Post 678 - Annoying Benny With Some Flicker Tests

(c) 2024 Jim Middleton, Animating Apothecary

 (visual inspired by a shot in Dr. Cyclops, 1940)

Post 677 - ASIFA Central Newsletter for June 2024

 Click on image to enlarge!  Also see the archive at asifa.org

(cc) 2024 ASIFA Central

Post 676 - ASIFA Central is Packin' Plympton! International Animation Day for October, 2024

 

ASIFA Central 2024

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 674 - Not Even Being Polite - Veredictum

 

Sometimes the abyss looks back

 

But there's always this bit of information (in short, if you visit Russia, you may not be able to come back to the US?):

Countries That Deny Entry to Felons 

• Argentina
• Australia
• Brazil
• Cambodia
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Ireland
• Israel
• Japan
• Kenya
• Macau
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Peru
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
  

Post 673 - Making Use of an Edison Diamond Disc Recording

 And who doesn't like "Glow Worm," a toe-tapper from 1902!!

(c) 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

Post 672 - Making One Mess After Another - Untimed Pencil Tests

(c) Jim Middleton, The Ambulating Apothecary 2024

 

And now, ready for some noises: 

 

 

 

Post 671 - ASIFA Analytical and Articulatory Animation Analyses - Appendix for May 2024

reprinted with permission - author contacts: Karl Cohen at  karlcohen@earthlink.net and Alex Dudok de Wit substacks with delirious abandon at https://substack.com/@dudeydok

 

Post 670 - Repurpose Everything!

 Once a bit of material has been put together, why limit it to one fleeting use!

"It's all good!"

 

Post 669: How Things Begin (with updates through 16 May 2024)

 Animate ASIFA, you say?  OK, test #1:

Test #2:

Test #3:

Now for some shading and details...

Test #4: Music added

Test #5 : With Different Music! (the things that pop up in the archives!)

Get Benny involved, you say?  OK, test #2:

(cc) 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary

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 667 - 2/3's to 1000!!! Time for Another Sketch Dump!

           If there's a story among these, I'm certain it doesn't end well...

(may include duplicates from earlier posting - trying to "close the books" at the ol' apothecary studios)

Failed costume design

Testing new brand of sketch pens

This just looks painful

Mock Up for Dreamscape Project

Study for Sfumato #4

Prototype for Analog Recording Telescope

study for Sfumato #4

all sketches (c) 2024 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary