Every Friday for the last 52 weeks I have added a new dancer to the canvas. I now claim my crown as Queen of Pointless Projects & hope that you all have a splendid weekend, if you possibly can 👑
The bumbling and fiery-tempered Donald Fauntleroy Duck made his debut in a short animation film on June 9, 1934. Nearly a century later, he remains one of animation's most beloved characters, DW reports: https://www.dw.com/en/donald-duck-turns-90/a-69255461
Many years ago there was an art show for kids on UK TV which would show a gallery of viewers pictures while playing Left Bank Two. When I got to a year of dancers I thought I should at least put them to music once, but finding something to fit them all would be impossible, so I thought I'd make a musical gallery with that vibe.
Here it is. A year of Fridays & some easy listening.
A hand drawn animated video. A rainbowappears and disappears on screen with sparkly ends as the title screen reads: Project #FridaySparklyDancers. Sparkles and rainbows and groovy moves. Initial target: add a dancer every Friday until I run out of space. Secondary target: may as well try and do it for a year now..." Easy listening music comes in and a series of 52 clouds drift by, some going left, some right. Each has a rainbow appearing and disappearing, and a single dancer doing their unique and occasionally inexplicable moves. Each cloud has a number, showing which week they were the dancer for. At the end the copy reads "Have a good weekend if you possibly can" with the word good also surrounded by the words sparkly, wonderful, funky, joyful, splendid and relaxing.
"...Gainax, known for producing the popular #Anime series "Neon Genesis #Evangelion," said Friday that it filed for #Bankruptcy at #Tokyo District Court on May 29.
Founded in 1984, the Tokyo-based company produced hit anime titles, including the Evangelion series by film director #HideakiAnno and "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water..."
I just finished Scavengers Reign, an animated sci-fi series. It was so inventive. Quiet, even when chaotic. And filled with an imaginative ecosystem of plants and wildlife. The illustration style is also rad. Very 60s.
I’m really bummed it didn’t get tapped for a second season. Though Netflix is teasing at the idea. So maybe?
Anyway, the first season is SO worth your time. Even if it ends there.
Watching Scavengers Reign tonight. I'm starting episode 5, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. It's kind of creepy and disgusting in a way. I'm not a big fan of horror flicks and this seems to skirt the edge.
The Glassworker is a really intriguing feature-length anime-style film from #Pakistan 🇵🇰.
As a friend of mine observed, the studio did some interesting design choices that obviously was meant to appeal to an international audience. The depicted nation appears to be fictional but has elements of European and Middle Eastern cultures in it.
Ich bin immer wieder überrascht, wozu ich mich im #Ehrenamt breitschlagen lasse und was das für Spaß macht. Mitte Juni mache ich mit einer Kollegin meinen ersten französischsprachigen Workshop für Kinder (ich habe bisher nur mit Erwachsenen gearbeitet).
Und im August spiele ich eine fahrende Händlerin, die Klamotten und Zeug repariert (unter anderen "Colporteurs") - eine Animation zu unserer Sommerausstellung. Ich liebe das, immer wieder Neues zu lernen!
A casual reminder that #ScavengersReign is now on #Netflix. Yes the #animation is amazing. But I also want to point out the #music is great too. Exceptional moods, and all well constructed. Thank you Nicolas Snyder.
And can we get some flowers for the #VoiceActing? -Each- actor put in such good work and brings every moment alive.
Please try this show out. This has some of the hardest working art in animation recently. #SciFi#TV@animation@scifi
#scavengersreign is a rare bird, a shooting star. I was lucky enough to see it inside, work on it. Now it's re-released, let's keep this anomaly shining.