This is neither commissioned work nor fanart... first time in ages. This is a kids book project of my own which I intend to shop around soon and I feel like it has to turn out 100% perfect. I'm way more relaxed when I'm working for a client.
Also a tad worried because it's a pop-up book, and I imagine those are a hard sell. It can't be a coincidence that most of the pop-up books I've seen here were licensed from the US or UK. I love what I got so far, and designing the 3D elements was the most fun and satisfying work I've done in a long, long time. I feel like this is my *thing*. Even in high school I was mostly tinkering in 3D, the only drawings I did were in class. I drew through all my classes. But at home I made models.
Anyway, so I love the pop-up thing but now that the dummy is almost complete, I'm thinking that before I send it out, I might also write an alternative version of this story that would work in good old 2D. Because ultimately I want to illustrate one of my own kids stories for once.
Also, my back hurts because I sat hunched over my desk and it's been raining all day and I haven't had any workout today and bleh, weather, either go all-out winter or springy, please. Not... this!
Found a download for Hansel and Gretel which dl'd super-fast, and the picture isn't half bad either. But the sound is awful and it's not full length. Now I'm torn because this movie is exactly what I want on this rainy day, but I don't want to waste my first viewing on a bad copy.
I shall be patient. (But the opening credits rock, I can already tell.)
Wow, that got rambly. :D
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comments:
2013-01-29 08:42 pm (UTC)
2013-01-29 08:47 pm (UTC)
I would love to watch it at the theatre but I don't know if we'll get an English-language copy. The big movies tend to but I dunno if this one qualifies. (And no way I'm watching Jeremy Renner dubbed!)
On the upside, I saved your fic until it was complete and the past nights I was too tired to read... so I have a nice long story about my favorite assassins to read tonight. :)
2013-01-29 08:53 pm (UTC)
On the upside, I saved your fic until it was complete and the past nights I was too tired to read... so I have a nice long story about my favorite assassins to read tonight. :)
Yay! *flails happily* I hope you enjoy it, I can't wait to see what you think!
2013-01-29 10:12 pm (UTC)
As for Hansel und Gretel - they filmed (a bit) here in Braunschweig! Apparently, there is a sequence about the burning of a witch which was done on our "Burgplatz" :)
I'm not entirely sure I want to watch that movie. I would have to be in a splatter mood.
:)
2013-01-29 10:43 pm (UTC)
Thank you. :)
The movie looks quite splattery indeed... but it also doesn't seem to take itself too seriously so I think I'll be able to deal with the gory parts. I can't take dark violence at all. The more realistic, the worse.
Braunschweig, really? How cool. Did you see them shoot?
2013-01-30 01:58 am (UTC)
I hate that moment in art when you've worked with an image so long that it's impossible to tell whether it's working or not, or whether the brain is just tired of it or in love with it. I've been doing some fiber-arts work that I am seriously unable to parse outside my own emotional reaction. I know that means I'm really stretching myself as an artist, but jeez, I wish it was easier!
2013-01-30 11:02 pm (UTC)
Yeah. It helps to mirror the image (which I did and it wasn't encouraging) but sometimes you just need to step back and look at different things for a day or two. So today I purposefully didn't look at it.
I've never heard of fiber-arts, just googled it: looks very interesting!
2013-01-30 11:11 pm (UTC)
But--I got into kind of a debate about what was a comic. Some people, apparently, believe Dennis the Menace isn't a comic. But that the Bayeux Tapestry *is*. Which I found kind of baffling but fascinating.
I've always loved to work in fiber, and I've finished up a few quilts (it's a traditional art form in my particular locale, but like many really traditional arts, it feels more like something you just do. If that makes sense. Doesn't everybody make applique quilts for loved ones? No? Huh. Weird.)
Anyway, I got this completely batty idea of making a quilt comic book. Totally LOLWHUT, but I am having an absolute blast.
I'm making each 'page' a little quilt (about 12" x 15"). I have a plan for making the stacked quilts work as a 'book', but I'm not sure whether it will work.
I'm calling it The Bayeux Llama, and it's about a llama superhero who battles a jaguar. It's...well, what can I say. I'm sure my blog editor thinks I'm nuts, but I'm having a great time.
2013-01-30 11:24 pm (UTC)
Drawing a comic is a helluva lot of work to begin with, what must it be like to sew one!
Some people, apparently, believe Dennis the Menace isn't a comic. But that the Bayeux Tapestry *is*. Which I found kind of baffling but fascinating.
Huh, that's a baffling view, indeed.
Of course, the Bayeux tapestry and Dennis are both comics in my book. That's the cool thing, it can be such a versatile medium. Not a silly project at all. Rather, the total opposite!
2013-01-30 04:18 am (UTC)
2013-01-30 10:59 pm (UTC)
2013-01-30 04:24 am (UTC)
Man, I want to watch Hansel and Gretel but not if it's a bad copy. *waits patiently for a better release*
Hee, your icon!
2013-01-30 10:59 pm (UTC)
I love pop-ups too. I really buy them for myself, because that old fascination is still there. I wish they were more popular here.
2013-01-31 03:54 am (UTC)
2013-01-30 01:57 pm (UTC)
Let me know what you think of H&G. You know of my love for Jeremy Renner, but I haven't been able to bring myself to see it yet. The trailer did absolutely nothing for me.
2013-01-30 10:57 pm (UTC)
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