Tim Burton – Doyle's Space

Stop Motion

The subject can be a puppet, clay figure, miniature, toy, paper cutout, model, or even a person.

Stop-motion animation is one of the oldest forms of animation and one of the most distinctive techniques in filmmaking. Its basic principle is simple: an animator photographs a physical object, moves it slightly, photographs it again, and repeats the process until the individual photographs create the illusion of continuous movement. The subject can be a puppet, clay figure, miniature, toy, paper cutout, model, or even a person. Although modern productions use digital cameras, computers, 3D printing, and sophisticated visual effects, the essential process remains the same as it was more than a century ago:

Haunted Christmas Art

A blend of domestic warmth and lingering dread is the genre’s emotional engine, and it explains why Haunted Christmas pieces appeal to horror devotees.

Haunted Christmas art lives in the shadowy seam between festive nostalgia and the uncanny, where tinsel and carols meet fog, skulls, and long-ago voices. Its aesthetic springs as much from storytelling as from decoration: the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas — the most famous of which is Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol —

Prince – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

Prince left behind a vast legacy that transcended genre, race, and convention.

Prince Rogers Nelson, known mononymously as Prince, was born on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents, John L. Nelson and Mattie Della Shaw, were both musically inclined—his father a jazz pianist and songwriter, his mother a jazz singer. This musical environment deeply influenced Prince from an early age.

Halloween Songs (Part One)

Waiting for an invitation to arrive, Goin’ to a party where no one’s still alive

There are lots of songs that relate to the Halloween holiday. In these posts I’ll write about some of my favorites. This will include low hanging fruit as well as some you may have not heard. No matter the situation I hope some of these songs will get you into the Halloween spirit (get it?). Do I even have a ghost of a chance listing some you like…..ok I’ll stop.

The Story of the Big Eyes

The truth began to unravel in the late 1960s when Margaret’s discontent with the lie grew unbearable.

Margaret Keane, born Peggy Doris Hawkins on September 15, 1927, in Nashville, Tennessee, became widely known for her distinctive paintings of children with large, melancholic eyes. Her journey into the art world began in the 1950s, and her works soon garnered attention for their emotional depth and unique style. However, Margaret’s rise to fame was overshadowed by a complicated and controversial relationship with her then-husband, Walter Keane.

Wednesday (2021)

I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.

Wednesday is a Netflix supernatural comedy horror television series based on the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. The Addams Family is a fictional family created by cartoonist Charles Addams that originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons in 1938. They have since been adapted to other media, such as television, film, video games, comic books, a musical, and merchandise. They were originally published in The New Yorker over a 50-year period from their inception.