Bring on the Night

..and I saw some beautiful animations in the Umeda Building's Hep Hall - where I bought this little animation projector. I've just finished building it today.

Animation Projector
























Now I just have to wait until it gets dark.

Something old, something new, and something ..arty farty - perhaps

Here is an old etching that surfaced the other day. It is one of my favourites. This is a proof on tissue paper. The finals are in an artist book (I think I did an edition of four) using text by Vladimir Holan, under the direction of Petr Herel.

Orpheus etching - 1994











Here is something new: Tomorrow by Mark McLeod. Lovely text, pared back and delicate. I think my little characters enjoyed being a part of this project.














A little comic drawn in Starcross























Arty Farty

Rhythms is an ongoing experiment. This version is really just a sketch - so it gets a bit choppy hither and thither. It's nice to watch with music - but I've kept the file size small with no sound - you choose your own music. :)

What's this little fizzy-eyed chap worried about?

excerpt

Animated etchings
(See pictures for process/context)

I've created a small excerpt from the Render Project. I still haven't popped up an updated showreel, and this is something I wanted to include.



It is called Marks and was completed in Feb 2007.












Possibly I could have named it 'foul bite'.























I made a nice discovery the other day. La Faim made in 1975 by Peter Foldes can be watched on the National Film Board of Canada website. It's a great animation. + There are many more from the NFB collection now accessable online. Including Chris Hinton's Flux
Some Driessen
And Cordell Barker's the Cat Came Back

Sugoi desu ne

Rie and little Yuuki (2 weeks old), Nagoya

Arimatsu Shibori. Arimatsu, Nagoya
(Shibori is a traditional Japanese form of tie dye) Very beautiful.











Uji inu (c/o G.Bertram pix)








Exciting socks, Uji






Carp at Byodo-in Temple, Uji










Pre Ghibli coffee at splendid Minorities Cafe, Koganecho.

Kasa and Yoshi








Tengu in the snow, Kurama. New Year.














On the Hankyu line I drew some 'crits'

Frog

Here is my old showreel. To be honest I am putting it here so as to remind me that it's about time I updated it.

The light is beautiful outside at the moment, as is the temperature, and the gentle rain. Today my mind has sustained the first few pages of a story I am reading. It's a chapter actually - and so far a giant frog has poured some tea and is making himself at home in Mr Katagiri's house. All at once I crave to read the story, yet I want to suspend that moment, or rather the vision of the frog pouring boiling water into the teapot. I have enjoyed this vision, it's resonance, throughout my day. I am reminded of it right now as the light outside matches this moment in the book.

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... it's all quiet.









..... until you click on this:



Song: Need a Miracle
Band: Machine Translations
Film clip: Kirrily Schell

(This clip is an edit from my much longer film Toots, with a few extra animated swirls for good measure. Thanks to Greg for the opportunity to make this.)