Friday, August 10, 2007

First draft complete

Ok, so I've been harping on about my third year animated short. Well now I've got a first draft of a "script"! I say script, but there's no dialogue or anything. If there's any speaking in this short, it'll be in a fantasy language, cos I wanna keep this piece internationally understandable, and having it be a fantasy film makes it that little bit easier. lol

The working title is "Taebus Key", and it's about two elves and an evil faun. I don't wanna give away too much cos alot of it's subject to change, but you're gonna see me learn ALOT of new things, like forests, water and clouds.

I've also got the two elf characters almost finished - I'm now just working on hands and clothes. But I've still gotta get started on the faun. He's a tall, shackled character and will be pretty cool to see once animated. No teaser images yet, but sooner or later, I'll add something pretty.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

For the past few weeks, I've been in animation hell. I'm trying to install Softimage XSI (my lovely lil CG animation program) but it's designed for PC and I have a Macbook! So, I install Parallels on my mac to run pc software.... doesn't work. I install Boot Camp for my mac to do the same a different way... doesn't work cos it can't find the internet!! GRR!!!

I'm starting to wonder if this is gonna work.

I'll let you guys know how it goes...