Chad Gadya embroidermation finished at last!

After a little over a year and a half, and many interruptions, we finally finished our embroidermated short, Chad Gadya. While we were working on it (actually I was working, Theo was procrastinating) this other embroidered short came out, but there are differences. Thanks to Theodore Gray’s stitchcoding in Mathematica, we weren’t restricted by (invariably crappy) off-the-shelf … Continue reading “Chad Gadya embroidermation finished at last!”

What Is Copyright?

Which picture best depicts Copyright? Vote in comments. I’ll be asking this question tonight at this talk: Questioning Copyright: Sharing or Stealing? Date: 5/11/2015 Start Time: 7:00 PM End Time: 8:30 PM This event will be at Pizza M, 208 West Main Street, downtown Urbana. Delicious snacks from Pizza M will be provided. Description:  Does … Continue reading “What Is Copyright?”

A Bug in My Ass

So I’m animating an ass for Seder-Masochism, so the Hebrews have something to carry their stuff out of Egypt so their arms are free to let them walk  jauntily and leap around. I export a test and see this weird artifact on the upper foreleg. Flash is rendering the shape as it looks in vector editing mode. If … Continue reading “A Bug in My Ass”

Moses Goes Down

Here is Exodus 3-7, too much to quote here. Featuring the Burning Bush, Moses, Hebrew slaves, strange gods (actually goddesses), Aharon, Pharaoh, a staff turning into a snake, and sing-along phonetic hieroglyphs. The introduction to this scene is “God Calls Moses to Mt. Horeb”. Music: Go Down Moses Arranged and performed by Louis Armstrong (with … Continue reading “Moses Goes Down”

The Ten Plagues of Egypt

Here they are, in order, in time for Passover: all Ten Plagues I animated for Seder-Masochism, my feature-film-in-progress. Yes, they will be joined together by a unifying narrative device in the final film, but for now they exist as separate clips. Click on each one for more information and higher resolution. Like this work? Donate … Continue reading “The Ten Plagues of Egypt”