ClicksyPicsWiggle animations and anything old timey!

I’m like the effect created by a reflection, it somehow makes the image seem more 3-D.  View the original here.  Find out how these are created here.

Another with a more slight wiggle.  I’m finding I need more transitions between the two frames to create more realism in the animation - at least until I get the hang of adding extra movement.  This one is primarily edited for movement in the sails.   Another that I’m not totally happy with, but I’ve been staring at it way too long, and declare it… good enough.

View the original stereo card here.  Find out how these are created here.

From History.com:

1865 - Abraham Lincoln

Ward Hill Lamon, a close friend of the president’s, wrote down what Lincoln told him on an evening in early 1865: “About ten days ago I retired very late…,” the president told Lamon. “I soon began to dream. There seemed to be a deathlike stillness about me. Then I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. I thought I left my bed and wandered downstairs.

“There, the silence was broken by the same pitiful sobbing, but the mourners were invisible. I went from room to room. No living person was in sight, but the same mournful sounds of distress met me as I passed alone…I was puzzled and alarmed.

“Determined to find the cause of a state of things so mysterious and shocking, I kept on until I arrived at the East Room. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, some gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face covered, others weeping pitifully.

“‘Who is dead in the White House?’ I demanded of one of the soldiers. ‘The President,’ was his answer. ‘He was killed by an assassin.’”

Read the entire article here.

RICHMOND, Va. –

Two Civil War-era dolls thought to have been used to smuggle medicine past Union blockades were X-rayed Wednesday, disclosing hollowed papier-mache heads that once could have contained quinine or morphine for wounded or malaria-stricken Confederate troops.

The 150-year-old dolls, dubbed Nina and Lucy Ann, were likely packed with the drugs and shipped from Europe in the hope that Union troops would not inspect toys when looking for contraband, a museum official said.

Nina and Lucy Ann were taken to VCU Medical Center from their home next door, The Museum of the Confederacy, to see if the contours inside their craniums and upper bodies were roomy enough to carry the medicines.

The conclusion: yes.

The next step could be forensic testing for any traces of the drugs.

Continue reading…

There’s probably a totally rational explanation.  I sure wouldn’t know what it is.  At about 0:49 into the video, she is clearly talking.  Weird!

I was a little disappointed in the depth of this image, there’s not all that much wiggle.  The lights are natural flares from the lens angles being different between the two sides of the stereo.  I’ve actually done this wiggle before, but it was at a time when I wasn’t very good at aligning, and didn’t colorize yet. But I liked how the star came out.  I was wondering when I started, what purpose they would have for noting the time of night.  Then I noticed, if you look closely on the right side, you’ll see Big Ben.  The time is very clear on the original here.

(If you’re new to this site, find out how these are created here.)

I’ve been taking my time a little more with these because I’m trying to learn how to integrate animation into the wiggle more seamlessly and realistically.  It’s taking a lot of practice and patience.  But I wanted to let my regulars know it’s not at all a lack of interest that’s caused my infrequent updates lately.  It’s just the opposite.  A lot of it is also a push for quality.  So many nights I sat up trying to pump these out to keep people coming back, and when I go back through I always see things I wish I would have changed.  For now, I may only be able to add animations once a week, or twice.  But soon enough I’ll be much better at creating this extra movement and be able to get them out more frequently with a higher quality - both in regards to the animation itself and the restoration work I have to do to make these more pleasant to look at.  In the meantime, I’ll put more of an effort to provide some more interesting links.

Also, a big thank you to all those linking my blog and sharing my posts on facebook and twitter.  I had to pay a bit more for my hosting, and that little bit of extra ad income has *almost* broke me even again.  Every little bit helps, thanks for your support!

Here’s an article from Yahoo! news blogs about an early photograph of humans that was discovered.  The image is blurry, but those are no doubt people!  I like the yahoo blogs, they are good at linking sources and showing images in the articles.

So I’ve been thinking a lot about how these can become more realistic, again, it’s strange the things that just don’t occur to you.  More animation within these files becomes a problem.  Add too many frames, and it takes forever to load.  Too few and you get major looping.  But for some, I think it’s an improvement.  Can’t get too far past that looping above, but I think it’s subtle enough to be an improvement.  Love it, hate it, or just going to be quiet like usual… hmmmmm? 

View the original at the LOC website here.  Find out how these are created here.  And I always forget to mention, you can get updates via facebook here.

This is the animation that crashed on me Sunday.  He could be Brad Pitt’s grandfather.  Below is a bigger view.  View the original at the loc website here.  I will have this print up for sale in the next few days at deviantart.com.