Grim Fetch

So, my film is still waiting on acceptances. I was looking at other filmmakers' websites and comparing them to my own. I realized that in order for Grim Fetch to look like a film...it should probably have pages and things that will be able to show festivals at which the film will play and have pages for things like press related info...so I decided to learn Flash as much as I could and recreate GrimFetch.com in order to have it better represent the tone and theme of the film while adding some more character to it as well.

Check out the new site: Revamped Grim Fetch site

Expect some artwork to be posted on here real soon...there are a few things I will post on another date...just not right now :( Soon though.

Until then,

-john

Gnome Project Update

The above images are some snapshots of my Gnomes cane which also serves as his pipe. The top has a mouth piece that pivots around (but currently is pointing straight up to allow me to rig it). The straight tubes with beads on them (pretty small, actually even smaller now that I look at them on this post) are currently pointing straight as well but will curl and move as the Gnome smoke from it. The only change I might make is to enlarge the beads as well as the strings on which they reside (again so small you guys probably can see them except maybe in the bottom image).

In the meantime, I've started to rig my Gnome. He should be ready for blend shapes in a couple of weeks. I also spent a good portion of this week and nearly all of yesterday researching my characters and working on their backstories as well as personality traits, quirks...any and everything that I could come up with to better help me establish some personality and strong story. I'm not finished with the writing and research but I'm getting close...yesterday was a great day in a sense that I really started understanding my characters better and how my story is going to play out.

I finished my latest demo reel a few days ago which is always a good thing.

I'm working on another project which I'll talk about at a later date once things are nearing completion.

I've sent my film, Grim Fetch to a few more festivals. Still waiting to hear back from nearly all of the ones I've applied to...should be getting responses regarding it soon.

-John