A girl named Pony "tube"

This little tube of "Pony" was made with vectors.

Vectors allow you to actually draw using shapes. You can make outlines to fill later or over and over again with different colors, or you can make them color-filled from the beginning.

The original tube is bigger, but reduced for my blog.

I like to experiment with different styles of shading. This one is done very simply.

It is raining big time this morning in Columbus, Ohio. While the weather is beginning to warm up more and more, it is still one "lousy-looking" day out there.

Hopefully by next week, spring will have returned.

Till tomorrow, have a great Thursday!

Example of a tube

Today, I am sharing a clock I "tubed".

This was picture of a children's clock I found on the web somewhere. I thought it was very cute, so I tubed it. It just screamed to be animated, so that's what I did.

I made the frame, and the animation (4 frames). The clock was only tubed.

When you tube, you are basically taking a picture, and cleaning it up. Out comes the background that originally surrounded it. You might also "touch-up" the actual picture.

You can take the red out of a person's eyes in a tubed photograph. You can make the eyes bluer. Or greener. Enhance or change it easily in PSP.

See you tomorrow!

Busy Little Bee Animation

This little animation is 17 frames.

Some kaleidoscopes were used, of course. The flower. The antennae on the little bee, and for texturizing his wings.

On the wings, I just clone sections of the kalei that I want to be in the area I need to texturize.

Again, I optimized it to keep any dark areas from settling in upon finishing up the gif.

See you tomorrow!

Jumping Enter Gif and Butterfly Logo Tube

This enter gif was made using a kaleidoscope. The sun and the hole in the ground came from the same one. I had to divide it out into two rasters so I could move each one around. The hole is a squished circle.

The whole idea for this one came all at once. The gif is 14 frames.



This butterfly logo also came from a kaleidoscope. I just love kaleidoscopes.

In them, I see pictures! I start with the basic shapes I see, and before I know it, I have a tube.

It does take time to develop each one, but the results are pretty nice.

Both of these tubes took much longer than some of my past tubes. As time goes on, I find myself spending more time on detail and final results.

Have a great Monday, and I'll see you tomorrow.

New Life

Easter time is a day of reflection. For many, it is a time of celebration and the promise of a resurrection day for all. It is a very joyous morning.

This gif was made using vectors and some kaleidoscope items. It is 21 frames long. The original gif is larger, but resized to fit my blog.

The vectors are the egg, the stem of the flower and it's leaves. Also the center of the smaller flower and the crack in the egg.

The kaleidoscopes are the flowers, and the emerging spot before the cracking of the egg.

The chick was painted in behind everything in layers using the paintbrush, airbrush, shading and texturing.

The frames were prepared as an optimized gif which helps keep the gif free of dark spots that become over-emphasized when finishing it up.

This gif was a lot of fun to create!

Happy Easter, everyone. See you tomorrow.

Easter Morning 2007

to all. Whether you are off to church or off to spend time gathering Easter eggs with the children, I hope today is one of great blessings for you all.

And in honor of today, I am posting a second gif.

Have a wonderful day, and I'll see you in a moment!

Preparing for Easter Sunday!

Good morning.

We had snow yesterday. The huge snowflakes, and lots of them. It started to cover the yard, and then diminished to tiny flakes.

Until spring returns here, I keep making flowers.

This flower was an experiment.

With today, comes shopping. Off to the grocery early this morning, so I thought this little purse would be a good post for today.



Easter is just around the corner.

Lots to get done today. I'll still take the early morning hours to draw, draw, draw.

I'm sure a lot of you are having family in this weekend for Easter. Easter egg hunts, meals to share, and games for the kids. So have a great time!

Until tomorrow, make it a wonderful Saturday.