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Category Archives: ds10699
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Psychedllic Medusa
Just so happens this is the 1500th post on this blog. Long live the bava!
Stoned by Medusa
With special thanks to Ray Harryhausen, who rules!
The Sanctuary
Image credit: The Sanctuary by D’Arcy Norman I have a lot to say about the awesomeness that was the Northern Voice experience this past weekend (and I have a post in draft about that), but for now I just want … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #62 Love Birds
I have dreamed of doing this scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds as an animated GIF for a very long time, and now it is done (though don’t ask me about the size!).
The ds106 99: #61 Wild Bunch Radio Show Pt 1
I having been watching and re-watching The Wild Bunch in order to make animated GIFs, rip audio for #ds106radio, as well as feature some of Jerry Fielding’s awesome soundtrack. I spent a very unstructured hour and a half just blabbing … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #60 “I either lead this bunch or end it right now”
Tried some fuzzy tool effects to mask silhouettes in GIMP with mixed results. This animated GIF of Pike in a stand off with the Gorch brothers didn’t come out exactly the way I wanted. That said, I liked the background … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #59 “Who the hell is THEY?!”
This is a classic scene from The Wild Bunch, and while Edmund O’Brien isn’t all that pretty in this film, he is awesome as the “old goat” tag along who epitomizes the hard life of a bandit past his prime. … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #58 “Walk softly boys”
Playing with masks in GIMP a bit more via the great Ernest Borgnine, I am loving this! Version 1: Version 2: And here is the audio: Walk softly boys
The ds106 99: #57 “Either you learn to live with it…”
Spent a few hours tonight working on masking my animated GIFs in GIMP while contentedly listening to ds106radio #4life. And while my masking isn’t perfect yet, it soon will be once I figure out a few more details. I think … Continue reading