Chapter 2- has started -
started with a Big Giant {GLD} kinda shot- I have been in the garage 4 nights and still am not quite finished with this monster {One more night}
......it has turned into a Magical Piece of animation though....Its animated well and thrilled me to see it appear from imagination to reality.The shot started one way {a plan} and went into something of its own remembering echo's of what I set out to do.... but with a whole new path and rhythmn in getting there.
This shot had lots of flying pieces {like the dog food in GLD}
...and I cant wait to see it all cleaned up.Shel and Bridget have made some very cool props for our Actors ....
Flea Toolbox-
Dober's Toolbox -
and Fleas Space Manual -
these are right up close to the camera kicking off the New chapter as they buckle down to do repairs on the ships.
The also did all the tools to populate the boxes-
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This last few weeks our Intern- Justin Connolly has been hard at work in the creation of his first foam latex puppet-
Sculpt - very appealing Characters-Sculpture
Mold - Very Clean MoldArmature -
It is always exciting to see new puppets for us and Shel has guided him throughout the process.
This Saturday...Justin came over from 9 am- 3 am.....in the quest for a Foam Latex puppet. We had a good time just sculpting in front of many fun bad comedies...as the puppet cooked for 8 hours.
After the whole Day of artwork.....it was a bit painfull to find the mix wasnt right...-Failed puppet.....Ouch- Thats how it goes.....Shel first thing in the morning busted out a new mix and it came out great....just in time for class on Monday ...
Nickys new sculpt- I hired him to do his first commissioned - Conan- Frazetta sculpt
Its coming along nicely!! Update soon.....Justins Second character for his first USC animated film......
it will go through the exact process as the first character....He should have knowledge of the whole process for his future in stop mo very soon.Shel's still hard at work on the Special features for GLD.....you guys will be happy when its all done....I think I would be interested in this stuff if I was an another independent film maker ....
Speaking of GLD- It just picked up another award at the......
{Savannah International Animation Festival}
we received the AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - and we were so honored to be a part of Hal and Nancy Miles first year festival. They had a wonderful lineup of films and a lot of competition so it felt really good.
Hal actually called me from the festival and I accepted the award on a cell phone in front of the audience.....How cool is that!! ha!
Our friend Ethan Marak also was a winner this year with his "SuperBattle, Episode 1"
taking the {STOP MOTION ANIMATION} award! Congrats man!!and yeah.....my ankles still busted....but I can walk now....just cant jump or ride..Sadness:(
It does'nt look like much but it HURT!
Hope to start rollin again next weekend...
jriggity
