About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
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GIFvasion of the Body Snatchers
The 33 1/3 book on Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables referenced a Rebecca Solnit essay, Rattlesnake in Mailbox: Cults, Creeps, California in the 1970s, which declared Invasion of the Body Snatchers to be “1978’s definitive film.” This meant I needed … Continue reading
The GIF by the Window
The Girl by the Window gets an SOS #EdvardMunch #GIFITUP2021 #GIFtober #ds106 pic.twitter.com/or1o8uX7h5 — paul bond (@phb256) October 12, 2021 Several weeks ago I was out for a walk and the proprietor of the neighborhood vintage clothing boutique called out … Continue reading
One more post of GIFfing
I thought I should get the rest of my Bob GIFs out there before I forget about them. I did two earlier posts as part of this set, all of which are sequels to an even earlier set. This image … Continue reading
“The New and Improved Bob Dylan”
Title borrowed from The William Loveday Intention I’m continuing to work on giffing in GIMP, and working on a sequel to my earlier Bob set. I did the above image following the same steps outlined in my previous post. Alan … Continue reading
Bringing out the GIMP
I’m trying to figure out GIFfing in GIMP and specifically how to manipulate layers to isolate movement and perhaps make color adjustments. I had these processes more or less down in Photoshop, but Adobe says I can’t use the Creative … Continue reading