A Random Camera Test

Unrelated to any of this, here is the product of my brother and I playing with a Panasonic HVX-200 w/ Brevis Lens Adapter.

A Brief Update Before The Storm

Blogging has been slow; I've been working behind the curtains on story development for the last seven to eight weeks. And because I don't want to reveal much about my story at this point, I haven't had much to publicly show.

BUT! In my down time, I have been slowly mastering the art of the sewing machine. Here's a small glimpse of my characters' outfit at the moment. There's still a long way to go and from now it's full steam ahead on puppet and set build.

I'll be moving into my studio soon and will have a steady flow of delightful updates.

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More progress with the puppets (duplicates of the same puppet).

As much as I wish these could be the final bodies, they still need a lot of work.


And here is a sea of painted eye kits. These are absolutely complete, minus the animated pupils.

My desk is scattered with puppet parts.

Various stages of the head. The airbrushed one's are only about half painted.


Eye kit in progress, along with one of the molds for the 'closed eyes'.


Various parts of the puppet's armature.


The mysterious white cube; as well as a backup and a stunt double.

Great Things are Underway

I have no images to show for it at the moment, but lots of exciting puppet building is currently in process! Thanks to some great folks at work, I am building a far more professional puppet than I could have ever imagined.

I will soon have evidence to show for it.

But, until then, a scribble.

And So the Journey Begins

Well, I've been spending the last couple of months and am currently working as a lighting intern at the awesome Cuppa Coffee Studios, working on the new show Glenn Martin, DDS. It is a great, eye-opening experience into the world of professional, stop-motion production; not to mention, an excellent resource of knowledge and insight into the film that lies ahead of me.

Personally, I'd rather not post too much about the film I'm going to make next next year, just because I don't want to give too much away until it's complete. But, from time to time, I think I'll probably give out little nuggets of design or something.

And on that note, here's something that probably doesn't make any sense to anyone, but I'd like to log it on this here blog to see how drastically I stray over the course of pre/production.

And did I mention, it will be produced in the wonderful medium of stop-motion animation?