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Sketches

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Story Ideas

After spending some time reading and digesting the material, as well as looking into some of the basic Germanic lore that informs the Snow White and Rose Red story, I think we have 3 basic plot structures with which to build and expand from: The first is a straight up adventure story. In this scenario, the protagonists would be the titular characters forced from their home deep in the woods. The hardships they face would be a great way to delve into their bond, and depending on the age of the two girls reality could be greatly warped to suit whatever direction we wished. The bear could very easily be a lumberjack or huntsman. The dwarf a skeevy, terrible old man. The reverse is also true. “Dwarf” in the world we create could be anything we so choose; a short bearded man with a penchant for mining, or some terrible monster who lusts after beauteous trinkets. And if that term invites too much familiarity, then we could pull from Old-English: “The Dwarrow” (or “The Dwarf”) could ma

Project 2 Proposal

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Coming up with a viable project to present today was tough.   I really wanted to find a way to incorporate the strengths of multiple different artistic paths in order to create a strong desire for a team to work together beyond the simple parameters of the assignment. I wanted everyone involved to be able to proudly append this project to their portfolios. I’m really excited with what I’ve come up with. My project will include elements of Photography, Film (live action), and Animation. The way in which these things will be combined, as a basic gist, is as follows: A live action actor would be filmed and rotoscoped via animation into fantastical stop-motion photographed backgrounds! The story as it exists so far is very rough, and is as follows: A young lady, late for an appointment, takes what she believes to be a shortcut into a labyrinth of back alleys, with corridors and exits leading to peculiar places and whimsical circumstances. One, for example, might lead her to an exit

Tundara: Princess of the Mountain Peak and Goddess of the Tundra

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Durollu: God of Confinement

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C'lorodoro: Goddess of Color and Detail

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Sodius: The God of Salt

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Progress Update

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Here are a few of my sketches for the final update of Project 1.

Project Update 3

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The gang's all here. This is a group shot of the most current versions of my menagerie and a great way to show a pegged-down version of all of the gods and their designs. From here, it's all just tweaking and fine tuning of the concepts as shown above. From left to right we have: Tritet, god of smoke tendrils and the overseer of lost explorers. Durollu, god of confinement. Sodius, the god of salt. The Wanderer, a being as old as the world itself. Tundara, daughter of the deceased Mountain King and goddess of the snowy peak. And finally C'lorodoro, goddess of color, scrutiny, and detail. I'm really jazzed to have all my concepts pegged. I can't wait to render these characters in full color. See you next week!