Trying to capture Donald Glover’s motion in MacPaint. 
MacPaint doesn't have layers for onion skin drawing. But at least it has copy paste \o/
Line test with MacroMind Video Works.
Every single pixel matters. And dances.
Close enough 😬
GIF test.
Examining @donaldglover’s shirtless dance.
Time-lapse on MacPaint.
Synchronizing.
Synchronizing the first 15 seconds.
Don't catch you slippin' up
Look what I'm whippin' up
(high res bitmap)
Look what I'm whippin' up
(high res bitmap)
In-between checking for the first 152 frames in MacroMind VideoWorks/Director 1.0
The workstation.
- Macintosh 128K with MacPaint 1.5 & Summagraphics MacTablet.
- Macintosh SE with MacroMind VideoWorks & Apple 1GB External SCSI hard drive.
- BMOW Floppy Emu for data transfer via SD card.
- Macintosh 128K with MacPaint 1.5 & Summagraphics MacTablet.
- Macintosh SE with MacroMind VideoWorks & Apple 1GB External SCSI hard drive.
- BMOW Floppy Emu for data transfer via SD card.
Entering the next 200 frames. Currently 189 frames
The dancing pixels | music by @iamdicess
With mouse (left). With drawing tablet (right).
Dance like Donald Glover
Close enuff 😅
Pixel art machines:
- Drawing tool: Macintosh 128K + MacPaint
- Animation too: Macintosh SE + MacroMind VideoWork
- Both connected with LocalTalk
- Drawing tool: Macintosh 128K + MacPaint
- Animation too: Macintosh SE + MacroMind VideoWork
- Both connected with LocalTalk
315 frames total so far.
To animate the dance properly, I examine from the video of the choreographer herself @SherrieSilver. The #gwaragwara in pixel animation art :)
The sequence. #pixelart
One of the challenge for traditional motion capture: need to create the motion based on the suggestion. In this part, Donald's feet are out frame. Need to suggest where his feet land, spin & stop.
Close enough 🤓
I think I nailed it.
In case you want to create a flipbook animation, go ahead and print the sequence.
I'm so humbled with the positive vibes & reactions. Thank you, everyone!
So far so good. I think. 😁
GIF test
GIF workflow:
- MacroMind Director 1.0 - export as PICT sequence
- Copy to SD card via BMOW’s Floppy Emu
- Open the PICT sequence in MacOS X with Graphic Converter software
- Batch resize & export as GIF animation
- MacroMind Director 1.0 - export as PICT sequence
- Copy to SD card via BMOW’s Floppy Emu
- Open the PICT sequence in MacOS X with Graphic Converter software
- Batch resize & export as GIF animation
A month later: 470 frames, 38 seconds of Donald Glover dance. Timelapse of the actual MacPaint files.
