Blog - Jim Doran

Sweaty Eyeballs

Post author By Jim Doran
Post date September 23, 2020

I’m so very happy to say that A Job as the Moon will be screened at this year’s Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival: Friday, Oct 23, 2020 – Friday, Oct 30, 2020. I’ll post more as I know it.

From the event site:

?Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival is a 7-day juried festival of the world’s most boundary-pushing, mind-blowing animation.

Since 2012, Sweaty Eyeballs has carried the torch of the animation scene in the Mid-Atlantic with independent programming & special events. Now in our 9th year, we have partnered with our longtime friends at the Maryland Film Festival to launch our 2nd international festival of animation.

The festival will take place October 23-30, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the festival will be held online in 2020. The festival will open with six original animated music videos set to music by six Baltimore area bands, an international competition of 80 animated shorts, a Baltimore showcase, animator retrospectives, and online workshops.

Tags exhibit

Posted in Animation

The End of Summer

Post author By Jim Doran
Post date September 7, 2020

Happy dogs!

Posted in Joie de Vivre

Anatomy of a Crime Scene

Post author By Jim Doran
Post date August 11, 2020

I tried an experiment, where I left Altoid tins in my garden bed to see if they would rust.

Some of them did rust a little bit, and some faded in the sun! I know you are wondering why you didn’t think to try this yourself – don’t despair! You also can fade your own Altoid tins in the sun! Here’s how:

Place Altoid tins in a garden bed, your yard, a patio, or on the dashboard of a automobile
Wait

My initial experiment involved two regular “red” Altoid boxes, and one Cinnamon box. I started at the end of the summer in 2019, and let them sit outside all winter. It wasn’t until later spring that I noticed the finish was fading. The second batch, shown above, started in July, and some of the boxes began fading within 3 weeks.

This diorama is in a box from the first batch. It shows, as you might guess, the Anatomy. of a Crime Scene.

Cut paper diorama in Altoid tin showing a sitting room

Detail from a diorama showing a knife and wellington boot

Tags altoids, crime scene, diorama, murder, paper cuts, weathered altoids

Posted in Dioramas

Going Dark – Brentwood Arts Exchange

Post author By Jim Doran
Post date July 27, 2020

Hey folks!

Here’s a cool event that I’m participating in! I’m not on Facebook anymore, I just copy information from there:

Brentwood Arts Exchange is proud to announce Going Dark, a group video exhibition opening in the Main Gallery on Wednesday, July 23 accompanied by a vibrant virtual component, streaming to your homes through our digital platforms.

Viewing schedule to be released by email, with various works highlighted across online platforms throughout the duration of the exhibit. Closing reception will feature a watch party with all videos streamed in their entirety.