Laurence Finston's Gallery

[L_Finston]

Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera).

Cast 1 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/DGO.html#Cast1).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera).

Overture (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/DGO.html#Overture)

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera).

MacHeath 1 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/DGO.html#MacHeath). MacHeath in the Bordello.

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera).

Polly Peachum 1 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/DGO.html#Polly1).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

William Shakespeare.A Midsummer Night's Dream .

Hermia and Helena 1 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/MND.html#HermHel1).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Don Quixote.

Windmill Giant 2 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/Quix.html#Wmgnt2).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

I don't have a scanner, so I can't really submit daily sketches. I wait until I have a big enough batch of finished drawings and then I take them to a copyshop to scan them in. It's been awhile since I've done this, and I've uploaded all of the scanned drawings I have to at least one other place. I've got quite a few drawings in various states of completion, so I hope to be able to upload some new ones soon.

Laurence

[L_Finston]

Iguana iguana rhinolopha (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/Reptiles.html#Iguana1).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Let Us Prey. Splash Page.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26992879/

Drawing ink.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

This one's a little out of character for me, but I'd walk a mile for a punning title.

Laurence

[L_Finston]

Sheldon and the Kaputtniks. "Are You Kaputt?"

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27024963/

Drawing ink with computer-generated lettering.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[powerglove]

sweet!..thanks for sharing your drawings :D

[L_Finston]

thanks for sharing your drawings :D
Thank you for commenting. I scanned in over 40 drawings yesterday, so I'm busy editing them and uploading them to deviantArt. I'll take a closer look at your drawings as soon as I get a chance.

Laurence

[powerglove]

cool, ya i havent been drawing too long..i actually started getting real serious about it and learning all i can 2 months ago, somebody said i was decent so i went with it haha...going to college for animation here soon, not sure if my style is sutible but like i said, im learning....but be honest with my drawings..i dont mind :), ill give you some more feed back on my thaughts with your drawings also..but its 7am here and i never go to bed due to drawing nonsense haha.

[L_Finston]

Demetrius and Helena 1.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26992082/

Shakespeare, _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.

Colored Pencil.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26993120/

Cowboy 1. Walk.

Drawing ink.

24cm x 30.8cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26993219/

Cowboy 2. Take.

Drawing ink.

24cm x 30.8cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

Kafka, Franz. _Die Verwandlung_ (_The Metamorphosis_).

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27256843/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27256779/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27256723/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27256629/

[L_Finston]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27025443/

Marching Eggs 5.

Drawing ink. 24cm x 30.8 cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26994439/

Marching Eggs 6.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[powerglove]

whats up finston...nice huevos!! :D

[L_Finston]

nice huevos!! :D
!Muchas gracias! And with that, I'm sorry to say, I've just about reached the limits of my Spanish.

This is part of a project which should be my first paid work as an animator. Watch this space!

Laurence

[powerglove]

thats f'n awesome man, your doing what you enjoy and getting paid..sweet!...hey by the way, i know your busy with your job..but check out my thread in general discussion, "theme challenge"..i have a few guys going at it and i'd like to get others involved, welp have fun making your animation :)

[L_Finston]

thats f'n awesome man, your doing what you enjoy and getting paid..sweet!
Thanks. Actually, I'm working with troubled teenagers and spending most of my time in the kitchen. It must be a punishment for something I did in another life. However, they agreed to let me animate during working hours. It will be used on their website.

...hey by the way, i know your busy with your job..but check out my thread in general discussion, "theme challenge"..i have a few guys going at it and i'd like to get others involved,
I'll take a look at it. Thanks for asking, but I've got so many projects of my own that I never do challenges. They also seem too much like assignments to me. I still have nightmares about having to go back to high school to make up a gym requirement.

welp have fun making your animation :)
Fun? FUN??!! Animators don't have fun! They are artists! Driven to create! It's torment and ecstasy! Etc., etc.

[L_Finston]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26991358/

Broadside Comix. Title page 1.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

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http://www.deviantart.com/view/26991632/

Broadside Comix. Title page 2.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[L_Finston]

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26993514/

Richard Wagner, _Der Ring der Nibelungen_ (_The Ring of the Nibelungs).

Siegfried 1.

Drawing ink.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26993634/

Richard Wagner, _Der Ring der Nibelungen_ (_The Ring of the Nibelungs).

Mime 1.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

[DIEMERAS Dark Angel]

Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weill, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera).

Cast 1 (http://www.stud.uni-goettingen.de/~s246794/DGO.html#Cast1).

Copyright (C) 2005 Laurence D. Finston
Waw, you have a unique approach to character design, but I'm lovin it :D

[L_Finston]

Waw, you have a unique approach to character design, but I'm lovin it :DThanks.

Laurence

[L_Finston]

Shakespeare, _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.
Moth 2 - 6. "A Bit of Stage Business".

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/27026400/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27026192/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27026031/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27025920/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27025697/

[L_Finston]

Tschaikowsky, _Casse-Noisette_ (_The Nutcracker_),

La F'ee Drag'ee (The Sugar-Plum Fairy).

Nr. 14, "Pas de deusx - Le Prince et la F'ee Drag'ee",
2) "Danse de la F'ee Drag'ee".

Drawing ink. 30.8 x 24 cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26992253/

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Female Arabian Dancer 1

Tschaikowsky, _Casse-Noisette_ (_The Nutcracker_), "Divertissement b) Le caf'e (Danse arabe)".

Drawing ink. 24cm x 30.8cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/26991927/

[cartuneman]

Hello Mr. Finston,

I just wanted to drop in on your gallery and look around and found you are intensly interesting in your art and in your philosophy of the artist with in. Thanks and keep up the great work Sir.

cartuneman:D

[L_Finston]

I just wanted to drop in on your galleryThanks for dropping in. You're welcome anytime.

and look around and found you are intensly interesting in your art and in your philosophy of the artist with in. Thanks and keep up the great work Sir.Thank you very much!

Laurence

[L_Finston]

Homer, _The Odyssee_. Polyphemos.

Pencil. 24cm x 30.8cm.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston
http://www.deviantart.com/view/26993331/

[L_Finston]

Franz Kafka, _Ein Hungerkuenstler_ (_A Hunger-Artist_).

Drawing ink.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26992367/

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Shakespeare, _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.
Titania and Bottom

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

Titania:
"Out of this wood do not desire to go;
Thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or no.
I am a spirit of no common rate;
The summer still doth tend upon my state;
And I do love thee; therefore, go with me."

http://www.deviantart.com/view/26991135/

[L_Finston]

Ladybug Fairy 1.

Shakespeare, _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.

Copyright (C) 2006 Laurence D. Finston

Colored pencil 30.8cm x 24cm.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29553973/

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I no longer have the job that I had in January, so I won't be doing the animation I had planned to do. However, I do plan to use these letters for something else.

Laurence

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Lettering.

Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29555489/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29555131/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29555234/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29555393/

[L_Finston]

I scanned in a bunch of drawings at the end of December. Now I've finally gotten around to uploading the last of them to deviantArt. Here are links to a couple.

Laurence

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Satyr 1.

Tschaikowsky, _Casse-Noisette_ (_The Nutcracker_),

"Divertissement: Dance of the Reed Pipes".

Copyright (C) 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29837550/

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Schiff 1 (Ship 1).
Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill, _Die Dreigroschenoper_ (_The Three-Penny Opera_).
"Piraten-Jenny" --- "Das Schiff mit acht Segeln, und fuenfzig Kanonen".
("Pirate Jenny" --- "The ship with eight sails and fifty cannon".)

Drawing ink. 24cm x 30.8cm.

Copyright (C) 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29838780/

[L_Finston]

Coppelius 1.
"Augen, Augen!" ("Eyes, eyes!")

E.T.A. Hoffmann, _Der Sandmann_ (_The Sandman_).

Drawing ink. 30.8cm x 24cm.

Copyright (C) 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29838071/

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Nathanael 1.
"Augen, Augen!" ("Eyes, eyes!")

E.T.A. Hoffmann, _Der Sandmann_ (_The Sandman_).

Drawing ink. 30.8cm x 24cm.

Copyright (C) 2006 Laurence D. Finston

http://www.deviantart.com/view/29838176/

[L_Finston]

This is a fairly simple example of interference patterns made by two sets of concentric circles. It's in the form of a flipbook. It can probably best be "flipped" by downloading and decompressing the PostScript file `intrfr_1.ps' and "flipping" it by opening it in Ghostview and holding down the "Page Down" button.

This is the PDF file:
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_1.pdf

The source code and the other files are here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/circles.html#Interference_Patterns

There are lots of other interesting patterns that can be made in similar ways.

Laurence

[L_Finston]

I've made a couple more examples of interference patterns. This time, I've made animated GIFs as well as flipbooks.

Animated GIFS: http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_2.gif.gz
and
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_3.gif.gz

I've posted links to the compressed (gzipped) GIF files; the webpage (the following link) has a link to the non-compressed versions

The flipbooks and source code are here:

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/circles.html#Interference_Patterns

[L_Finston]

I've made a couple more. These are the same as the last two, except that the former were made using a parallel projection, while these were made using the perspective projection (and the frames are slightly different).

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_4.gif.gz
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_5.gif.gz

The "flipbooks" are much smaller than the previous ones, because they no longer "cycle":

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_4.pdf
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/intrfr_5.pdf

Laurence

[L_Finston]

A ripple pattern in two versions; black and white and color:

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/ripple_1.gif.gz

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/ripple_2.gif.gz

"Flipbook" versions:

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/ripple_1.pdf

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/ripple_2.pdf

[L_Finston]

This is an example of a cycloid pattern, like the ones one can make with a Spirograph (if you have a very steady hand, lots of patience and the #!$%&? plastic disks don't slip). I never had much success with my Spirograph. Besides, the disks are really only suited for ball-point pens and ball-point pen ink looks lousy, in my opinion. Not that printer ink looks that great, but a solution to this problem would require more equipment than I can afford at present.

There are two many images for an animated GIF, so I've just posted a "flipbook".
This is a link to a PDF file:
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/cycld_1.pdf

I've also posted the source code and compressed PDF and PostScript files on the webpage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/circles.html#Cycloid_Patterns

Laurence

[L_Finston]

Great Stellated Dodecahedron --- Cardboard Model Plans.

Another set of plans for polyhedron models. Just bought some Bristol board to test this one. Possibly useful in stop-motion animation; perhaps something futuristic. If the sides are sewn rather than glued, it might be possible to open and close them using threads, or even with pulleys and springs, if one got ambitious.

PDF file:
http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/graphics/stgrddc1.pdf

The webpage (with the plans in PostScript format and compressed
versions of the PostScript and PDF files):

http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/polymodl.html#Great_Stellated_Dodec...

I haven't tested them myself yet, so any corrections or suggestions
would be much appreciated, as would any feedback.

Laurence

[maybeitisgood]

William Shakespeare.A Midsummer Night's Dream .

[L_Finston]

Music Theory Flashcards for Children (in German) using comic-style lettering:

Question side: http://lfinsto1.deviantart.com/art/Music-Theory-Flashcards-1-121406594

Answer side: http://lfinsto1.deviantart.com/art/Music-Theory-Flashcards-2-121406715