PROGRESS

Just thought I'd update my last post. I am at this writing a third done with the animation of the rotoscoping I was planning to do. not bad progress and with a little luck I should have it done by next week as long as we aren't hit by a hurricane or something. I am at the moment very pleased at the results and this is more the effect I was hoping for. The nice thing about rotoscoping in Photoshop is that you can separate the drawing on layers so that you don't have to constantly redo section that stay still.

Am currently working on the design of the character Lil' Liza Jane. I think there too I am making progress . But don't hold me to it.

Mulligan Syndrome

Mulligan in golf

In golf, a mulligan is a retaken shot on the first tee box, usually due to a previously errant one. Traditionally, mulligans are allowed only on the first tee shot (one per round) and are not just taken at any time of the golfer's choosing. It is sometimes called a "Finnegan" when the second shot is worse than the first. Golf tournaments held for charity may even sell mulligans to collect more money for the charity.

I recently have come to the realization that I suffer from yet another malady. Arthritis, colitis, nearsightedness, cataracts, no thyroid and diabetes. And now ... Mulligan Syndrome. This disease causes one to desire to redo things. Correct mistakes. Yoko thinks I should just let things go ... and she's right.

In design work ... I an constantly redesigning. Poor Carl and Danny. I have used them as sound boards, getting their opinions over minor details. I've forgotten how many versions of Old Joe Clark I've done. I've been fussing ... am fussing ... over every detail.

Sometimes I think it stands in the way of getting things done. Sometimes I think it's the only way to get things done.

I took a chance and found what pieces of Dulci-Toon #000. With these I can redo the ending. What I did with the ending was to separate the image from the green screen, run it through filters to make it look like a cartoon. I did every other frame so it came out a little jerky. And the capture devise has to be watched that it doesn't jump frames.

So this time, I'm using a 30 frame a second frame rate. I have carefully extracted each and every frame. and will in Photoshop rotoscope in a more traditional manner. This will make the effect I was looking for in the first place. About 300 drawings worth.

I have another sequence to redo as well that I will try and animate in Flash. The piece it will replace is an example of settling. I have one more section to insert as well.

This will commit me to doing the original cartoon that I had hope to use this as a set up for.

I can do this.

I can finish this.

Really.

Can I rewrite this post?

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.