David Germain's blog
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Monday, May 12, 2025
Angry man
Here's a drawing I recently did of a very angry man. "Why is he angry?", you ask. Well, he's in my little film that I'm still working on and should hopefully be done in the near future. Having a full time job AND a toddler son to chase around does make the work that much more difficult. But, with perseverance I know I can make it happen.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
The writ has finally dropped
Election season is upon us once again here in Canada. It was announced just today. Although, the circumstances for this election are a bit different than the ones I posted about in the past because this time around the sitting Prime Minister felt the need to resign.
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*Justin Trudeau in the act of resigning* |
He clung to power as long he could but, as of last February, could not hold on any longer. So he will NOT be in this leadership race this time around. There are a whole new batch of candidates to choose from, some new and some all too familiar. Here they are:
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Mark Carney |
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Pierre Poilievre |
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Jagmeet Singh |
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Yves Francois Blanchet |
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Elizabeth May |
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Maxime Bernier |
The election day happens on April 28. May the lesser evil candidate win.
Monday, March 03, 2025
Airplane test
Just a bit of airplane animation I did for my upcoming video. I still have tons of work to do on it. I can't wait until it's done and I can finally show everybody.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tex Avery: In His Own Words
Tex did express a small bit of hope that the industry could improve in the future. Whether it has improved at all since 1974 is certainly a matter of opinion. However, I think one thing that Tex might've overlooked in lamenting about the future of animation is the technology. One big reason animation studios couldn't afford full animation at the time was because they were using the same method of animating on paper followed by inking and painting onto cels. The late 80's and all of the 90's had the rise of computers being used which caused animation projects to be completed that much quicker. That's why at Disney they could finish one fully animated every year instead of every 12 years or so. And, of course, we saw the rise of a small fledgling studio called Pixar which would soon be purchased by Disney and become huge.
Thursday, January 02, 2025
How my son deals with Archie Bunker
A birthday present I bought for myself last June was the All in the Family box set. It's got all nine glorious and hilarious seasons. At this point I'm just about finished season 7. I'll be moving on to season 8 and 9 very soon.
However, of course, I have much more to do that just watch some old TV show. I have a full time job AND a baby son to look after. He alone requires so much attention. He's got to be fed and entertained on a very regular basis. Anyone who has kids or has raised kids in the past knows all of this and more I'm sure.
Anyway, like I said, I'm often called upon to keep my son Avery entertained whilst mom is busy with work and other things. While entertaining him, he has come to glance at the antics of the Bunker household now and again. He of course understands absolutely nothing of what he sees, but it does turn his head at times. He definitely notices when Archie starts yelling. He certainly can't understand what Archie says when he yells and he most certainly can't understand to context of what Archie is yelling and who he's yelling at. All he sees is a crazed and angry old man.
You'd think that my son would be saddened or even somewhat traumatized by seeing such vitriol being spouted like that. But no, that's not how he reacts at all. He has instead taken one of the small mallets used on his toy xylophone, walk over to the TV and hit Archie right on the head with it. It wasn't a hard hit that could wreck the TV thankfully. It was just a tap big enough to express how he felt about Mr Bunker's bellowing. I have made a quick drawing commemorating that very action:
He's only done that once, but for me it was quite memorable.
Anyway, I do plan to keep working my way through the seasons any time I can. I'll end this post with a song that I've been hearing so many times in the past few months as you can imagine. It's stuck in my head so now I'm getting it stuck in yours. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Cleaner kitten animation for an upcoming video I'm making
The animation for my video is coming along nicely, I'd say. Remember the kitten animation from my previous blog post? Well, this is a further cleaned up version of it. What do you think?
I'd also like to point out that having a kid is quite a time consuming thing. When my son was still a tiny baby, he could just in his crib or wherever he was comfortable and either just sleep or play. This gave me some time to dedicate to this video of mine. However, now he can walk around and get into things. So, he needs so much more attention now, especially since my wife's maternity leave has ended. This, as you can imagine, has pretty much reduced the production process to a small trickle. I'm not sure when this will be done, possibly when my son starts kindergarten.
But, at any rate, I look forward to the finished product and the reaction it will get.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Kitten animation test for my upcoming video