Whilw watching Jetsons last night on Boomerang video on demand, I was astounded to hear Mr. Spacely invoke "Google finance" in his enticement to a group he was interested in doing an M&A with. This episode was from 1985, and Google was 11 years away. Syntactically, it's not like he was using the number, more like he was throwing around Wired-magazine-style business speak. Spooky! Be ready it happens quickly:




Later in that same episode. we saw this, which had (I hope you'll notice as you watch) that unmistakable Je ne sais quoi, or lagniappe or visual umami that only John K. can provide.
We were sure it was him, but it seemed too early ('85). See what you think:



Sure enough, he appears to have worked as a Layout Supervisor, but for all intents and purposes, it looks like he directed it. I'd love to know what he exactly did to influence this end product while Layout Supervisor (maybe they have that much influence, I don't know) so as to put his indelible mark on this work.

Labels: animation, art, fun, funny, Jetsons, John K., style

I bought this years and years ago, and have never seen it, owing to the dearth of 16mm projectors in my life these days. It came in a small orange cardboard box marked Kiddy Toy Safety Film. It was about 5' long (additionally rendering its viewability problematic) and was intended to be viewed in some sort of toy movie viewer/projector.


It's been driving me nuts, wondering all these years what's on the film. The protagonist, named Kitty Cat, bears a striking resemblance to Otto Messmer's Felix the Cat.

I put the film in my scanner, scanned it at 1800dpi or so and dragged each frame through a 720px x 480px window saving each frame and then dropping it all into Movie Maker with properties set at .125 seconds per image. The results are below.

The motivation to experience this stems from years of Kenner Give-a-Show projectors and ViewMasters. There's the insightful bloggish psychological bit.

Lastly, it's a little washed out, because the original is a little washed out.

Looks good? Blow it up & see.
Enhancements did little to improve, but did not really worsen it. I added some music appropriate to the content and voila'. I was urged by my son to not desaturate, and aesthetically, I agree.

Labels: 16mm, 30's, 40's, animation, cartoon, Otto Messmer. Felix the Cat, toy

I will rarely do this, but sometimes as a contributor at PCL Link Dump (That's right - bitches) there's stuff I post that I like so much I want it here too. So, in keeping with my GlyphJockey = 85% Fresh! motto, here's that post:

Chris Dean's lenticular art has grown out of his installations involving 3D imagery. The work has a very outsider feel, with the added coolness of being flicker pictures. I want this. I want to do this. His description of the path to these works is actually interesting- devoid of Art in America-speak.

Via the cool blog Bright Stupid Confetti, which in the same post has children's drawn interpretations of Radiohead songs

Labels: 3D, animation, art, lenticular, outsider

By Marv Newland on Bambi Meets Godzilla Fame. When I saw it 2 deacades ago it made me cry. The message in the mise-en-scene says it all. I aslo think he unconciously influenced my choice of music (for differing emotional effect)in The Greatest Nancy Panel Ever Drawn Revisited.

Labels: animation, art, atheism, cartoon, nihilism, realism, realist, reality, sky, what, why

A: They're all in the December 14th Issue of Rolling Stone!



Yes I AM bragging........sorry.
Thanks to everybody who came to visit.

Labels: animation, glyphjockey, magazine, press, print, pulp fiction, robot, rolling stone, snoop dogg, tarantino, tenacious d, theatre, video

Syd Barret's Bike: 4 sale

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wallpaper:

Labels: animation, art, auction, bicycle, bike, estate, glyphjockey, hand painted, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, wallpaper