Post 769 - 2025 IAD Poster Getting Drafty

 Very First Proto-draft for layout purposes - membership will be invited this week to play

 

Post 767 - September 2025 EXTRA ASIFA Central Newsletter!

 A Two-Pager!

 

Post 766 - ASIFA Central Newsletter for August 2025

 Here and at asifa.org in the Newsletter Department!

 

Post 752 - End of Spring Issue - ASIFA Central Newsletter - revised!

Also available at asifa.org in the "newsletter archives"

Whew! June 2025 ASIFA Central 

Post 751 - Cleaning Out Another Box - More Animation! This for a Head Start Program in Michigan's U.P.

This was a completed project (for once!) from 1998.  It took only about 150 drawings to flesh this out,  and I believe it was actually used by the client.  Next I hope to have material from this century!

An assembly of each step along the way, working to the final version.  

The client couldn't decide which color - blue or turquoise - would "project well," so I built the scene both ways.  Same with the end - keep it still, or pull back?  Semper Gumby! 

 

Music was added for this presentation, ca 1908 material from the Animating Apothecary Audio Archives.

 

 

Post 734 - A New Line I've Never Heard Before - Updated 27 April 2025

And it's STILL silent!  An evolving ASIFA Central project contribution...

 Some more randomness, unsynched, with additional frames to the mix on 27 April:

 

 And a final bit of whoopee for 19 June:

 

Post 722 - ASIFA Central Newsletter for February 2025 - click image to enlarge

 

Post 719 - 2025's IAD Poster Released!

Lucija Mrzljak created this year's IAD Poster.  She is a Croatian animation film director based in Estonia, teaching at the Estonian Academy of Fine Arts.
Since 2016, Lucija directed several acclaimed animated short films, produced at the Eesti Joonisfilm studio in Tallinn and Adriatic Animation studio in Zagreb. Film "Eeva" (2022) premiered at the Berlinale 2023 and went on to be screened and awarded at numerous film festivals, earning a place on the shortlist for the 2024 Academy Awards and Emile Awards for best character and background design.
In addition to her film work, Lucija collaborated with Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard in 2019, directing the music video for "The Closing Door." In 2024 she worked with a renowned Estonian musician Mari Kalkun directing a music video for her song Maaimä (Mother Earth).
As an illustration artist Lucija has published several children’s books and created posters for many film festivals.

Her project "statement":
"For my ASIFA World Animation Day poster, I embraced a classical approach, working with graphite and colour pencil on paper to create a tangible, hand-drawn aesthetic. The central inspiration behind the poster is the concept of animation as "light in the dark," a creative force that illuminates and brings life to the unseen. I also drew inspiration from the visionary pioneers of animation, such as Émile Reynaud, Eadweard Muybridge, Joseph Plateau, and Simon Stampfer.  The poster pays homage to their legacy while celebrating the timeless artistry of animation.  Animation continues to evolve as a powerful medium for storytelling and self-expression, inspiring new generations to push creative boundaries and keep the light shining."
 

Post 714 - January 2025 ASIFA Central Newsletter

 Fourteen pages - go large or go home!

(Ok, it's all digital, no need to get hyperbolic - bad for the digestion, after all)

Here and at asifa.org

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