Sneak peek at the set (Part of it at least)! My workspace for the next few weeks.  The set! Brenna is working on the backdrop that will be added in place of the green screen during postproduction.

Production Begins!

Production for the Dragonfly's Hollow animation starts today!

Here is the first panel of storyboards for the short. Set and rig building is tomorrow, and animation starts Wednesday! Storyboard credit goes to Brenna.

I'll be posting regular updates on this, so look out for those!

I just got back from a production meeting / storyboarding session with the people behind the curtain at Dragonfly's Hollow (One of which is my friend Brenna, who is doing the illustrations for my short film Memories).  Awesome collaboration in the works!

PRODUCTION UPDATE #2

So, originally, I was going to make the film in stop motion.  But after some thought about the style I'm wanting to push in the film, I decided to go all digital!  The film is now going to be 2D animated illustrations.  Think of a painting that you watch, literally a "moving picture".  

Everything will be drawn out, then loaded into After Effects and turned into digital puppets.  From there the environments will be built from layering 2D images to give the illusion of an environment with depth.  Keep in mind I've never done this type of animation before!

Here is an early animation test I put together using these techniques.  Also, a more detailed video on how to achieve this type of animation.

PRODUCTION UPDATE #1

Here is the first production update for my short film titled Memories.  Here are some images of the early character and set design.

Behold!  Ballad Of A Prodigal Son! 

The hype is building!

I just had an interview with Filmmaker Magazine, and I have two more interviews towards the end of the month about my "next big project"