A whimsical story, drawn using Inkscape and animated using Animatron.com

Drawing, animation and narration by Taylor Jansen https://twitter.com/shmallish

See also The Making of Tommy Trimble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCAMtcQXew

Bonus links -

http://philshapirochatgptexplorations.blogspot.com

Can Inkscape reduce the number of incarcerated people? http://opensource.com/life/13/1/inkscape-save-from-crime

Students in Los Altos Delight in Using Inkscape Drawing Program http://www.pcworld.com/article/218864/Inkscape.html

Other children's stories www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html

Other animated and narrated children's stories

The Great Ping Pong Ball Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCFMM95XJMg

An Ordinary Mother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4reitjBTlI

The Ice Cube Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTT4yA1EwDE (part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3HKI5zZqaU (part 2)

Why I Love Inkscape Drawing Program (2007 promo video I made)

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

[Important environmental note - This story was originally written in the early 1990's, before I had an awareness of the harmful air polluting effects of gas air trimmers. Today, I would much prefer people buy electric trimmers -- including Tommy Trimble.]

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ― Maya Angelou

https://opensource.com/users/pshapiro

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8JZrhlraXyxLUlZazhDTTdTSkk/view?resourcekey=0-i5ANKvOVAFRk1epp8QH8EA