Turn ... Turn ... Turn ...

The clip below is a test for a section of OJC ... it's for the line "Round and around Old Joe Clark/Round and round it goes/Round and around Old Joe Clark/ Whats old is new again."

Spin 2 from John Morgan on Vimeo.

This was done in Flash by creating a symbol and then 2 copies on different layers different directions and coloring. The top two layers were on a lower alpha unit. When I re do this I will probably want to use a drop shadow filter.

Valentine's Day Card 2011

This is the Valentine's Day card I did for my wife, Yoko. It is very limited digital puppet animation. Did I mention it was limited animation. Done in a very short time, I recorded the musical piece in Audocity. The character are based on our pets, the cats Fergie and Jo Jo and our dog Elvis. They were done in Photoshop and imported in Flash. Considering the time constraints I think it came out well.

valantinecard from John Morgan on Vimeo.

Sweat Box 69 003

Further experimentation with the green screen. This is a little more successful.

Sweat Box 003 from John Morgan on Vimeo.

Sweat Box 69 002

An experiment with green screens. I had problem with the background and could not get it to sync up. Needed to be done at 30 frames per second. It was a failed project, originally a test for commercial for the Gail Knapp Memorial Dulcimer Fund, a charity to help provide dulcimers for those who couldn't afford them themselves. It was determined that this might cause too much a strain on the participants running the charity itself.

Sweatbox 69 Assignment 002 from John Morgan on Vimeo.

Sweat Box 69 001

Here is the new version of my video blog. The first episode is about doing the titles to said blog.

sweatbox001 from John Morgan on Vimeo.

Lost Weekend

I'm sitting here on the couch seeing my weekend ... once again slip away.

My back is out. I am not only tethered on line but to the heating pad. Soooo ... I'm overdue to catch up.

This project has gone one far too long. So long ... even I have lost count. The years and the amount of times I have started from scratch ... yet again. But it's not like I haven't made progress. I actually have a "Dulci-toon" finished ... the problem is that it is not the first one. That one at least the work I had done was all lost as the external hard drive crashed (literally) when it was knocked off the shelf of the coffee table by Fergie, our cat. It is for the best as I will do it better ... but once again I am at square one.

Here is what I have accomplished:

1.) I have created my company banner or titles.

2.) I have created opening titles.

3.) A commercial

4.) End titles

5.) and an ending bumper.

All the above can be re-edited or simply tacked on to new episodes leaving me to just have to work on the content of the cartoon.

6.) I have gotten the help of Stephen Seifert to work on the Old Joe Clark episodes.

7.) I have worked on character designs for the characters Old Joe Clark and Aunt Rhodie.

The real challenge is that I have now developed diabetes and had my thyroid removed. It is imperative for me to loose weight ... so that takes up much of my time. Between that, work , husbandly duties the lawn and practicing my dulcimer and the cigar box guitar and learning new techniques and programs ... there is little time for such a time consuming activity but somehow I find that time.

Oh yeah 3 blogs and a web site ... including this one ... I hope to have time to blog this one too.