Category Archives: Sound

Anything audio-related including examples of my sound collages, mp3 files, wav files, Live Packs, audio samples, discussions of sound experiments and audio software.

Decalcomania In Time

Posted on January 13, 2015 by bobcomings

This is my first exploration of what I am calling “Video Decalcomania.” When I was still able to paint, for decades I used decalcomania extensively as the ground for each painting and as the main stimulus for my imagination. Here … Continue reading →

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Boc Ging, the movie!

Posted on December 14, 2014 by bobcomings

Well, I have finally sufficiently swallowed my pride enough to put the one lousy copy of Boc Ging up on YouTube. Compared to the quality of digital videography today, the 1968 film I made with Ben Van Meter in Bolinas, … Continue reading →

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Chance Encounter on Country Road

Posted on March 29, 2014 by bobcomings

Working several hours every day for 27 days in a row and this is what we get?! Oh well… It was great fun to do, as always, I learned several new procedures in Toon Boom Harmony, and now I can … Continue reading →

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Crazy Angel Fly By

Posted on February 28, 2014 by bobcomings

Another quickie animation sketch. I have been working on a much longer project and was getting bogged down in production details. To lift my spirits a bit, I decided to just do an animated doodle with no planning and see … Continue reading →

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Dada Clockworks No. 4: Unresolved Conflicts

Posted on January 28, 2014 by bobcomings

Another short animation study consisting of absurd actions that provide me with an excuse to build a sound track. The background in this one is a portion of a photo I took in Tillamook, Oregon several years ago. It had … Continue reading →

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A Meditation Incident: When Thought Stops

Posted on January 15, 2014 by bobcomings

Another stab at developing my basic animation skills. I had fun, as always, building the soundtrack. This one goes by so quickly, I suggest looking at it a few times.

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New Animations Online

Posted on August 25, 2013 by bobcomings

I have finally tended to some animation housekeeping and uploaded several animation studies and projects to YouTube. For more about I Wake Up Dreaming, see an earlier post Bagman was initially just a simple character I designed for use when … Continue reading →

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The New T-Shirt: A Cute Little Mouse Cartoon

Posted on July 26, 2013 by bobcomings

First an Apology I have come to fully and clearly understand that I am not a born blogger. It has been several months since I created anything for posting here. But… I am happy to be able to post my … Continue reading →

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SFMOMA Artist’s Ephemera Blog

Posted on November 10, 2012 by bobcomings

I was delighted to be greeted with an email from Tanya Zimbardo, Assistant Curator of Media Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this morning informing me that the poster I created to announce my 1968 show Ritual at the Unicorn … Continue reading →

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Life Is Short

Posted on August 14, 2012 by bobcomings

Below is a link to another example of my explorations in frame by frame animation (a 6.4MB QuickTime movie). It will probably take you longer to download than it will to view it. Everything I do in animation is a … Continue reading →

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