Through the Looking Glass : Taffetas Image Step by Step

Here is the leading image I did for Taffetas post on Theme and taking a stance on your story. It was alot of fun to create something a bit different from my normal line-less style!

I thought it would be cool to see some of the process as well since .... I like how they came out XD

Sketch > Clothes > Rough idea > Lines > Flats > Shading > Background 

new facebook XD

http://www.facebook.com/taffetas

Hey! Long time since I last Posted,
but I'm excited toshow off the newly redesigned facebook group. I have never done facebook pages like this before, but after hitting the books and figuring things out I was able to make a nice welcome tab from a static fbml app. It rather took me a bit to figure things out though it was worth it. It's now a more professional, easier to understand, mini-site.

If you haven't liked us yet on Facebook, do it!
You will receive updates from the blog on your wall, a mere visit to the page will directly take you to our main page, if you already like us you will have to click "The Taffetas" link on our side links, or just click here!

What's exciting, too, is this is also a bit of a sneak peek at our upcoming website specifically for interested sponsors, distributors and supporters to plainly state who we are, what we're doing, and what our show is all about!

So stay tuned, everyone. Big things are in store!




Just for kicks I wanted to show the other design choice I was thinking prior to the completed thing. Below is the screen shot of it. Not too different admittedly, but I fixed some things up. Other choices I had made before was a lime green/grey color scheme, a dark red/gold one and an all white set-up. For obvious reasons I did not go with those.


Anyhow, you should check out the facebook group. I'm rather proud of it.

Vector Sketches

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This image is for the business cards for the Taffetas project.










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And if this one looked familiar its an old sketch up i did for Tracy when she was feeling under the weather. I just edited it a bit since there were parts I didn't like.

Gemini Puppet Finially Done

While this puppet took a very long time to complete (2 whole days non-stop ;3;) I am very happy to say the results are fantastic. My good friend, and co-creator for our animated web drama, Tracy MacLauchlan will be test animating it very soon.This was definitely the most complex puppet I've ever made for sure, but my favorite. She came out so cuuute. I really want to thank Tracy for the wonderful turnaround she had done. I could not have done this work without her.

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The Taffetas animation will be a Flash-based puppet
animation with special effects and compositing done
in After Effects. This is so that we can work in-house
as well as distribute our media more on the internet.

Puppet, or cut-out animation, relies on a marionette-
like base for the characters made up of various shapes
that create the whole (for instance, Gemini's arms are
made up of two cylinder shapes that are connected at
the elbow like a puppet). In Flash, Toonboom or any
other animation program that like it,an animator can
then move and manipulate these shapes to animate.



For Taffetas, puppet animation makes sense not only
for production and resource reasons, but also for our
fashion and marketability plan. Take note of the var-
ious outfits we can put Gemini in, ready to go for ani-
mation for whatever episode we are now working on!

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Happy Day

I put it on the Blaaaaag! Just for you!!



Happy Birthday Tracy! I hope it is as amazing as you are!!

Whoa

What a quarter. Though it is not over yet, I am finally glad to get through the worsts of it. But if you are wondering how everything went, I will have to admit though this was a very stressful experience it was very rewarding as well. For those that do follow me you probably already know that lately I have been balancing classes and a (nerve wracking) pitch to Nancy Spears, director of marketing of Warner Brothers (She's actually very nice). All in all however after spending approx. 2 weeks or more on the book, and trying to round up all the final work for people, the final result was beau-ti-ful, and something I was very proud of :)

Well happy to say it went very well.

Here is some behind the scenes work for the screen shot XD

My biggest Project ....everrr

Hello Everyone,
The Taffetas pitch is going really well! We've received so much amazing work, and more is on the way. If you know of Pompfiction, the creator Brianna has helped us along and created comics for us. Here they are. You can read them on the blog :)




As well as a few storyboards from Kelsey, one of our storyboard artists. She's but a freshmen, but she still manages to do amazing work, and I am very happy to have her on the project.



For anyone who has been interested in The Taffetas, or has no idea what I am talking about, its an original series pitch Tracy and I have been doing together for the last 2 months now. We've managed to get alot done in only 6 weeks, and more work is soon to come. XD If you like The Taffetas, please show us some support in either checking out the blog, or clicking Like on our Facebook page.

Ladies....

Gemini: different pose?

I was thinking about fighting games recently and thought, I might make a character select screen, since I thought it might be fun. Here's a quick look at one of the sketches for it, more to come of course, but Gem is gonna be 1 players choice. I haven't decided on P2 yet tho lol.



The resemblance is uncanny lol

The Flying Taurus: The Crew (as baby animals)

So i broke down and inked it. LOL and now I realize...that I actually like this. I forgot to draw Elena tho, but I don't really know what animal to make her anyways XD
A sort of bad sketch, but eh, i might clean it later lol

The making of Gemini

One of my more shorter characters. I think this is probably the most clean line work I've ever done, but then, I draw her a lot so I am a little familiar with how she works. I still had to adjust some though, since her pose was really strange the first go. After tho, well, it was mostly grunt work. I did get rid of her hat, though it was fabulous. She still wears it, but it was just too much with the eye patch. Now it's either or with her.

Just Another WIP

this is one of Lache as human *3* I might not actually ever finish it, but i was really thinking about it since he came out so much cuter than I thought he would. I kept his skin tone that orange-yellow since I like that idea that even when he has a more human form, he's still has some inhuman qualities. Though now that I think about it, most people will think he just has a bad tan. But I sure do love his freckles.

However I am finishing Gem...one day... That said, I never realized how heavy set she was until I put her next to her buddy there. Compared to Lachesis, who's so lanky to start with, I realize she is rather round. v_v

Momma's Little Helper

This is a picture of Gemini and Kyle(Dana's OC - He's adorable) together. She's trying to get him to use his psychic ability to get her something. We've decided since Gemini is a cat-lady for misfit kids that she would just automatically adopt this lil' boy, since she ha a habit of doing that. I wanted a 1950's feel since it's during a period where women were constricted into fitting into the perfect motherhood role. I thought it nicely ironic lol being as Gemini is happiest mothering someone, and in this point of the story she's being controlled by Malachi(a wonderfully beautiful and evil man) into doing whatever he wants while maintaining the appearance of a happy family. Perfectly 1950's...

Cat Fight

A lovely little fight between Gemini and Larkspur (An OC of Dana's) at a restaurant. This is the part where Gemini is winning lol, but Larkspur does get her good. Anyhow, I'm seriously debating whether to keep editing it or just leaving it alone. So I figure I'll leave it be for now... and fix it up later... when I have more time.



EDIT: Okay well here is it edited lol as you can see <.< I thought to fix a few things. New background, and tore up Larkspur's dress.


I figured Gemini's wardrobe would be a little more showy because she comes from wealth, So she has on pink pearls (rare and freaking expensive lol) and a pretty but other wise ornate dress that does her skin tone justice lol (Since Veil picked it out, he would have thought this over) I also put her in lace rather than jewels and made the cut of her dress less risque since I think while she'd be put in fashionable clothing.....it would still be something that makes her look soft and cute rather than sexy. Larkspur on the other hand is dressed in a plain cocktail dress. Classy, and elegant, but not extremely fancy since she's of moderate wealth. I made it orange since that's the color of her normal wardrobe, and black would have made her look like the villian LOL