Mindworks of Whimsicality https://tahnee.org/wordpress Tahnee's online blog of musings, life and art. Mon, 07 May 2012 08:56:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Digital Art & Tech Expo poster https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/07/digital-art-tech-expo-poster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=digital-art-tech-expo-poster https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/07/digital-art-tech-expo-poster/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 08:56:41 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2759 ]]>

Painted this poster for the upcoming Digital Arts & Tech Expo. C.A.T. will be there! Typography credit goes to Dimitri.

]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/07/digital-art-tech-expo-poster/feed/ 0 Can We Be Happy Now https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/can-we-be-happy-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-we-be-happy-now https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/can-we-be-happy-now/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 22:17:10 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2756 ]]>

Can We Be Happy Now from Tahnee Gehm on Vimeo.


A man in a grey, drab world is awakened to the beauty and happiness of the real world around him, as the spirits of nature take him on an adventure.

This is my final film at CalArts, animated in TVPaint!

(It’s also on YouTube!)

]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/can-we-be-happy-now/feed/ 0 We Can Be Happy Now! https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/we-can-be-happy-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-can-be-happy-now https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/we-can-be-happy-now/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 21:05:33 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2751 Can We Be Happy Now is going to screen at the Samuel H. Goldwyn Theatre for the 2012 Producers' Show! This is all happening at 8 pm on the 9th-- just got the sound mixed and tidied up some animation and color... I'm really excited to see it on the big screen! :D See you there!!!]]>
Can We Be Happy Now is going to screen at the Samuel H. Goldwyn Theatre for the 2012 Producers’ Show! This is all happening at 8 pm on the 9th– just got the sound mixed and tidied up some animation and color… I’m really excited to see it on the big screen! :D See you there!!!

]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/05/04/we-can-be-happy-now/feed/ 0 Once Upon a Line https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/29/once-upon-a-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=once-upon-a-line https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/29/once-upon-a-line/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:57:45 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2746 ]]>
Through paint motifs, a cat chases a mouse… a clever one at that.
Made in TVPaint during my last year at CalArts!
Also watchable on Vimeo.

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This is how I’ve tackled my film this year– completely in TVPaint! First, I’ll animate my roughs, using different colors for general cleanup. Then, I’ll make a silhouette on another layer, and using that as a stencil, create another layer with an overall gradient and a final layer with paint and eyes. Eeeek! Less than one week left! At least these are all done for the most part!

]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/17/painting-process/feed/ 0 Quacky! https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/12/quacky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quacky https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/12/quacky/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:45:52 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2736 ]]>

No background yet, just a ducky!

]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/12/quacky/feed/ 0 Spike Driver Blues Zoetrope https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/11/spike-driver-blues-zoetrope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spike-driver-blues-zoetrope https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/11/spike-driver-blues-zoetrope/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:50:22 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2734 ]]>

This is a zoetrope I made for the CalArts Re-Envisioning America show 2012. I had the idea of getting more mileage out of zoetrope animation by controlling the images by turning on and off different colored lights. In this one (hopefully the first of several), red, green and blue lights turn on and off to reveal three different images.
It’s a little floppy, it’s not perfect– but it was a pretty successful learning experience!
Powering everything is an Arduino Uno, Ardumoto shield, motor, and a BlinkM MaxM light. Animations were done in TVPaint.

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]]> https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/06/z-poncho/feed/ 0 Flying Poncho Man https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/05/flying-poncho-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flying-poncho-man https://tahnee.org/wordpress/2012/04/05/flying-poncho-man/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:49:54 +0000 Tahnee http://tahnee.org/wordpress/?p=2725 ]]>

What’s this? A man flying in a poncho?! He looks just about as confused about the situation as you probably are: “Why on earth is she painting every frame?” Well, because she can. Especially when she refers to herself in third person, hehe.

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Don’t be sad, lil flower spirits!

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