Post 747 - Testing sketches from last November

Tossing in some details and other experiments amid a November 2024 stack of sketches, representing several "works in progress" (I'll have to live forever).

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 And a bit more play time - 

And...

And now on to other doodles...more as this progresses...

Post 675 - One to Have, One to Hold - The RIFF in Rochester, New York June 6-8

(for Political Asylum)

(at Eastman Kodak, earlier that day)

(details to follow - an incredible journey and experience)

 

Post 668 - "Political Asylum" Annoys THE WORLD!

Delaware - final status on May 19

And Later, on May 19th:

"Exceptional Merit" - Woo Hoo!

Australia - July 31

Iceland (they also selected "Seule Tod", something that feels like I made at about the time of the French Revolution) - November 25

New York - June 6-8 - Oh My Double Gawd was this an incredible experience!!!!

Texas - April 1 - made the showing, didn't take a prize (aww)

New York City - May 23 (also with "Animating Buster Keaton: Home")

 

Burlington, Iowa -- Saturday July 13, 11am "Saturday Morning Cartoon" block of films

 

"Best Original Animation Style" in Germany, June 2024

For August 22, 2024 - Baker City, Oregon

Princeton Garden Theatre, Princeton, NJ on July 28, 2024

 

Link to a Version for Hearing Impaired, especially for Minnesota - Click Here

(c) 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Post 659 - The Sfumata Propagate in Pennsylvania

Sfumato #1 - Flute Solo in SFUMATOSCOPE with SUBTITLES wiggles its way into the HVAF in State College, Pennsylvania.  See what all the muttering is about  - Here to Flute Solo

 

 

Post 636 - Coming Soon to a Festival Near You!

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 Likely the "final cut" - click here

Post 623 - Exposing Yourself Like It's 1999 - Exposure Sheets for "Sfumato #1: Flute Solo"

Ah the good old early tech days of digital animation - here was an exercise, rendered in the DOS 6 version of Autodesk Animator Pro, requiring frame by frame layering, one sequence at a time, in a day when a VGA GenLock was as good as output to video could get for the "hobbyist."

It was a further challenge since the Autodesk program rendered things out at 15fps, the sound was on a separate TAPE, and the cylinder used broke in mid-play on its second take, requiring a fast edit using a pause button on the cassette playback.  A 1906 recording with a second generation dupe - yeah, good times, good times.

Here's a re-render of the project, done this year as a test for "Sfumatoscope!"

Click HERE for the "Updated Video" 

Even had to create my own exposure sheets to try figuring it out. I know, I could have been watching football.  This was still more fun, honestly.  A sampling:

(c) 1999, 2023, Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Post 608 - Refreshing Depression - Pencil Test

 Tick tock tick tock!

(c) 2023 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary