The Wannabe Way
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I had to give this one a lot of thought, but I've decided to work on a second project while still working on "Stalled Trek." I realize that this will put some more stall into Stalled Trek, but I think it's the right thing to do. The reality is that Stalled Trek is pretty ambitious and I want to get it right. As such, it's going to be a long time before I can finish it. Also, I'd like to have some more experience with the other aspects of the process (namely animating) so that my skills will (hopefully) match my ambition. I'd rather not have to go back and reanimate everything, like I'm having to go back and re-model the characters right now. So, while I con…
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Hey-yo, I've updated my Storenvy store with digital versions of The Wannabe Pirates comics! Issues #1-3 are available in PDF format and you can even get the Curse of Greyhawk Island graphic novel for waaay cheaper than the print version! The print version of issue #3 will be available soon (just sent the files to the printer tonight.) Also, both of the Greyhawk graphic novels will be available soon! They are almost ready to go to the printers. Just some last minute decisions about the back covers and they'll be out of there! We're hoping to bring the digital versions to the Comixology app through their Submit initiative, but that takes time …
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On the side, I've been playing with the idea of making a 3D printed Flemm action figure. This was my first test head. The challenge was to try to keep it as a single, closed model. It will mean some details will be added with paint, but to give an idea of the difference, this head is 353 patches and the original was 1273. I exported it out as an OBJ file, but Shapeways wasn't too keen on that or the STL I exported. I ended up opening the OBJ in a 3rd party app and converting it to a DAE file, which Shapeways was perfectly happy with. I ordered one just to see what the quality will be and it should be here soon. It was processed and printed fairly quickly, but t…
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I am having so much fun with this! The Wannabe Pirates comic book! Issue #1 is already available here. I'm working on issue #2 which will come out in August. Here's the cover: I love doing these old-style comic book covers with dialogue on them.
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I meant to make mention of this on the 1st. That's when I started the thread for The Wannabe Pirates. Who knew I'd spend so much time on it and even though it didn't really go anywhere, I did self-publish a 200+ page graphic novel and several comics and even made a sort of animated commercial for it. I doubt the last storyline will ever be finished, but you can still read all the strips on the website. http://thewannabepirates.com
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About time I started a thread for this project. I'm hoping to go into heavy production on the 1st of January (like with Stalled Trek last year.) It's a parody of the zombie television show "The Walking Dead." It's going to break away from the format a little in that this will be a parody of the first season of the show rather than just a single episode. Most of what I've been doing is gag writing so far, but I should start having lots of stuff to see starting next month. Here's a test I was playing around with tonight. Experimenting with hair this time around. zomb.mov
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Time to put it to the test! Will people go for The Wobbling Dead? Boy, I hope so! Check out the Kickstarter Project page and help me spread the word! Thanks, everyone!
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I thought I'd make a separate thread for this so that I could chronicle it (and hopefully force me to move forward with this!) What I'm working on is a movie trailer style commercial for the graphic novel version of The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island! The first copies of the book are currently being printed. Once I've seen them and confirmed the quality, I'm going to make them for sale and I want to make this commercial to generate interest. I've written it and started to work on the audio, but I think my idea of doing all of the voices myself isn't going to work out. The voice of Flemm is one that I don't think I'm every going to be able to do…
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Hey Everybody, Just got in the copies I ordered of the print version of The Wannabe Pirates and the Curse of Greyhawk Island and they look amazing! SOOO cool to see this in print! 208 pages (full color)! (That doesn't include the outside and inside covers which includes a full-page ad for Animation:Master!) I had my doubts about the quality of Print On Demand, but happily they were unfounded! The colors look great and the high resolution art lets you see more detail! Very happy with how it turned out! Here's the link to it! Go buy copies for everyone you know! :-) PS-->I can't see anywhere on the site if sales are limited to the US. They p…
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Mark asked me if I was interested in rigging his characters faces. Of course I said yes and we worked out a little deal. It gave me a reason to complete the face rig for the 2008 rig I was working on. I'm actually having fun installing the rig. So far it has been pretty easy to install. On these characters I've only had to translate and scale 1 bone to position the rig. I'm working on my third character with 2 more to go. I'll post some animation tests using the modified A:M Track action file I used in the 2008 rig thread.
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I'm working on an online portfolio and the advice I'm getting is to eschew the normal structure and not have regular menus, so I've decided to have a street with a row of buildings that represent different areas of my portfolio. Obviously, a theatre would be the best place to have animation stuff for my portfolio, so it's the first building. I see some places where the AI filter didn't do a good job with filling in some letters, so I'll have to go back and rework those. I'm going to wait until I have everything done before I start putting textures on the models. Next building is a comics shop.
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Just to say that your new signature is greeeaaaat .... Good job....
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