2016_11_01 update.

Ogre Mermaid_2016_11_01 from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

Rough Edit, October 6, 2016.

main_2016_10_06 from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

seq01 revised.

Seq01, partially revised. The edges of the paper have been eliminated. Busy work. Now it's on to editing, then more image adjustments/fixing up, then sound!

rough edit from August 28.

main_2016_08_28 from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

beach dreams.

seq08 from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

August is for sweating, staring at the screen, and drinking lots of tea. Here's sequence 8, in its rough state.

Only a few more days before heading out to take this up again in different surroundings (old stone buildings, little village without no streetlamp, amongst fellow artists doing their things). First draft of the entire film by the end of the month and then start refining it.

It's best to wait a few minutes after the water boils before pouring it on the teabag . And the new glass hotpot is great. Tea tastes better boiled in glass, and watching the blue-lit water and bubbles is a little bonus:

instructions for TV Paint waves.

what to do for foam and color...



...and then, getting stars to twinkle...

whoooo weee!

seq02_sh03: a rude awakening...

seq06

working through seq06 before heading to Chinatown for food restocking.  : D

seq05 waves done.

goal: finish waves for seq06 over the weekend.

seq04, 29jul16 update.

seq04_1080P from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

mid-summer update

rough pass for (nearly) all After Effects waves completed.

to do:

1. re-animate missing shots/finish unfinished shots:
• seq04_sh03_stomach rumbles
• seq12_sh01_ogre surfaces
• seq17_sh02_ogre touches sand
• seq17_sh03_stagehand sweeps

2. animate special effects sequences
• seq03_sh10_abstract sequence inside shell
• seq07_sh03, 05, 06, 09a_star dance

3. animate waves in TVPaint

...