The DaybookNo. 4122026.08.21Friday
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The DaybookDhanunjaya Madharapakam · engineer, builder, animator · Andhra Pradesh
Editions published412since 2019.04.11
Pen-and-ink drawing for the Puranas pursuit.
Pursuit · running

Puranas

Learning animation well enough that episodes from the Bhagavata can be watched rather than only read.

stories cut7started 2024.05.19running 2.3 years
Frame from the animation test: the churning of the ocean of milk, drawn in ink.
Test 07 · the churning, first pass1:12

Sixty-three seconds finished across seven tests. Each second is about forty drawings, and most of them are wrong before they are right.

Oldest firstspacing is proportional to real elapsed time
  1. 2024.01.09Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  2. 2024.01.11Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  3. 2024.01.13Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  4. 1 month · no entry
    2024.02.13Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  5. 2 months · no entry
    2024.04.04Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  6. 2024.04.05Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  7. 2024.04.11Read the Vishnu Purana on the same episode. Chose the older version.
  8. 2024.04.12Tried a smear frame for the mace swing. Kept two of nine attempts.
  9. 2024.04.17Tried a smear frame for the mace swing. Kept two of nine attempts.
  10. 2024.04.19Read the Vishnu Purana on the same episode. Chose the older version.
  11. 2 months · no entry
    2024.06.26Read the Vishnu Purana on the same episode. Chose the older version.
  12. 2024.07.02Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  13. 2024.07.09Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  14. 2024.07.11Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  15. 19 days · no entry
    2024.07.30Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  16. 2024.08.10Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  17. 2024.08.11Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  18. 2024.08.12Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  19. 2024.08.16Blocked out the churning sequence. Twelve seconds, forty drawings.
  20. 2024.08.23Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  21. 2024.08.24Cleaned up the gopuram pan. Six hours for four seconds.
  22. 1 month · no entry
    2024.09.27Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  23. 30 days · no entry
    2024.10.27Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  24. 20 days · no entry
    2024.11.16Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  25. 2024.11.28Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  26. 2024.12.04Redrew the elephant's turn for the fourth time. It finally has weight.
  27. 2024.12.15Read the Vishnu Purana on the same episode. Chose the older version.
  28. 2024.12.24Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  29. 26 days · no entry
    2025.01.19Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  30. 2025.01.24Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  31. 18 days · no entry
    2025.02.11Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  32. 2025.02.23Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  33. 30 days · no entry
    2025.03.25Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  34. 2025.03.29Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  35. 2025.04.03Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  36. 2025.04.05Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  37. 2025.04.08Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  38. 14 days · no entry
    2025.04.22Blocked out the churning sequence. Twelve seconds, forty drawings.
  39. 20 days · no entry
    2025.05.12Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  40. 15 days · no entry
    2025.05.27Blocked out the churning sequence. Twelve seconds, forty drawings.
  41. 17 days · no entry
    2025.06.13Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  42. 2025.06.18Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  43. 2025.06.28Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  44. 20 days · no entry
    2025.07.18Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  45. 2025.07.22Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  46. 2025.08.01Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  47. 2025.08.09Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  48. 2025.08.10Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  49. 25 days · no entry
    2025.09.04Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  50. 2025.09.15Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  51. 1 month · no entry
    2025.10.27Bhagavata Purana, Book VIII. The churning is told twice and the tellings differ.
  52. 23 days · no entry
    2025.11.19Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  53. 2025.11.21Redrew the elephant's turn for the fourth time. It finally has weight.
  54. 2025.11.22Redrew the elephant's turn for the fourth time. It finally has weight.
  55. 2025.11.27Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  56. 15 days · no entry
    2025.12.12Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  57. 2 months · no entry
    2026.02.04Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  58. 2026.02.06Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  59. 2026.02.12Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  60. 20 days · no entry
    2026.03.04Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  61. 2026.03.15Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  62. 1 month · no entry
    2026.04.23Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  63. 16 days · no entry
    2026.05.09Read the Vishnu Purana on the same episode. Chose the older version.
  64. 2026.05.22Studied the walk cycle from the Survival Kit and copied it badly.
  65. 2026.06.03Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  66. 2026.06.11Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  67. 1 month · no entry
    2026.07.21Wrote a script to batch the frame exports. Saved an hour a day.
  68. 2026.07.25Ran image generation on the plinth reference. Six of forty-eight usable.
  69. 2026.08.01Copied out both accounts side by side. Choosing is already an argument.
  70. 18 days · no entry
    2026.08.19Redrew the elephant's turn for the fourth time. It finally has weight.
  71. Today · 2026.08.21