Jumell's Journal

Animation Project

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:38:10 GMT

Have started on a stop-motion animation project. Nothing exactly defined as of yet, just something to get myself back into the swing of building stuff. Since I am limited on space (don't want to sprawl), I decided to keep my animation space to 2 feet by 2.5 feet. Depending on the scale I use the most, this would equate to a 24 foot by 30 foot soundstage or just a 12 foot by 15 foot soundstage. Puppets will be forthcoming! Pictures are of just the set up as it looks right now; a 1/4" pegboard floor elevated to allow access underneath for tie-downs, a couple of warm-white fluorescent lights for general lighting. This project was started as a handshaken agreement between myself and Skadjer to actually have something in the way of an animation project in production by March of 2009.

The stage is on top of a filing cabinet, mostly for stability (several hundred pounds of paper and wood). The two human figures are about twelve inches tall (technically, 11.3", making them 5' 8" tall at 1:6 scale). More images will be posted as I clean them up and have something worthwhile showing. The stage will be clamped to the filing cabinet with home-made wooden clamps at the front. The two plywood pieces supporting the edges of the pegboard are L-shaped; the leg of the L is going down behind the cabinet.

Random Blather

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:46:38 GMT

Noticed it has been a while since I have even posted anything here, not really much to discuss in my daily life. However, I have stumbled upon a fellow stop-motion animation maven. That got me thinking about getting back into doing some form of animation tinkering again, purely for experimentation sake. I have also been getting myself more psyched up to push for a costume of some sort for Ren-Faires/Sci-Fi and Fantasy conventions. Will post images as soon as they are scanned and colored.

Digital 'quippage

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:50:39 GMT

I had been meaning to get myself some up-to-date audiovisual recording gadgets and I have them in my hot little hands. Picked up a video camera to get back into the videography hobby and picked up a digital still camera to play around with. Managed to actually spend almost a 1/3 less than I did with my 35mm still camera rig! The still camera will now enable me to snap pics and post them to my journal. Stay tuned!

I am finally here!

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:27:39 GMT

Okay Kiteless! I'm here! This should prove to be an interesting experiment to say the least. To all of those who may stumble upon this, I am not anyone of consequence; I am merely an artist with an unhealthy interest in fantasy creatures, namely dragons and griffins, though I don't draw nearly enough for some folks tastes! ;) I am finally getting into creating conceptual art for those who need it and may one day make it a job that pays the bills; the first thing that I must do though is to reduce the bills to a minimum so that I can actually make it pay! Anyway, I am here to offer my comments on the world at large and maybe even share a few of the artpieces that I create.