A still from a little something in-the-works. (Almost finished!)
6 years ago
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
New & ImproO0oved
I gave him a new body and shoes. The original was alright in terms of a first try, but I knew I could do better.
Lengthened his bowtie and shirt sleeves, smaller stitching on his pant seams, and better stitching overall on his vest, the pockets in particular. Quite pleased with this version.
(This shot actually creeps me out a little).
Sunday, February 12, 2012
More Film Fests!
HEY!
I'm pleased to announce that The Scarf will be screening in three film festivals in the upcoming months: the Post Alley Film Festival in Seattle, the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham, and the River Run International Film Festival in North Carolina. Yeah!!
I'm pleased to announce that The Scarf will be screening in three film festivals in the upcoming months: the Post Alley Film Festival in Seattle, the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham, and the River Run International Film Festival in North Carolina. Yeah!!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Story-telling at GCF
Story-telling, food, and a 'theology of dish-washing'*: all things that bring people together in really wonderful and underestimated ways.
Tomorrow evening I'll be sharing my story at the University of Toronto's Graduate Christian Fellowship on being an artist (animator), a Christian, ways in which these two things interweave, and what that looks like in terms of direction and times of transition. All without being kitsch.
I'll also be screening my graduate film, The Scarf, and explaining some of the process and story behind that as well, so if you're in the U of T area tomorrow evening (6pm) and in the mood for some soup and story-telling, come on out!
Directions and a little more info can be found here.
*Being the typist that I am, I almost let that phrase go out as 'a theology of fish-washing' instead of 'dish-washing'. I'm sure fish-washing brings people together in really wonderful and under-estimated ways too, but admit I'm a little short-handed in thinking of how.
Tomorrow evening I'll be sharing my story at the University of Toronto's Graduate Christian Fellowship on being an artist (animator), a Christian, ways in which these two things interweave, and what that looks like in terms of direction and times of transition. All without being kitsch.
I'll also be screening my graduate film, The Scarf, and explaining some of the process and story behind that as well, so if you're in the U of T area tomorrow evening (6pm) and in the mood for some soup and story-telling, come on out!
Directions and a little more info can be found here.
*Being the typist that I am, I almost let that phrase go out as 'a theology of fish-washing' instead of 'dish-washing'. I'm sure fish-washing brings people together in really wonderful and under-estimated ways too, but admit I'm a little short-handed in thinking of how.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Jackets & Coats, Jackets & Coats
First post of a new year, and with that, first things first: Happy New Year!
I did a bit of sewing over the holidays; mostly alterations/re-purposing on 'big-people clothes' as I tend to to call them, in comparison to the usual miniature size. Happily, I worked on some of the latter as well and learned some valuable things along the way. Namely - the fabric used (a sort of corduroy) is actually a little too thick to be working with on this scale. It's deceptive because on first touch it's not an overly stiff or heavy fabric (or so I thought), but it really bulks up at seams and pairing it with a thinner silky material for the collar caused some trouble. Additionally, attaching the collar first before the side-seams (coupled with an under-stitched lining at the bottom of the jacket) really limited the ability to do any adjusting afterwards. Corduroy - this version, at any rate - also attracts alot of dust. Not so good when you're animating.
But you finish what you started and ponder all these things up for next time.
A little coat-tail.
I've also started on his over-coat, with the intention of it having the look of some sort of thick-textured, winter-defying heavy ..thing. I'm exploring different looks and am undecided between adapting a literal representation of the conceptual sketches I've done (the needle-thread one on the right), or something a little softer and more experimental, a la needle-felted (on the left). Thoughts?
I did a bit of sewing over the holidays; mostly alterations/re-purposing on 'big-people clothes' as I tend to to call them, in comparison to the usual miniature size. Happily, I worked on some of the latter as well and learned some valuable things along the way. Namely - the fabric used (a sort of corduroy) is actually a little too thick to be working with on this scale. It's deceptive because on first touch it's not an overly stiff or heavy fabric (or so I thought), but it really bulks up at seams and pairing it with a thinner silky material for the collar caused some trouble. Additionally, attaching the collar first before the side-seams (coupled with an under-stitched lining at the bottom of the jacket) really limited the ability to do any adjusting afterwards. Corduroy - this version, at any rate - also attracts alot of dust. Not so good when you're animating.
But you finish what you started and ponder all these things up for next time.
A little coat-tail.
I've also started on his over-coat, with the intention of it having the look of some sort of thick-textured, winter-defying heavy ..thing. I'm exploring different looks and am undecided between adapting a literal representation of the conceptual sketches I've done (the needle-thread one on the right), or something a little softer and more experimental, a la needle-felted (on the left). Thoughts?
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