A rare slow evening at the Internet Video factory.

Hey look, I actually sat down and worked for a few hours! And I’ll spare you my customary apology for only cranking out 9 frames in that time; until I get the hang of this stuff–sometime in the Roaring 2020s–this pursuit will be more entertaining for me than it will for you. As I mentioned before, I’m doing a very short animation in which Mary Rae sees a spider, hauls off and smashes it.

This is almost a repeat, but there are a few new pups in here from this morning’s run. For tomorrow’s homework, I scanned all the dogs in my sketchbook that I wasn’t totally ashamed to show off, and arranged them as you see here. After several homeworks that I put a lot of work into, I think this will warrant a collective yawn from the rest of the class, but hey, I’m shy about asking any species to pose for me.

The problem with trying to make artwork on my computer is that I’m always distracted by innumerable shiny objects also available on my computer. Today I was trying out the new beta of Photoshop CS6. I haven’t discovered any new tools for animation, but I like the interface so far.