On Sunday I made an animation using cheap $1 plastic table cloth, a spray bottle with water, and my camera in the Permanent Collection of the Sheldon Art Museum.  Why did they let me do this!?!?!  I was spraying water on a glass window 6 feet from a Dorothea Lange photo.  Tisk tisk.  But all ended well.  Or at least I didn't get a phone call nor have I been fired from the U.

All kidding aside I really appreciate the museum staff for supporting this project.  They asked me to do something for the event and I gave them more to worry about than they thought.  They were very accommodating and understood what I was trying to acheive.

So back to how I made it.  I cut out grass, wheat, and corn from the plastic and I also made 9  5 x 8 foot paintings to go in the window opposite the gallery.  Anne and Katelyn were over there making the anamorphic animation and when I would text Anne, they'd both remove one painting and put the other up.  I sprayed a little water on the glass and capillary action did the rest.  I simply used Dragon Frame to capture the images!  So enjoy.  I sure did.

The Golden Wok's new ad scheme

This animation was made using layers in Photoshop CS6.  I'm not sure why but while I was sitting in Vung Tao (a Vietnamese restaurant across the street) with my wife Anne, who was talking to me,  I couldn't stop staring at the wave motif.  She probably noticed I was distracted.  Lucky for me I wasn't staring at something else!

One trick I learned is to make a selection in PS, then by just alt/otion copying the selection it will keep it on the same layer.  So I didn't have the complexity of dealing with more layers than what I wanted as frames.

Enjoy.