A Plan to Sculpt History

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For some reason, the GIF "Whole Lotta Mobbin'" has problems loading up, despite several attempts. It loaded up fine on three other websites, taking longer on the Arts Forums. It is my longest GIF, lasting 20 seconds, so there's a lot of information on it, but nothing compared to, for example, a YouTube video.

While creating art with GIFs, I'm also experimenting with the media, and that's what this one's all about. New backdrop designs have been fashioned which are stronger, plus a sturdier shelf has been added to the staging area. As this will be on exhibition at the historical library, it needs to be shored up and made to look more interesting.

This GIF was made with the only editing being the addition of word balloons and mouth movements- no shrinking down or numbering the images as I did in dozens of GIFs, which is a time-consuming process.
 
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This one was shot from above and included a paragraph from Rev. Edward Ward's book who was a supporter of Lovejoy and was also Harriet Beecher Stowe's brother.

This is the early morning of November 7, 1837, the press had just arrived, was stored in the warehouse, and there was no mob action, so Beecher & Lovejoy were hopeful.
 
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reteP said:
Just letting you know @Davey Do , I must be slow because I could not read the last few GIFs on the first or second go. It almost got me to give it a miss.
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I appreciate the feedback, reteP, and agree with you- the narratives fly by too quickly to easily be read.

These GIFs are primarily works in progress and are not the final products. One of my greatest loves about art is that creating each project, New Worlds are discovered and, like Orson Welles was reputed to say, "I don't want to hear about those damned Vikings!"

If I would approach every project assured of the outcome, it would become a boring, systematic process, like playing a video game or uploading someone else's work online: predictable. If I pursue an idea without the assurance of acceptable product, it's an exciting venture.

So with this GIF: it was an experiment and the product is substandard, but the process was fun as hell. As my Child Davey Do said while holding a crayon, "I'm either going to get really good at this, or become extremely mundane".

Thanks again for the critique, reteP- I thrive on that.


BTW: Here's a black & white version of even poorer quality than the GIF above, but I like the "feel" of the action.



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Thank you so very much for those links, @reteP.

A big portion of the enjoyment which I get out of doing art is the hands-on process, and being self-taught, I've enjoyed making my own discoveries and using the tools at hand in manipulating my media to achieve a desired effect.

imgflip.com does exactly what I was looking for: it takes my images and arranges them into a no more than 20 second animation. The site also features tools to control the speed and a few others with which I am satisfied.

I thoroughly enjoy the tools I use, and like Dad said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Thanks again, reteP!
 

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Well, I finally am able to load up the "Whole Lotta Mobbin'' GIF by editing it to a black & white animation. My guess is that fewer pixels are used and decreases the complexity of the work. The image was also downgraded from 500 x500 pixels to 360 x 360.




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Extreme measures have been taken in order to locate the missing computer tablet stylus, as the art room's been cleaned and organized somewhat in desperate hopes the gods would give a reward of locating said pen.

It looks rather bleak at the movement, despite these heroic acts such as crawling around on the floor, sweeping, vacuuming, taking out the trash, and looking through every container and drawer.

We can only hope rescue is possible, so please do keep us in your prayers...
 
Well, this is exciting!

A discussion was took place this afternoon with Lacy, the manager of the Historical Library and November 6, 2024, at 6:30pm, I am to give this Lovejoy Presentation, which will last at least 90 minutes.

I enquired to the size and other capabilities on the images which the library could provide and was informed they would be on a big screen, however Lacy was unsure if certain frames could be frozen for easy reading.

Thinking of @reteP's links, a search was done, and extending frame time was an option on one of the sites, in that, I could extend the GIF from 20 seconds to 34 seconds!

As the GIF played, the narrative portions were read out loud and the timing was found to be adequate.

Here is the edited GIF:



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My thanks to reteP, and to those who continue to show interest and support!

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