Animated cartoon Octopus made for an upcoming music show promo.
I hand drew the octopus in Adobe Animate, and composited into the scene by making the octopus a “3D Object” with a “floor” (water surface) made as a “cloud” in Adobe Photoshop. I added a ripple effect to the water in After Effects.
In front of the octopus I added a layer with bubbles.
The I added a brief fade in glow behind the octopus by duplicating the layer, and adding stylize> glow and radial blue and light streaks. I had it dissolve in by moving the TRANSPARENCY from zero to 100 a second later, then back down to zero another second later after that.
This was my first attempt:
I realized that the front arm of the octopus looked odd in a 3D scene.
So i sunk the octopus lower, so that it was partially under water. I duplicated the water layer and reduced its opacity to 75 percent. ( i had to make a copy of that water later and move it lower and under the first water layer. That way the black background wouldn’t make the water look darker.
This was my second render attempt.
You will note that I didn’t add the band logos over this render attempt. This time, I rendered that as a separate composition (with an Alpha channel) to be added later.
This is an (unauthorized) experiment in making an animated book cover.
I took and old internet image of a book cover for Robert Groden’s THE KILLING OF A PRESIDENT and cut it up into Adobe Photoshop layers and animated them in Adobe After Effects.
This may or may not be used in a documentary or ongoing webseries I work on.
This is almost the same project, but rendered in a vertical format.
Made with Adobe animate, flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe after effects and premiere
This a REVISED version:
In the original version, The coffee shop woman is in a barren, empty room. I changed it that she is surrounded by tables, empty tables. In the original version, at .14 seconds, the coffee shop girl looks down then we cut to a shot of her phone in her hand. I changed it so that now the coffee shop girl looks at her phone in the front shot, then we cut to a close up of the phone. In the original version, at around .45 seconds, 2 of the characters on the left side of the coffee shop, they accidntally “glitched off the screen” ( they disappear for two frames) I fixed it so that they dont disappear.
I have added new electronic “beep” sound effects, and and “engine trouble” sound effects
In the original version, at 1:32, a character glitched off the screen for a second. I fixed that.
In the original version, the end words were gray. I have changed them to outlined white ( thought it looked better).
A Heritage of Nonsense contains nine stories that illustrate Jim Garrison’s malfeasance, his paranoia, and his conspiratorial mindset. There is a commonality that runs through this book: the insidious nature of conspiracy theorists, gullibility that stretches the imagination, and a smattering of mental illness. For the first time ever, you’ll read about the East German Stasi files of Richard Case Nagell, a man who desperately needed psychiatric help; the truth about Rose Cherami who supposedly had foreknowledge of the JFK assassination; a gay rights activist who channeled Lee Harvey Oswald at a séance; a Las Vegas entertainer who became a suspect in Garrison’s investigation because of one phone call; and the search for a lost map of Dealey Plaza. I even solve a longstanding JFK assassination mystery. And a whole lot more.
“In the late 1960s, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison spoon-fed the public scenario upon scenario of implausible JFK assassination conspiracy theories, many of which have been adopted by well-known Warren Commission critics. Using actual evidence, clear reasoning, and common sense, Fred Litwin masterfully debunks many of the more popular vignettes of Garrison’s theories. A Heritage of Nonsense is a must-read for anyone who wants to be properly informed.” — Robert A. Wagner, Author of JFK Assassinated: In the Courtroom: Debating the Critic Research Community
“For anyone harbouring lingering doubts that Garrison was a deluded charlatan, this book nails that coffin shut tight. With a strong commitment to first-hand testimony and primary source analysis, Fred Litwin is the highest form of amateur investigator writing about the Kennedy assassination, setting the record straight against the leading peddlers of conspiracist nonsense. Fred’s meticulous research, his compassion for the victims of shameless witch hunts, and his low tolerance for paranoid hogwash, make him a formidable opponent to anyone who places their ego and ideology ahead of clear facts and sound logic.” — Michel Jacques Gagné, Author of Thinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination, and host of the Paranoid Planet podcast.
“No reasonable person can possibly take any of Jim Garrison’s conspiracy theories seriously after reading this book. Good job, Fred Litwin!” — David Von Pein, Author of Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Warren Report and Lee Harvey Oswald’s Guilt and Motive 50 Years on [with Mel Ayton]
”Litwin exposes JFK assassination absurdities the way The Amazing Randi exposed spoon bending illusionists. His latest is a necessary source book illuminating an abomination in US history where a libel was cloaked in an enthralling conspiracy theory. Litwin challenges us to ask ourselves: do we want the truth or to believe what feels more exotic than the truth?” — Eric Dezenhall, author of Wiseguys and the White House and Best of Enemies [with Gus Russo]
A youtube video documentary about the history of MAD magazine.
I saw a newly made YouTube documentary on MAD magazine. A lot of stuff I’ve seen in older documentaries, but its put together well and includes newer references like MAD-TV.
It also mentions MAD’s forays into television and animation..
I knew about the sketch show on FOX-TV “MAD-TV” but I was surprised that I’d never heard about the cartoon networks show just called “MAD.” that was full of 2D animated cartoons and stop motion animation. I want to find and see THAT show now!
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