A Plan to Sculpt History

Thank you all for your interest & support.

@ PeppermintPatty: Sometimes it's best to not know the right answers, but the right questions to ask, and you, dear, have done this.

Two of the bodies, as you will see in the next image, were done as a unit with the bodies, but I made one with no arms on one, so molding clay will be used in order for the figure to hold things or for stop motion animation.

I submit these images to different websites I frequent, and to the manager of the local historical library. I've been honored with an award from one website plus a $100 gift card. On that website, an administrator noted that a lot of work goes into my creations and I responded that my art is a labor of love. You, PepprmintPatty, have a better take on the matter- it is "a lot of fun".

I've also been honored by the historical library who is displaying a figurine that I crafted in the Lovejoy exhibit case. Although I would do my art regardless of recognition, it is very nice when people, such as yourselves, show interest .

And now, back to our program.

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Davey Do said:
Thank you all for your interest & support.

@ PeppermintPatty: Sometimes it's best to not know the right answers, but the right questions to ask, and you, dear, have done this.

Two of the bodies, as you will see in the next image, were done as a unit with the bodies, but I made one with no arms on one, so molding clay will be used in order for the figure to hold things or for stop motion animation.

I submit these images to different websites I frequent, and to the manager of the local historical library. I've been honored with an award from one website plus a $100 gift card. On that website, an administrator noted that a lot of work goes into my creations and I responded that my art is a labor of love. You, PepprmintPatty, have a better take on the matter- it is "a lot of fun".

I've also been honored by the historical library who is displaying a figurine that I crafted in the Lovejoy exhibit case. Although I would do my art regardless of recognition, it is very nice when people, such as yourselves, show interest .

And now, back to our program.

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Well congratulations Davey Do. It’s great that your work IS getting recognized by others. That must have felt like such an honour to get a $100 gift card. You are brilliant at this. Keep up the fun work.
 
@PeppermintPatty - one of the guidelines in good verbal listening is to is first to acknowledge or affirm what the other party says. Too often, we are formulating our response while the other is speaking and then we do speak, we make it about us by saying statements which begin with "I". e.g. "I think..." or "I've done..."

Therefore- It is sensed that you are a good conversationalist, and I thank you for the acknowledgement.



A new method of Claymation is being tested which is faster than the previous method used, yet somewhat more complicated.



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And in black and white:

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Again, I want to send my appreciation for your continued interest and support for my submissions.

To those interested, and especially @Dustbunny, I'd like to share some info about animation techniques. Dustbunny will have appreciation for this, as she has done some GIFs and has some empirical knowledge of the effort and time required to manipulate this form of media.

Putting "serious Claymation" into the Search for YouTube videos will yield some outstanding results which were well worth watching. Then "creating Claymation" was put into the Search and there were some good basic techniques, but one individual- Kendra Fleishman- was outstanding. Ms. Fleishman is an older lady- I'd guess around the age of fifty- and she uses paper for her animation, but the production process is so involved, it is astounding. She is a charming lady with a good speaking voice, very entertaining, and cute as a bug.

My creations are simplistic compared to Kendra's. For example, when my characters say something, I merely make the mouth open and close for each word or syllable. She has her characters form each sound, like "ah, ee, oh, fa" etc.

Involved animation, unlike GIFs, can be very, very complicated. When I first got involved in the process, about four years ago, even the simplest programs were too much work for me to learn. I do my art, which is all self-taught, for relaxation and fun, but most animation was too much like work. I merely wanted to load up images and download animation and that was that. I discovered imageflip.com which does exactly that, for free!

If you like involved animation, you could do as I did, and I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Thanks again!
 
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Thanks @Davey Do . I still am fascinated with doing animations and the creativity it inspires. (that you inspired) Not sure if I could work on claymation, although tempted. Last time I worked in clay, I made jewelery, my favorite was making the little roses. Like you, I would go for the fun and creativity and not liken it to "work". I used to do a lot of 3D modeling on the computer. ( lots of creativity I found in doing that) However, I quit doing a lot of creative stuff because of AI. Why bother with doing it if people would rather just get an AI to do "perfect" things. Yes, I know, sorry for the rant.

I looked up Kendra's work. Wow! So involved. Thanks.
 
Rant on, my dear! I, too, prefer analog over digital.

"California Typewriter", available on YouTube is a great movie, and John Mayer encourages us to create in a hands-on analog manner, but to go ahead and share our work in a digital way, e.g. the internet. A concept which an educated, multi-talented individual like yourself might consider.

AND NOW....



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