If You Know, You Know

Drifted off during cartoons, and woke up from a strange dream (I think it had babysitting elements from Leave It to Beaver, which was on): Me and Mike were at Loop Dr. and K&S had dropped Kam off. Mike was complaining about the sudden nature of it, then he started speaking in rhythm, then singing Laughter Loving Dionysus [a poem I had written and that John used SUNO to put to music]! It was just like the episode of the mother-in-law in Amadeus. That woke me up! But I drifted off again, and suddenly he was singing about smoking cornsilk and Gene Autrey, ala I Wonder What My Poppa Dreamed [another song]. Then I was just awake. Needless to say, the playlist I had made was going.

Is This A Kissing Book?

Daniv is a character I have introduced into the Episode Six script of The Wizard, the Prince, the Warrior, and His Son. A bit of tension between her and Varnik. She is a little older, a little taller, and probably much tougher than the Prince.

Doomed, Doomed, Doomed

Poor Koppa and Melniar. The romantic element in Goldfire. He was Human and she was a Wose, nothing more incompatible there physically than between, say an Elf and a Man in Middle-earth, or a Human and a Vulcan. The big problem was that Koppa's magic would preserve him alive for hundreds of years, aging only slowly, until long after Melniar had grown old and passed away. In the end, I think, they decided to part and follow their own avocations to spare themselves inevitable heartbreak, though that decision was heartbreaking in itself. But it was chosen, rather than simply fated, and to that extent it was more bearable. 

 In fact we had a little imagined scenario where, in a modern-style hospital, an incredibly old man lies dying; he opens up his eyes to see the full moon outside his window. He murmurs, "Melniar. Oh, Melniar ..." and quietly dies. The moon was always Melniar's particular devotion.

Glump

I don't feel like doing ANYTHING today, 'either vicious or virtuous,' and that includes creative. Luckily I had done this paltry handful of animations last night. Also, I am plagued with the vague feeling I'm forgetting some birthday or anniversary. Checked my notes, but they are hopelessly out of date.

Anyway, the younger Belmok and Thron, and the older Melniar.

Getting a Move On

I tend to want to animate quieter but more personally revealing moments. I had to explain to the AI that the skeleton was not alive and couldn't react. And it kept wanting to make Raksil more feminine; of course, it is neither male or female. Though there are a lot of 'feminime' markers there.

Searching for the Lost Library

Korm and Gho from Korm and the Lost Library (see elsewhere on this blog).

Museum Piece

Master Belmok and Korm examine an Ogre skeleton. A scene from the short story Korm's Master, published here on NOT.