UPDATE:

(My sister better not be the only one to get that reference.)

If my hands and wrists weren't so swollen, I would take the time to add some pictures and sneak peaks of this rotoscope, which I began editing today. But my hands and wrists are swollen from drawing and photographing 2285 frames. Now it is time for me to tidy the studio, catch up on some [probably decade-themed] tv show, and sleep. I deserve it, if I do say so myself. I also deserve a merit badge (or 8) for completing all of these hand drawn frames in just 10 days. I have to say, for completing such a big task in such a short amount of time, BFA seems far less intimidating than before.

Goodnight.

Disappointment.

Last night I dreamt that some old lady I've never met, who somehow knew I loved old things, left on my porch (that I don't have) a paper grocery bag full of Better Homes & Gardens magazines from the 50s and 60s (my FAVORITE!). AND another bag full of vintage floral fabrics. I was so excited. I was gonna make SO MUCH ART and start to COLLAGE RIGHT AWAY. And then I woke up, and was so upset that I ended up wearing houndstooth.

PSA: Michaela Lynch likes old things and floral things. Feel free to send her any combination of such things. She will make art.

Very Real Fears Right Now.

(BECAUSE MY ROTOSCOPE IS DONE MINUS 13 FRAMES OF CREDITS!!!!!!)

1. Spontaneous combustion of all my frames.
2. A tornado will sweep through Megastudio, picking up only glitter and my frames.
3. While carrying my frames to the JMC tomorrow, they will all fall loose and fly into Euclid and get run over by the bus. (I have a constant fear of my art getting run over by the bus.)
4. Fire in Megastudio.
5. Electrical spark from an outlet causing an arc of electricity to hit the wall where all my frames are hanging and burn them to ashes.
6. A sudden ice age causing such a severe drop in temperature in Megastudio that all my frames become brittle and crumble.
7. An angry art student rips them from the wall and tears them to shreds.
8. Facilities decides I don't deserve a studio and takes all my art and throws it out, causing me to go dumpster diving with no avail.
9. IT is still mad about all the printing I did, so they decide they own my art and take all my frames away.
10. A rare species of insect that eats only tracing paper will infest Megastudio and eat my frames and then die, leaving piles of dead bugs all over my desk.
11. The fire alarm will be set off, triggering the sprinklers, which will not be turned off until going up the chain of command until given the official order to turn them off. If my frames are not dissolved, I will spend weeks blow drying them and ironing them flat, only to see that the ink has run all over the page, although this could lead to interesting artistic marks. Maybe.

I should sleep now. Tomorrow I'm finishing the credits and photographing the frames.

Blurb

Time for a vote! I need to write a very short (2-3 sentences) bio for the program for the Planetarium shindig when my rotoscope shows. But I have a hard time doing something so serious and condensed... Which blurb should I use?

1. Michaela Lynch is a BFA candidate at the Cleveland Institute of Art where she studies Animation and Fiber & Material Studies. She is the 2011 recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize John Paul Miller Scholarship, and she once wrote a letter to Bob Dylan asking him to be her thesis advisor.

2. Michaela Lynch employs animation to synthesize the often unexpected combinations of materials with which she likes to work. Utilizing methods such as stop motion and hand drawn animation, her sincere intentions and caring effort become evident through labor-intensive processes. She will graduate from the Cleveland Institute of Art in May of 2012 with a BFA in Integrated Media.

3. Michaela Lynch once sold 29 love letters for $2 a piece. She hopes to one day sell enough love letters to buy a sheep and name her Beatrice.

4. Michaela Lynch is a maker of friendship bracelets and a follower of Bob Dylan. In her free time, she has no free time.

Well?

All I ever do is draw.

And I'm happy with that.

My hand doesn't hurt as often or as severely as it did for the first few scenes. My pile of frames has diminished by half. My right thumb muscle is significantly bigger than the left (though I am not sure if that is because I now have a super strong hand or if it is just swollen).

Today I am testing some compositions on the dome to see how they look. And I'm rotoscoping forever. I can't wait to see this completed. And don't worry--I'll be sure to make a version viewable on normal screens!