cassidy, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to ai

I really like the convention of using ✨ sparkle iconography as an “automagic” motif, e.g. to smart-adjust a photo or to automatically handle some setting. I hate that it has become the defacto iconography for generative AI. 🙁

#AI #LLM #LLMs #GenerativeAI #design #ML

eclectech, 4 months ago (edited 1 month ago) to animation

• I've got to do something about the Friday dancers. Adding one a week is chaos. There's either a mass of overlapping flailing limbs or the dancers are TINY.

• Ah. Shame. You going to archive the first thirty away & start a new one?

• [...]

• I said, are you going to...

• Yeah, yeah, we've been here before, I know what you said.

drum roll

WE'VE GONE TO SPACE! 🚀

Have a good weekend all!

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 4 months ago to animation

Well, miracle of miracles, I have remembered it's Friday 🎉

The Friday dancers like to be topical when they can, but New Year is annoyingly on a Monday so they are celebrating the in-between days; reflecting on the past, anticipating the future.

And dancing, very badly, obvs.

#sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

A hand drawn animated loop of 30 dancers (1 added every Friday for the last 30 weeks), each doing their own moves. They stand on cartoon clouds against a teal background, in three groups. The furthest away are in a row, and individual dancers have letters on their torsos spelling out GOODBYE 2023. The middle range form a row reading HELLO 2024. In the front are the final set dancing in front of a rainbow that appears and disappears in a sparkling swoop. On the left is a sign, stuck in the cloud, reading THE INBETWEEN DAYS.

eclectech, 4 months ago to animation

Week 29 of adding a dancer a week & this is becoming absolute CHAOS. On reflection the hats & bells have not helped calm it down, but not to worry.

So time to wish everyone a very happy weekend, & if you celebrate Christmas I hope your festivities are exactly what you want, & if you don't celebrate I hope your non-festivities are exactly what you want.

Right. I'm off to jingle some bells.

#xmasScribbles #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

A hand drawn animation. There are three clouds on a teal backdrop. The front cloud has a single dancer with a red torso, tall fluffy Santa hat, and holding a golden bell in each hand. They are flanked by two Christmas trees, with small rainbows appearing and disappearing at their peak, and bells on their branches. The two clouds behind each contain more dancers, one from each week I've been doing this, each doing their own move. Each has a torso of a single rainbow colour. Some have leg warmers. One does the gangnam style with sunglasses on. For this festive edition a number of them wear different Santa hats, but one has picked a Viking helmet, another a brightly coloured clown wig, and another a top hat and bow tie. Got to embrace your own path.

eclectech, 5 months ago to animation

It's early in the afternoon but I am declaring the weekend OPEN with week 28 of the Friday Sparkly Rainbow Dancers doing their oh-so-funky thing. Have a good one lovelies.

#sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

A hand drawn animation. There are three clouds on a teal backdrop. The front cloud has a single dancer with a yellow torso, and two small rainbows appearing and disappearing behind them, sparkling as they come and go. The two clouds behind each contain more dancers, one from each week I've been doing this, each doing their own move. Each has a torso of a single rainbow colour. Some have leg warmers. One does the gangnam style with sunglasses on.

eclectech, 5 months ago to animation

• Hey, so, what are you posting? Another pet in a festive hat?

• Nah. Nothing like that.

• Ah. Probably wise. You start to look a little, y'know, obsessive. So, what ARE you posting?

• Oh. It's the 27th Friday in a row that I've made a new dancer for a cartoon cloud with a sparkly rainbow, so I'm posting that.

• [...]

#sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

A hand drawn animation. There are two clouds on a teal backdrop. The front cloud has a single dancer with an orange torso, and a rainbow appearing and disappearing behind them, sparkling as it comes and goes. The second cloud is above it and contains 26 more dancers, once from each week I've been doing this, each doing their own move. Each has a torso of a single rainbow colour.

eclectech, 5 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

Yaaaaaay! It's Friday!

Been a loooooong week but I'm done. Woohoo!

Friday dancer number 25 is giving the floss a go. They would very much like it if you didn't point out that their arms should be straight. They are, deep down, a very bendy people and they couldn't keep that hidden.

ahem

Anyhoo... here's to a fine weekend, full of fine things, for all you fine people.

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 6 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

Oh my goodness. Today is the closest I've got to not managing my weekly Friday dancer for the rainbow cloud. Been a super-busy week.

BUT

Week 24. Couldn't miss it. I call this dance "accidentally glued my foot to the floor, but I'm not going to let that stop me".

As ever, hope your weekend is a good one.

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 6 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

We got there! It's Friday!

It's week 23 of the Sparkly Rainbow Dancers and they're all strutting their oh-so-funky stuff.

And OMG, someone last week mentioned adding legwarmers and now I can't stop laughing.

Here's to your weekend being as good as it can be 🥂

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 6 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

It's the weekend lovelies. Hope yours is as good as it can be.

For week 22 of the Friday Sparkly Rainbow Dancers I've slacked a bit in terms of the dance move (not for the first time, tbh), but they've all got colourful snuggly jumpers on.

Getting a bit chilly here in Scotland.

#FridaySparklyDancers #SillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 6 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

Ah, it's nearly 4.30 on a Friday afternoon, I am declaring the weekend open with week 21 of the Sparkly Rainbow Dancers.

This week's new dancer did a preview earlier in the week, but is joining the squad with a shorter version, because getting them all to loop in time is becoming something I have to think about.

Have a good weekend all 🙂

#FridaySparklyDancers #SillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 7 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

Time to wish you all a lovely weekend, and some respite from difficult times if possible.

This weeks dancer would like to apologise for their lack of rehearsal time.

Someone might have briefly forgotten it was Friday.

ahem

#FridaySparklyDancers #SillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 7 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to animation

It's that time of the week again.

Time to look in the mirror and ask myself "when ARE you going to stop doing this?!"*

Anyhow... here's week 18 of the sparkly rainbow dancers. Have a splendid weekend people!

*Not yet, obvs.

#FridaySparklyDancers #SillyScribbles #animation #dance #sparkles #FridayFeeling #silly #drawing

eclectech, 7 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

Well, this week has been quite a week, and today in particular has been Quite A Day, but a lazy weekend beckons, and despite it being Quite A Day all is OK so...

deep breath

Have a fabulous weekend lovelies. We all deserve it.

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 7 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

It's Friday! YAY!

A slightly new cloud formation for the sparkly rainbow dancers this week because we're up to week 16 and it was time.

Have a lovely weekend people.

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 8 months ago to drawing

Sparkly rainbow dancer at rest.

#silly #drawing #animation #sleep #sparkles #SillyScribbles

A drawn cloud against a teal background. A simple figure lies on it, sleeping (zzzzs move in the background). A rainbow appears form sparkles and lifts the sleeper up until their centre of gravity makes them slide back down onto the cloud as the rainbow disappears.

eclectech, 8 months ago to drawing

I was thinking about something @teapot_ben said yesterday about not having the energy of the sparkly dancers by the time it gets to Friday.

And I thought "OK, maybe the new dancer needs to rehearse, but the others should get some down-time".

And then I made this Saturday morning nonsense.

#silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles

A short looping animation of a simple drawn figure practicing a silly dance move (of sorts), standing on a cloud on a teal backdrop. On the left, at the edge of the cloud another figure sits and reads a book. Periodically the sparkly Friday rainbow appears from underneath the reader, pinging them up into the air. As the rainbow disappears they drop back down with a wee bounce and continue reading, seemingly unconcerned at the interruption.

eclectech, 8 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

The Friday sparkly dancers are here for your delight and delectation* and to wish you all a very fine weekend.

• delight and delectation, unfortunately, not guaranteed

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 8 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

It's that time* again... week 14 of the sparkly rainbow dancers welcoming the weekend with a wee boogie. Have a good one!

• strictly speaking 3.20pm is probably a bit early, but I've done everything I need to do and it's very hot, and that's good enough for me to declare the weekend open

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 8 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

• Hey. Have you ever thought that when you start a wee series you should set a limit, so you know when to finish?

• Aye, I have thought that.

• Have you ever DONE it?

• Nah.

ahem

On a related note, the Week Thirteen Sparkly Dancer and I would like to wish you all a splendid weekend.

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 8 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

It's that time of the week lovely people. The weekend nears. Time to get the sparkles out and be funky. Have a good one.

funks

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 9 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

It's Friday! Time to wish everyone a good weekend with the sparkly rainbow cloud dancers!

Eleven weeks, eleven dancers, and all because (as is becoming increasingly evident) I find it difficult to stop something once I've started.

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

eclectech, 9 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to drawing

It’s Friday! The weekend is near! Time to get out the sparkles and dance!*

Week ten of adding a dancer to the cloud disco. I should probably stop here, but I might not.

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #drawing #animation #dance #sparkles #SillyScribbles #FridayFeeling

• Dancing not compulsory. It’s the weekend. You do you. But have a good one if you can.

eclectech, 9 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to dance

Huzzah - it's Friday evening. Time to welcome the weekend with the expanding sparkly rainbow dancers.

Have a good one people!

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #dance #animation #rainbow #sparkles #drawing #FridayFeeling #SillyScribbles

eclectech, 9 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to dance

Time for the Friday sparkly dancers (a bit early really, but I'm heading AFK today).

Had to add an extra cloud this week, as there was no way anyone else could dance on the same cloud without someone getting whacked in the face or their toes trodden on.

This does mean I now see a way to drag this wee series out a stupidly long time, so yay(?) for that.

Have a good weekend people!

#FridaySparklyDancers #silly #dance #animation #rainbow #sparkles #drawing #FridayFeeling #SillyScribbles