Tag: morph

Stuff I do when I’m bored

Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.

The Friday .Gif Post No. 939 – Squirrel Happens, Fruit Frost & An Endless Corner

[Found here, here and here.]

Apollo was a Frog

Coloured etchings by Christian von Mechel showing “stages from the frog to the profile of Apollo”, after the ideas of Johann Caspar Lavater, 1797

“The etchings above, commissioned by Lavater from the Swiss printmaker Christian von Mechel (1737–1817), put the physiognomist’s ideas into color and motion. Across twenty-four frames, the profile of an unassuming amphibian slowly metamorphs into that of Apollo (considered the epitome of masculine beauty). At its core, Lavater’s physiognomy relies on the belief that a creature’s true character and morality can be discerned from their “lines of countenance”, often revealed by analyzing silhouettes. In many ways, he spent his career trying to offer scientific proof of the ancient Greek concept known as kalokagathia — that goodness manifests as beauty, evil as ugliness — the focus of his greatest-known work, the four-volume Physiognomische Fragmente (1775–1778).”

[Etchings and description found here. The .gif was created in my kitchen of wonder.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 907 – Granny Fans Only, A Book of Dreams & An Oddience

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 855 – Painting in the Shade, Window Openers & Normandy Now and Then

[Shade painter gif is comprised of ten photos titled Self-Erasure through Painting by German conceptual artist Timm Ulrichs ca. 1976.
Window openers found here.
Third  gif was morphed from WWII and present day photos of 2 Rte de Saint-Lô, Tessy sur Vire, Normandy, France, found here.

Saturday Matinee – Universal Everything, Felix Colgrave, Matt “Guitar” Murphy w/ Memphis Slim & Billy Stepney

Transfiguration (2020) by Universal Everything is a remaster from their 2011 original. UE is a global collective of digital artists, architects and engineers, and there’s some very cool CGI animations in their portfolio.

Donks by Felix Colgrave:
“The name comes from a box of miscellaneous plastic objects my child has. Things that are not categorically blocks or figurines or anything describable. I referred to them as ‘gonks’, which was pronounced by my then-2-year-old as ‘donks’. “
[h/t Mme. Jujujive]

Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Memphis Slim & Billy Stepney on Jazz Prisma, Brussels, Belgium (1963).
Regarding Matt Murphy, one UToob commenter summed it up:
“I’ve heard many a fine guitarist mention this guy as a major influence, from Jimmy Page to fellow blues legend Freddie King. He was Howlin Wolf’s lead guitarist before Hubert Sumlin came along, and played with Ike Turner, Buddy Guy, Etta James, Chuck Berry, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Rush, and of course the Blues Brothers. Underrated player.”

See you tomorrow. Have a weekend. Bunk out.

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

 

 

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Most previously posted elsewhere.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 721 – Pixelburg, A Surprise Guest & A Swallow

[Found here, here and here ]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 693 – Mrs. Kravitz, Facemorphs, Little Hoopster & Hellcycle

[Source for Mrs. Kravitz .gif is missing; facemorphs was created from a CGI demo vid in here. 3rd & 4th found here and here.]