer an email at bookings@royblumenthal.com.

Roy's Rate Sheet for Visual Facilitation, Animated Summaries, and Illustrations -- valid until 30 June 2009

The Easel Empire -- Roy Blumenthal Visual Facilitator -- Roy's Rate Sheet till 30 June 2009 LQ, originally uploaded by royblumenthal.

Here's my latest rate sheet for my illustration, visual facilitation, and animated summaries.

You can download the high res JPG (valid through 30 June 2009) from Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/royblumenthal/3311164932/.

Or you can get the most up-to-date version in PDF form from my website. This link is the shortened 'snipurl', for convenience. It's at: http://snipurl.com/royratesheetpdf.

Please feel free to download it and spread the word about my services.

And remember, all first-time clients of mine get a ONE-THIRD-OFF introductory discount so they can sample my services.

Discount voucher is downloadable from http://snipurl.com/OneThirdOff.

Easel Empire Introductory Discount Coupon Card -- One Third Off!

Easel Empire Introductory Discount Coupon Card -- One Third Off!, originally uploaded by royblumenthal.

Here's a special discount voucher for you to print out and pass on!

Feel free to hand this voucher to whoever you feel might be interested in using my services.

The voucher is valid for the entire duration of 2009.

Here's how it works...

If you've never engaged my services before for illustration, visual facilitation, or animated summaries, you get a full ONE-THIRD knocked off my usual price.

(For my current price-list, please head for http://royblumenthal.com/portfolio.)

Spread the love. Let people know.

I'm pretty darn confident that if people use me once, they'll use me many more times at my full price. The discount is my way of helping people overcome their uncertainty about what exactly it is I do.

Give it a go. Use the coupon. It's here for you!

(Thanks to Jennifer for writing the sales copy on the coupon. And thanks to Keith Wilmot of The Coca-Cola Company for the glowing testimonial.)

This voucher is made up of loads of elements. Sketches in my Moleskine. Original paintings created in ArtRage 2.5. Original paintings made in PhotoShop CS3. All on my Rectron-sponsored Asus R1E tablet pc.

Roy Dressed by Habari Media Direct

Roy Dressed by Habari Media Direct, originally uploaded by royblumenthal.

This past Saturday, I wore one of Habari Media Direct's soccer shirts on television, as a bit of guerrilla marketing.

It's all part of an offer I've made to whoever wants to send me their company cap or tshirt.

Graeme MacPherson (otherwise known on Twitter as @greymacpherson) was the first to take me up on my offer.

I prepped this drawing as a possible picture for the show to end on. The director was cool with it. But for some reason, the producer said, 'No. We need the previous pic on screen. Sorry Roy.'

So here it is.

When I package the clip for Graeme, I'll pop this pic into the video.

This painting was made in ArtRage 2.5 live in the studio of CNBC AFRICA's weekly magazine show, Kaleidoscope before we recorded the show last Thursday. I tweaked it in PhotoShop CS3. No crew members were harmed in the display of my naked body.