The Question
So clearly we’re on a silhouette animation kick here. Let’s stay on this just a hair longer. After yesterday’s example of Lotte Reiniger pioneering the style in the west, let’s see how it looks today. I offer this up as […]
Month: January 2012
The Silhouette Animation of Lotte Reiniger
One of the most iconic works to come out of steampunk culture has been the short film Jasper Morello, which uses silhouette puppetry as its style. Recently we just showed a very lovely short film ‘The Invention Of Love‘ which […]
1 Year Anniversary
Well hell and high water if today don’t mark the one year annaverserary of this here blog. Reckon it was zackly one year ago i declared i was gonna make a gdamn steampunk musically opera thingamajig. Jan. 11, 2011: “I […]
Mary Poppins
You know what’s kind of steampunk? Mary Poppins. You know what’s awesome? Mary Poppins. You got a problem with Mary Poppins? Gtf outta here right now. You and i have nothing to discuss. Dudes. Dudettes. The Mary Poppins movie is […]
Eye Of The Storm
Let’s see…. wordy, wordy… time for some visual oriented posts. Y’all have seen this, right? I meant to post this MONTHS ago but you know how it is. The endless prostitutes, hyperspace excursions, blasphemous experiments, bodies to bury… So here. Have some […]
The Fairytales Of New Albion Pt. 5 (Conclusion)
The Story Of Burlap Molly: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Holly who lived in darkness. Her mother was one of the Mole People, people who for various reasons had turned their backs on the world and chosen […]
The Fairytales Of New Albion Pt. 4 (Steampunk Fairy Tales)
The streets were pandemonium. Molly and John followed the swath Ironitsa cut through the bedlam while Jack scrambled to the rooftops to catch a glimpse of the White Queen’s Castle. They kept moving throughout the day and into the night. […]
The Fairytales Of New Albion Pt. 3 (Steampunk Fairy Tales)
The Whispering came out of nowhere. The fairytales ran but the sound was soon loud and vicious and the flickering Shadow was upon them like a thousand flies of darkness. Deidre tripped and it was on her in an instant. She screamed and […]
The Fairytales Of New Albion Pt. 2 (Steampunk Fairy Tales)
The next day the group of haggard fairytales resumed their trek across the chaotic and violent city of New Albion. New Albion was in the throes of a revolution. Led by a former police soldier known only as Soldier 7285, […]
The Fairytales Of New Albion Pt. 1 (Steampunk Fairy Tales)
(NOTE: Some of you may note that a few of the original fairy tales mentioned herein are familiar, and can be found on the album Fairy Tales of the Lost and Wandering. This story was written first and after writing […]