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No. 131, Any Resemblance is Coincidental
There used to be a disclaimer appended to many movies and TV shows: "Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." There were variations, but the intent was to indemnify a company...
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No. 132, Let's Talk!
When I began this blog in 2012, the project I was working on and drawing from for the blog posts was all in mime, without a word of dialog. So there were many posts about various kinds of animation,...
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No. 133, Let's Talk! Part 2
Working with the SoundtrackFor the Old Man's dialog for this scene, I have a four-second track to work from. Here is the sound clip with the accompanying storyboard panel.Key DrawingsBeginning the...
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In my last post, No. 133, you saw the first rough pencil test for a short scene of dialog from the Old Man.Filling in more drawings, I stopped to do a second test. Perhaps I could have skipped this one...
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SubliminalThe word means "below the level of consciousness" and was applied in the 1950s to images in advertising that were intended to influence the viewer without that viewer realizing what he had...
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No. 136, Animatic Reviews
Back in Post No. 128, Animatic Private Viewings, I described my animatic review process. To a select group of associates, I had sent a link to the full animatic of my film Carry On, asking for...
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No. 137, Taking Steps Without Legs
I think I have touched upon this before, but it is an amazing thing that really does work: you can in some cases animate a character moving from one place to another, without drawing the legs or feet...
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No. 138, What's Inside!, 1: The Gadget, Part One
Where have I been?Me at St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall.I took a month off for a road and hiking tour of western England, plus Wales and Scotland. Had a wonderful time but now I am back with plenty of...
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No. 139, What's Inside, 2: The Gadget, Part Two
The Numbers RacketDepending on what changes are made, a drawing number might eventually return to its original designation!In 3D animation, the frame or image numbers are counted for you, more or less,...
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No. 140, What's inside: 3 Pencil Tests
Time for another episode of...The Old Man Walks In and StopsThis is a short scene where the steamer trunk is sitting on the sidewalk; the Old Man walks up to it, stops, and places his hand on the top.I...
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No. 141, What's Inside: 2 More Pencil Tests
Continuing our work on scene 1-8, we continue to delve into...Floppy Hands and ArmsUpon finally seeing the test with all the drawings in, I was not happy with the arm and hand movement. I had tried a...
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No. 142, A Weighty Problem
In the first sequence of my film Carry On, I want to establish not only how impossibly big the Old Man's trunk is, but how heavy as well.My opportunity presents itself early on, when the trunk, having...
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No. 143, Help Fund "Mushroom Park"
Mushroom ParkI have been asked by Tim Rauch to help get the word out about the Kickstarter project "Mushroom Park". This is not only animated, it is hand-drawn, without any 2D puppet animation as far...
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To answer the question posed at the end of Part 1 (No. 142, A Weighty Problem, Part 1), I believe that the animation works as intended.The problem was that a beefy man, the Taxi Driver, was to pick up...
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No. 145, Time to Detaxi, Part One
Dee-taxi?!To disembark from a train is to detrain, so I am thinking perhaps detaxi might work for getting out of a car for hire.In any case, we are getting my Old Man character out of his taxi in this...
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No. 146, Holiday Wishes at Year's End
As blogs go, Acme Punched! has only a small following. But, you are from all over the world! My stats show me that I have readers in Brazil, Ukraine, South Korea, Columbia, Egypt, Israel, Portugal,...
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Upping Your GameWherever you find yourself in your knowledge and understanding of drawn or other hand-crafted animation, I hope you are always trying to push yourself a little higher.If you get too...
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No. 148, The Ambitious Inbetween Drawing
The Inbetween that Dreamed of Being a Breakdown DrawingIn my last post, No. 147, I talked about planning. About how, if you planned a scene carefully and deeply enough, you might be able to avoid...
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No. 149, A Different Point of View
One Way to Draw a Difficult AngleA few days ago while struggling to draw my Old Man character from an unusual angle, I recalled an old technique that I would like to pass along to you.In trying to draw...
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No. 150, Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short
Once again I got a chance to view the animated shorts in advance of the Oscar ceremony. Here are my reviews.Dear BasketballHere, Glen Keane and composer John Williams, best known for his scores for...
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