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  • Good bye and Good Times Everybody

    I haven’t been able to find time to post for a couple of years now. So it’s time for me to accept that fact, to streamline my digital life, and to stop posting to this blog. Thank you to everyone who has followed and commented on Sybandme over the years.

    Sybandme, for me, started out as a way to combine learning some animation skills with a little grief work over my departed mother. And whilst I still make animations and photograph my puppets when I can – my beloved stop motion animation is getting harder to find time for.

    You can find me for now on Bluesky and on Instagram

    Goodbye and good luck … it has been nice getting to see all your creativity too, long may it continue. 🙂

  • Story Time: Lost and Found: Found

    The Old Woman turned around and saw the chicken. The chicken looked at The Old Woman and was pleased to see her. Then The Old Woman knew that what was found was found.

    The seventh and final part of my animation made for the 2023 Instagram Folktale Week challenge. The prompt was “Found”.

    Music: Gregor Quendel – Zapsplat

    My moment of triumph. I had finally made a puppet “fly”. Indeed what was found was found.

  • Story Time: Lost and Found: Illusion

    Back in her room, The Old Woman looked in the mirror and saw herself. But she realised that the mirror did not see her. So what was lost was still lost.

    Part 6 of my animation made for Folktale Week challenge on Instagram in 2023. The prompt was “Illusion”.
    Music: Gregor Quendel – Zapsplat

  • Story Time: Lost and Found: Underground

    The Old Woman took a spade and went out into her garden where she dug a hole.
    She knelt and screamed into the hole, angry and grieving that she had lost something.
    But what was lost was still lost.

    The fifth episode of my animation made for the 2023 Instagram Folktale Week Challenge. The prompt was “Underground”.
    Sound effects: Zapsplat Sound Mix: Lynn Harvey

  • Story Time: Lost and Found: Sleep

    Tired and worried, The Old Woman sat in her chair and fell asleep.
    She dreamed of chasing beautiful things. But when she awoke, what was lost was still lost.

    The fourth episode of my animation made for 2023 Instagram Folktale Week Challenge. The prompt was “Sleep”.
    Music: Gregor Quendel – Zapsplat

    (P.S. Sorry for the long delay. Life gets in the way!)