eclectech

eclectech, 11 months ago to nature

You: You haven't spent your Sunday chasing bees round the garden with your camera then drawing on the photos have you?

Me: What?! That sounds like a foolish way to waste an afternoon!

Also me: Yes, yes I have.

#nature #photography #flowers #bees #silly #drawing

eclectech, 8 months ago to Nostalgia

Aww, Weebl made a 20 anniversary animation for Badger Badger Badger!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOISnUd7WE

#Badger #BadgerBadgerBadger #Mushroom #Mushroom #Snake #Nostalgia #animation

eclectech, 4 months ago to photography

Some old blackhouses in the Scottish Highlands weight their thatch down with stones. These ones made me think of those theme park rides where people dangle from a track.

That one in the front has just seen what's coming.

#sillyScribbles #photography #stone #Scotland #silly

eclectech, 1 month ago to art

Chicken with a Pearl Earring

giggles

(with appropriate apologies to Vermeer, obvs)

#MyfanwyAndFriend #silly #nonsense #art

eclectech, 4 months ago to photography

OMG. Look at him.

LOOK!

So very, very round 😍

#photography #robin #bird #birb #nature #snow #Scotland

eclectech, 9 months ago to ilaughed

You know when you have a video loop, but to make it loop something disappears in an improbable manner?

And you think, that's a shame, because I really like this little clip.

And you could crop it so, for example, a bird doesn't disappear in mid-flight, but then it looks unbalanced so you need to find some unobtrusive way for the bird to disappear so it appears natural?

Yeah. That.

I think I need a quiet lie down.

#seascape #video #loop #animation #bird #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

A short video loop of the sea splashing up some rocks. In the foreground there is long grass. On the left the cliffs of the headland. A gull flies in from the right hand side most of the way across the image. At that point the cliff, which has cartoon eyes and a slither of a mouth drawn on, opens its mouth wide, flipping the clifftop up, and eating the bird. Because why else would it disappear at that point? It made no sense.

eclectech, 7 months ago to Scotland

• Hey, you know how salmon jump up waterfalls on their way to spawn? I managed to catch one on video.

• Nice. You haven't done anything stupid to this amazing, strong, determined, creature have you?

• I said...

• I heard what you said.

#salmon #Scotland #waterfall #fish #googlyEyes #video #loop

Close up video loop of a gushing waterfall, with white waters rushing from the top right of the frame down through a rocky channel to the bottom left of the frame. A large fish flapping its tail jumps up from behind the rocks on the right, then drops back into the water. Their determination is impressive, but I'm ashamed to say I added googly eyes so it looks a bit silly.

eclectech, 10 months ago to drawing

It's a bit blowy out.

giggles

#silly #drawing #video #loop #SillyScribbles #windy

A stone wall with a planting area with three grasses in it. Behind the wall a green leafy hedge and a view of the Island in St Ives. It is windy and the grasses and hedge are being blown about. The three grasses each has a happy face and upraised arms. They are enjoying the bracing weather.

eclectech, 6 months ago to random

I close so many websites within seconds these days.

Look at this one. To read one (probably) crappy article there would be 322 organisations keeping track.

Three hundred and twenty-two.

Nah, I'm good thanks.

#enshittification #website

eclectech, 1 month ago to random

I have just realised that the one benefit to the amount of disinformation, lies & LLM rubbish that swirls around the internet these days is that April Fool's 'pranks' don't make a dent. No requirement to be extra vigilant, because that level of attention is required every sodding day.

eclectech, 6 months ago to photography

Heading off for the evening, and leaving you with one of the most Scottish photos I have, to compensate for having had a bit of a moan and spread my annoyance around earlier.

Have the best of cows standing in front of our biggest mountain, with sun shining while the rain hammers down.

Scotland is ace.

'night!

#photography #Scotland #landscape #BenNevis #highlandCow #heilanCoo #moo

eclectech, 5 months ago to animals

Been meaning to say, if anyone has a pet that they are desperate to see in a Santa hat but either 1. thinks it would be an indignity to make them wear one or 2. would like to avoid their pet taking appropriate revenge for the indignity, do share a photo with me & I'll happily do a virtual version if I can!

I realise in the days of AI and photo filters you don't need a photoshopper anymore, but just in case anyone wants an artisnal version 🎅 🐱 🐶

#festiveBlether #catsOfMastodon #dogsOfMastodon

eclectech, 6 months ago to photography

Good morning Mastodon. I hope you're having a nice day.

In my head, when I saw the sign, this was very funny. I accept the possibility that it's only funny to me, but just in case...

#photography #photoshop #funny #sillySign

eclectech, 1 year ago to random

Now I'm in my Mastodon Forever Home should I do another #introduction?

I've been making pictures, animations & games for the last 20 yrs or so.

A long time ago I was known for making Flash animations for parody songs (topics ranging from ID cards to tin foil hats & sprouts).

Recent animations were about Brexit & I continue to create creatures that I would like to exist. They tend to be fluffy.

Quite political. Quite left leaning.

Some of my pictures are about that.

Some are just silly.

A creature with fluffy gently waving fluffy tentacles on the left and right, a tall thin furry body and two eyes in round furry balls at the top. It has a large pulsating nose bump, and a slightly pursed mouth. It was once a red squirrel, although I don't really want to think about that as it ruins the magic of its new fluffy tentacled form.

eclectech, 1 month ago to random

Have just been reminded that it's the anniversary of us losing Kurt Vonnegut.

I am a fan & in particular try to remember his advice to notice when things are good & to say "If this isn't nice, what is?"

I scribbled this on the day he died, & posted with the words "Kurt is up in heaven now" & was roundly attacked by someone for saying such a thing about a humanist, until I pointed them to the anecdote about how it was his favourite joke.

Anyway, read his books.

They're good.

#Vonnegut

eclectech, 5 months ago to random

Lunchtime train of thought...

• Hey, that moss looks like a figure, reaching out

• I should add a Santa hat

• Hang on, it's the winter solstice isn't it? I should add antlers.

• Hmm. That doesn't work with the Santa hat. Wonder if it would work in green.

• Hmmm.

Goes down a bit of a solstice rabbit hole

• Oh. I'm a day early for solstice.

• Bah.

posts anyway

#sillyScribbles #mosstodon #festive #solstice #silly

eclectech, 7 months ago to photography

It's amazing how quickly fungi appears. Yesterday there were a few scattered around this wooden planter in the garden, today it was fully surrounded. LOADS of them.

Fortunately they are very friendly, and hope you all have a lovely day.

#sillyScribbles #photography #fungi #fungiFriday #silly #drawing #gardening

eclectech, 7 months ago to photography

#silentSunday #photography #Scotland #river #woodland

An autumnal landscape. A stony river bed, shaped like a witches hat, cuts up the right side of the photo. There is a small amount of water on the right hand side, sweeping up by the stones. On either side there are trees is bold, oranges and yellows, with some occasional greens mixed in.

eclectech, 9 months ago to nature

Went for a walk where the fluff monsters grow.

#nature #photography #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

eclectech, 5 months ago to photography

That feeling when you take a photo of the morning mist and moody silhouette of a farm only to discover there was HUGE jellyfish cloud in the sky all along.

#sillyScribbles #photography #nature #landscape #cloud

eclectech, 4 months ago to photoshop

Ah. B3ta is running a challenge for mashing up puppets and works of art and I couldn't resist.

I give you The Irritating Muppet.

#photoshop #mashup #silly

eclectech, 2 months ago to Cute

Just closing my computer down prior to sleep and had forgotten that I had been playing around with the idea of a "tessellated hug".

I hadn't managed to do what I wanted to do, and abandoned it to do something else, but popping back up on screen it looked rather cheery.

Sometimes failures can be quite endearing.

'Night all 😴 💤

#sillyScribbles #cute #colourful #drawing

eclectech, 2 months ago to photography

Always a pleasure to stumble across the amazing wildlife up on the mountains.

#sillyScribbles #photography #Scotland #nonsense #drawing

eclectech, 1 month ago to random

A while back I stuck some googly eyes on some fish & was annoyed because it was a rubbish loop & a bit slapdash even for me, so I got another clip & have sporadically been adding more googly eyes.

Decided it was done & generated the new file.

Downside: The loop is worse & overall the new clip looks just the same.

Upside: I think I've discovered a new form of adding-googly-eyes-to-moving-fish therapy. Surprisingly relaxing. Would recommend.

#sillyScribbles #googlyEyes #fish #silly #nonsense

A video clip of a dark aquarium tank with many fish, all the same kind, swimming back and forth. Quite a lot of them have had a set of googly eyes and an open O mouth added.

eclectech, 4 days ago to random

It's time to get organised for the Friday Sparkly Dance Party!

Here's what you need to do if you'd like to join in:

1. Pick a dance (all 50 so far are below)
2. Film yourself doing the dance step a few times
3. Upload the clip to Mastodon, tagging me in and noting the dance number
4. Have a laugh with it, it's just for a bit of silly fun 🕺 💃

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#FridaySparklyDanceParty

A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (1-15). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (16-30). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (31-45). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A square grid with 7 blocks of different colours numbered 46-52. Boxes 46 to 50 contain a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move. 51 and 52 haven't been made yet, so are just question marks.