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I seem to have created something that looks great as an endlessly looping gif, but is hard to fit into the movie I created it for. I’m still trying to fit it in without overwhelming any scene it appears in.  Egyptian firstborn mummy  First flight of the ba  The ba passes Ammit and Anubis weighing the heart More?“Death of the Firstborn Egyptians” scenes for Seder-Masochism. I’m using a plain black background in these scenes to suggest the dead are “inside” Death, but the Egyptian art?I’m basing it on have light backgrounds, so it’s a bit of a stretch.
People have been asking how I made this, so I took some screen shots:  1. Basic segment shape Continue reading How to make a Leviathan in Macromedia Flash 8
I’m adapting the Leviathan I designed a few years ago into an Apep for the “Death of the Firstborn Egyptians” scene of Seder-Masochism. It’ll look more Egyptian later, but right now I’m just happy with the movement, which I re-timed to go with the music. It has a beat every 17 frames, kind of a pain to adjust but I’m pleased with the rhythm. An image representing “domestic coupledom,” inspired by?Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis, which I have really been enjoying lately. Continue reading ?ber Alles Continue reading Uraeus Disc I’m currently working on the “Death of the Firstborn Egyptians” chapter of Seder-Masochism. The little move above happens only once in the film, but I wanted to see it over and over, hence the gif. Continue reading Death cycle A wee taste of the progress?Theo and I are?making on our “Chad Gadya” embroidermation project. Frames of the animation are stitched in groups of 6,?arranged in a circle on matzo covers. We currently have 516 frames on 86 matzo covers, which I painstakingly finished by hand with multiple fabric layers and labels and everything. We hired Theo’s daughter, Emma, to help. Here she is ironing away while I?adjust a lining. Here I am topstitching?one of the 86 covers on a treadle sewing machine. We have a lot of additional photography, stitchcoding and stitching to do, but we are making progress. When the film is done the matzo covers will be for sale. Continue reading Chad Gadya embroidermation progress Due to horrific recent events, This Land Is Mine has gone viral again. Here’s a reminder that you don’t need permission to copy, share, broadcast, post, embed, subtitle, etc. Copying is an act of love, please copy and share.?Yes means yes. As for the music, it is Fair Use.?This Land Is Mine?is a PARODY of “The Exodus Song.”?That music was sort of the soundtrack of American zionism in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was supposed to express Jewish entitlement to Israel. By putting the song in the mouth of every warring party, I’m critiquing the original song.
Continue reading This Land Is Mine is yours I’m currently animating?the Death of the Firstborn Egyptians (Exodus 11:1-12:36) for Seder-Masochism. This is the miracle that started Passover! Hooray! I’m being sarcastic! Continue reading Death Makes a Holiday I’ve been designing Egyptian foliage for Seder-Masochism. The ancient Egyptian graphic style is pretty flat; there’s little if any perspective to give a sense of depth. However, animation?can give a sense of depth without compromising the graphic style. Thanks to the magic of parallax, each?still frame looks authentically flat, but in motion the scene looks 3-D. Nothing overlaps anything else but there’s still a foreground and background. Just one of many reasons animation is cool.
Continue reading Ancient Egypt parallax Which 24-frame cycle do you like more: Cycle A, “Clouds”, or… Cycle B, “Waves”? I personally prefer Cycle B, because I like backgrounds where everything is moving – I feel it gives it more depth. As a 2-D design the clouds look nice, but in an animated cycle their stillness bothers me. I did make a version with moving clouds, but on this 24-frame cycle they had to be very dense to repeat: Cycle C, “Repeating Clouds”. I?still prefer Cycle B. The sky pattern might be a bit unconventional, but I think it’s stylish.?Also I don’t like all that white in the background of A and C. The palette is limited to 10 colors because this Continue reading Chad Gadya cycling backgrounds A friend of mine told me she’s dating a guy who works in trains, and among other things can actually drive a train. Naturally I wanted to show her the Casey Jones?comic I made for Grateful Dead Comix in 1991, but I couldn’t find it anywhere online. I couldn’t even find it on my own hard drives – apparently I’d never even scanned it. Probably because everyone who worked on Grateful Dead Comix did it as work-for-hire. Well I don’t?play that no more, so here for your (and my friend’s) edification and enjoyment are all 8 pages of Casey Jones.?The Dead will have to censor this themselves, since?I’m not doing it Continue reading Drivin’ That Train |
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