Computer Animation Arts

At time of writing, the new academic year is a sleeping giant. It waits for us - like Smaug. It's tempting to tiptoe around this still-dormant powerhouse so as not to provoke it prematurely, but it's with excitement too we anticipate its resurgence.  Perhaps we've all had enough of these more leisurely times? Perhaps it's time for us to draw our swords and slay more dragons? Mind you, when it does awaken, there'll be no stopping it, and we'll all be running headlong just to keep pace. Yes, Smaug is snoring - for now - but that doesn't mean everyone is dozing. Our newest recruits to the  Computer Animation Arts  community are busy working on their Summer projects, as we seek to make them nice and limber for the creative escapade on which they're about to embark. I've included a tiny fraction of their various 101 thumbnail sketches of 'life-forms, machines and structures', all derived from the same two sheets of largely ordinary hous...

And so, on the last night of my time away at the old French house, I just had time to set-up a few lights in the 'bamboo tunnel' that runs behind the house - a particularly shadowy and spooky location. It did seem tonight as if the local wildlife was doing its level best to put the wind up me - what with the screeching of owls and gratuitous twig-breaking!  This was just a quickie after dinner and before packing my bags, so didn't get into too much.  Yes, a few more portals for good measure (plus leaf litter cross-hatching!) and some very arresting vertical things!  In response to ten nights of experimentation and playfulness, I'll be putting together a more curated selection of these photographs over the coming days when I've had some time to reflect on the hits and misses.   Until then, 'au revoir!'