Post 785 - Variations on a Doodle to Wrap up January 2026

Initial sketch

Unedited scans of Prismacolored variations

And, entering into Flash for some coloring and background layers:

And a random animated GIF of the outcome:

And a little movie version for testing as well:

It's a start - (c) 2026 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary 

 

 

Post 784 - Random Background Test of Scanned Material

 Using the convolutions in the Photoshop PS6 system...there are quicker ways!

 (c) MMXXVI (2026) Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

 

And a PhotoShop GIF followed with a PhotoShop Tween effect, just to be sure PS6 still works!

 

Post 783 - Try a New Year's GIF!

(c) 2026 MMXXVI Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

(kids - try this at home!) 

 

Post 782 - New Year Doodle Dump for January

 

All images (c) 2026 MMXXVI Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Post 781 - January 2026 ASIFA Central Newsletter - Color Theory - Discussion from November 2025 retreat - Vivi Markatos

 

Post 780 - Some Old GIFs

OK, let's see if these artifacts still play nice with others!

 

Benny's First GIF - 1993

A test of a USB light board!

Playing with a Flash-generated GIF - 2008

At-distance learning - 2008 (yeah, I fell of the ladder)

When OfficeMax closed, the grid 3x5 cards were going for PENNIES!

Made a silhouette study sometime in 1998

From an "educational video" that didn't quite go as planned, but it gave Brad Ambs, my wunderkind in the 1980s, an opportunity to practice for his pharmacy boards.  He PASSED!  (1991)

The underrated actor, J Nathan Goolsby, showing his flexibility on Super 8mm film! (1974)

I had to eat far too much cereal to film this - but it did get me banned from the Kellogg world headquarters (which won't exist as such much longer, sigh...a sustained-release curse from 1988)

And Melies had a wicked sense of humor - viva la France!  From "The Eclipse" in 1907, based on an 8mm print I once had and transferred to video with a moderate level of success.

Now to find out what else is cluttering up this external drive!

 

 

Post 779 - Character Doodle "Suspicion"

(cc) 2026 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

 

Post 778 - Clip Poems

All these sticky doo-dads for scrapbooking are piling up.  So here is my stab at building ransom notes:

"She Was A Strange Little Girl" (cc) 2026 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

"In The Garden" - (cc) 2026 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

 

 

Post 777 - Analytical and Articulatory Animation Analysis - Perspectives on AI - ASIFA Central January 2026 Supplement

 

Post 776 - An Update to Post 654 - Brandt Rowles and Stereophotography

I keep uncovering gems as boxes get shuffled around the Archives here - these are a couple more stereographic cards by Brandt Rowles, of NSA founder fame, as referenced in post 654 in this ongoing series of visual and typewritten distractions:

 

Post 775 - A Quick Welcome to 2026 - For 20 Years I've Been Doing This?

 

(cc) 2026 Jim Middleton The Animating Apothecary