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I actually have been working this past week, I’m just nowhere near ready to share any animation yet. Here though is a still from a work-in-progress. Everything might look different in the final thing, but at least this is evidence I’ve been doing something. [...] I interrupt this series of Ziz iterations to tell you about a new book you are likely to enjoy. It’s called Crazy Little Thing: Why Love and Sex Drive us Mad, by Liz Langley. Why are you reading about it here on my blog? Because there’s a whole chapter about ME, that’s why! Apparently … [...] See, this is why I leave myself open to comments, even though they can cause discomfort. Sasha Rubel made an excellent suggestion. On areas that were already brown, I used gold outlines. [...] Two Zizzes, actually. The first has black outlines, which are thicker in the animated gif than the source file: The second has no outlines, reminding me of 1930′s travel posters. Maybe this Ziz is on its way to visit Palestine. [...] Slight improvements? Or exprovements? Either way, I’m still fiddling and posting the Ziz as it develops. I’ve only just learned that if you post a work in progress, everyone wants to tell you how to change it. Not once did I request advice, but advice is clearly what I’ll get if I post … [...] This is a test. This is only a test. [...] I can’t stop! And I haven’t even added color yet. This one replaces the sin-wave wings with the stiffer wings I made before, adjusted for a 24-frame cycle. [...] This one has a beak and a different mane, a whole new head design actually. Also: dotted lines everywhere. In case you’re wondering, all these modifications aren’t in pursuit of the Perfect Ziz. Any of the ones I’ve made so far would be plenty adequate for storytelling, and my motto is, “Adequate is Good Enough.” … [...] This one’s for Ravi Swami. It needed a little movement in the neck and head, but I thought the feathers were too much. Of course I might redesign the head, so all this will have to be re-done, but who cares, I’m crazy. [...] Can I spend all day doing this? Without showering or leaving my apartment? Yes, yes I can. Now you know. This one has a feathery mane. [...] Those previous Zizzes are 36-frame cycles at 24-frames-per-second; each cycle lasts 1.5 seconds. Above is a faster Ziz, on a 24-frame cycle. Because I left various components spaced per the 36-frame version, this one’s a lot more “active” – curvier, wavier, more energetic – as well as being faster. [...] Do you have any idea how many versions of these I generate in a day? A lot. I can’t possibly post them all. But here’s another one that I think improves upon the last one, by adjusting the timing of the legs and synchronizing the pairs of wings. [...] So many details, so many things that can be tweaked in animation. This version is sinuous and sin-wavy, including trunk and tail. It took a full day to make these changes that may hardly be noticed by some. But, I am curious, and I’m into the kinds of wave animation that are possible in … [...] This Ziz is in progress, people, as in not finished, so go easy on me. [...] Some infinities are bigger than others. This Leviathan has a few extra receding loops, making it more infinite than the version I posted earlier. [...] |
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