Are we all politicians? The story of Sonia’s life touches on some political issues that I hope are familiar to our world. But there are other things left unsaid. One idea which may show up for some readers is that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It seems I wrote too soon. In the last post, I mentioned that only the local Phoenix festival “Arizona Filmmaker Showcase” wanted Lor’Avvu Prelude, out of something like two dozen festivals I submitted to around the world. But now, Arizona,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was surprised to note that several animation festivals (who almost all sent me lovely messages of rejection over the course of this Autumn — some kinder and more regretful than others) required a DCP for their final deliverable format.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After playing around in Flash, GIMP and Blender for a month or so, I believe I’ve finally worked out all the settings I need to make a quality version of my video for all sorts of formats. So here is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest entry to the story — the prelude to Chapter 1 — is finally (after five years of hard work) completed. And the musicianship and voice talents and other help that showed up might be considered truly mystical. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is extremely important to me that when people view the story of ‘Lor’Avvu’ that they do not misinterpret any aspect of it as an endorsement of hate, violence, sexual violence or anti-humanitarian ways. It is not necessary to dive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Animation is related to the word anima which has been used to describe movement, soul and life. However, that name, like the word “comics” (for sequential graphical narratives) seems to be only colloquial or even romantic of what the medium[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because of a double-sized comic last week, there is no story update today. However, I have an exciting announcement. The very first Ondoko and Vuul language packs have been released. These translations from English to Fae languages can be found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Although 3D technology is very impressive and is looking less and less “stiff” with the improvement of GUI 3D software, I prefer 2D’s flexibility, energy and relation to drawings, as well as the mental exercise and joy of translating a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Short version: I was in the middle of updating the site when something broke. Real version: I would like a nice graphical comic browser, but the CSS formatting is super peculiar. There is a mysterious chunk of 12 pixels being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…