Post 710 - Twenty Theatrical Poses from 1902 Edition of "The Peerless Speaker" by Homewood Publishing

Benny Bugg is going through the paces as a major thespian in an upcoming opus, and he needed guidance in the process. 

Fortunately, Homewood Publishers were at the forefront of such an educational opportunity for much of the last half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Those fond of  Chuck Jones' "The Dover Boys" will recognize a few of these theatrical gestures.  

Quite the outfit on this melodramatic model, too.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And Benny has been learning a few new moves along the way, too:

 

 

 

 

 

Post 681 - Another Discovery in Another Box! A Bumper Film! Wooo HOOO!

I found 100 painted cels from a 16mm project I completed in 1988, among my last film-specific bits of animation for "commercial purposes."   I recall it was projected once before sliding into the ether (the film, not me, I'm a strictly propofol kind of guy), but I have no clue which landfill currently holds the original footage.  

So, still in possession of a scanner that hasn't been abused for over a week now, I rebuilt the thing from the drawings, adding a wisp of PD music for the background.

(c) 1988, 2024, Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Also (c) 1988, 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

 

And, later

Something that I couldn't easily do in 1988 - namely, quickly change background and foreground to any number of textures and designs...  

(c) 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary